Best email EVER!!!!

On Monday 25th June, around lunchtime, there was some sudden activity in the Facebook group for those waiting to hear from Disney. People were all talking about an email that they got but I had no idea what it said and was refreshing my email like crazy trying to find out! Elle sent me a PM as she had more details through someone and it basically said the same thing as the 9th March email but that people had to wait until August! 


I didn't know what to make of this yet (still having no email) and wondering if this would be a good thing so went downstairs to talk to my mum. Came back up about 5-10mins later and there in my email was a mail from Becky at Yummy Jobs.  Opened the email and it said....

"Dear Jennifer,  

Greetings from the Yummy Jobs Team and the Walt Disney World Resort!

We very much enjoyed meeting with you during our recruitment trip throughout the UK.  We met many fantastic candidates during the trip and Disney was very impressed with the quality of all applications.

 After reviewing your application and interview we are delighted to be the first to say 

 Congratulations

You have been offered a place on Disney’s Cultural Representative Program.

 Your role in the show will be in Food and Beverage.

 Your program with Disney will commence on April 9th 2013 and conclude on April 4th 2014."

Now this email looks pretty easy to read... the big red letters in the middle are a bit of a giveaway. But for the life of me, I couldn't focus my eyes and take any of it in! I was in a completely weird place and my eyes went blurry as I was shaking and the first words I could make out were "Food and Beverage", "show" and "April".... kinda trigged in my brain that this was a good thing so tried reading it again before screaming for my mum, running down the stairs (no easy feat when you can't walk without limping) and hysterically crying lol!

I was shaking pretty badly and couldn't wait to share it with everyone but could barely type. Eventually I managed to leave a message on my Facebook and on the FB groups and then sent a completely maniac text to the few people I have a number for to tell them to get checking their email PRONTO!!


As time went by, everyone posted their results on FB and it was looking like a lot more people were told to wait than got a date. Those that were given dates are from January 2013 - end of June 2013. I was extremely happy about a certain few people that also got dates but was genuinely a bit gutted for a few that didn't. Made me feel like our wee group had been torn in two again but with so few people with dates in 2013, I know that more people will get through!

Waiting, waiting......

As the waiting continued there were a few people (myself included) that were really going a bit stir crazy. After the email on the 9th March, a few more people had been given dates for 2012, and you can't help but think that while you're happy for them - why not me? I was happy not to be going until 2013 (more time to save and generally get my life in order) but I just really wanted some sort of confirmation that it was all going to work out! Throughout June I tried to be more positive by changing my fb background pictures to those of Disney photos or Disney related stuff to make me smile every time I looked at them. And not break down and cry haha! By this point I was really wound up and was becoming more and more convinced that we wouldn't hear until the last possible day.


My sisters baby was due on the 18th June and he wasn't ready to make his appearance yet either, so I tried to put it all to the back of my mind..... and to stop going onnnnnnn and onnnnnnn about it to people! I had told so many people however, that everyone kept asking me if I'd heard yet and I every time I said no I'm still waiting, I could feel judgement. Like they didn't believe it was real, or that I would ever get it. Annoying!