And it all starts with 3 little letters...C.R.B

So last night I logged on to my Yummy account and all the documents I will be needing for my trip are finally there!
I freaked out...naturally.
I emailed Yummy with my qualms only to find out all the information I was asking was available in the information they'd sent me. Great. I look like a total doofus now!
My CRB application was no where to be seen and this freaked me the most; also one of the questions I emailed. I then read the Disney feed on facebook and low and behold I read that the CRB paperwork is SENT BY POST TO YOU! oopps!
Literally ran out of my flat, still dressed for bed, no make up and hair looking like a toilet brush, (good thing there's no good looking guys living in my block!) down my stairwell to my post box, to find a little brown envelope with the yummy jobs stamp on it. Wow oh wow.
I was defiantly a blonde in a previous life.
But this is the marker that starts off my journey. I'm doing it. This is actually happening and is going to happen. Eeeek!

Today has been a big eye opener for me.
Today I had lunch with my mother and grandmother, a rarity in my world. But now that I'm leaving for a year, I feel more obliged to want to see my mother. My gran I have always wanted to, but I'm always so busy, I never get enough time to make the trip to Aylesbury.
To put you in the picture, not too much mind, the relationship between my mother and I and my younger sister has been more than strained for the past 3 years due to the breakdown of my parents marriage.
Its safe to say that I'm a fully fledged daddy's girl and I'm not ashamed to admit it. Its the way its always been. Dad was the one you went to if mum said no. Its textbook.
But my mother made my life a misery between 2006-2009. You see, my parents separated in 2006 and were then divorced by 2008 and up until last year, we were all living in the same house. Yes. Me, my younger sister, my dad and my mother. Hell is not the word i would use to describe those 2/3 years. Closer to torture.
But that's the reason and I don't like to talk about it so lets move on.
You only have one family and that's it. I'll regret not making amends in the future, if i don't start now.
My eyes were also opened to see the beauty of the friends I have, that I don't see often enough, that I should see more often, rather that the cycle of bad friendships I had or have right now.
A simple evening with someone I adore defiantly cures the heartbreak of a friend I had who's flitted away. I adore Ben. He is amazing.I take him for granted sometimes and I hate that.
Movies, popcorn and alot of chatting and laughing is defiantly a well spent evening, something I'm missing because of working so much.
I'm going to miss Ben alot..he makes me laugh so much, so easily.
I'm gunna make a point of spending more time with everyone I can and the ones that I don't see much of..

We are into double figures people!

So theres now 99 days until 1st Feb..yes I am counting down the days..I know its kinda gay but I really dont care!
I bought myself a little note pad so I can keep track of what I need to do, what Im going to take etc. Definatly not like me...I am the most un organised person ever! But Ive filled up the first 5 pages already!
Got an email through form Yummy Jobs telling me that Im going to be sent packets of information and I should expect to be recieving them in the next 5 weeks...5 WEEKS!!
I hate this waiting game now! Its no fun
And the CRB check...£55 for a piece of paper saying that I've never committed a crime. What a joke!
Im also going to recieve a phonecall from one of the team, which good...I have so many questions...yes, I've made a list in my book!

Im really greatful for the likes of Facebook and discussion forums. I think they're a great idea. I have met so many people that are doing the same thing as me, whether it be at the same time, or months later, or at the end of this year, its nice to know that there are other people feeling the same way as you and I think its definatly chilled me out a little. Im speaking to these people pretty much everyday already so when I get out there, Im already going to know quite a few people.
Is going to be so much easier, already knowing them, you don't have the intial awkwardness of the first meeting, you're already friends before you get there.

104 Days until the magic begins :)

THE best email of my life :D

So I start on February 1st 2011.
How insane is that?!
Without sounding too cliche, this is literally a dream come true. Florida is my favourite place in the whole world, so to get the opportunity to work there, is pretty special.
I have so much to do, I barely have room in my head to fit it all in, I know some of you reading this will instantly think, hell yeah that's true!
But for now, I can't really do anything until I get my Disney package through. That's right, a PACKAGE!
I'm beyond excited! That signifies that its actually happening!
I've let work know that I'm leaving, the hardest conversation I've had to have with someone so far, as I adore my manager. I knew she'd be upset, seeing as when I asked for a pay rise about a month ago, she almost fainted when the words 'Chrissie, can I have a word?' left my mouth. She told me never to scare her again like that. She thought I was quitting.
She told me she wanted to punch me in the face when I told her and my assistant manager, Aga, who, like everyone else I've told about this, said ' So you're going dress up as Mickey Mouse?!'. She said shes devastated but shes happy for me. THANK GOD.
But I'm not allowed to let the rest of the staff know just yet, which sucks because I cant really broadcast my excitement and I have to be real careful about what I say or what I post. But to have an unsettled restaurant team before Christmas is probably not what is best for the company so I guess I can give her that..