I suppose I should back track a little for all you out there who don't know what I'm talking about!!
I have been accepted into a Disney International Program to work in DisneyWorld (Orlando, Florida) staring 22nd January 2011! This came about a couple of months ago after hearing about it through a girl I used to go to primary school with. She applied last year, and was accepted into the July 2010 intake, and is still over there now. After looking through the website, and having a good think about whether this was something I wanted to do, I went full steam ahead with the application process, and was accepted in mid-October. Initially, I was offered the July 2011 intake, but about a week after, I got a call saying that the email was wrong, and that I had been accepted into the January 2011 intake. Slightly overwhelmed, I accepted and told my unhappy friends that I was now leaving six months earlier. Now, nearly two months on, I can't wait!!! It still hasn't quite set in, and I don't think it will for quite sometime as I'm going to be working right up until the day before I fly out. So that's that. I'm deferring from uni, for at least the first semester, and I'm off to Orlando to work in the DisneyWorld stores selling merchandise!
Alas, not all is calm... I still have PLENTY of things to do:
- Get visa - Still waiting on my criminal background check to come through before I can start the process. Hopefully it won't be too strenuous!
- Buy medical/travel insurance - We have found who I'll be with, but I'm just saving up a little more.
- Acquire a credit card/master-debit card (or whatever they are called) - Need to pop into St George on one of my days off to find out about that.
- Find out if my phone can be used overseas with an American sim.
- Sell the car and pay off the current loan I have on it - Yes, the car has to go :( I loved that little thing, but I certainly don't want to be making fortnightly loan repayments while I'm away. Alas, I've decided to sell it to a new owner.
- Cut down the current list I have of things to take over with me - it's FAR too big.
- Stop making lists. They are just a waste of time.
So yes, lots of things to do before I leave. I'm very happy that my employer has allowed me to work full time right up until I leave. That is going to make things significantly easier!
I think that is all that I need to update you on for now.... but I will definitely be back to update you as regularly as possible, especially when I actually begin my adventure!
Kind regards,
erin.
