#In order to make sure no pins fell off 😭 it was so bad but I love pins sm

[gob-lob]

Very cool ita water bottle kickstarter :0

Just found this Kickstarter and I'm sharing it here bc it's super cool!! There's 11 days left and it's only 73% funded, so I wanted to share it in hopes that it gets more traction! If these interest you, please help out! There's a lot of cool features and I listed out a few that would help me out specifically below! (It's a bit long- my bad, I had a lot to say ahahha)

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This is the absolutely perfect thing for me. A little fun fact about me: I bring a big water bottle (64 oz) to school every day. (My irl friends can vouch for this) My fav thing about it is the holder it came with- it holds my water bottle but I can also put my pencils and phone in the pocket. Another fun fact about me: I love enamel pins and my fanny pack is adorned with them.

However, l've run into issues with both of these aspects. For one, my water bottle holder only fits the big 64 oz one, and I don't use that water bottle for anything besides school bc it's too big. I'll then use another, smaller, bottle- but I never have a holder that fits it so I have to hold it by hand, which I dislike. Also, I prefer to hold my big water bottle by the handle bc straps don't really work when I have a backpack on- but if I don't hold the straps of the water bottle holder it will often slip off and fall. With my enamel pins, i've run into issues with my pins falling off of my fanny pack and now I'm scared about loosing my pins.

This ita water bottle bag fixes all of these problems. It fits up to a gallon water bottle, which means my 64oz one will fit- but since it's designed to be a bag rather than JUST a holder for a certain size of water bottle, any water bottle can be put in it. For one, when I don't want to carry around my giant water bottle, I have my Owala, which would fit in this ita bag as well. The larger bag size is also helpful be you can fit other things in there as well. (And don't worry about things falling out-there's a drawstring at the top to keep everything snug!) The ita bag also still has pockets to keep my phone, pencil, and everything else I want inside!

The multiple ways of holding the bag is also sooo useful as well. There are short handles on the bag, which means I don't have to worry about it falling off the bottle. It ALSO means I can remove the straps (they're detachable) and stop accidentally breaking my water bottle 😭 (long story LMAO. In short tho, the straps hang off the side of desks and I like to stretch my legs a lot... guess what happens when you unknowingly put your foot through the strap and then pull down 💀 my irl friends can also vouch for this one unfortunately) Lastly, the ita insert feature helps me keep my pins safe and will soothe my anxiousness over loosing my pins. I liked my fanny pack for my pins bc I used the bag often and I could show them off a lot- but I would probably use this ita bag 10× more than my fanny pack bc it's just so useful and convenient.

Another thing I find important to mention is that though they are helpful for everyone, these bags were designed especially for people with chronic illnesses or disabilities, like POTS. They are great fashionable accessibility tools. The creator themself has POTS and details why they decided to create water bottle bags and what features help with accessibility in their Kickstarter.

There are so many other features that I didn't mention that are really really cool, but I already ranted quite a bit (sorry) so you can check them out in the kickstarter!

[heart-of-the-morningstar]

So the talk I was going to have with my friend has been put off for the time being. If you’ve seen my last few personal posts, you know I was going to talk to my friend about my feelings for him, but something happened last weekend that put this plan on hold. Don’t worry, nothing bad happened between us!

To make a long story short, my friend works at Walt Disney World currently. His role was parade/firework crowd control at Magic Kingdom. So what he told me was that “Belle” asked him to pick up something during one of the cavalcades. I’m not sure if something fell off of the float or if a guest dropped something while the parade was going by, he didn’t specify. Regardless, he picked it up at her request.

Apparently, he got too close to the float according to Disney’s safety standards and was force transferred from that role. I get that safety is top priority, but the fact that he was asked to get something by a character and didn’t act on his own seems extremely unfair. Regardless, he got moved to Food & Beverage at the Polynesian Resort.

This is definitely not where he’s meant to be. He is very enthusiastic and entertaining and full of so much spirit. This was the worst place they could have put him. I made a reservation at his restaurant last night without telling him I was coming. I didn’t know what his role was but I didn’t want to ask because I know he’s really upset about the transfer and I didn’t want to upset him further. Last night he was just doing mobile orders, bringing out food to people who didn’t want to sit down at the restaurant.

This absolutely broke my heart because this is not the role he was meant to have. He is one of the hardest workers and loves Disney with a passion, he was never meant to be doing food orders. I did surprise him last night, he had to double take when he saw me, haha. But when I was briefly talking to him, I could tell how disheartened and sad he was. But this boy immediately asked me if I’m okay before I could get a sentence in. He’ll be the death of me, I swear 😭

Anyways, I bought him a gift at Magic Kingdom earlier in the day when I went with my friend (it was a Figment pin that was just released this month, he really likes Figment and The Dreamcatcher from the old Epcot ride.) I asked our server to give it to him before we left since I didn’t want to interrupt him while he was working (p.s. my toxic trait is buying him things he likes 😶). He was very appreciative and messaged me today saying “thank you, not just for the gift but for caring.”

So yeah, I’m holding off on having that conversation with him. It’s more important to me that he’s in a better mental place to have that talk, he deserves a better position. He got screwed over but there’s nothing either of us can really do about it. I teared up when he told me what happened, I feel so bad I can’t help him with this situation. The best I can do is message him a few time a week and give him a gift or two. I know it won’t fix his problem, but the least I can do is try to make him happy in another way.

He’s resilient, and very determined. I know he has greater things ahead of him. It’s just a bad spot for him at the moment. I don’t mind waiting just a little longer, because he’s more than worth it.