Was anyone else just really nervous to start their CP?

[AliSW]

I'm sure many people will be nervous but it seems like they're at least even more excited about it. Not me.. I am excited in general but I'm so nervous it overrides that.
I'm going to be more than 3 states away from everyone and everything I know.. it's my first real job.. I lived in a dorm my first year of college but went home a lot because of my terrible roommate..
I'll have a car so I won't have to worry about the buses, everyone in my immediate family will come visit sometime while I'm there, it can't be hard walking around sweeping all day even if it's hot, I can make at least basic meals.. so I shouldn't even be worried but I am!!

 

[meganDCP2010]

I'm sure you're not the only one. Honestly, I am a little nervous about it myself. It is natural to get homesick. Trust me. I got homesick a lot when I started college. However, I've heard that people fly home for the weekend every now and then, so it's possible you might be able to go home during your program if you are extremely homesick. I'm sure you'll be fine as long as you make friends and talk to your friends and family back home.

 

[DonaldDuck1117]

I am a little bit nervous-mostly about getting bad rommates-and I got homesick when I started college just like everyone else did.

I see you are from Michigan as well, what part? What college do you attend? I am a Michigan Alum and I am currently getting my Masters from Eastern Michigan.

 

[ZeroToHero]

I'm nervous too... haha. At first, I was just excited, but now that I have less than a week at home, I'm starting to get nervous. I've never lived at school (housing is so expensive, and it's just 500$ for the year for me to get there via public transportation), and the most living away from home I've done was a month at a summer camp located at a college, and we didn't have roommates then.

On the bright side though, I've been doing my own laundry and cooking for myself for ages, so it's not like I'm not self-sufficent, and it seems like you are capable of taking care of yourself too! It does stink not to have a support system there when you arrive, but as soon as you make friends with people down there, I bet it will be a lot less nerve-wracking to be away from your family and friends.

 

[PidginPea]

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[AliSW]

Thanks everyone I feel a bit better
At least I don't have to worry about the roommate thing too much because it can't possibly be any worse than last time haha.
That's cool DonaldDuck, my sister went to Michigan. I go to Grand Valley.
True, I would be a bit less nervous if I knew someone else going, but really everyone is bound to make at least one friend!
And that's so good to know it's working out for you PidginPea! I'm sure training will be fine too.
It'll be cool living on my own and having so many fun things to do, I guess I'm mostly nervous for the transition.

 

[mooqtie215]

alisw, are you going on the 30th? That's when I'm going and I will be your friend! haha, if you'll have me I feel the same way you do. I've never lived outside the home (went to community college, then my current college commute to save money) so I am nervous/excited about having the freedom to do whatever I want, buying groceries (I love food, what can I say), and meeting people.
I live in NY..florida is like, forever away haha. If I get homesick, I'm kinda screwed. I hope to be able to fly back up for a weekend though. but it just makes it even more serious and scary and adultish.

I'm mostly nervous about driving in Florida, I get anxious driving in unfamiliar places and get lost really easily. ( I'll have a GPS but still, I'm afraid I'm going to end up in Texas somehow haha) I'm also worried about working in a new place and If I'll be able to handle working so many hours, since I've only ever had a part time job. so, at least you know it's not just you.

 

[PxyShan]

AliSW, I totally understand. I did the program in 2004 and didn't know a single person there! I'll admit a cried a few tears after i dropped my friend who drove down with me from Minnesota at the airport, but the program leaders do a really good job of keeping you busy your first day or two.

And remember, most of the people on the program are doing it for their love of the mouse too. You may have roommate spats ("you drank my milk!"), but you can always pack it in and spend the rest of the days at the parks forgetting your troubles together.

It may be cheesey, but a smile is the best way to get over your nerves and find a new friend.

Best of luck to you and I hope you keep us updated on your journey!

 

[Joanna71985]

It may not seem like it, but I was extremely nervous when I did my first CP. It was my first job ever, my first time living away from home (I commuted to school the entire time I was in college), and my first time being so far away from home. I was able to get over it though. I called home a lot (which helped). I had awsome managers/co-workers who were able to help. And I met great people on the CP (several of whom I am still in contact with).

 

[AliSW]

Aw mooqtie215 I'll be there earlier! You sound just like me with the driving though. I'll probably be happy to have my car and it's a good thing I have a GPS but I'm really not a fan of driving.
Yeah I'm a little nervous that I might cry when my mom leaves haha. I didn't when my parents left me at my dorm but that was a little closer to home and everything.
It's just so weird because absolutely everything is going to be new. but I do kind of need that I guess, it's just scary!
I know I've heard a ton of people talk about how great it is and how they met great friends so I'll try to remember that to not be so nervous

 

[Pure_Imagination]

I was super upset the last morning my mom was in Florida, and I suffered from terrible anxiety through the first week. But it gets better. You start to fall into routine and get used to Disney life

 

[sparkly_bumble_bee]

I was an ICP from England in 2006. I was just really excited because I loved Disney so much I just HAD to work there-but I was a little nervous before-first job I ever had actually! I didn't have a great first day when I arrived-they had put me in a boys apartment in Vista Way! Despite me having filled out numerous forms saying I was female...so I went to the front desk and they had to find me a room for the night, before they found a permanent relocation for me.

Then the next day I moved into where I would spend the rest of my ICP-it was hard at first and I was worried because I was in an apartment of American CPs who had already been working for Disney some months. Because I was supposed to be living with my peers from Britain who were starting our ICP at the same time. I just felt like the most unlucky person that day, and was really sad because I thought I would feel really left out, and not have a place in the group. But the girls in my apartment were so lovely and friendly and they understood my situation. In the end it was great-settled in quickly : )
It was fun living with the American girls because they found it entertaining when I made 'exotic' things to eat like beans on toast with cheese, and when I made them tea and biscuits : ) Good times.

Oh yeah, there was one girl in our apartment who we all hated-she used all our stuff and never cleaned it, and she stole things from Disney, and did drugs, and so we all got interviewed! It was very serious...all our stories matching up and all that. But it was all fine in the end because the interview people could tell that we were innocent, so we weren't terminated - but she was!! Deserved it as well, especially after she stole our nice t-shirts and my ipod! lol.....well, I can look back on it now and laugh right? : )


Sorry. That was a bit of a rant.