Well, I come to you now after a couple of the strangests days of my life. Sunday night, I volunteered at Give Kids The World for my third time. It was truly amazing again as I got to just spend time with kids and help them have fun. Two of my best friends from back home, Andrew Dobney and Michael Gariepy, drove down this past thursday, but due to my work schedule we couldn't meet up until early monday morning, for all of monday and tuesday, because those were my days off for the week, or were supposed to be the only ones. We started our time out by going to Typhoon Lagoon, an awesome Disney Waterpark. About 12 o'clock, while laying out on my stomach, i felt a very weird feeling in my male parts. I felt like i had to pee, but everytime i went to go do that, i barely had anything in the chamber. So i didn't think anything of it. As the day continued the feeling became more evident and a little more painful. As my boys, my friend Kathryn and I went out to dinner at Wolfgang Puck's, the guys restaurant of choice, i was hit with a very painful feeling in my stomach.
The pain was nearly unbearable and i was praying to God that he would help me pass out, just so i didn't have to feel it anymore. We had to call 911 and they sent some people over to us. They ran my heart rate along with all my other vitals, to see that everything was higher than it should be. They put me on a stretcher and called the ambulance. I was wheeled into the back of the ambulance, and Kathryn was put into the front seat. It was an extremely long 10 or 15 minutes of painful driving. We got to the hospital and I waited about 10 more minutes for a room to open up in the ER. Once I got put into room 14, I waited in agony for a doctor for about 35 or 40 minutes. He came in and gave me a pain killer that was like a form of morphine, which thankfully took it all away. I then went up and had an ultrasound on my male parts, and then a CT Scan. I came back down and was told that I was the proud owner of my very first Kidney Stone. That thing hurt like a mother! They asked me if it was the worst pain i had ever felt, and i said i didnt know, because i have felt a lot of different bad things. The thing that sucked about this one, was that there was no break from pain, it was constant never leaving, never moving! horrible. So i want to send a warm thank you to my dad, because i found out that these are hereditary, and also a shout of concern to Brad, who will probably get one one day, and even Isaac. Take cover boys, those things attack with a vengence!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Really QuIcK....
To all of you who read my posts and make comments, please stop posting them as Anonymous. From now on, if you post something anonymously without signing your name, I'm not going to publish them for everyone to see. It would just really help me out to see who these comments are coming from. Also I can do without some of the snotty comments. Thanks ya'll!
Monday, February 11, 2008
"All I Ever Wanted"
So from now on, since my titles are usually kind of lame, they are all going to be named after a song. I kind of like that idea, and for those of you who know a lot about music (Katie Stolman or Michael Gariepy are two names that come to mind) you can have the extra added bonus of trying to figure out the artist or group and then finding that song to listen to. So these past couple weeks since we've last talked have been interesting to say the least. They've been physically and emotionally draining for me. I've been working no less than 35 hours a week, which doesn't seem that bad to some of you, but when i wake up at 6:30 to catch a 7:15 bus, the time is that much longer for me. As you all know I haven't been up for McDonald's breakfast in like 10 years, so since we have one in Downtown Disney, i've had it like 8 times. That's telling you how often I've been getting up early, just so SOME of you don't think i'm just on a vacation down here. Work has been going extremely well. I'm learning a lot about my product and doing a good job in selling it, even though we don't work on commission. Still i enjoy selling a lot and getting props for that. I'm meeting interesting people from all over the world as our guests, and recently met a couple from London, who are Disney Vacation Club members, at the Old Key West resort from 1991-92 not to mention, and they were pretty much the coolest couple i've met since i've been here. They had such a love for Disney and just enjoyed sharing their experiences and their disney knowledge with me, which i also enjoyed. Just the other day I actually met a couple from New York, and they were close to our age. The gentleman was on his first visit to Disney World, and was more excited than any kid I've ever seen. It brought such satisfaction to me. Me and another friend of mine talked to them thoroughly and actually exchanged e-mails. It's fun making new friends.
