I'll start with the longest day known to man aka SHIP EMBARKATION DAY. We had to be up, checked out of our rooms and in Disney Look by 5am. INSANE!!! We waited the for our bus and then embarked on the beginning of the longest adventure I've had in my life to this date. I got on and already the water works were starting. I was texting all my peeps and letting them know I was missing them and that I was starting my new adventure. I think I would have been fine if I had not listened to my playlists made by my friends and family! Blue October UP DOWN... completely fit my life for the next 24 hours. I ended up getting GI the night we got there and then had to be put in isolation for the next and my first 24 hours on the ship. I was stuck in a blue room with no mirrors and/or windows for 24 whole hours. I didn't have anyone to talk to! You know how hard that was for me! It would have been harder if I had been awake for most of it. I "vomitted" as we say on the ship until I pretty much passed out. Not a good way to start my time on the ship. For the first Castaway day I was in the bowels of the ship just sleeping and watching Disney movies over and over.
Once out I continued with my traditions class (for you YMCA people that's the equivalent of Mod 1 and 2) and then had all my ship training. It is Friday today and 6am immigration is where it's at. The last group thing we do for a while with my new hire family. We took group pictures with Donald, hung out in Nassau with other crew and have had an all around amazing time with Kenny my Canadian youth activities trainer. I start workign ont he floor in the YA area today and then spend a week working as a counselor then the Manager training begins. I have so many training toshove into one month I have no idea how I'm going to be working with people at all!
The Youth Activities group is amazing... the Manager of Youth Activities (MYA aka MY BOSS) is from Minnesota. His name is Clayton and he dances like Major Paine no joke... it's funny. He's going to be a great boss I can just feel it. No worries Diddy no one can out shine you in my world.... you'll always be my OPRAH!
We have a special handshake for YA and tons of fun crazy people like me. In my traditions group I may or may not have told you about the other Ashley or A2 as she became known... I call her DEUCE and she and most other people call me SAUCE as in A1... when they talk to b oth of us we are simply " THE ASHLEYS". Great girl from Chicago/ Detroit... going to be a life long friend I think.
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Oh Ash, it sounds as if you are having a blast! I knew you would. Meeting great people and having fun is so you. Well, all is well in Big D, just HOT! Well, I guess I'll say, "Don't have too much fun and don't work so easy!" lol...Take care and safe adventures! Sail on! Love ya, Sylvia
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