She's ALIVE!
...barely. Z.z

I finished up the third day of my training today. 22 hours in 3 days--whew! Being part time for the past four years just didn't prepare me for that, heh. I might even break out into overtime my very first week if certain circumstances occur, eep. I've done one or two 4o hour work weeks in my job life, but never overtime.

There's five of us in the morning class--me, Jesus (pronounced "Hay-zoose", and yes, we've already made jokes. Get this--he was born Dec. 24. I am so not making that up, because he showed me his license.), Claudia, Matthew, and Rhonda (who happens to be the mom of one of the servers that used to work at Chili's. Small world.).

The first morning, I became good friends with Jesus and Claudia, and Rhonda declared that I should be forbidden to ever touch caffiene. Turns out I am WIDE awake early in the morning--who knew? (On the flip side, my body has been giving out at 1opm.) Christy, our coach, basically defined me as innocently eccentric and perfect for the front. Yay!

The whole dress code isn't too shabby, either--a bit more variety than Chili's, and a lot more professional looking. I looooooove black slacks--they feel so silky. It's also easier to feel more professional when I look the part. And there's also the name badge, plus I get to carry around a radio for watching out for shoplifters.

Oh yes, the job itself. They have me initially slotted for "Courtesy Associate". I greet people at the door, I check their bags on the way out to make sure they have all the right stuff, and I keep an eye out for shoplifters. My DSC (basically, the boss of my area) assured me I won't be confronting anyway, so I'll be perfectly safe. My only real concern is that there seems to be so many ways to be fired around there. I figure as long as I arrive on time, work hard, and stay out of the red tape areas, I'll be ok.

One of the supervisors greeted us today and then added not to judge until we've worked for about two months. And if we ever need to shift departments, to just say the word. Good stuff. I'm going to see if I can get into AV--with the viiiiiiideo games, mwee hee!

Anyway, lots of work, nicely busy, not as home as much, but money should be coming in faster, which means I can move out in the next two months--yay!

(And today, Christy and I tested DDR dance pads in front of customers--I beat her by a letter, heh.)

Now to rest.