“All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” - Walt Disney
As usual, Walt was right.
I've always wanted to work at Walt Disney World but had no idea when I'd be able to make that dream come true. For the last approximately three years I had to put what I wanted to do with my life on hold as my mother went into a nursing home. You see, she developed alcohol dementia in addition to some other medical problems so could no longer take care of herself. I was trying to go to school locally at the time so wasn't in any position to take care of her. I've been wanting to get out of this area for a long time but couldn't in good conscience with my mother in a nursing home.
Well, after she passed away on January 27th I was able to start thinking about myself and what I wanted to do with my life. A few days after she passed my brother and sister-in-law talked to me about getting me down to Orlando permanently. Apparently a few days before my brother, a seasonal CM, happened to pick up a shift at Epcot and was eating lunch in the Cast cafeteria when our uncle, an engineer for WDW, happened to come in to get something to eat himself. A large coincidence as my brother doesn't work often at WDW and our uncle works on the other end of property normally. They talked about getting me down there as they know that is what I've been wanting to do.
After our mom passed my brother and I were able to start working on getting me there. We were able to make arrangements for me to visit Orlando for a few days just shy of three weeks later. While there I talked to Casting but had no idea on when I'd be able to move down.
Now it is just more than a month after my mom's passing and in just about two weeks I'll be moving down and starting at WDW.
I would call my mom passing away a kick in the teeth. This kick though has been one of the best things for me. It has enabled me to finally get where I want to be, which is working for the Mouse.
On to some other things:
I'm not actually quitting my current job, I am transferring and going on a leave of absence. This means I will have a job to fall back on if the brown stuff hits the rotary air device with Disney. I have no plans to ever work for AutoZone again but it is nice knowing I have a job waiting if something does happen.
On the morning of Saturday the 15th I'm picking up a moving van and car hauler from Penske and loading most of my possessions in the truck (some, like my living room furniture is going into a storage shed I have locally) and my van on the trailer. That afternoon I'm cleaning the apartment and when I'm done dropping the keys into the office mail slot. I'm going to spend Sunday with the family I have locally and hitting the road early Monday morning. I'm planning to stop for lunch in Tallahassee and meeting up with my best friend who I haven't seen in a long while. After that I'm getting back on the road to Orlando, arriving that evening.
I'll be headed straight for the house my uncle and his family will be living in (they themselves are moving there soon) as he has graciously offered the spare bedroom for me to live in until I get on my feet in the area. I just have to furnish it, hence me taking all my bedroom furniture but not the living room furniture.
I'm planning to just sleep on the floor or something that night and unloading the truck the next morning. I'm hoping to start "working" the next day (gotta go through the background check, Traditions, and what not before I can actually start working, hence the quotes).
I'll be living in Windermere, which is just a few miles north of WDW, so I'll be really close to wherever I wind up working on property.
My long goal is to eventually go back to school down there (schooling here hasn't worked out, in part due to my mom and in part due to other issues) and eventually going into an IT position with Disney.
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