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[anhtoeknee]

Coming up on 7 months here in Florida and just about 5 months until I head back home. Time is moving too fast and it scares me a lot (pretty sure I have mentioned this in previous posts.) For the first time since coming down here, I got extremely homesick, exactly 6 months and 1 day in (December 10). It might have been a mix of the holidays and the fact that my cousin, and nephews had just visited and left. It was rough getting through the holiday season, since I have never been away from my family during the holidays. For this, I am thankful for the family I have built here, definitely felt the love and it made getting through December a lot easier.

Aside from this, much has happened since my last update about 2 months ago. I became a Disney trainer, took a spontaneous trip up to NYC, and ringing in 2016 at the end of a 15 hour shift with my Canadian pavilion family, are some of the highlights of the last 2 months. I’m going skydiving next week, and my brother is getting married in April in the Dominican Republic, but what the next 5 months have in store is still mostly a mystery.

Until next time, the adventure continues...

[anhtoeknee]

So I guess an update on my life is in order, seeing as it has been almost 2 months since my last one. (Then again I don’t think anybody reads these, but it’s nice to have place to put all these thoughts.)

I’m slowly coming up to 5 months here in the Sunshine State and working for the Mouse. Life just keeps going on and I’m just barely managing to keep up. I can’t believe I’m almost half way through this year long contract, when it feels like I boarded that flight from Toronto to Orlando just last week. 

When I first started this program, someone told me that the people you start this program with will not always be the people you will end it with. This far into the program, I’m starting to see this. You meet so many people down here that a lot of the time it is hard to build meaningful and lasting relationships. I hate how temporary everything here feels, but as time moves on, you just have to roll with it. All good things come to an end eventually, but in the end you will have memories of a time and place when this was everything you ever wanted.

Long story short, I’m still enjoying life and just taking everything that comes my way head on. I’ll hopefully update this sooner than 2 months from now, but don’t hold me to it. Until next time.

[anhtoeknee]

Oh hey there! Forgot I had Tumblr for a second there. I guess I should update this for whoever actually reads these.

I’ve been down here for just over 3 months and time is just flying. Days blend together and weeks turn into months. In the time from my last post, I have moved units, gotten a new housemate, became a member of a drinking team, joined the safety committee at work, been to both coasts of Florida, had my family come down to visit, lost 5 pounds, and became a program greeter for Canada, among other things.

I still love everything about working and living here and with time going by so fast, it kind of scares me. What happens when all of this comes to an end? Let’s be real, I am on a 1 year vacation where I happen to be working and making money. I am blessed to be where I am right now and I am very thankful for that, but when I go back home and reality hits again, then what? I guess it is a little early to be thinking about it, but before I know it I will be packing my bags and boarding a flight back for Toronto.

Until next update, Iwill still be here and trying to live the best life I can.

[anhtoeknee]

Clearly I suck at keeping up with regular blog posts. Life happens and you just roll with it.

So it has been about a month and a half since I made the move to Central Florida. I have settled pretty well into my new job and my new environment. My life nowadays pretty much consists of work during the day and partying at night, with time for chores in between.

A quiet moment to myself is hard to come by these days, and as someone with strong introvert tendencies I need these moments to recharge. I have found myself going to church weekly to find some peace and solitude, something I have never done on my own accord at home. I have always found a safe haven in my faith and relationship with God, but never found it necessary to attend mass on Sundays until I moved down here. Needless to say, the one hour a week I spend at church has really helped me to transition into this new chapter of my life.

As for the partying (it literally happens every night here) it truly defines and rounds out the experience of moving down here. More on this to come in future posts.

Life is great right now and I do miss home sometimes, but I was meant to be here and there isn’t anywhere I would rather be.

[anhtoeknee]

It has been a whirlwind week. Several 10 to 12 hour days later and I am proud to say I officially completed training or “earned my ears” as they say around here. I’m still on this high and something about this still does not feel real. I feel as if in one second I will wake up and I will be back home and still working the same 9 to 5 job. I do not want to say I feel this way because I feel as if I do not deserve it, because damn it I deserve to be here right now. It is just this surreal feeling I cannot explain.

Nothing like a new environment and new experiences to discover more about yourself and to re-discover parts of yourself that you thought you lost long ago. I wonder what I’ll be like at the end of it all.

[anhtoeknee]

I guess the easiest way to keep up with this is to do it by week.

Anyways, as you may or may not know I recently moved to Orlando, FL for one year to work. It’s an opportunity that I’ve dreamt about since starting college, and two years after finishing school I’ve finally made it. I’m still in awe of where I am right now, not just location wise, but life in general. It was not easy to get to where I am now, but for that I am even more grateful for this opportunity.

I’ve been here a week now and starting to really settle in for the long haul. Everything, from my roommates to my new neighbourhood to my new job, have been great and I’m ready to ride out this amazing year to come. This chapter in my life is just beginning and I can’t wait for what’s to come.

[anhtoeknee]

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[anhtoeknee]

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