This last week has been a quiet one, it rained five out of the seven days. Queenstown was on the verge of flooding. The lake had risen so high that it was level with all of the docks. We went to town to see if any of the businesses had been flooded, but they all were better protected than when the town flooded in '99. I read in a newspaper that the attitude of the town then was don't worry about it, the water will go away. It seemed that the town was more than ready this time with many volunteers helping with sand bagging and barricading businesses on the lake front.
Seeing all of the businesses closing down in case of the flood did not stop us from job hunting. Again not very successful. A few businesses actually collected our CV's, so that was a little better than them saying that they were not hiring for another three weeks. Mari had me go fill out an application at her new hotel job. She had been getting the latest gossip from her other co-workers that there were people quitting and that a housekeeping position was available. We walked to the hotel together because she had to fill out forms herself. On the way she informed me that her supervisor did not like the supervisor of housekeeping and that she was not very nice. That made me a little scared and nervous, but desperate times call for desperate measures!
On a positive note for the week, Mari is getting a lot of hours at work. Her second day she worked eleven hours! She must have done an exceptional job because after that she was getting called in each day after that to come work more hours. She was bringing home the bread, literally. Mari actually started bringing home loafs of bread that were left over in the staff room. She brought home raisin bread, which was a real treat! Mari was also making new friends at work. Fabio, Will and Eddie were a few of her new buddies. She even invited them to her birthday party that was coming up this following week. This is great news, since we don't have any friends. It would have just been Mari, Danny and I celebrating and maybe our flatmates if we were lucky. Now it will really feel like Cinco de Mari.
Mari's new work life has been the excitement around here, but Danny and I have been trying to do a good job of keeping ourselves entertained. We have been watching movies, playing rock band and going on tramps around our neighborhood. Our weekend was filled with American Idol gives back. The living room, where we spend most of our time, is one of the coldest places in the house. To keep warm we have to build a fire every night, which is usually made by Danny. Though this weekend we were faced with chopping our own kindling wood. It was the first time I have ever cut wood and it was quite the process to get comfortable with my aim. After 20 minutes I had succeeded! As you can see it doesn't take much to entertain ourselves.
After a long weekend of nothing, I got a phone call from Rydges Hotel where Mari works at. They said that I have a trial run tomorrow at 10 am! I hope it is for waitressing, but I will take the housekeeping job if that is what they are offering. So, wish me luck and stayed tuned to see what job I get.
Seeing all of the businesses closing down in case of the flood did not stop us from job hunting. Again not very successful. A few businesses actually collected our CV's, so that was a little better than them saying that they were not hiring for another three weeks. Mari had me go fill out an application at her new hotel job. She had been getting the latest gossip from her other co-workers that there were people quitting and that a housekeeping position was available. We walked to the hotel together because she had to fill out forms herself. On the way she informed me that her supervisor did not like the supervisor of housekeeping and that she was not very nice. That made me a little scared and nervous, but desperate times call for desperate measures!
On a positive note for the week, Mari is getting a lot of hours at work. Her second day she worked eleven hours! She must have done an exceptional job because after that she was getting called in each day after that to come work more hours. She was bringing home the bread, literally. Mari actually started bringing home loafs of bread that were left over in the staff room. She brought home raisin bread, which was a real treat! Mari was also making new friends at work. Fabio, Will and Eddie were a few of her new buddies. She even invited them to her birthday party that was coming up this following week. This is great news, since we don't have any friends. It would have just been Mari, Danny and I celebrating and maybe our flatmates if we were lucky. Now it will really feel like Cinco de Mari.
Mari's new work life has been the excitement around here, but Danny and I have been trying to do a good job of keeping ourselves entertained. We have been watching movies, playing rock band and going on tramps around our neighborhood. Our weekend was filled with American Idol gives back. The living room, where we spend most of our time, is one of the coldest places in the house. To keep warm we have to build a fire every night, which is usually made by Danny. Though this weekend we were faced with chopping our own kindling wood. It was the first time I have ever cut wood and it was quite the process to get comfortable with my aim. After 20 minutes I had succeeded! As you can see it doesn't take much to entertain ourselves.
After a long weekend of nothing, I got a phone call from Rydges Hotel where Mari works at. They said that I have a trial run tomorrow at 10 am! I hope it is for waitressing, but I will take the housekeeping job if that is what they are offering. So, wish me luck and stayed tuned to see what job I get.
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