Well, I haven't made very much, if any, obvious progress towards getting ready to leave, but I have made several small dents. That and I decided it was time to put something up again so people don't get bored reading the same two posts :)
So after the last post, I figured out that even though I thought I changed the settings to allow anyone to post comments, people still need an account. Not sure if this means an account on here or just a google account. I've thought of two ways to fix this problem. 1) make everyone get a google account (great time for people to switch over to google plus :P) or 2) just post a link on facebook and have people post their comments on that link each time. I guess I'll just let each person decide what they want to do, even if that means ignoring me.
I registered for classes last week. Registered on the afternon of the 17th. I guess classes would be the wrong word. It was one class, meets one day a week for 3 hours. The cost of registering was very surprising: FREE!!!! The most expensive class I could've taken was $30. Of course, this doesn't count any textbooks I may need, which range from $10-$30 a piece. If there are any textbooks, I haven't found out yet. The class I've signed up for is the "Blended Learning Series". Based on the information provided, it blends both in-class learning and out-of-class experiences that allow the students to see various operations across the resort. Definitely sounded like the perfect class for me. My second choice was a class that brought in key people to give lectures. Maybe that'll be my second class if I have to take another class. The only thing I didn't like about the classes is that each met at 8:30 AM. If I remember right, my class is 8:30-11:30 Tuesdays. No, this will not interfere with my work schedule. My class schedule is given to the managers of my work location(s), where my weekly schedule is planned around the class(es) I'm taking.
As far as I know, I don't have plane tickets yet to go down to California, but thanks to my parents, there is a place to stay Saturday night, and Friday if need be. I am also very happy that my dad will be coming down with me. Everything is going to be changing so quickly, and it'll be a completely different environment than I'm used to, I'm definitely scared. It'll be a little easier with him coming down to help me :) Thanks dad!
I still haven't had a chance to contact any roommates, probably won't get that chance until late November. I've somewhat started packing though. I have one box of books ready to go back to Chehalis. I'm hoping that once I finish with classes, I'll have a chance to find more of these to get rid of, but if not, then I hope there'll be space in the attic to put them? Next, I need to go through the rest of the apartment, get rid of most of my stuff, and fill as little buckets as possible. That's just the easy part unfortunately. I'll probably do most of this during Thanksgiving break. The hard part will be packing for California.
I still haven't figured out anything regarding insurance yet. Maybe I should remember to call my mom to ask about medical insurance (ummm... mom? If I forget, can you call me when you have time? :) ). Not sure if I'll be covered in California or if I'll need to find my own. Not sure how to go about doing that. I haven't figured out much about renters insurance except that it'll be a lot cheaper than I thought. Apparently some homeowners plans also allow dependents to somehow use it as renter's insurance (Brian, did I get that at least somewhat right? Can't remember very well anymore :( ). Oh well, either way, I thought that would be at least $100 a month and would take forever to get. Apparently it's less than half of that cost, and may even take just a few days to get. Still would like to figure that one out sooner rather than later, but I have time.
As part of the pre-arrival checklist they provided, there was an optional play Disney Mission Timekeeper. This game provides background history on Walt Disney, the company, and various lines of work, such as cruise lines, international parks, even information on various types of characters. It was fun to play, even though the game concept seemed made for a younger age group, the information wasn't. I learned A LOT of information from it.
So I guess now it's back to finishing up this reality before moving on to the next. Can't believe it's already week 5/6 of classes, depending on the class. The classes that I'm currently taking are mixed right now. Health I'm ahead in, French right on track, English still catching up. I had hoped to be caught up with everything by this last Monday, but I didn't take into consideration how hard writing papers is. Even a one paragraph paper has taken me several hours to write. Assuming everything goes well, I'll be caught up by the beginning of this next week. I just have 9 more papers to write. Yep, that even looks ugly to write... Better than the 15 I had 2 days ago :)
~Amber
TO DO:
- Purchase plane ticket
- Print off Hire Documentation
- Fill out Hire Documentation
- Figure out medical insurance
- Figure out renters insurance
- Contact roommate
- Finish classes for this quarter
- Graduate
- Move out
- Pack
- DISNEYLAND!!!!!!
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