Long time no post!

Wello hello there readers! (Does anyone even read this? Idk. I like to think some people do...)

It's been quite awhile since I last posted. I am now THIRTY EIGHT days from DCP Check in. So naturally, I'm flipping out. Tomorrow will be the last holiday I get to spend with my family until next year! But I think in the end, it will all be worth it! Recently we had class sign up for the time we are down there. I got into the greatly coveted Disney Heritage course. Which is right up my alley, class in Magic Kingdom once a week? Yeah, count me in. 

Other than that summer has been pretty uneventful. I've been spending some great quality time both with my family and my lovely adopted Carson family. I really don't know what I would do without their support!

(She made me cry when she posted this, I love my little sister to death.)

I've also been doing lots of crafts for our apartment, but I'll have to wait to show you those until I give them to my roomies! And wrking a whole bunch to save for Robert and I's plane tickets to Florida. And all around just enjoying Oklahoma for awhile. 

We even got a puppy! 

His name is Pete and he's freaking adorable. (I may miss him the most when I Ieave..)

Disney is getting closer, so I will be writing more! I hope..... So I will bid you farewell until next time! 

"Should I do it? No, here I go!"

I'm a graduate! (And other cool accomplishments)

Hello again world! So much has happened since I last wrote. Let me fill you in!

I finally graduated from college....

Finally moved out of the icky dorm...

And got all my summer jobs lined up! 

All while maintaining my good GPA! 

Finals are finally over and now all that's left to do is relax and wait for work to begin! I think graduation was the most satisfying thing I've done in a long time. Not only did my mother get to hand me my first college degree (how cool right?!), but I got to introduce my family to Robert's family and had an amazing graduation party with them! I'm so blessed to have not one, but two completely supportive and loving families who will come out and watch me on my special day! Not to mention all of my family from afar who thought of me as I walked across the stage again! 

Even Gabby and Chelsey made the drive to see me walk! 

So much has changed since I moved into the dorm in August. But I wouldn't trade one bit of it. I'm so happy with where I am in life, I dont even know how to express it in words. 

Baby sis and Robbie!

Look at those red heels!

The Carson girls! 

Mummy!!

Gosh, life right now is honestly just perfect. I couldn't ask for anything more!!! 

95 days folks! Almost there!

Until next time!!

Another acceptance!

After sending applications to both Oklahoma State and the University of Oklahoma, and being accepted to both, I am pleased to announce I have decided to attend Oklahoma State in the Spring of 2015 to study marketing! After I return from Disney, I will be living in Ponca and communiting to Stillwater to earn my bachelors and eventually masters degree in marketing so I can move to Florida and work for Disney full time! GOOOO POKES! 

Now if only I can make it another two weeks until graduation from NOC! 

Until next time folks! 

Anyone out there?

Boy it's been awhile since I posted! I'm sorry! Graduation and the last few weeks of school are so very time consuming! Besides studying and working, not a whole lot has been going on! And nothing new on the Disney front yet. Patiently waiting for a new email about what comes next! In the mean time I've been entertaining myself with graduation happenings. Robert bought me a beautiful pair of red heels for our seven month anniversary to go with my graduation dress (even though I don't condone month-a-versaries it sure was cute)! My invitations have been finished, complete with Disney font and Mickey Mouse heads! 126 days till Disney and three weeks and 5 days until graduation! 

Complete apartment!

After finding our last roommate Ashley (yes another one!) last night, we now have a complete apartment! Already complete with super cute crafts and princess names. :) 

Ashley Taylor is working QSFB and is Princess Merida! 

Ashley Wert is working QSFB and is Princess Aurora! 

Brianna is working QSFB and is Princess Belle!

Casey is working QSFB and is Princess Elsa!

Jenna is working Main Entrancs Operations and is Princess Ariel!

And I am attractions and Princess Rapunzel! 

I'm so excited to meet these love ladies finally!!

139 days!  

Next to last princess!

We found our fifth princess today! 

Ashely is from Pennsylvania! She has been accepted for quick service food and beverage! And she likes Harry Potter too! Her, Casey, and I will have lots of fun teaching Brianna and Jenna the ways of magic! We are just waiting for Riley to be accepted and then our apartment will be completely! I can't wait!! 

149 days!

Two new princesses!

Monday, one of my pending friends got accepted and yesterday Jenna and I found our fourth roommate! 

Brianna is from Louisiana! She is working Quick Service food and beverage! I met her towards the beginning of this process and I'm so glad she got accepted!! 

Casey is from Indiana! She is also working quick service food and beverage! She is so sweet AND she likes Harry Potter! We've already planned a movie marathon! (our roommates are in for quite the time.)

I'm so excited to already have 4 out of 6 of my roommates found! We are already a little ohana and so close! Now I just need my last pending friend to be accepted and to find one more roommate! I can't wait to meet all of them. 151 days. :)

Princess Roommates!

