Photos in the next post but for this post, just a big thanks! College Aid Services, LLC. This weekend I had to close up shop early on Saturday to attend what I wrongfully called "a stuffy holiday party filled with snobby housewives and entitled executives". Complete opposite. Jason, who is a consultant for a company called College Aid Services, actually works for a "down home" close-nit small company that reminded me more of the perfect family than any corporate company I've seen in a very long time. From the exclusive Gaylord Palms Resort accomodations near Disney to the Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer themed Ice Sculpture show we all did together, the remarkable dinner, unforgettable dance floor (from the distance lol), to the morning after brunch and white elephant gift exchange — it was all perfect! His bosses (owners) Ray and Alex do this yearly, but while it takes their generosity, you couldn't make it what it was without their composition of employee's and their personalities to really make it what it was! Everyone was approachable and thankfully my over-the-top mildly inappropriate personality meshed in well and kept the laughs rolling all night long, lol. I just had to tell them all thank you for the wonderful experience. Unlike many, we just had to drive in from an hour away – and that was a nightmare. Going anywhere on I-4 and daring to drive this close to anything associated with tourism this time of year became the only nightmare about it all. It took an hour to drive like 8 miles down that one section of I-4 and going near I-Drive was awful. But it paid off and we didn't die getting there.
Originally posted on Facebook on December 8, 2025.
