Ok so there are times when the conversations at my job are just so precious that I have to write them down so I never forget plus they are just bring joy to my heart.
So a little background: most of these residents come from well to do families so they are accustomed to nice things... I wish I were more accustomed to nice things too. Well about a week ago I was taking a group to the grocery store and everyone in the car started bragging about what kind of cars their mom's drive or all the designer items they own. JV's parents are highly intelligent people and build hospitals or something really smart I have not gotten the whole story and JV is actually very smart as well. Below is a little snippet of the conversation that still makes me laugh just thinking about it.
KB: Well my mom drives an audi
RG: My mom drives a mercedes
CN: My mom drives a lexus
LB: my mom drives a mercedes too
JV: Well my mom is meeting the Dali Lama next week so beat that!
CN: Who is Dali Lama
JV: Oh my god you have got to be kidding me he is only one of the foremost spiritual world leaders.
KB: Yeah I think I know Dali.
JV: I'm not talking to you anymore.
I seriously could not help but laugh, by far my favorite conversation yet.
I'm changing positions pretty soon at my job, I will be the Community and Vocational Coordinator. I am very excited for the new position, but I am really going to miss my residential meetings with them and getting to spend that extra one-on-one time with them. I will just have to figure out how to make it happen cause these guy and gals are the best!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Disney Land & Parents Weekend
Yikes I have procrastinated yet again with this blog I don't mean to but yet I did. So much has happened in the past few weeks. I got an amazing apartment and two fabulous roomies. We just planned our housewarming party for Oct 8th and it will have a Three's Company theme and I promise lots of pics... well the people coming are all thier friends since the majority of mine are still in TX. I wish I were rich and could fly you all out here. Once everything gets unpacked and decorated I will post pics of the place as well.
Last weekend I took a group of residents to Disney Land to celebrate RG's birthday and it was awesome! His parents paid for us to be escorted around Disney to whatever rides he chose and we would go to the front of the line. *Random Side Note: Disney really does a phenomenal job at Customer Service and getting people through the line quickly and such... Sky Ranch you need to watch the videos a couple more times. Although parking really did remind me of Sky in the summer.* So we stared the day at California Adventure on the big roller coaster that I can not think of the name. Many of the residents did not want to go on this one because it goes upside down so they stood by the railing so that they could watch and this one has a count down to it so that you can prepare. Well many residents were screaming at me and I was trying to figure out what they were saying and completely missed the countdown so as I am cranning my head and looking to the side to try to deciper what the heck they are yelling I suddenly get jerked forward and slam the side of my face against the chest bar all to then realize they were yelling "sit back". Next up was the Tower of Terror, which I LOVE cause it terrifies me everytime, its basically an elevator that goes up and down so quickly that you float above your seat. Well many of the residents started screaming thier heads off the moment the lights went out and I just died laughing. The picture they take on the ride was histrical if we had not been rushed to move on I would have purchased it. The residents all look horrified while me and the other staff member are laughing. While riding Pirates we all sang together "yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me" and chose where everyone would live. They chose the whore house for me without really realizing what it was until RG starts giggling and says, "hehehehe Wendy's gonna be a hooker". So Kati & Trev I guess in the end I will end up a Pirate Hooker :).
They forced me to go on Splash Mountain which I did not want to because it was hot and I didn't want to be wet. I tried to hide but they found me and dragged me on. I am not sure why Disney has not revamped that ride cause I am pretty sure all the animatronic animals are high and there are shrooms everywhere. It is not a good influence for kids at all! It was just down right creepy and for the final drop I ducked so far down that I didn't even make it into the picture and all the residents got mad at me. For Space Mountain CN wanted me to ride with her, but she left out an important piece of information that she is scared of the dark. So basically the ride starts and so do her screams and I'm thinking what in the world is she dying! Then she clutches my arm across the seat and I'm all awkwardly leaning across the seat to try and help her feel better. The ride comes to an end and she suddenly startes laughing and states she wants to go again...whew luckily we were off to the next ride. The haunted mansion was all decked out for the Nightmare Before Christmas because of Halloween, which I actually prefer it the other way but that is because I don't really like the Nightmare before Christmas. I rode that one all by myself because the carts don't stop moving and there is moving walkway as well and I was so clumsily uncoordinated I could not get myself together enough to make it into the correct cart. It was a mess I almost fell straight on my butt! We went on a few more rides that I can not remember, but the night ended with The World of Color, which is a water show kinda like the one at the Bellagio but they make a mist screen out of the water as well and then show different clips from Disney movies. It was beautiful!
This past week we had our Parents weekend, which started with our golf tournament fund raiser. I was stationed at hole 18 which was "The Perfect Drive". They could donate $40 and advance 350 yards and drop their ball much closer to the hole. I sat there with another staff memeber as well as 2 residents CN and SC. A couple of times one of them would say something like, "oh man that was way off would you like to buy that advance now?" Or they would forget to be quiet while the guys were swinging. CN loved to drive the golf cart around and was constantly asking if we needed to go to restroom. On one of the trips she was trying to move to the side so someone could pass and completely drove me into a bush and then also loved to go over curbs, it was a mess. I had flashbacks of getting shotput from a golf cart and doing a butt slide.
