Wow, another super-busy week. Monday morning I woke up with pink eye. Not fun. I couldn’t get in to see my eye doctor of my regular doctor until the next day, so I basically just dealt with it. Tuesday I went to Madison with my dad for his neck checkup thing, and I finally got my eye drops. TAKE THAT, pink eye!
Did I get my prescription filled at our local pharmacy, right next door to my eye doctor, though? I sure did not. Don’t get me wrong: I’ve always tried to support smaller businesses when I can. I walked into the pharmacy and stood at the counter for probably 6 or 7 minutes without anyone saying “hello” or “I’ll be right with you.” I saw 4 staff members. No one said a word. Angrily I left, deciding I could find a Walgreens somewhere in Madison. Did anyone say “goodbye” or “have a nice day” or “thank you”? No. How do businesses survive like that?! I was furious.
Anyway, I covered a bar shift at Roma’s Wednesday. I got lots of weird “who are you” looks since I was wearing my glasses (no contacts with pink eye). A couple regulars even asked me my name and reintroduced themselves.
Thursday I got really excited for volleyball once again. As I was driving out to Wind Lake I finally checked my voicemail since I have poor reception at home. I had so many that by the time I got the “the other team forfeited; don’t bother driving out” message I was already halfway there. Kinda ruined my night.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday I worked again. I don’t really have any good stories, and the three nights all blend together. I feel like I never really leave. We’re remodeling, though, so getting there Friday and Saturday blew me away, walking into a literally torn apart bar. So much for any cleaning the closer did the night before. Right now all of our lighting has been replaced, the ceiling tiles are all new, and the wallpaper has been stripped. The walls will begin to be painted tomorrow. It looks like night and day.
I feel like I hardly ever hear from some of you, though. Feel free to drop a line and let me know what’s new. I’d love to hear from you!
Rebecca~
Monday, May 29, 2006
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
22 May 2006
Would you look at that? Another week has passed again. I think over the last week I wanted to sit down and write this update at least 3 different days because I felt like a week's worth of stuff had already happened. Now I've forgotten most of it.
I started training at Geneva National at 7 AM on Thursday morning. Frankly I'm surprised that I made it. I had been waking up early Monday through Wednesday mornings just to call them. It was a whole lotta phone tag, then a whole lotta training followed. 7-4 (9 hours) the first day, then 8-3 the next day (7 hours) because I had to work at Roma's that night.
Saturday morning I got to be on the cart all by myself. : -D It went alright, I think. GN has 3 18-hole courses, and each day one of them is designated as members-only. I was on the member course Saturday. A lot of them live within the Geneva National gates, so they don't want much: they bring their own coffee, they go home for lunch, etc. I wish it wasn't like that so I could make some money, but it's better than nothing, I suppose.
Roma's has been alright, but it all seems to be the restaurant being busy (read me making a lot of stuff for the wait staff) but the bar being kinda ho-hum. Then for all the stuff we make for the wait staff they tip us like $2 or $3 each for the whole night. Not great money.
Last night in the bar made me angry. There were some semi-regulars in there for several hours. Three of them ordered dinners, which was a pain to run around and take care of with so many orders coming from the wait staff. None of them tipped on their dinner bills, so I figured they'd leave a nice tip when they were done drinking. Of the 4 of them total, $9 was the biggest tip, with the two married persons leaving $2 in total. Their food alone was $19.95, let alone whatever they drank. I was extra upset because I wanted to go home but stayed open later just for them. We'll see if that ever happens again... >:o
On the up side, sand volleyball started at Kelly's Bleachers II this week Thursday. Of course I was exhausted from my early morning and 9 hours of training, and we had a double-header that night. Apparently since there are only 5 teams in our league this summer, at least one team will have a double header each night. Weird. Of our team of 6, 3 were there, and Katie came back and played with us. 4 on 6 in an A league is tough, and the underdog (us) did not prosper. Hopefully we'll have a full team next week and perform a little better.
Time for me to start unpacking some more college stuff. Happy 21st Birthday to Kate on Wednesday!!
<3 Rebecca~
I started training at Geneva National at 7 AM on Thursday morning. Frankly I'm surprised that I made it. I had been waking up early Monday through Wednesday mornings just to call them. It was a whole lotta phone tag, then a whole lotta training followed. 7-4 (9 hours) the first day, then 8-3 the next day (7 hours) because I had to work at Roma's that night.
Saturday morning I got to be on the cart all by myself. : -D It went alright, I think. GN has 3 18-hole courses, and each day one of them is designated as members-only. I was on the member course Saturday. A lot of them live within the Geneva National gates, so they don't want much: they bring their own coffee, they go home for lunch, etc. I wish it wasn't like that so I could make some money, but it's better than nothing, I suppose.
