Posted by Lisa Laree to Beer Lahai Roi.
I thought I would get in that last post from the Old Testament portion of the heart study before we left town for a week and a half...but there was just too much work to do, on too many fronts, to do it justice. We should get that this weekend, though. Hopefully.
But I thought I'd throw in a post about where we went. The Actor, aka Number 2 Son, had a birthday the day before Mother's Day, and we had a carload of household goods that came from the grandparents' house in Elkhart to take down to them, so we headed down for that weekend, then checked into Disney's Caribbean Beach resort for four nights before making the return trip. The kids were blessed with a couple of days off of work to hang with us in Disney, so we got an almost family vacation out of it (Thanks Pastor John!).
I will say, those long hot days are getting harder the older I get...but we had a good time. My feet almost feel normal at this point, lol.
The Essential Photo...the Actor's wife, the Little Red-Haired Girl, had to work. Different boss.
I will share one thing that struck me whilst we were there...we had several character meet-and-greet moments, some because we stood in line and some because we got a couple of major discounts on character dining. And after the last day, something that I had kind of been subconsciously stewing on finally bubbled up into actual coherent words.
Every one of those character interactions involved a character who behaved exactly as if we were the folks s/he had been waiting all day to see. And I watched them treat the folks before and after us in line the same way. I'm not sure how that training goes, but it was clear that is a major priority. They noticed details...even with the limited visibility out of the, um, outfits they were wearing. I had a celebration button ("I'm celebrating a data base migration!") and every character pointed it out. I have had characters notice those little pins on my lanyard before. I tell you, it's one of the charms of visiting the kingdom of the mouse...it's a real esteem boost, even knowing that it's the job. It *feels* real at the moment.
I need to study that approach. I don't think I need to immediately embrace everyone I meet, but surely I can learn the art of making folks feel like I've been waiting all day to meet up with them.
Everyone needs a bit of that from time to time.
