Mom's visit!!

Wow. Have I mentioned how FAST time moves here?? It's insane!! One week just runs in to another and it's already been TWO MONTHS!!! I can't even believe it. But, by FAR the biggest thing that's happened recently is that my mom came to visit! We had SO much fun! I went out to dinner with my friends last Wednesday night, and waited for Mom's phone call. She called me and I picked her up from the airport. We went to Ryan and Shelsy's house and stayed there, since I had the next day off of work.

On Thursday we went to Aquatica (Sea World's waterpark!) for a few hours, and, of course, had lots of fun. Amber is SSOO cute in the water!! Sometimes she doesn't seem to notice it, but sometimes she splashes it and laughs! It's so stinking cute! Then went to Sweet Tomatoes for lunch!!! YUM! Sweet Tomatoes is this amaaaaaazing restaurant here that has unlimited salad, soup, pasta, bread, pizza, desert, and drinks. All for $10!!! SSOOO good. THEN Mom took me grocery shopping!!! YAY! She bought me so much food. Ah. I love her :)

Anyway, I worked on Friday, then Mom picked me up and we went back to Ryan and Shelsy's or some Syrian food!! We watched some TV, talked for an hour or so, then fell asleep.

On Saturday, we got up early in the morning, and left for Hollywood Studios as soon as Ryan got home from work (at 9:30am). We went on Tower of Terror, watched some Star Wars performance, ate yummy lunch, and did a ton more fun stuff. Then we headed over to the one and only Magic Kingdom! Mom and I stayed at MK from around 1pm till 11 when they closed. Ryan, Shelsy and Amber left just before "Wishes" (MK's fireworks) at 9. We had SO much fun!! We did Splash Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Philharmagic, Jungle Cruise (I finally got to see Kelly at work!!!), Pirates of the Caribbean (!!), Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh, It's a Small World, and SO much more, I can't even remember it all. Even though I've done all of those MANY times now, it was really cool doing them all with Mom because she hadn't been there since '04, so everything was almost like new again! And of course, "Wishes" made me cry. Again. THEN on the tram ride back from MK, we were FREEEZING! It was very cold, and we were unprepared. Last week, Orlando broke records for how hot it was. A few nights ago, we broke records for how cold it was. It's pure insanity.

Then on Sunday, at work, we had a meeting for all of the college program kids in Africa (minus the Kilimanjaro Safaris kids), so we all worked from noon until 7:45 pm! It was kinda fun, kinda really weird. Ah well. I slept over at Ryan and Shelsy's again that night. Then, Monday. Once again, we left RIGHT after Ryan got home from work, and headed for Animal Kingdom! I wore regular clothes so I could get them in at the gate. Once they were all in the park, I darted backstage, hopped on a DAKcycle and booked it over to Africa. I changed into my costume, and went straight to work. Mom was quite happy with how the day went, because she got to make lots of videos of me doing my conductor spiel, driving into the station, etc. THEN, when I got my lunch break, I ran into a break room, put jeans on, and went to have lunch with my family. I had about 45 minutes with them, which was SO nice. But then I had to say goodbye to Mom. That was sad, but I was just so glad that she got to come see me at work.

That night, after I got done with work, and when Mom was already at the airport, Davis, Dustin, Aidan and I went to Hollywood Studios just so that Davis could finally confront his fear and go on Tower of Terror. We ended up doing it three times. He actually likes it now!!

I miss Mom already, but I'll see her again very soon, and I can't wait!!

Aaaaand, in job news, there's not much new! I still LOVE work, I love my friends and co-workers, and I definitely loved the cooler weather earlier this week, but now it's back in the 80's and I'm even happier :D I love how warm it is here. It's perfect. Well, once again, I miss you all SO much!! I can't wait to see everybody!!