Roma's has been alright, but it all seems to be the restaurant being busy (read me making a lot of stuff for the wait staff) but the bar being kinda ho-hum. Then for all the stuff we make for the wait staff they tip us like $2 or $3 each for the whole night. Not great money.
Last night in the bar made me angry. There were some semi-regulars in there for several hours. Three of them ordered dinners, which was a pain to run around and take care of with so many orders coming from the wait staff. None of them tipped on their dinner bills, so I figured they'd leave a nice tip when they were done drinking. Of the 4 of them total, $9 was the biggest tip, with the two married persons leaving $2 in total. Their food alone was $19.95, let alone whatever they drank. I was extra upset because I wanted to go home but stayed open later just for them. We'll see if that ever happens again... >:o
On the up side, sand volleyball started at Kelly's Bleachers II this week Thursday. Of course I was exhausted from my early morning and 9 hours of training, and we had a double-header that night. Apparently since there are only 5 teams in our league this summer, at least one team will have a double header each night. Weird. Of our team of 6, 3 were there, and Katie came back and played with us. 4 on 6 in an A league is tough, and the underdog (us) did not prosper. Hopefully we'll have a full team next week and perform a little better.
Time for me to start unpacking some more college stuff. Happy 21st Birthday to Kate on Wednesday!!
<3 Rebecca~
9 May 2006
Once again it is definitely not Sunday. My parents came up Sunday afternoon to help me move all my stuff out of my room and either home or into storage. Man, was there a ton! It's extra frustrating since I'm moving into the same room next semester. Why can't I just leave it all there?! : ( All Saturday after my final and all Sunday until my parents arrived I packed like mad.
Finals went alright. Nothing too extreme. I think my longest one was an hour and a half of the three hours allotted. The best news was thinking I had a Monday afternoon final, then realizing there would be no final and I would be done by noon on Saturday.
Work is still up in the air. I have a possible job as an accounting assistant at Geneva National, but she's looking for someone who will be able to start Friday (was Monday, then was Wednesday...) and can work through the end of September. What college student can do that? Maybe a UW-Whitewater student or something, but not this girl.
Roma's is looking good. I called April on my drive home to tell her I was on my way early, and she gave me my work schedule right then and there for the next 2 weeks. Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday all day, Monday night, and the following Saturday for a banquet. I stopped in to visit Kate yesterday. While I was there chit-chatting with her Erica came in and asked if I'd work Wednesday for her. Hello? Poor college student who hasn't worked since winter break. OF COURSE I'll work. It'll be a busy week at the Roma. The downside: I can't make it to graduation at all. Not even for a little while and say goodbye to any time with my mother on mother's day...
All of my junk from school is taking over the basement, literally, and we have a pretty sizable basement. Whenever I'm not working, I'll be unpacking this week. Not exciting.
Since I didn't have much to write about this week, I attached some links for your amusement. enjoy! Let's hope the next update actually comes out on Sunday...
<3 Perk~
P.S. Congrats to Emily on all your recent awards! Congrats to Kappy and all my other graduates! Best wishes!
Finals went alright. Nothing too extreme. I think my longest one was an hour and a half of the three hours allotted. The best news was thinking I had a Monday afternoon final, then realizing there would be no final and I would be done by noon on Saturday.
Work is still up in the air. I have a possible job as an accounting assistant at Geneva National, but she's looking for someone who will be able to start Friday (was Monday, then was Wednesday...) and can work through the end of September. What college student can do that? Maybe a UW-Whitewater student or something, but not this girl.
Roma's is looking good. I called April on my drive home to tell her I was on my way early, and she gave me my work schedule right then and there for the next 2 weeks. Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday all day, Monday night, and the following Saturday for a banquet. I stopped in to visit Kate yesterday. While I was there chit-chatting with her Erica came in and asked if I'd work Wednesday for her. Hello? Poor college student who hasn't worked since winter break. OF COURSE I'll work. It'll be a busy week at the Roma. The downside: I can't make it to graduation at all. Not even for a little while and say goodbye to any time with my mother on mother's day...
All of my junk from school is taking over the basement, literally, and we have a pretty sizable basement. Whenever I'm not working, I'll be unpacking this week. Not exciting.
Since I didn't have much to write about this week, I attached some links for your amusement. enjoy! Let's hope the next update actually comes out on Sunday...
<3 Perk~
P.S. Congrats to Emily on all your recent awards! Congrats to Kappy and all my other graduates! Best wishes!
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