Sorry I'm not Sorry this is a Long Post

Well, it sure has been an eventful two weeks here, but let's face it, there hasn't been a two week stretch here that hasn't had some form of entertainment. I'll start off with a story I like to call, "Sarah needs a Purse"

It was a beautiful Tuesday afternoon in Lake Buena Vista when a young, bright eyed, twenty something woke up before 10 am on her day off and decided to do all her errands she has been avoiding for weeks.  First, she went out of her way to go to the Verizon store for a new phone since she dropped hers down three flights of stairs. After finding out the unfortunate news that she has to wait until January for a new phone, she headed off to the only TD bank in the area for a new debit card and to do some high finance banking. Walking out of the bank happy she finally has a debit card, she went to Walle World (Wal-Mart) in the adjacent parking lot. Although this WalMart was shadier then the others she has been to, she figured it was right here and she could get her shopping done. An hour later and $70.00 spent on scrumptious food, Sarah walked to Petey Sullenberger, her beautiful but dirty car and packed the groceries in the trunk. On her way home she called her mother, paid a toll, and sang to the radio when all of a sudden, 

" O shitake mushrooms!" Sarah exclaimed.  Sarah pulled over and dug through her car for her wallet. She can't find it so she pops the trunk thinking maybe she left it with her groceries. It's not there and she is now frantic  and crying on the side of the road with her car slowing rolling because she didn't put the break on. 

Panicked she gets back on the freeway in hysterics and heads back to Walmart praying her wallet is miraculously still in the cart she left it in. When she approached the toll booth she is crying to the poor guy and he nicely lets her through. She calls her mom who although she asked for no lecture got one about using a purse because she seems to loose her worldly possessions often. Sarah tried to disagree but her mother who is annoyingly always right made the point that they only reason she went so far to go to the bank was because she lost her debit card. 

In the parking lot she looks through all the carts in the trolley area and can't find her wallet. Sarah, defeated and upset, cries on her car like a child. She went inside to talk to the front desk but they said they didn't get any wallets. Sarah cries to her car when a nice man came over and told her he would help her look for it. Eventually he said he would go back to the desk with her and translate. When they got to the desk again the same person said, 

"O yes, the wallet. We just had a lady come in with it." 

Sarah is relieved and thankful it is returned. 

"O but, she took it [the wallet] home with her because she didn't trust us with it." The bad customer service worker said. At this point a look of "are you serious" came across Sarah's face and she was downright mad now. She said, 

" Is it common practice for you to let a customer walk out the door with someone that is not theirs? Did you at least get her phone number?" 

After hearing that they didn't get a name,  a phone number, or anything that would be helpful, Sarah gets annoyed and asks to speak to the loss prevention manager. The manager was not a help and basically only called the police for her. The girl said the women looked trustworthy and she was going to try and track me down on the internet. Wow. Two hours and 5 magazines read later, Sarah walks out of the Walmart without talking to the police but leaving her phone number with the manager in case the mystery women came back. 

That night Sarah was upset and very mad at herself for being careless. She kept hoping with every phone call it was the women saying she used Facebook stalker abilities to her advantage and found her. Finally, at 1020 pm a phone call came in from her mom that changed everything. 

"You're so damn lucky." Lisa said

"OMG was it found!?" Sarah shrieked 

"Yes,  AAA just called and although I was annoyed someone was calling so late I decided to pick it up. The women found your wallet and called AAA to track you down. I have their number call them tonight." 

"O.M.G" 

Sarah quickly got into her car with Lauren and met the husband at a hotel down the road. He explained that his wife doesn't speak much English and got confused at what customer service was trying to say. She tried giving him the $20 I had in my wallet but he said she should keep it. She plans on using the money for a purse. 

Moral of the story here kids, don't be careless, carry a purse, and keep your Platinum AAA membership card with you at all times. 

"First Mate Lariza tries not to throw kids overboard"

Lariza has done two pirate cruises in the past two weeks and if she gets one more screaming kid she is going to loose it. Parents, I know you want your kids to experience new things and you want two hours to yourself but please, if the kid is crying BEFORE they get on the boat things might not turn around for the better. Also, give your kids geography lessons because not every country in Epcot is Russia and sadly there is no country called Margaritas- it's just a stand with $10 drinks. 

"Sarah accomplishes a goal" 

Sarah accomplished her goal of eating and or drinking at every Food and Wine Pavillion. This was not an easy task, but it sure was a delicious one. Favorites were the lettuce wrap in South Korea, chicken sausage and polenta in Canada, and the lamb slider in New Zealand. I even bought the cook book so I can attempt to make my favorite dishes. 

"Sarah shows emotion at work"

Sarah is now at Port Orleans for the week because her home resort doesn't like her. Just kidding. Anyway, a guest told her on her first day he wanted to hear some songs but we didn't have any he wanted. He asked for Party Rock Anthem and Someone like you from Adele. He mumbled something under his breath and this little boy with him who Sarah presumed was his son said "his wife died three weeks ago of stage 4 terminal breast cancer." Sarah is rarely speechless but had no words to say to the poor guy who started to tear up. Sarah gave her condolences and said she had the instrumentals to PRA and started playing it. He said thank you, walked away, and looked up to the sky saying, "We're still party rockin'."  

Sarah didn't like Port Orleans for the first two days but like they say about dating, you really don't know where the relationship will lead until the third date and so by the third day I was enjoying my time more and thought this could be the start of a beautiful friendship. 

"Can I take your order?"

Sarah is looking to make more $ so she picked up a quick service food and beverage shift at Hollywood Studios for three hours. Sarah got to Studios and went to costuming to pick up her costume which, btw, was hideous. Sarah luckily met a nice person in the locker room who showed her how to put the costume on and walked her to the Sunset Ranch Market which is located on Hollywood Blvd. Sarah's first assignment was bussing outdoor tables by cleaning them and sweeping the area. At first mortified, Sarah embraced her sweeping by talking to all the guests and enjoying her time even though she was told to clean the tables faster. Her next assignment was scooping ice cream and making brownie sundaes. This job was sticky and an arm workout but wasn't terrible. It's not that hard to scoop ice cream  unless you are a perfectionist and wanted the balls to be perfect and you take too long on a two scoop cone. After about 45 mins of that Sarah got her next assignment which was the hardest of all: Beverages. Now you out there are probably like "Wow Sarah. Glad that four year degree is working out for you." But it was hard, especially pouring the Bud light on tap because the tap wasn't really working. The best thing is all you have to do is press the size cup and it automatically pours the right amount of sugary goodness into the cup for you. Bad thing is you have to keep up with the orders on the screen and hope the cashier doesn't make the drink while you're not looking because then you'll be wasting precious time. After about a half hour I was finally getting the hang of it and by the end of the 90 minute session I was a pro. I was doing three sodas, a coffee, and pouring a beer all at the same time and with pleasure. Once it was time to go I got out of there thankful for the easy shift and more appreciative of those who work it everyday. I got my pay stub and since it was three hours of OT for me I earned $11.75 and hour- more then the OT I would make doing children's activities. 

That's not a skirt or a dress, it's pants

I am a natural. 

"Sarah and friends book a cruise"

During the wallet issue, Sarah booked a cruise with Lauren and Colleen to leave December 1 to go to the Bahamas. We can't be happier and although it was a random decision, we are in need of a vacation from our vacation. 

o hey Bestie 

I tried lifting my shorts. didn't work