It's Too Darn Hot

That's right!  I said it!  I'm finally cracking on the weather!  

It is super hot and humid down here, and it's just getting started!  Most days are about 90°F (approx. 32°C) and it usually feels like 95°F (35°C) to 100°F (37°C) which is, well, too darn hot!

Although don't get me wrong, on my days off and lying by the pool or just hanging out, I absolutely love it, bring on the heat!  But when you are wearing a costume that involves black polyester pants and a heavy cotton long sleeve shirt that buttons all the way up to your neck, it gets a little....well...hot.  It can be very difficult to focus and concentrate in this heat!  To make up for the heat though, it rains/thunderstorms/torrential down pours almost everyday usually around 3pm...which sometimes helps by cooling things off or makes it worse and the weather becomes 10 times more humid.

As you can see my Le Cellier costume is quite a lovely thing to wear 

on a hot summer day in Florida.

On another note, I've been thinking a lot about acting lately.  I think it's because usually around this time of year I am doing shows back in my hometown.  And now that I am down here, there is not much opportunity or time to be acting or trying to be in shows.  I'm really missing it, I just want to do something...which so far is just reading scripts.  I've been thinking about performing so much that I decided to write a blog because I started singing "Too Darn Hot" from Kiss Me Kate.

I would also like to link the video of "Too Darn Hot" because the dancing in this is phenomenal.  I only wish I could dance like Ann Miller.  

Hope you enjoyed that little number and learn't something interesting about the weather in Florida.

Until next time!

-Janice

"The very things that hold you down 

are going to lift you up."

-Timothy Mouse, Dumbo

So Much to Do

So I just realized it's been over a month since I last blogged.

I've been working a lot lately, at least anywhere from 40 to 50 hours.  It's been a lot of hard work but I've been having a lot of fun too.  I just became an assigner (although I still am on podium and popcorn), which is the person who figures out and plans out where all the guests are going to sit.  It's not a physically demanding job, but it is definitely mentally demanding and sometimes emotionally.  Assigner is at the restaurant from open till close meaning the shifts are 10 hours.  This can take a lot out of you, but it's not too bad.  I find that it's really been helping me with focusing (I can become quite ADD at times, so focusing can be hard as well as plaining ahead).  It can be quite tuff because you need to make sure guests aren't waiting too long, you have to try to get large parties sitting as close as possible and you need to make sure you keep rotation of sections and not to double seat the servers.  But I have been enjoying it so far.

So not all my time here is spent at work....well actually yeah it is...but it's not because of work, but because of play!
I feel that my time playing in the parks and other adventures will best be explained with pictures!

Outside of my apartment

The Festival of the Lion King at Animal Kingdom

The Boardwalk 

The Boardwalk

So yummy!

Me, Repunzel and Mat

The Cheesecake Factory!!!!

                       

So many cakes to choose from!

Salad was amazing!

As well as the cheesecake

Pixie Dust, think of a wonderful thought 

Jodies last Wishes

Si-Fi Dine In Theatre 

(So much fun!  Great atmosphere and some pretty yummy food!)

Me and Meagan

Meagan and I outside of the Si-fi Dine in Theatre 

in Hollywood Studios

An almost empty park, quiet and peaceful

Beaches and Cream!!

Vanilla and Strawberry Sundae 

with almonds, caramel sauce, whip creme and a cherry on top!

So this has been some of my adventures since the last time I posted.  Hopefully this gives a little in site to what my time has been like.  I'm also getting excited because in about six weeks my parents are going to be coming down for a couple days!  I can't wait because I miss them a lot!  Although I feel it isn't so hard since I have lived on my own for a couple years, but I'm still quite far away.  

Time to go enjoy my day off!
-Janice

"In every job that must be done, 
there is an element of fun."
-Mary Poppins