Happy Birthday to me!

Idiot of the week:

Man: Can you tell me where the French restaurant in Italy is?
Me: (Thinking I haven't heard right) The Italian restaurant?
Man: Yes
Me: (showing map) It's in Italy here.
Man: No, my friend said it's next to the UK. It's this one, 'Chefs De France'.
Me: Well that's the French restaurant in FRANCE.


So I wasn't looking forward to my actual birthday here, I was worried I would be really homesick but when it came down to it I barely thought about home! Basically because I was so busy the whole day!

In the morning I had work but I opened all the cards that I had received and I also opened the packages Vicky and Lynsey sent me which I was really chuffed about. I was working 10.00am until 4.00am so it wasn't that bad but it still dragged! When I finished I rushed home because I wanted to skype with my family and I also had to get ready to go out. Unfortunately the damn internet was down at home which is bloody typical so I had to make do with a phone call! After I had spoken to my family people had already started arriving so I had a mad dash to get ready! Everyone came to my apartment for pre-drinks around 6.30pm before we went out to dinner and the girls had a cake and presents for me.
After I'd opened everything we went to Rainforest Cafe which was delicious! I had half a rack of ribs, two cocktails and then they brought out this volcanoe cake thing and sang 'Happy Birthday' which was really nice.
After dinner everyone headed back to mine again for more drinks and fun. The girls also lit the candles on the cake they'd bought me and everyone sang again! It was a really great night.

The birthday fun didn't stop there! On the sunday after my birthday the girls and I went to stay in Animal Kingdom Lodge, one of Disney's resorts. When I arrived here it was the one hotel I was desperate to stay in so I was really excited to be staying there. We paid for the top view which is the savannah view and it was all it lived up to be. Our room overlooked the 'African plain' and we had giraffes and zebras right outside our window, it was amazing.
We booked a table that eveving at one of the resort's restaurants, 'Boma'. It was a buffet of South African food and it was so nice to try different things. At the end of the meal the waited also brought me over a special birthday cupcake- It's great celebrating a birthday at Disney!

The next day we had breakfast at the resort and had to check out by 11.00am. Once we dropped our stuff back at The Commons we went to Magic Kingdom. Because I was working on my birthday I really wanted to spend a day at a park wearing my birthday badge and Magic Kingdom is my favourite. Unfortunately because it was the day after the Superbowl it was sooooooo busy but we still had loads of fun. We did the usual rides like Haunted Mansion and Philharmagic but we also did stuff that you never usually do like Tom Sawyers Island and The Hall of Presidents! Of course we also had ice cream sundaes and watched the parade. I even had a group of cast members sing 'Happy Birthday' to me in the middle of the street! It was a wicked day.

Overall I had a fantastic birthday in Florida, definitely one I'll remember. My family here made up for the fact that I wasn't with my friends and family from home and they made it very special. Turning 24 wasn't as awful as I thought it would be!

Nothing much else has been happening. We've have had another group of new arrivals and some also come next week. One of our Merchies, Charlotte had her last day today, it was sad and it's her leaving meal tomorrow night. She leaves The Commons on Friday and I'll be moving into her apartment that day. She lives with one other person which is Rachel so I can't wait to become Rach's roomie :-)