And the Journey Begins

So much has been going on. I have no officially moved into my home in Chatham. 

Ill start from Day 1 for you -

Day 1 - 4th Jan 2012

Stepped onto the plane in Sydney and got ready for my 14hr flight to LA, luckily i was seated near Hayden, Georgina and Charlotte but we all moved so we could be in the same row. We further met Simon and Beth who are from Canberra and are going to study at UCF. Got off the plane at LAX and went through customs - the longest line of my life. then we got some food and got ready to go on our next flight to Orlando. We all got to our hotel Holiday Inn and ordered in Pizza as we were hungry and exhausted. 

Day 2 - 5th Jan 2012 

Couldnt sleep but it wasnt jetlag got up at about 7am. We all went to starbucks and WALKED to Walmart - a 3mile walk with no sidewalk. never again can i say. Shopped for our bedding and then caught a cab back to the hotel. A swim in the pool the cool us off and then ready for dinner. We then went out for dinner at Applebees and went and played Putt Putt. A fun day for the first one. Back to the boys room and no sleep till 3am :)

Day 3 - 6th Jan 2012

Breakfast at IHOP followed by another shop at Walmart followed by a swim in the pool which is so so warm. Later another trip to Walmart and another swim. Then time to get ready for the NBA - AMAZING.  Chicago Bull VS Orlando Magic. Amazing atmosphere with some new friends. Back to the Boys room again and no sleep till 3am :)

Day 4 - 7th Jan 2012

CHECK IN DAY

A slight sleep in today but up early to pack and get ready to check in.  Check-in started at 12 so we strolled across the road to Vista Waaaay to check in. Got told our room and our job and a schedule for the next week. Got to our new home dumped my bags and went out again. Today I went to Walmart once again and helped the boys shop for their food and bedroom. What an experience it was. Was planning to cook a home cooked meal but we couldn't find any pots or pans in my apartment so instead we ordered Pizza. 

Day 5 - 8th Jan 2012

Day Off 

Today was a very lazy day. None of us could be bothered to do anything so we made a quick trip across to the outlets to get a few things and then went back and tanned by the pool. Got bored at Chatham and made our way to Vista to the hot spas. Was really nice but got a bit hot so we went to put our feet into the pool but instead Craig pushed me in - was so freezing i thought i was gonna get frostbite. Hungry as can be Craig, Ellie, Long and I headed to Cici's Pizza for all you can eat buffet for $5. Amazing food.. then went back to mine for a lazy night on the bed while watching tv.

Day 6 - 9th Jan 2012

Casting 

Sleep in today even though i cant. Early bus to Vista to visit the boys and help them get their stuff together. Through the first process of Cast ID - boys had to shave haha then a bus to the casting building. After being told it would take us 2hrs max we hadnt taken food etc. got to the line and it was so long. a circular queue in which we stood in for about 2.5hrs. As we were lifeguards with testing at 6 we requested that we be moved through faster. so through a secret passage way and a few cookies later we were through to the next stage a few more lines and it became 5.30pm - no hope of getting to our test now. Finally we found Jenni- recruiter; and she pushed us all through super quick. Got on the bus and off we ran to our testing. Luckily they were waiting for us. An eye test, 200m and a brick and our test was over. All exhausted but full of energy off to Hooters we went. Awesome dinner and awesome night then back to ellies for movies. 

Day 7 - 10th Jan 2012

Welcome Day

Early start to the day with an immigration seminar at 9.30am in Commons. Boring as anything but i guess it was important. Off to Walmart for food shopping. Its so hard to buy food as its like 90% full of sugar or fat. Its killing me slowly. Back to Commons for Welcome Seminar. They tried to make it fun but successfully failed at it. Fell asleep but they were really good. Off to the Outlets to pick up our white vans for lifeguarding. Thankfully we dont need crocs.  Back to the hotel to sit on the Verandah to have a chilled afternoon. Off to Cici's again with different people for dinner and back to my room to watch movies and sleep before tomorrow.

Finally my room -