So, since I last posted, not much has changed... my life revolves around working, sleeping and snowboarding.
Work has calmed down a lot lately. So much in fact that sometimes it seems like time is standing still. The other morning we served a total of 17 guests for breakfast (and we're open from 7am - 11am)... needless to say, I was quite happy to finally get out of there!
The most exciting thing I've done in the last 2 weeks is buy my season pass for Lake Louise. Okay, so I know that I said I was gonna buy a pass for Sunshine - but everyone I know who rides or skis is up at LL, so I decided it was worth a little bit more $$ to be able to have a 'snowboarding social network'. So I said goodbye to $800, but hello all the snow I can handle! Nevermind the fact I look like an Ewok in my photo... if me being an Ewok gets me up the hill, then so be it! I stacked out and wacked my head the other day, so my next purchase will be a helmet, to protect my precious grey matter! Heading up the mountain again on Monday... can't wait - hopefully it'll snow between now and then!
Compared to last week, it's gotten a lot warmer - we were sitting up around minus 20, and now we're back to a tropical minus 8 or so! Talking of tropical, my latest hairbrained scheme is to get myself to Mexico. Heather and I have decided that at some stage we may need a break from all this coldness and snow... so where else would you go but Mexico? And plus, when else am I ever going to get the chance to go there? So we're looking at a week sometime towards the end of April... which is just before I start my roadtrip (including trains and planes) out East to get to New York. Arrrrriiiibbbaaa!
On the Domestic front, my roomate moved out and another one moved in. Her name is Taki and she's a gorgeous girl from Japan who will be working with me in Primrose - she's such a sweetie - she's gonna fit right in to the Primrose team.
That's all for now - I have to drag myself to Safeways to buy some bread and other exciting daily neccessities...
Take Care Now
xxx
Friday, January 19, 2007
Monday, January 8, 2007
Sleeping on the Bus!
(Author's Note: okay - so when I wrote this I was a wee bit tired and forgot to actually post it... this goes in between "Where Do I Start?" and "My Canadian Wishlist"... oops)
Sleeping on the bus is awesome... especially when you wake up, you're at Lake Louise - one of the sweetest mountains in these parts!
So, I have a new snowboard and it's totally my brand new baby and I would kill/die for it! It's a Salomon Radiant with Salomon Antidote bindings, and I'm riding with Salomon Virgil boots (do you sense a theme?) ... and the design is awseome - green swirls and stuff - goes perfectly with my jacket and pants (all by fluke too - wicked!!)
So I spent the day up at Lake Louise - the perfect way to spend my first day off in about 15days (since I started at the Rimrock!)... was meant to be meeting Debs (a kiwi chickee I know who works at the Chateau up there) but her phone maggoted out, so I didn't see her... but Bon Jovi kept me company on my iPod and I had one of the best days of my life! I came off the hill totally wind-burnt, but with such a big grin that my face muscles were actually starting to hurt! It was so mean, I can't even explain - it's so good to be riding my own board again - rental gear is like driving a Fiat Yugo when you're used to driving a 9-11!
From now on, I'm pretty sure I'll be at the mountain any and every chance I get - I'm gonna get myself a season pass for Sunshine Village (not sure where the cash for that is coming from yet, but I'll sort it!) and then just go day by day at LakeLou... it's going to be such a sweet season, you all must be GREEN WITH ENVY!!! (probably not, but you should be!!)
Sleeping on the bus is awesome... especially when you wake up, you're at Lake Louise - one of the sweetest mountains in these parts!
So, I have a new snowboard and it's totally my brand new baby and I would kill/die for it! It's a Salomon Radiant with Salomon Antidote bindings, and I'm riding with Salomon Virgil boots (do you sense a theme?) ... and the design is awseome - green swirls and stuff - goes perfectly with my jacket and pants (all by fluke too - wicked!!)