In my communications book, the biggest thing i've been reading about is this thing called the "four-minute barrier." it talks about how we often meet someone and within that first four minutes of talking to them we make our judgements about them, and tag them to be a certain way. Now that's not just in the workplace but in life everyday, which is something we all must strive to fight off in our daily meetings. We know we shouldn't judge people but our nature is to do so, so i've been trying not to let that take any effect in my life at work. I do have someone who i struggle with that each and every time i talk to him. He gets under my skin, as he does with everyone else, but he is good at what he does. I just work hard to work with him. On a good note, we have been getting some new managers, whether temporary or permanent, and other people high up coming into the store, and when i introduce myself to them, they say they've already heard of me. I can't tell you how cool of a feeling that is. I've been making some connections and trying to get things done for myself.
I had three sets of my first visitors in these past two weeks. First, were my two mothers. My real mother who birthed me, Mrs. Jill Stolman and Mrs. Patti Frederick, who is my honorary second mother. The ladies treated me to a week of great food, fun, and a lot of laughs. Then out of nowhere my God-parents and family friends of a long time Chuck and Lynne Blake surprised me on a day of work. It was really nice seeing them and getting to talk with someone from back home. The next day I got to spend the day with the Gambee family who are great family friends, and take them to Hollywood Studios. It was really fun hanging with them as we got to ride a few rides, have some lunch, and most importantly just talk with them and get some advice on some questions that I had.
Lastly, in the non-disney part of life. I've been faced with some tough decisions and obstacles that have been a big part of my time. With being down here, it's kind of changing some of my perceptions and outlooks on things. I just recently made the decision to try and extend my stay down here, and i think I will be remaining down here until the end of August. I realize i'll be losing out on money by not returning to the bank, however when listening to my heart and to my family, we kind of think that this might be the best option for me at this point in my life, if i'm really serious about ending up down here a couple years from now, which i am. This is a really telling time in my life, and will continue to be while i'm down here. Until we talk again, i wanna let ya'll know that I love you and miss you all and can't wait to see my family and friends in less than two weeks here. Live, Laugh, and Love!
In my communications book, the biggest thing i've been reading about is this thing called the "four-minute barrier." it talks about how we often meet someone and within that first four minutes of talking to them we make our judgements about them, and tag them to be a certain way. Now that's not just in the workplace but in life everyday, which is something we all must strive to fight off in our daily meetings. We know we shouldn't judge people but our nature is to do so, so i've been trying not to let that take any effect in my life at work. I do have someone who i struggle with that each and every time i talk to him. He gets under my skin, as he does with everyone else, but he is good at what he does. I just work hard to work with him. On a good note, we have been getting some new managers, whether temporary or permanent, and other people high up coming into the store, and when i introduce myself to them, they say they've already heard of me. I can't tell you how cool of a feeling that is. I've been making some connections and trying to get things done for myself.
I had three sets of my first visitors in these past two weeks. First, were my two mothers. My real mother who birthed me, Mrs. Jill Stolman and Mrs. Patti Frederick, who is my honorary second mother. The ladies treated me to a week of great food, fun, and a lot of laughs. Then out of nowhere my God-parents and family friends of a long time Chuck and Lynne Blake surprised me on a day of work. It was really nice seeing them and getting to talk with someone from back home. The next day I got to spend the day with the Gambee family who are great family friends, and take them to Hollywood Studios. It was really fun hanging with them as we got to ride a few rides, have some lunch, and most importantly just talk with them and get some advice on some questions that I had.
Lastly, in the non-disney part of life. I've been faced with some tough decisions and obstacles that have been a big part of my time. With being down here, it's kind of changing some of my perceptions and outlooks on things. I just recently made the decision to try and extend my stay down here, and i think I will be remaining down here until the end of August. I realize i'll be losing out on money by not returning to the bank, however when listening to my heart and to my family, we kind of think that this might be the best option for me at this point in my life, if i'm really serious about ending up down here a couple years from now, which i am. This is a really telling time in my life, and will continue to be while i'm down here. Until we talk again, i wanna let ya'll know that I love you and miss you all and can't wait to see my family and friends in less than two weeks here. Live, Laugh, and Love!
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