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My first full weekend of official shifts was absolutely the worst work weekend I’ve ever had in my entire life.

Here’s how it went down. On my last day of training, my assessment day, I realized that my first three shifts were going to be a challenge. Three full days of double shifts, in a row, all days over 11 hours long. It didn’t really sink in how bad the weekend was going to be until the night before my three shifts started.

The first day was okay. My feet were really hurting me and I was starting to lose a little of the magic.

The second day was the worst one of them all. My feet were on fire, my knees were on fire. The lady who was supposed to come and get me for my lunch possibly purposefully waited until half of my break was over before coming to find me to relieve me. So by the time I got to CDS for break, my lunch was almost over. I cried. I was tired and in pain and hungry and I cried. It was really stupid of me to do that but I had had enough and I needed to sit. I cried at the end of my shift as well when I was doing a closing trash run. I was just so done.

My third and final double shift consisted of streets and restrooms. The streets shift ended on a positive note, I bused tables and met some really nice guests who took time to talk to me. Then I was moved to restrooms and from then on I was able to relax and take things slow. Once the end of the night hit I was so relieved to go home that I didn’t even set an alarm for the next day.

So this morning was the big day. Traditions class, the day you get your name tag and you become someone. I’ve been through it before, and I can say it definitely hasn’t changed. With the exception of some new videos, we once again heard the tear jerking letter from the mom Catherine, took a trip through the Utilidoors (my future home for the next however long), and officially received our IDs to get access to everything.

On the first day of my three days off, my roommates and I spent the morning watching Greys Anatomy. I went to meet a friend from my last program and we hung out at Disney Springs (DTD forever) to get lunch before she went to work. After that, I went back to DTD with all my roommates and hung out there until closing.

Today, the next day, we’ve spent my entire day sitting in the apartment watching How I Met Your Mother. It’s been a very lazy day just hanging out in front of the tv. I might go out later and get a few groceries, but for now it’s just looking like a lazy day in the neighborhood.

Today I put my resignation letter on my boss’s desk at my desk job. I’ve never written a resignation letter before, so I of course asked Google to help me with the outline and small details. I thought it was very exciting to turn in my letter and it put me in a really good mood for some reason. I’m going to miss my co-workers and my boss, but I can’t wait to leave it in two weeks.

My boss was pretty funny today though. Before I could even get back to my desk after giving him the letter, I heard him groan pretty loudly from his office and I couldn’t help but laugh. I don’t think he’s ever had a student employee turn in a resignation before, so that was fun for me. All in all, can’t wait for my two weeks to be up, and only three weeks and three days until I’m walking into Casting again for my next Disney College Program adventure to begin!