It’s been a while since I have found time to sit down and write in here, but since I am sitting idly at the airport, waiting to board my delayed flight, I figured now would be as good a time as any to catch up on the last four months of my life.
Thanksgiving was the first holiday ever (if I recall correctly) that I have spent away from my family. I had originally RSVP’ed to a gathering at a friend’s house south of the city, but decided a few days before hand that I really just wanted to stay home, cook for myself, and then maybe go see a movie or something; keep things real low-key, you know? But as it turned out, my friends didn’t have that same plan for me, and Brian showed up at my door and dragged me out of the house.
Dinner was awesome, and the fellowship was as well. A wise man once told me that community is good for the soul. I believe him. There was gun shooting, both in real life and in video game form, lots of talking and eating, and a general sense of family. It was a nice time.
I have been working a lot between WHS and BRU. Things at BRU have kind of leveled off, which is probably for the best. I am still there, and my boss told me a few days ago that I need to stop worrying so much about being unreliable or thinking that I am going to be fired every time I mess up and sleep through my alarm or need to call out (which happens more than I’d care to admit.) He said that I am a hard worker and that he understands that WHS is my priority and that he comes second. Either I am more awesome than I ever imagined, or he is REALLY hard up for employees. It is probably a healthy mix of both.
WHS is still awesome as ever. I am actually kind of sad to be away from there for the next week, though obviously of course I am super excited to go back to Jersey and see my family. I am finally starting to make friends with some of the people at WHS though, and that is making an already awesome place to work that much better.
I think this is true of most restaurant/bar atmospheres, and of some other types of workplaces, I am sure, but WHS feels like a family. A big, dysfunctional family. We work the same sorts of crazy hours, we deal with the same nutty customers, and we identify with our co-workers when there is an issue. I mean, I have worked in close-knit groups before, but there is something different about a restaurant family. I dunno. I just know that I am happy there.
Hmm...What else is there to update yall on? My roommate K and I took advantage of my G/O employee benefits and went to the hotel to see ICE! and all of the lights at the hotel. I have heard all kinds of good things about it, but I was in awe when I finally got to see it for myself. I mean, I knew it was going to be pretty extensive, as they were hanging lights before I started with the company in the beginning of September, but I wasnt expecting SO many lights. We road the riverboat in the Delta and walked around the Cascades. We popped our heads into the other sections, too, but it was getting late and we were both hungry, so we didn’t tour them.
ICE! was also really cool, literally. 8* cool. If you don’t know what ICE! is, G/O flies artists in from China to carve into blocks of ice scenes from Frosty the Snowman. There is a slide made of ice, and several scenes from the movie, as well as Times Square and a really beautiful nativity scene. I feel like I should say more about it, but I can’t think of anything else. There are pictures on my fb if you want to see them for yourself.
So I guess overall things are going well. I am not quite exactly where I want to be, but as I am sitting here in the airport I am having mixed emotions about leaving Nashville. Yes, it is only for a week, but this place is my home now, for sure, and I am sure that I will be ready to return when the time comes.
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