Well now what?

This is going to be hard, I can tell. I don't know what I'm going to be able to write everyday.

That video that I posted yesterday? I've pretty much had it on replay--at least the song portion. I don't know why, I just love that song. Probably because I'm a huge fan of Neil Patrick Harris. He's a fantastic host. I will admit that I don't watch How I Met Your Mother, but what I have seen of that show and what I've seen of NPH, he's awesome. But still, it's a Christmas song. Secretly I have no qualms against listening to Xmas music at times other than Christmas. HOWEVER I refuse to listen to it during October. No, that's not completely true. I mainly listen to Christmas music (or at least find odd enjoyment) in summer. Maybe it's the whole Christmas in July thing. What I do know is that right now at least I'm enjoying that song tremendously.

One thing that I forgot to write about (don't know why...) was about a post I made on Facebook--will that still be a thing when you read this??--about Disney. A year ago I was working at Disney World as part of the Disney College Program. A year from now I hope plan on doing a 2nd program in California at Disneyland. I had tagged several people (unfortunately not all of them) from my program and I had tons of people (at least tons for my statuses. I've seen hundreds of people like statuses, even thousands, but that's usually on pages or big events like engagements or marriages or missions. Right now I'm single and am not planning on going on a mission. Someday though, for marriage at least) like it. I also got into a few good conversations through that status with old friends and leaders. But the best part was an former trainer of mine. She wrote about how I would always notice when the People Mover goes through Mickey's Star Traders (one of the stores I worked at in the Magic Kingdom) and would wave to them. She said such nice things--about how she doesn't see that too much, how I had great stories of my adventures as a guest in the parks-- that I wanted to start crying. But I didn't. I'm weird about crying. Tears usually don't come but the emotion is ALWAYS there.

I made a difference. 

To know that, to know that what I did was important to someone else, it's the best feeling in the world. I don't always know if what I do matters. I'm just one person (one fantastic, fabulous, spectacular person) and I'm not usually in the limelight. Actually I'm never in the limelight. So when I find out that what I did made someone else happy, well then that makes me all giddy inside. It's like when I got home from Disney. My former Area Manager emailed me saying that I had received something and he wanted my address so he could mail it to me. When I opened it up, it contained a blue folder that had a letter from a guest and a notecard. The letter said that 2 cast members really made magic for the guest and one of those cast members was me!! Apparently I had noticed that it was the daughter's birthday and played some games with her in the arcade (loved doing that, even if it wasn't their birthday). The note card was from the General Manager of Merchandise!! He was saying how I really showed the 4 Keys and that I had done a good job.

Most of what I did at Disney, the little magical moments and stuff, was because that's what I wanted others to do for me. Those were magical moments I wished I could have. So I did them for others. And it got me noticed. A Mormon girl from a hybrid Arizona/California/Utah background got noticed amongst the thousands of cast members at Disney World. Did I end up on the cover of the Eyes and Ears magazine? No. But an executive said "You did a good job." It made me feel like everything I did was worth it and that even the times that I didn't get a reward or acknowledged, I know it was the right thing.