So I have already found 1 of my 5 roommates for Disney! There are two others who I have also found, but they are currently pending :( so hopefully they get accepted!

The first is Jenna! 

Jenna is from Massachusetts and working Main Entrance Operations! We hit it off literally RIGHT off the bat. Our roommate surveys on Facebook were almost identical. I can't wait to room with her, and share a room with her as well!!

We've already made a bucket list, packing list, and talked about which park we are going to first! And we are also going to each get a tiara and pick our favorite princess and start going by those names. ;) I'm Rapunzel, of course. 157 days!

Bucket List - Disney Style

I added a new handy little tab over to the left under the picture of the castle! Its my official DCP bucket list I have made with the help of one of my roommates, Jenna! (You'll hear more about her later!) But I will keep it updated as I knock things off the list, and I'll be sure to post pictures for you guys to see! Im more excited about doing the things on this list than I am my biology homework...hehehe. Only 160 days to go!

Saying goodbye to you? Don't make me do it.

I figured we would last longer than four days. But I already had my first major breakdown about leaving Robert. Guy wrenching sobs and all. This is going to be so much harder than I thought. It hit me like a train that I was going to be 1,200+ miles away from him for almost five months. While we have agreed he will be making three separate trips to visit not including moving me to Floridia(one by himself, one with his roommate, and one with his siblings and my family), we realized that we are still going to spend almost seven weeks at a time apart. Seeing as we don't spend much time apart as it is, it's going to be very hard to take him to the airport to leave after moving in to my apartment in August. I already miss him...and he's just across campus. Literally a phone call away. What am I going to do when he's 22 hours away? I've never been this attached to one person, and I can't say I don't love it. And him for being so supportive. But he told me he would make it up with my Christmas surprise he's bringing with him when his family and mine come to visit. I'm almost too curious to ask what it is!

Not to mention how much I'm going to miss my family. The longest I've spent away from them was a week and a half. And that was last summer! What am I going to do?! I need daddy almost once a week for technically help, or when I need help moving something, or when I just need daddy comfort. And my mom to give great advice. And my sister to make me laugh and listen to me rant. And my brother, so life is never dull.

It's just five short months, but I'm going to miss almost half a year of everyone's lives. And I'll be the VERY last person to see the new house finished! It'll be don't almost a month before I even get to come home. 

The memories I make will be great, I'm sure! But I'm worried there will be lots I miss while in florida.....

My boss, the mouse.

Its official! As of August 11, I will be an official Disney World Cast Member! Boss man Mickey looks so excited to see me already! 161 days away! ❤️✨

Congratulations, Meredith!

I promise I only cried enough to fill a small swimming pool! At 9:19 AM I received my email congratulating me on recieving my internship at Walt Disney World! I got my second pick role of Attractions! I leave August 11, and come home January 7! There were many tears and lots of laughter. Thank you all for the prayers and support!! 

IM GOING HOME!!!! 

*jeoprady waiting song*

Its been almost a week since my interview. And more than a week since interviews started. And no one has heard a thing yet. No acceptances, but many NLICs and pended applicants. I'm glad to hear I'm still in the running, but boy am I stressed out right now. I'm seriously lucky to have a wonderful family support system. Both from my family and my boyfriends family. They've both been praying really hard and giving me good advice to stay calm. I'm so thankful for them and everyone who has prayed for me! Hopefully it pays off. :-)

On pins and needles.

So no acceptance or denial tonight. But as far as I'm concerned, no news is good news....

Breathe a sigh of relief. Just to be anxious some more.

Well its done and over. My interviewer, Ian, called from a blocked number a 2:35 this afternoon. He started off by asking me to go over my past job experiences and what duties I had in them. And then why I wanted to do the program. I stumbled over my words a bit, but i tried to smile and make sure to stress how much the magic meant to me and how much I wanted a job at Disney permanently! He even said that he worked his way up from a minimum wage job to where he is now! He asked about my top 3 roles and why I wanted them, I sorta repeated myself some which makes me nervous. Then he asked me about Main Entrance Ops which was a moderate interest for me. I did better at answering his situational questions. He even asked me what my favorite rides were, so I wonder if maybe thats where I'll get placed? Hmm. He asked if I would be okay working outside, and after i told him it gets to be 115 in Oklahoma, he laughed and said "I take that as a yes!" It broke the ice a little bit, making him laugh. And he asked me a few more questions before he let me ask him some questions about networking and getting my foot in the door at Disney! He seemed very excited that I wanted to work for Disney as a career, so he gave me a lot of information. I made sure to thank him for the opportunity, and we ended the call. 18:37 minutes exactly. Wherever you are Ian, thank you!

Today's the day!

