I’m getting ready to go to bed after my first day. Overall it wasn’t too bad, but there are little things that totally sucked.
When I got to the ship we were herded like cattle. Not that big of a deal, but they send us all kinds of wrong places. Then all of our luggage/belongings were sniffed by the drug sniffing dogs. We got to get on the ship and it was time for the lines. I spent most of the rest of the day in lines.
We have a TON of safety training to do. And our safety guy is some man from England who is not very pleasant. He’s extremely fast (in spite of the fact that he is super short) and extremely impatient. I can’t tell you how many times he yelled at people to hurry up or to come in closer, or that he wasn’t waiting on them. In fact, at a couple of the LONG and BORING meetings, he would offer to buy watches for the people who were late or awaken those falling asleep in a not-so-nice way. Oh well, he never caught me sleeping!
I had to pick up my uniforms today. I. Look. So. Hot.
When I got to the ship we were herded like cattle. Not that big of a deal, but they send us all kinds of wrong places. Then all of our luggage/belongings were sniffed by the drug sniffing dogs. We got to get on the ship and it was time for the lines. I spent most of the rest of the day in lines.
We have a TON of safety training to do. And our safety guy is some man from England who is not very pleasant. He’s extremely fast (in spite of the fact that he is super short) and extremely impatient. I can’t tell you how many times he yelled at people to hurry up or to come in closer, or that he wasn’t waiting on them. In fact, at a couple of the LONG and BORING meetings, he would offer to buy watches for the people who were late or awaken those falling asleep in a not-so-nice way. Oh well, he never caught me sleeping!
I had to pick up my uniforms today. I. Look. So. Hot.
It’s actually not that bad, especially when I untuck my shirt from the PLEATED pants. I hate pleats. I normally wouldn’t think I had a had a fupa, but those pants make it! Oh, and I was told to bring 1 long and 2 cocktail formals, right? WRONG! I don’t need any formals. I just need ‘business casual” tops and black pants or skirts. I have a TON of those…at HOME! What a pain! So now I either have Jim send stuff to Leah or Jerry or Gabe for me to get next Sunday when I’m in New York or I buy new stuff. Now, I’m all about new clothes, but I spent a lot of money before this trip and New York can be expensive! Oh well, my supervisor said that she would make sure I have leave on Sunday to take care of this stuff.
I also had my first official night at work! This week I’m with the 2-5’s (kids age 2-5. Get it? I won’t explain that any further. I really like the people I work with. Sometimes I feel lost in the shuffle, but they made it a point to invite me up to dinner the first night and we hung out after shifts and should be going to Bermuda together! Part of the program is that we all have silly names. The original idea is that it starts with the same letter as your first name. Well, I am officially “Ladybug.” I love it! We had a great time with the kids playing in our little room and playing in the jungle gym – a huge mess of climbing, tunnels, slides, and balls. I have my favorite for the week, a little boy named David. He has the greatest smile and giggle! And he’s extremely sweet. We also have one little guy who, as my mom would put it, is a pill. He’s very bright, but very defiant and very aggressive. One of the other counselors talked to the mom today, but she didn’t seem very receptive about the whole thing. Oh well, we’ll see what happens. I’m super tired. Night!
I also had my first official night at work! This week I’m with the 2-5’s (kids age 2-5. Get it? I won’t explain that any further. I really like the people I work with. Sometimes I feel lost in the shuffle, but they made it a point to invite me up to dinner the first night and we hung out after shifts and should be going to Bermuda together! Part of the program is that we all have silly names. The original idea is that it starts with the same letter as your first name. Well, I am officially “Ladybug.” I love it! We had a great time with the kids playing in our little room and playing in the jungle gym – a huge mess of climbing, tunnels, slides, and balls. I have my favorite for the week, a little boy named David. He has the greatest smile and giggle! And he’s extremely sweet. We also have one little guy who, as my mom would put it, is a pill. He’s very bright, but very defiant and very aggressive. One of the other counselors talked to the mom today, but she didn’t seem very receptive about the whole thing. Oh well, we’ll see what happens. I’m super tired. Night!
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