With my new crazy, I am not used to working a regular work schedule, schedule I have neglected my summer adventure blog. My summer adventure which is turning into a summer/winter adventure.
A brief run down of the past few weeks to catch me up to a more regular regime of nightly or semi-nightly blogging.
Fri July 30 work.
Sat July 31 worked at 11am, scheduled till 7, but when brought back from original orientation let the boss know that I had a workshop for that evening that I had already paid for and she had already said she would let me have the day off. She didn't but agreed that I could leave early to attend the workshop. When the time arrived to leave, she stayed true to her word, and I was able to participate in a fantastic "wise women workshop" hosted by a new friend and wise wonderful woman. there were 6 of us women and it was a wonderful way to spend a gorgeous afternoon. 3 of us headed out to my new favorite cafe for tea, a bite to eat and conversation. We were joined by a male friend, significant other of our workshop hostess, who added to the wonderful conversation. It was a day definitely worth remembering.
Sun Aug 1 no work! i'm sure we hit up the best meeting in the world, but the rest of this day was obviously not a day worth remembering, since I have forgotten.
Mon Aug 2 begins the first day of reservations training for work. no uniform today, and only 4 hours!
Tues Aug 3 day two of training followed by a work shift. started at 1 for training, work shift got out at 11. at least it will be good overtime for the paycheck. did you know overtime is federally regulated so it does not matter what state you are in. ot pays after 8 hours in a day and 40 in a week.
Wed Aug 4 day 3, we were fully trained and this began testing day. i could have sworn i did horribly, and not got a high enough score to pass. after the test and group booking training, i headed down for my second day of too terribly long day at work. although i didn't start till 2 that day and got out at 11. the 9 hours wasn't so bad.
Thurs Aug 5 hooray for Tai Chi! which due to the long day of training on tuesday I slept in and missed, I forced myself out of bed for this days class! I was so grateful I did, too! I really love Tai Chi. When I got back to the house I packed up my things for a weekend of house sitting for a women friend who lives in the city. I got to the house and just chillaxed for the day. Intending on going to a meeting but sitting around in pjs just wanting to relax got the better of me, and I enjoyed myself, plus a storm had set in and it was too miserable to go outside. on the plus side there was enough rain that i didn't have to water the garden the next day. but the poor puppy was scared by all the thunder and lighting and did not much like being cooped up without the option of running around outside. i spoiled her with tons of attention.
Fri Aug 6 another work day. 3-11pm. didn't leave room to go to the meeting that has the best fellowshipping afterwards. i mourn the losses, but i'm the "new guy" at work, so I have to grin and bear it and take what they give me. and I AM grateful to have this well paying job. I just would like to have the well paying job and the best of the ABQ fellowship! I want my cake and eat it to. Sooon.
Sat Aug 7 A free makeover at Sephora at the mall, hosted by my favorite makeup bare minerals. now i have properly learned how to apply the makeup, and discovered i need to be using different stuff, but still have yet to check with sephora if they will accept returns on used products. or see if bare minerals would if ordered from a store and not direct through them. then to work again!
Sun Aug 8 nothing exciting here except work.
Mon Aug 9 yeah, a day off! i slept in as long as i could stand to and awoke to walk the dog to the river where she gets to swim, to come back to the house and water all the plants, and in the process get a tad burnt, catch up on phone calls and just enjoy being outside for the day, and pack up to leave the house by 5:30 to make it to the train station on time to pick her up for the meeting and out of the house for the next house sitter to come(3 of us split the 10 days). this was a business meeting day and this particular meeting included a guideline review, which we know I love! I probably made the process longer by wanting constant clarification on all that was being reviewed and trying to learn and accept the way this fellowship works. afterwards we grabbed dinner at our favorite cafe, and skipped karaoke for the evening because it was 11 when we got out of dinner.
Tues Aug 10 another work day. i skipped tai chi because i was beginning to feel very run down and knew my body needed rest. i knew i wouldn't be going thurs either due to a training class at work, but gave up for the week. i may not make it at all next week either due to the retreat, but hopefully when i get back my schedule will find some balance and i can be more consistent with my tai chi. at work, next to our department is a temporary tattoo parlor, that they are hoping to have a permanent location elsewhere in the hotel. one of my coworkers had asked about the price of a piercing and they quoted her $20. i decided i really wanted to get my lip pierced 1) because i've wanted to for a while and 2)mainly because i can with this hotel!, so I did! I'm thinking about getting a tattoo there for my birthday gift to myself, or maybe just my next paycheck(after I pay my bills-since this paycheck is mostly going to the retreat).
Wed Aug 11 i left my phone in my car the night before thus missing my appointment with my counselor and not being able to call and let him know i wasn't going to make it because i slept right past my appointment time. i see now in some of the decisions i have made this week were not in my best interest and a tad on the unhealthy side. luckily i have broken that habit tonight and don't have to continue the behavior I am now glaringly aware of, with HP's help of course! and another 3-11 day at work. i actually passed the reservations test i thought i did not and this was my first almost full day on reservations. i was much more comfortable not in the classroom setting. i made all the mistakes on one reservation, got them out of my system and didn't do to terribly after that. i ended up making 15 reservations in the 6 hours of the day that i was working reservations and now i have more confidence in my ability. plus i'm asking a bunch of questions about things before saturday when i will be working by myself on a graveyard shift, that i am honestly excited about. i may even see if i can switch with the person who is being hired for our full time grave position, if he'd rather work swing. we'll see how it goes this weekend!
Thurs Aug 12 today i had to be up early for responsible gaming training at 11am. of course i had a 2-10 work schedule with an hour break between class and work. i went into the city with my recyclables which are finally not taking up space in my car and over to verizon to see about getting a different phone only to find an immensely long wait and headed back to work. i am now officially up 2 hours later than i wanted to be, and while i have the day off tomorrow i am getting up to work the second tradition in the morning, so i do have to get up. at least i don't have to shower or be anywhere till later in the afternoon! since i made some healthier choices than vegging in front of the tv tonight, i decided to update my blog as well.
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