Week 1

I've been here a week already! Hard to believe. Oh well, having the time fly by is a good thing.

So, Manic Monday. Well, it wasn't a typical one, I've been told. Instead of having the 700 arrivals within about 2 hours, there were flight delays galore and they trickled in through the evening. It made for a long day though. I worked 7 am - 1 pm, then went back at 5 pm supposed to be until 9 pm, but because of the delays etc, worked until 9:50, took an hour off, then went back at 10:50 for the last two buses and off at 12:30 am. Oh, and today is a holiday. Happy Canada Day!
I was with PG in the conference room checking in the new hires. PG is an old pro, and has a big booming voice, so directed all new hires to the conference room to give me their photo IDs. There is rarely ever a no reservation guest, and with keys all made up ahead of time, and no pen pads to sign, and the ability to check in on a laptop computer, it was great. PG herded them in, I started with the IDs and checking in, he gave the speech, passed out the new hire sign in sheets, and by the time they were finished that, for the most part I had everyone checked in and keys ready. Oh, and guess what, ladies from Albian...if a guest comes in with no reservation, we can put one in and check him in that way for one night, then the company takes care of it from there. The last group was large, 21 at once, so I was a little behind in the check in process, but other than that, the two of us missed all the hustle bustle of the front desk. Cool beans for my first Monday :) And bonus...by the time I got to my room well after midnight, it was pitch dark and conducive to sleep. So, all in all, a good day.

I took a quick shot of the view outside my bunkhouse, looking out towards the lake (don't freak out, Shirley...no identifiers!) but it wasn't a very good one. I'll try again later.

So this morning, being able to wake up without an alarm was nice. I have a couple loads of laundry in, and took a walk one end to the other of the building, and stopped in at the gym and did a little weight work. Baby steps, it's been a long time! I don't think I'll mind this 11am-9:30 pm shift. One drawback though, there are no classes in the gym for the hours that I'm not at work, so that kind of sucks, since I wanted to try yoga and maybe an ab class. Oh well, I'll be on my honor to do some workout every day.

Guess what I was working on yesterday....walkdowns! I never thought I'd ever have to worry about one of those ever again. About my third day here they decide that the front desk audit the walkdowns every day. Sheesh. However, we don't have to do the legwork, only the paperwork. It was good, actually, because I still don't know enough about the tasks that can be done during downtime to keep me busy so I'll take on any of the mundane stuff that nobody likes to do.

While I was typing this, I was eating my breakfast. I brought back a cup of instant oatmeal yesterday, and just put the hot water in (the water cooler/heater is right outside my room). It was great, except for no milk and I forgot to get a spoon. So for the first time ever, I ate my oatmeal with a plastic knife :)

I really wish I could get some comments on here. It's nice to know if someone is reading, and if they have anything to add.

Again, happy Canada day!