Friday, May 19, 2006

Don't hold your breath, it makes you look like an alien

Argh Nooo Gah Stoopid Terror - yeah, that's ANGST alright.

Monday morning, at 10, I showed up at the Hotel for my first day. The past couple of days had been filled with some nervousness but it in no way prepared me for the major anxiety attack that launched itself from out of the pit of my stomach and wrenched my heart to smithereens.

They'd barely begun to tell me what I'd be doing and already I felt doomed. Never before have my anxiety issues made me so dissapointed in myself, heh. What made it worse was the fact that it was kitchen work, meaning being around stuff that could easily be broken by the shivering hands attached to my trembling self.

Knowing that there was no way this'd work, I prepared to brace myself enough to last through the day (at least) and then explain things to my supervisor. She wasn't in charge of the kitchen so she'd left me with a Fillipine woman named Fe (which means Fairy or Pixie in Swedish). It's a really fitting name because she became my Fairy Godmother, haha.

Thanks to her gentle, sweet and caring attitude I managed to beat down the anxiety *triumphant pose*

Fe is an amazingly cool chick, very cheeky, with an infectious laughter. She uses terms of endearment a lot, like sweetie, honey, darling, etc. That's perfectly fine by me because it's always with a caring tone, making me feel special, hehe. Since I'm following her around to learn stuff I jokingly said that I was her duckling XD

Seriously. This work place is one that many would turn down in a heartbeat but I'm loving every second of it. The crew is hilarious, quick to welcome you into their gang and a joy to work/hang out with.

Right now I'm attached to the Breakfast group for 4 weeks (1 down already!), then later on I'll get a chance to try out the other sections in the hotel. It'll be mighty hard to tear myself away from the kitchen, though! Fe has set the standard pretty high :p

The only rough thing is getting up at 5 in the morning to get ready for work at 6.30 *_* And initially they'd misunderstood how many hours I was going to be there (with the idea that I'd get off at 2.30 PM) so my body/mind took a bit of a beating the first three days >.> After straightening it out with the supervisor my hours got set to 6.30 AM -12 AM so I should be able to handle that better ^^;

And yes ..... they love me :3

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John: These guys are beyond Bates XD In an extremely good way. *hugs* Thanks for everything you've done for me, I wish there was a way to more thoroughly return the favour[s] :3

Evil: *tackles ze gorgeous Alexa* I need to take a hint from everyone telling me things'll be alright, lol. And I'll be sure to fix in your word this weekend! :3

Sara: ^_________^ The [semi]evil post-office woman made me disassemble the box the sticker thingy was in because it made the package not close properly *tsks* It was so much fun getting this one together, though _^_ *glomps*

Tori: *huggles* I'm normally really bad at commenting, even when it's needed, due to a combination between being tired and/or not knowing the best things to say. But I do try my best! It's good to know it makes a difference =)

And hey, you've got a husband + a cute doggy. I'm the one who gets to make wishes here :p

MC: ..... You are brilliant! Oh man, that'd be so much fun to do. Gotta make an attempt to arrange it some day *giggles*

*dances around with MC* Thank you, and I hope you get to catch up with heaps of fun things :3

Becky: *snuggles* It's thanks to you and everyone elses well-wishes that I'm getting further in many aspects of my life _^_ Mmmmmm, I'm not going back to work until Tuesday morning so there's time for more reading this weekend >:-D

Baron: Come on over! What're you up to these days, anyway? Your absence make me pout :< We need more Sexy Baron! :3

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