29 June 2014

Home Again

Well, as of about an hour ago, I am home from my last vacation for the year. It's always sad realizing I won't return to up north Michigan for another year. This is usually the time when summer starts to fly by, so it's going to feel like I'll be flying to Florida in the blink of an eye. I'm excited, don't get me wrong, but I hope returning to Disney will give me the same feeling as returning to northern Michigan does. 

23 June 2014

7 Weeks!

My countdown until check-in is now under 50 days! That's so crazy! Time is really starting to fly by now, I remember when I had 118 days left! It won't be long until I have to start packing. I'm going to apply for a passport this afternoon, so hopefully that's approved and comes in before I leave! I was talking to one of my good friends from the DCP Facebook page and we realized we only live 3 hours away from each other, so we're planning to meet up soon! I also leave for my last vacation this year on Thursday, so that's exciting! I'll be so sad when it's over, it's like my second home up there!

Post - Course Registration

I just finished registering for my classes! Let me tell you, it was CRAZY. The webpage opened up right at 00:00 (midnight), only we were faced with a problem...the dreaded orange circle. What is this orange circle, you may ask? It's the loading screen, and it stayed like that for a good 10 minutes. We overloaded the site! We all went a little crazy...



 
That's just a SMALL portion of what went on. And is still going on, on the DCP Facebook page! It's CRAZY. 

 So, what did I get?? Drum roll, please...
 

YAY! I got the two classes I wanted!! I knew I had to take Exploring Marketing, but I decided to try for Exploring Leadership as well on a spur of the moment decision this morning. Luckily, you can drop the Exploring Series classes without penalty if need be. I'm also in classes with my some of my roommates! I have a couple in one and a couple in the other! How cool! 

After all of the worrying about what classes we were all going to get, I think I can safely say we're all now feeling like this:

22 June 2014

Pre - Course Registration

Right now it's June 22nd, 02:07 (Military time!!) which means course registration opens in about 22 hours. I absolutely need to sign up for Exploring Marketing because I'm undecided on major and this will be how I will choose whether or not I will go into business! I've thought about taking Exploring Disney Heritage as well, but I would really like a 100% free day without work or class. I honestly think I'll just skip out on EDH so someone who really wants it can take that spot.

Wish me luck!!

20 June 2014

Instagram

I just made a new Instagram solely for the DCP, so if you have an Insta, go follow it!! @HannahsDCP

Progress!

There's been a couple more steps leading towards my DCP this week! On Wednesday I received this lovely email:
Yay for finally getting more emails!

And today we FINALLY bought plane tickets! I checked the airline website this morning and discovered the flight I wanted had filled up and all of the prices went up. I had a small panic attack and immediately called my mom and told her we need to get tickets today! So after some bickering and one mental breakdown later (on my part), our flights are booked! Unfortunately the airline we picked did not offer any non-stop flight options, so we have a connecting flight in Chicago. I haven't been to Chicago in a few years, so I'll be excited to stop there, even if it's just in the airport for an hour!

My mom and I have also decided that her, my brother, and I need to invest in a passport for the each of us. My dad does international travel with his job and if there were ever a reason for us to need to get to him, a passport would certainly be helpful. Plus, we really don't want to take my social security card to Florida!

15 June 2014

Vacation Pictures

As promised, here are some pictures from my recent vacation! I'm very surprised at how clear my photos turned out! The close up pictures were taken at around 60-100x zoom! Note: Only the first three pictures are from where I actually stayed. The rest were taken in a different location.
The best sunsets!


Very cold, windy day. Thought it looked cool!

My favorite place!




I love this picture!



I don't know these people, I just thought the pictures turned out cool.





"What are you looking at?!"

14 June 2014

Back Home

Well, my week-long vacation has come to an end. It feels like we just arrived and now we're back at home. I definitely have some post-vacation sadness going on. On the bright side, I get another - smaller - vacation in a couple weeks. After that, my vacations for the year are over. My family always takes another vacation in August, but it falls the week after I leave. I'm sad I won't get to go, but at least I get to work for Disney! I'm posting this from my phone and my vacation pictures are on my camera so I'll transfer those to my laptop tomorrow and make another post. I do, however, have some pictures of my favorite items I got while on vacation.
 
My "Dorothy slippers"! I saw these and knew I needed them since my feet are ALWAYS cold! 


Beaded bracelets from one of my favorite restaurants! The restaurant is an authentic Polish place and it's AMAZING. I bought one of these bracelets last year (with rainbow flowers) and never took it off until guard season in college, when I lost it. I was so upset, but glad they still sell them so I could get more! They didn't have another rainbow, but the blue is super pretty and the purple and green has my two favorite colors! 

Because of my love for all things Irish, my mom picked me up this Irish prayer stone from the shop on site at the largest crucifix in the world! It was really cold and windy yesterday so I stayed at the cabin while they visited since I have visited before. 

I also got this from the Polish restaurant! I couldn't resist the shamrock! 
New Pandora charm! Lucky Penny! So cute! 
Back side of the charm! It says "Keep me for good luck"! 

I got more than the stuff pictures, but those were just my favorites! 

07 June 2014

Pre-DCP Mondays Challenge

If you have seen this picture floating around,
you may have been wondering what it is. Well, I made this challenge a few weeks ago for us Fall participants, to help pass the time! The directions are exactly what the title says, it's a challenge for Mondays! We check-in on a Monday, so I thought that would be a good day to make the challenge for. I started it at 12 weeks because that's how many weeks I had left until check-in. You start at 12 weeks and countdown until check-in! Yes, I came up with this idea, it is original and my own, so please do not take credit for it. If you want to follow my challenge, my username on Instagram is @ConnorHannah . I also track this challenge with the hashtag #PreDCPChallenge ! I look through it and like and follow a lot of people! I'll be on 9 weeks on Monday!

Vacation!

I may not post for a week or so, because like the title of this post says, I'm going on vacation! I'm going up north for the next week! There's usually little to no internet, so I tend to just disappear online for a week. I'm so excited to be on the beach again! I'll also get to see my roommate from college as where we're going is where us two met! But first, we have to make the five hour drive up there!

03 June 2014

10 Weeks! (Actually, 9 Weeks and 6 Days...)

I'm so close to being in the single digits of weeks counting down! The time is starting to feel like it's passing by faster. While that is exciting, it's scary also. I get to go on vacation for a week starting Saturday, though! That's always a nice break (even though I have done absolutely nothing all summer...)! I'm looking forward to getting to use my new camera more. The sunsets up north are always so pretty, I must have at least 100 pictures of them throughout the years!

After we get home from vacation in two weeks, my mom said we can finally start getting things set with the plane tickets and rental car and all that fun stuff! Yay! I brought up possibly getting a passport to my mom as well because I don't want to bring down my social security card, so hopefully I'll be getting one soon! I also get to look forward to getting a new phone before I leave because our contract with Sprint needs to be renewed soon, so that's fun! I don't know whether to get the gold iPhone or the silver one...I'm leaning towards silver... But other than that, nothing has been going on, really.

My flatmates and I still have to get things sorted out about our housing situation, but a few of us had another Google Hangout recently and that was really fun! Well, besides the part when a spider decided to crawl up my arm towards the end...
I'll be seeing this beautiful sunset again in four days!