In The Beginning...

January 29th, 1997, a group of college students left their homes and began making their
way towards the unknown...Walt Disney World.  These students did not know what to expect.
They only knew 1 thing...they were going to be working at the "happiest place on Earth."
They came from Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Chicago, Nebraska, Florida, Ohio,
and New Orleans, LA.  They all arrived and shyly made their way into Vista Way, their home
for the next 4 months.  As they stood in line, some talked, others tried to avoid eye
contact.  They went through the line, not knowing which way to go, got their keys and 
walked to their new home.  Once at the apartment, they looked around and wondered why
they didn't bring their beds with them?  Where was the t.v. that they could not live 
without? Why didn't the refrigerator have food in it?  Why didn't they have mom send 
enough food for 4 months? They also wondered how they could get the bedroom with the
bathroom and not have to share it with 4 other guys (or girls)? Of course the biggest
question of them all:  What the %@*! did they get themselves into?  So, slowly they
arrived, one by one, and the apartment began to look like a home.  They all introduced 
themselves:  Kirk was from New York, I was from New Orleans, Joe from Philly, Chris from 
Ohio/Florida State, Jason from indiana, and Kevin from Chicago.  Then came the extended
roommates from across the hall:  Brenda from New Jersey (now Florida), Brandy from Florida,
Stacie and Naomi from Nebraska.  (There were two others, but we don't really talk about 
them too much.)  Then came the REALLY extended roommates from across the apartment complex:
Carolyn from New Jersey and Jamie from Chicago.  So, that first night they were there, 
they got used to one another and thus began the greatest, worst, scariest, most fun, 
most boring, most exciting, most wonderful, most horrible, most unsure, and yet perfect 
4 months of their lives...