Working at Wide World of Sports

On Friday I picked up a merchandise shift at ESPN Wide World of Sports. Wide World of Sports is a huge sports complex on Disney property where they have cheerleading competitions, soccer competitions, and the Atlanta Braves spring training. This weekend they had the package pick up for the Princess Marathon. The runners could come and pick up their shirt and running package then shop at the different vendors. I was working in the area where the official Disney merchandise was being sold. It was so different because usually when you're working in merchandise at Disney they want you to be on the floor and not standing behind your register but this time they didn't want us to leave the registers because they didn't want a line to form. Overall everything was a lot more relaxed and the rules weren't as strict. Most of the people working with me were in the college program so it was fun to talk to them and here about where they work. I am so glad I got to experience this! 

Massachusetts!

This past Thursday - Tuesday Shelby, Veronica, and I headed to Massachusetts. Shelby wanted to go home and visit her family and she invited Veronica and I to come along. She is from Wilbraham, MA in Western Massachusetts just outside Springfield.  

Veronica ended up taking a different flight than Shelby and I so we had some extra time at the airport for breakfast and drinks. It was a fun start to our trip!

Everything looked so pretty covered in snow from the plane!

It was really fun seeing all the snow. This was in front of a snow plow pile so it looks like a lot more than there actually was. 

We flew into Hartford, CT so we got to see a "Welcome to Massachusetts" sign on the way to Shelby's house!

The first night we were there Shelby's friends came over, including baby Madison!

Shelby's family has a kiln in their backyard and on Saturday they fired the pottery her mom has made. It was so cool to see how it works. They were outside in the cold all day!

Big Y is a chain of supermarkets in Massachusetts/Connecticut. Shelby has worked there for a few years and her sister Lily and Shelby's boyfriend Bryan both work there now. We went to three different Big Ys while we were there and all of them were really nice! They were sort of like a combination of Marsh and Trader Joe's. It really is a world class market.

On Sunday night Shelby's family made lobster. We went to Big Y and bought them still alive. It was really fun! 

On Monday morning we ate breakfast/lunch at Randall's. Randall's is a small store that has a really nice deli where you can order sandwiches. My sandwich was amazing! Randall's also has fresh ice cream in the summer and Shelby said it is the best.

Eating lunch at Randall's

On Monday night we went to a sushi place near Bryan and Shelby's brother Alex's apartment called Blue Water Sushi. It was really good! 

We had a scorpion bowl at the sushi restaurant. It tasted sort of like a mai thai and had a little volcano in the middle that they lit on fire.

   

We had so much fun in Massachusetts. No one wanted to go back to Florida and back to work.