Wanderlust Thoughts

I'm the type of person who loves to do things alone. I'm completely content going to the movies, eating at restaurants, and traveling to the other side of the world all by myself.  My most recent solo adventure took me out of my comfort zone and I'm so happy I did it. What is "it," you may ask?  I conquered Disneyland ALONE.  I love Disney.  I’ve been to both Disney World in Florida and Disneyland in California quite a few times. I’m not one of those people who has a season pass and goes every weekend... Although I'm strongly considering it... But, since I live in Florida now, I try to go at least once a year.  Here’s the dilemma:  Have you ever wanted to go to Disney and had no one to go with?  I have!  So why not go by yourself?  I did!  Keep reading for a play-by-play of my day at The Happiest Place on Earth. In April, I was in Anaheim, California during my month-long spring college tour to attend the O...

If you know me, you know that I can’t sing to save my life. I’m literally the most tone-deaf person of all time. Never in my life did I imagine that I, the worst singer in the world, would end up at American Idol auditions.  Fortunately for the judges, I wasn’t the one auditioning. But, cheerleading: Now that’s my thing. I can be a hype man any day. A few weeks ago, my adopted brother, Bishop won a karaoke competition in Tampa and the prize was a fast pass for American Idol auditions in Orlando.       So, last Thursday we took a short one-hour drive to Disney Springs in Orlando. We arrived around 9:30 a.m. and made our way to the check-in line. Thank God for that fast pass because the line for the general public was about 2,000-people-long. One guy said that he got there at 4:30 a.m. and there were already 200 people in line. Wow. Unfortunately, only the hopeful contestants could go into the audition area so I gave Bishop a...