Today was pretty relaxing. All we had on the schedule was a housing meeting at 3:00 p.m. which gave us ample time to sleep in, thankfully, because after yesterday I was exhausted. All the girls in my apartment rode together to the housing meeting since it was at a different apartment complex. We've all really bonded and become a unit. I am so happy about it. It gives us all a little niche of people who care about each other here in Florida since every single one of us is from a different part of the country--Illinois, Virginia, Texas, Mississippi and, of course, South Carolina. It's really cool just to talk to them and see things they've never heard of before (like Chick-Fil-A!) and things I've never heard of before (like some place called Darn Cheap). On the flip side, my bedroom roommate is from Chicago and listens to the same kind of music (including country), has cowboy boots and goes line dancing like me! It's really cool. We get along like two peas in a pod, I can't believe we've only known each other for two days. I'm really blessed that it worked out so well.

The housing meeting was interesting. They scanned our housing ID's as we went in and all the lights were off and there were strobe lights going and Disney music blaring (High School Musical, of all things). We all filed in and sat down and were given monthly newsletters. It had reminders about security and websites and such. The best thing in it though was a calendar of events that are specifically for CP's (College Program kids). That will be nice to have, for sure. When the presentation started, it was interesting. They tried really hard to be cool and excited about the presentation and make it easy for us to relate to, but it all came off kind of trying-too-hard. But they were Disney peppy and stuff, which is expected. They explained a whole bunch of housing details like where the laundry is, how to borrow a vacuum, and how to check in guests. They finally explained how to recieve mail which was nice because it's this really complicated system that makes no sense to me. They also did this whole explanation on what is and isn't a weapon such as plastic knives and guns (which ARE weapons and we're not allowed to have) and pepper spray (which we ARE allowed to have for protection).

Near the middle of the presentation a different lady went up to the front and had everyone in the first row stand up. It was about 25 people out of the whole 130. She had this really serious look on her face and she said, "These are the people that will get sent home. Last year we sent 400 people home. If you break any of these rules they're telling you about, you will be sent home. You will have until 11 a.m. the next morning to evacuate your room." It was so scary. It would be the worst thing ever to get sent home from the most magical place on Earth because I did something stupid. And the worst part is that Disney has a no re-hire policy and Disney owns companies like Marvel, Pixar and ESPN so I'd never be able to work for any of those companies either. Needless to say, I will not be doing anything questionable the next four months. After that, the meeting finished up pretty quick and we all dispersed. It was really informative, but was definitely one of those things that was required and a bit boring.

Tonight I had my first experience in checking someone in to my apartment complex. It was a seriously complicated system. All of the CP apartment complexes have security hut things out front and there's guards stationed there 24 hours. It makes me feel really safe knowing that strange Orlando tourists can't wander in my apartment, not to mention questionable individuals. However, every single time you enter the complex you have to show your ID even when you're just a passenger in the car. So this security definitely comes with hassles, but Disney is doing their best to keep us safe which is greatly appreciated. To sign someone in, you have to park your car to the side, get out and go up to the security hut, fill out this piece of paper with a bunch of questions, and they make copies of your guests' drivers licenses. It's a lot of work for this security. But the whole point is to keep us safe so complaining about it is a bit ridiculous.

That's all the magic for today!