Another weekend at Surmont. The calm before the Monday storm. And tomorrow is casual day again. And I didn't bring hardly any casual clothes. Oh well, at least I don't have to wear a uniform shirt. I really only have one that fits me, one that's too small to be buttoned up so I wear it over another shirt, and two that are so huge it looks like I'm wearing tents. Maybe I'll just have to do laundry more often.
Have I mentioned that I really enjoy having my own bathroom?? Funny how little things get taken for granted, until we don't have them :)
As I get settled in and more comfortable, and recognize more people, I find I really am enjoying the biggest part of this job, and that's people. You meet the guys that are first timers; and seem uncertain and have a lot of questions about camp life. Then there are the guys that have been around to a few camps and always have comparisons to make, good and bad. You meet the angry complainers, the polite "hate-to-complain-but....and-it's-ok-if-it-doesn't-get-done-today" guys, the friendly guys that just stop by to say hi, or have a little chat when they come to fax or mail something. As anywhere in life, you see the ones with the sense of entitlement, and the ones that drop off a candy whenever he goes by in the hopes of getting a "better" room whenever he checks in. Some guys will come with a litany of everything they found "wrong" in their room, so they don't get blamed for it when they leave, and the others that just want to let you know something was amiss, and it's ok, but maybe the next guy will want it fixed. For the most part, it's good interactions during the day. If there's a bad one, well, we commiserate with each other and make jokes ;)
I've gotten lazy working this 11 am-9:30 pm shift. I keep thinking I'll go to bed as early as I can so I get up early and go to the gym, or get laundry or blogging done. Then I end up lazing around and wasting time before work and tell myself I'll do it after work. Then once I get to my room after work, I don't want to leave it. I have TV! I have internet! I have books! I can't find my iPod though :(
That really makes me sad because I really like to put my headphones on for my entire plane ride. I've lost it before, for about a year, and it turned up, so I'm hoping I'll eventually find it.
Oh, here's a funny. So on Thursdays at 11:30 am, everyone must attend a big safety meeting in the cafeteria. This past Thursday, we got in, signed in, and Carmelo asked who was a fire warden in a fire warden room. We raised our hands. He shuffled us off to one side of the room. Then he told us we were to go back to our rooms and were going to have a fire drill. He said they were going to do it at 11:40. Had to hustle out to get back to our rooms by 11:40. So I put on my vest and my hat and grab my clipboard and wait for the signal. And wait. And wait. And wait. And about ten, then twenty, then thirty minutes go by. I thought back to when I was at Albian, remembering one fire drill that we knew about ahead of time where they couldn't get the alarms to go off. Then I thought, here I am in my room with no phone, I don't have my cell phone on me....how would anyone reach me if there was a problem or anything? I sent an e-mail to PG who stayed back to man the front desk, and couldn't wait any longer. I put the safety things away and headed back to find out what was going on. I see people milling about, going about their business. I see another fire warden, carrying her vest etc. I stopped her and asked what was going on...and she said "we just had a fire drill". But I didn't hear it...what the heck??? She said they didn't actually pull the alarm, we were just supposed to start at 11:40. So there. Epic fail on my first fire drill. And I had to wonder...didn't anyone miss me??? Did they think I just took a nap or something?? Hmm.
Only two more days of work and then I'm heading home for 7. Well, because of my flights, I'm actually only going to BE home for 6 nights, 5 days. Will be nice to have my own bed though, for a couple of those!
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