I’m at work today for an event and I have just a bit of free time, so lets chat.

I’ve spend most of this week just kind of settling into my new gig. There is a lot of stuff that you just can’t get from a training manual. Tribal knowledge type stuff that just has to be passed from one person to the next, or it just won’t happen right. So I’ve been doing a lot of watching and listening to those folks who have been here a long time. As you can imagine things here don’t run the same as they might in the outside world. Disney kind of has their own way of doing everything, and special events are no different. Or… they are different, that’s what makes them Disney events! Getting from point A to point B around here is sometimes a challenge. Lots of red tape and paperwork, forms and logs and calls and confirmations. I guess that builds up in any company this size… but it is kind of annoying. I get so used to just making decisions and running with them, that having to run them by 7 different people for feasibility and legalities gets old fast.

You know… on a quick re-read of that last paragraph it’s obvious that a person might think I don’t like what I am doing. That couldn’t be further from the truth. I know I’ve said it over and over since I moved to CA, but I AM having the time of my life. Since the beginning of my Disney life I have done things I’ve dreamed about since as far back as I can remember. It’s hard to explain how it feels to sit right in the place that only 2 years ago was a dream pushed to the back of my head by logic. I convinced myself after moving out of the arts into the geek world, there was just no way to make my way back. I was too far gone… But here I am. Amazing isn’t it. That right this second I’m looking out my office window onto the majestic peak of Matterhorn Mountain. Gives me chills… OK, OK, OK Enough touchy feely… lets talk about what’s going on.

I’m at work today because I have my first Disney event. It’s over in DCA and I’m in the office to do a little prep work. To be honest I had a whole lot less prep work then I thought I did, that’s why I have the extra time to post this update. 🙂 I’m getting just a bit nervous right now as I look up to the sky. It’s cloudy… like the kind of dark grey clouds that tell you rain is on the way. The forecast last night was “a good chance of late evening showers”. You have to understand how terrible the timing of this is. We just spent a solid 6 months here in Southern CA with not a drop coming from the sky. Hell… There wasn’t so much as a wispy cloud. Down here it is blue sunny skies year round. Of course the evening of my first event… that’s my first outdoor event… we should see late evening showers.

I’ve got my rain tents on standby. I’ve got several hours till the event actually begins, so I’m not going to make the call just yet. I’ll be going over to the venue in a hour or so… I’ll decide then. I guess we will see what happens.

I won’t write too any more today. I’m going to go double check all my plans and make sure tonight goes off well. I know it’s mostly my family reading this, so thank you guys for everything. Jackie… Rest and get better soon. I miss you, and I hate that you’re in pain. Keep you’re chin up and a smile on your face, it’ll all be O.K.!