Waking up to several texts from family, friends and even Roberts family, warmed my heart this morning. Even other DCP hopefuls messaged me and told me good luck. It took the edge off the nerves and calmed me down a little bit. I spent all last night studying with Roberts brother and sister, Tryston and Jonnie. Going over questions and asking me new ones so I was always kept on my toes! I think I'm as ready as I'll ever be now. If I don't get in, it's aparant God has other plans for me, because all I've done is pray about this. I'm ready!

Tomorrow is just a day away....

Phone interview is tomorrow.....oh gosh. I've been on the DCP Facebook page all day watching peoples responses to their interview. From what it sounds, most interviewers are super nice and like to laugh and take it easy. For me that's good. Because I'm going to be super nervous, but being able to laugh with someone makes me more comfortable around them. One girl I've been chatting with said she wasn't even asked any scenario questions, only yes or no questions! Some had interviews that only lasted 15 minutes. Some have been 45! ACK! I've studied so many scenario questions about my top 4 roles (character attendant, attractions, Merch, and photo pass) and why I think this program will help me grow. I really want this networking opportunity, I want to work for Disney someday... PERMANENTLY. How could would it be to wake up every day next to the love of my life with a beautiful family AND be able to say "I have to go to work now, at DISNEY!" That is my ultimate goal. I want to be able to make a career out of this program. A girl can dream, right? For now, I'll focus on the task at hand. I've studied harder for this phone interview than I've studied for any test in my life. And that's saying something! Lets just hope and pray I don't stumble over my words and choke. Send some faith, trust, and pixie dust my way, friends. 2:30 will be here too soon....

Are you sure this is real life?

I haven't even been accepted yet and I still can't believe this. Somehow, through all my obsessing and obsessive studying for the first half of this process, I wasn't sure I would make it this far. I've check my dashboard at Disney twice this morning, just to make sure it wasn't a hoax that I got a phone interview! I'm so thankful and lucky that I even made it this far. And that Disney is giving me such a great opportunity! So beyond blessed. But keep the prayers coming! I'm almost there!! 

Surreal

It's almost like a dream. I can't believe that just last night I was up all night, sleepless because I couldn't stop thinking about my application and interviews. And I'm going to bed tonight ¾ of the way done! This journey is already going quicker than I ever imagined. And I can't believe in just a few short weeks I may be a Disney cast member...! W. O. W! Scary/amazing thoughts. My phone interveiw is in 5 short days on Tuesday, better get studying! Have a MAGICAL day! 

Phone interview!

And here it is. The last step! Somehow I didn't think it would go by this quick! 5 hours and I've scheduled my phone interview! Phone interview scheduled for Tuesday at 2:30! So beyond excited! And glad I have Mary to help me practice! 

TEST

I never pass tests. THANK THE LORD I passed this one! Now I get to schedule my phone interview! AHHH!

STRESS!

Literally just got this. I screamed. 

Now time to buckle down and take it! AHHH SO NERVOUS! 

Next step!

A little over an hour after I applied I got this email:

This means I haven't been NLIC-ed (denied) and they are processing my application. My dash board on the DCP website says "action required" some people on the Facebook pages says this means I will get an email about my WBI! I sure hope so!!!

Im aaaaaalmost there!

I feel like Princess Tiana. I just keep telling myself YOU'RE ALMOST THERE. DONT FREAK OUT! Around 1:30 I sat down and finally begun the application process. I listed all my previous work and volunteer experience, and my school and sang Disney songs at the top of my lungs while doing it all. I put only a few rolls as interested and several and no interest to ensure I got a job I would be happy with.
High Interest:
Merchandise (3)
Attractions (2)
Photo Pass
Character Attendant (1)

Medium Interest:
Main Entrance Ops
Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique

Low Interest:
Vacation Planner
Performer
Full Service Food and Beverage

No Interest:
Quick Service Food and Beverage
Custodial
Lifeguard
Recreation
House Keeping
Hospitality
Hopper
Bell Service
Costuming
Concierge
Transportation

Over all my top 3 are Character attendant, attractions, and merchandise. Hopefully stationed in Magic Kingdom or Epcot. Im so nervous. Now I wait to hear about my Web Based Interview.....time to stress eat.

Anxiety.

So the rumor around the mill was that applications would be posted around midnight on February 6th. Well around 12 pm today, they were indeed posted. I almost cried when I got the email. Im so beyond nervous and scared right now, but also seriously super excited. My life as a cast member could start right now! Im literally staring at the application screen as I type this. Afraid to push apply. What if I get in? What if I don't? ALL THE FEELS RIGHT NOW. You're supposed to hear back fairly soon about your Web Based Interview.....so hopefully I make it that far! AHH! Wish me luck!

Hello all!

Howdy ya'll! Obviously I've made this blog in hopes of getting into the Disney College Program! The application process is set to begin shortly, so for now I'll just post the 411 on everything that is going on with my applications! Prayers and good vibes are appreciate as I start this process! Because I'm really super nervous about getting it, I've wanted this more than anything! And it would mean the world to get in! Thank you for reading, and have a magical day!