Matthew had been to Disneyworld once before when he was a child and it was the 80's so I thought that a trip to see the mouse was in order.
We had so much fun starting off the tour in Epcot and enjoying some great German food at the Biergarten - they even wished us a happy belated anniversary:) Sadly, we did not enjoy all the rides as much as the food. After we rode Mission Space - we decided to take a couple hours to sit and wait for the world to stop spinning. We were very relieved for Dramamine being sold on the Disney black market (When I say black market, here's what I mean:We could not find any dramamine out on the counters or shops, but when we asked, they pulled it out from a storage box below the counter and charged us a ridiculous amount for two pills). After we got over this dizzy spill, we visited first aid for some blister relief and found out we could have got dramamine for free. It is now marked on all my disney maps :)
We then visited Magic Kingdom and had a blast on Space Mountain - for some reason, it felt a little more rickety than the one in Disney. We decided that we would stick to Peter Pan and the three foot fall should a ride stop. We really enjoyed our Jungle Cruise and visiting the Laugh Floor with Monsters Inc characters. I think we added two more potential jobs to Matt's list.
At Hollywood studios we got to see a lot of shows! We visited Ariel's Voyage to the Sea followed up by a cool Mickey bar to Beauty and the Beast. We ate at Pizza Planet after riding toy mania, where Matt finally beat me on the highest score.
Later that evening we made our way to the Boardwalk where we sat under a patio and people watched in the rain. No rides, no characters, but still one of my favorite moments of the trip. We also made a stop to the ESPN club which is not as cool as ESPN zones (no individual tv's at each table) but at least they did have a live radio broadcast.
Our last day we visited Animal Kingdom where Matt found his favorite ride - Expedition Everest. We enjoyed it so much we rode it twice! We also watched the really cute Finding Nemo show and enjoyed the up close experience we had with the animals on the Safari.
We wrapped up our trip with a sunset ferry ride and dinner on the bay at Downtown Disney. It was really sweet - even the delicious chocolate covered strawberries and caramel apple we picked up there!
Over the last couple of weeks we have been busy with school and work.
Matt had an interview for the Marriage and Family Therapy grad program here at Nova *fingers crossed*. We should hear back about a second interview within the next week.
I had my first week on duty in South Florida and I feel like Dorothy - I am definitely not in Utah anymore. I'm lucky that none of the incidents were major or extreme. Mostly it's the large number of calls I got. Hopefully this will slow down for the next time I'm on-call... next week.
I have an upcoming work conference for Florida NASPA next week in Orlando but i'm excited because it'll be more an overnight trip and most likely, Matt will be working. I will be participating in the case study and hope to get my act together for it.
I've also been starting with my first few class assignments and submitted my first grad paper yesterday. It feel so weird being back in the game but thankfully, it hasn't been too hard of an adjustment.
Right now, we're just finding time to have our weekly date nights and get things organized for school and work. We're really looking forward to having Matt's parents come down in October and my upcoming birthday.