Last night was the family BBQ and I had the job of serving drinks. We only served beer and wine but it was very interesting to see who came back for multiple refills. The winner was 11 glasses of white wine. The beer of choice was Fat Tire. And a couple of residents took about 2 sips and then declared they were drunk, but only when people were looking or playing into it. One wanted a beer and then when no one was looking would pour it into nearby plants. I just sat back and watched it all, especially the parents dancing to the cupid shuffle. I went down to join in and then just ended up standing off to the side laughing histerically, I mean seriously imagine 50 something year olds doing the cupid shuffle it makes for a funny thought. I had one parent ask me if I knew some random person they met in Houston... I really just wanted to respond, "it's the 3rd largest city in the nation... no I don't know your random friend." But instead I politely said, "no I'm sorry that name is not familiar to me." Overall the parents were really nice and it was great to see them having so much fun with the residents.
Sigh well it took me the entire day to finally get this done and technically its the next day... next time I should not wait so long.
Last weekend I took a group of residents to Disney Land to celebrate RG's birthday and it was awesome! His parents paid for us to be escorted around Disney to whatever rides he chose and we would go to the front of the line. *Random Side Note: Disney really does a phenomenal job at Customer Service and getting people through the line quickly and such... Sky Ranch you need to watch the videos a couple more times. Although parking really did remind me of Sky in the summer.* So we stared the day at California Adventure on the big roller coaster that I can not think of the name. Many of the residents did not want to go on this one because it goes upside down so they stood by the railing so that they could watch and this one has a count down to it so that you can prepare. Well many residents were screaming at me and I was trying to figure out what they were saying and completely missed the countdown so as I am cranning my head and looking to the side to try to deciper what the heck they are yelling I suddenly get jerked forward and slam the side of my face against the chest bar all to then realize they were yelling "sit back". Next up was the Tower of Terror, which I LOVE cause it terrifies me everytime, its basically an elevator that goes up and down so quickly that you float above your seat. Well many of the residents started screaming thier heads off the moment the lights went out and I just died laughing. The picture they take on the ride was histrical if we had not been rushed to move on I would have purchased it. The residents all look horrified while me and the other staff member are laughing. While riding Pirates we all sang together "yo ho yo ho a pirates life for me" and chose where everyone would live. They chose the whore house for me without really realizing what it was until RG starts giggling and says, "hehehehe Wendy's gonna be a hooker". So Kati & Trev I guess in the end I will end up a Pirate Hooker :).
They forced me to go on Splash Mountain which I did not want to because it was hot and I didn't want to be wet. I tried to hide but they found me and dragged me on. I am not sure why Disney has not revamped that ride cause I am pretty sure all the animatronic animals are high and there are shrooms everywhere. It is not a good influence for kids at all! It was just down right creepy and for the final drop I ducked so far down that I didn't even make it into the picture and all the residents got mad at me. For Space Mountain CN wanted me to ride with her, but she left out an important piece of information that she is scared of the dark. So basically the ride starts and so do her screams and I'm thinking what in the world is she dying! Then she clutches my arm across the seat and I'm all awkwardly leaning across the seat to try and help her feel better. The ride comes to an end and she suddenly startes laughing and states she wants to go again...whew luckily we were off to the next ride. The haunted mansion was all decked out for the Nightmare Before Christmas because of Halloween, which I actually prefer it the other way but that is because I don't really like the Nightmare before Christmas. I rode that one all by myself because the carts don't stop moving and there is moving walkway as well and I was so clumsily uncoordinated I could not get myself together enough to make it into the correct cart. It was a mess I almost fell straight on my butt! We went on a few more rides that I can not remember, but the night ended with The World of Color, which is a water show kinda like the one at the Bellagio but they make a mist screen out of the water as well and then show different clips from Disney movies. It was beautiful!
This past week we had our Parents weekend, which started with our golf tournament fund raiser. I was stationed at hole 18 which was "The Perfect Drive". They could donate $40 and advance 350 yards and drop their ball much closer to the hole. I sat there with another staff memeber as well as 2 residents CN and SC. A couple of times one of them would say something like, "oh man that was way off would you like to buy that advance now?" Or they would forget to be quiet while the guys were swinging. CN loved to drive the golf cart around and was constantly asking if we needed to go to restroom. On one of the trips she was trying to move to the side so someone could pass and completely drove me into a bush and then also loved to go over curbs, it was a mess. I had flashbacks of getting shotput from a golf cart and doing a butt slide.
Last night was the family BBQ and I had the job of serving drinks. We only served beer and wine but it was very interesting to see who came back for multiple refills. The winner was 11 glasses of white wine. The beer of choice was Fat Tire. And a couple of residents took about 2 sips and then declared they were drunk, but only when people were looking or playing into it. One wanted a beer and then when no one was looking would pour it into nearby plants. I just sat back and watched it all, especially the parents dancing to the cupid shuffle. I went down to join in and then just ended up standing off to the side laughing histerically, I mean seriously imagine 50 something year olds doing the cupid shuffle it makes for a funny thought. I had one parent ask me if I knew some random person they met in Houston... I really just wanted to respond, "it's the 3rd largest city in the nation... no I don't know your random friend." But instead I politely said, "no I'm sorry that name is not familiar to me." Overall the parents were really nice and it was great to see them having so much fun with the residents.
Sigh well it took me the entire day to finally get this done and technically its the next day... next time I should not wait so long.
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