WDWCP97 Journal. Days 68-71.

Date: November 17-20, 1997 

Places: Pecos Bill Cafe, Marketplace, WestSide, Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Pleasure Island

People: Roommates, Vinny, Dan, Rebecca, Holli, Jamie, Cristina, Ricardo, Carlos, Juan, Alejandro, Arturo, Quame, Benji, David

Sights: "Man Who Knew Too Little"

Dining: Pizza Hut, McDonald's

Lodging: Vista Way

Expenses: $7 - Planet Hollywood (lunch); $5,60 - Walgreens; $27 - Planet Hollywood shirt; $11 - Walgreens - pictures; $3.25 - AMC (movie); $4.01 - pop/popcorn; $2.19 - Walgreens; $17 - 2R's (Marketplace)

Let's just say I don't remember Monday. I know I traded (gave away) my shift that day. Tuesday, all 6 of us in 3101 went to the Marketplace & got our family portrait taken. That's when the tension began to build. Danielle got mad because Marcy & I were planning on going to MK. We all ate at Planet Hollywood (delicious bread!).

Can you feel the tension brewing in this van? Note - when I say BUS, we were in these little 12 passenger vans!

As part of our Cast Holiday celebration we were able to get a free photo from a Disney photo place. So we decided why not go to the Marketplace and get a nice one of all of us together before we dropped to 4 roommates. Oh my, what a tense day overall! I feel like Brenda & Zaira were probably clueless about what was going on. Lucky ladies! 

Sarah joined Marcy & I at MK (this made Dee mad, but she was going to sleep). (Oh - today marks day 1 of Operation Toilet Paper!)

I feel like the roommate distance I captured in this photo summarizes it all.

Operation Toilet Paper. 6 people. 1 apartment. We are responsible for taking care of it. Cleaning. Cooking. Picking up after ourselves. Wiping our own asses. Danielle wasn't very much into participating in that. Part of our cleaning meant buying supplies. Also, to wipe ones butt you must BUY toilet paper. Danielle NEVER pitched in. 4 of us shared one bathroom (Zaira and Brenda had their own). We were fed up. And Operation Toilet Paper became a thing. We removed all of the toilet paper, leaving Danielle to fend for herself. Childish? Probably - but the tensions were just getting so high, so this was our silent way of taking a stand. 

We had ice cream, shopped & went on a few rides - Splash Mountain 2 times without getting off. Arguro gave us our drinks in souvenir cups free (nice guy!). Before MK we went to Epcot & inside Spaceship Earth - then the monorail/ferry to MK.

When home, Dee was so mad she didn't talk to us. My boy called me, so I got to relay all of the exciting day's activities to him. Unfortunately, I had to turn down dates so I could be with Sarah & Marcy during their last days. It really ticked Danielle off because the 3 of us saw a movie together & didn't invite her. When we got home she was gone. 

Oh boy ... hold on to your hats and glasses, 'cause this here's the wildest ride in Vista Way that night!

At ~2am she came home screaming at Sarah. They yelled for an hour & Marcy & I both thought she (Dee) was going to try to beat up Sarah. Oh my gosh Sarah, we totally should have intervened instead of letting you get beat up! Sorry!! Thank goodness she didn't lay a hand on you. I'm sure we would have been out there if that happened, right??!! We sucked!! Danielle didn't speak to any of us on Wednesday. This doesn't even begin to cover how intense that fight was. We literally locked the door to our room because we didn't want Danielle coming in and yelling at us or beating us up, too! There was NO physical fighting. Just a lot of yelling, but damn, yeah, it was kinda scary!

Sarah stayed home & packed while Marcy made me go to the post office with her. Turns out the post office was closed, so we got off at Gooding's & ate at McDonalds. It was a laid back day. 

Thursday, Marcy & I watched as Sarah's parents moved all of her stuff out. We took final farewell pictures to remember the day. It was so sad. Not gonna lie. Best roommate ever. 

Marcy & I had a successful post office trip. The 2 of us went to Boardwalk & caught a boat to Epcot. From there we got another boat to  Yacht &  Beach Club to MGM. (Dude, I totally just walk that now. So much faster than the Friendship Boats and something fun always happens along the way.) Then, a bus to TTC to Downtown Disney. We shopped a little - I started a scrapbook. Our long journey was just to get a caricature done. We failed.

Later we went back to PI. It was fun. We danced with Holli & then Dan & Ryan showed up. We left PI earlier than normal so we could go to Benji's termination party. It was moved to Alejandro's apartment. It was so cute & sad. The room was filled with a bunch of crying drunk guys. They kept making speeches about Benji (I can't repeat most of what Alejandro said - Potty Mouth!). I never really did get to talk to Benji, but I was there - good enough. It's going to be very strange not seeing Benji around or listening to his lisp and Puerto Rican accent. Bye, bye Benji! Adios!

Sarah and Benji ... bye bye :(

So as of this point we have THREE regulars to the journal all departing early. Will there be more?

Awww, our next journal page together has a pretty nice, emotional, magical evening. And a strange exchange with a strange person while I was in .... a towel.

 ~ See ya real soon! º0º ~