So I spent the day up at Lake Louise - the perfect way to spend my first day off in about 15days (since I started at the Rimrock!)... was meant to be meeting Debs (a kiwi chickee I know who works at the Chateau up there) but her phone maggoted out, so I didn't see her... but Bon Jovi kept me company on my iPod and I had one of the best days of my life! I came off the hill totally wind-burnt, but with such a big grin that my face muscles were actually starting to hurt! It was so mean, I can't even explain - it's so good to be riding my own board again - rental gear is like driving a Fiat Yugo when you're used to driving a 9-11!
From now on, I'm pretty sure I'll be at the mountain any and every chance I get - I'm gonna get myself a season pass for Sunshine Village (not sure where the cash for that is coming from yet, but I'll sort it!) and then just go day by day at LakeLou... it's going to be such a sweet season, you all must be GREEN WITH ENVY!!! (probably not, but you should be!!)
My Canadian Wishlist!
Okay, so I've decided that a good way to tackle Canada in general is by having a wishlist of things to do and see... and I'm proud to say, that although I only wrote my wishlist at work yesterday morning, I've already achieved one thing!
It was a dead slow morning on Breakfast, so the wishlist was a constructive use of both my time and attention (hell, if I have to be up at 7am on a Sunday, then it had better benefit me!!) ... so far my wishlist is small and achievable, but I plan to change that byu creating grandeous goals that I know I'll never get around to...
But back to the Wishlist... so far it has:
* Go to a hockey game
* Go iceskating outside
* Go dogsledding
* Learn park (for those of you who are not snow-compatible, that means tricks - jumps, rails etc etc)
* make a snowman
* make a snowangel
etc etc etc etc
So, what was my grand achievement? I went ice skating... in the outside world! Here at the Rimrock we have a grassy area out the front of the hotel, which they have covered with water to turn into an iceskating rink... YAY! So Louise, Steve and I headed down there yesterday for a quick spot of skating. Let's just say Louise kicks ass (jumping and turning and showing off! skills!), I'm okay (I didn't fall down) and Steve... well, he's not really into the iceskating scene... he tended to spend a wee bit of time on his rear end... but it was all good fun! I'll post some photos soon (and maybe even a video of Louise being pro!)...
And in other news... Sonia (my roomie) leaves soon, which makes me sad... I'm sitting in her office at the moment, while she tries to rescue some of her team from the south elevator, which is stuck on the 3rd floor - they claim to be running out of oxygen, but I'm sure it'll be all good. Sonia (as always) is hard at work, eating turn down chocolates, stealing things from Lost and Found and generally abusing her seat of authority - ahaha, I love it! She also has a blog about the brilliant world of Banff (and the inner workings of the Rimrock) , but I can't link to it, because certain people (you know who you are) are sneakily intent on finding her web journal... and it's great fun not letting him find it... so - it's out there in the ether of cyber space somewhere - I DARE you to find it boy!
okay, incoherent babbling leads me to believe that it may be time for food... and then bed, cos I'm up early to go out to Lake Louise tomorrow!
It was a dead slow morning on Breakfast, so the wishlist was a constructive use of both my time and attention (hell, if I have to be up at 7am on a Sunday, then it had better benefit me!!) ... so far my wishlist is small and achievable, but I plan to change that byu creating grandeous goals that I know I'll never get around to...
But back to the Wishlist... so far it has:
* Go to a hockey game
* Go iceskating outside
* Go dogsledding
* Learn park (for those of you who are not snow-compatible, that means tricks - jumps, rails etc etc)
* make a snowman
* make a snowangel
etc etc etc etc
So, what was my grand achievement? I went ice skating... in the outside world! Here at the Rimrock we have a grassy area out the front of the hotel, which they have covered with water to turn into an iceskating rink... YAY! So Louise, Steve and I headed down there yesterday for a quick spot of skating. Let's just say Louise kicks ass (jumping and turning and showing off! skills!), I'm okay (I didn't fall down) and Steve... well, he's not really into the iceskating scene... he tended to spend a wee bit of time on his rear end... but it was all good fun! I'll post some photos soon (and maybe even a video of Louise being pro!)...
And in other news... Sonia (my roomie) leaves soon, which makes me sad... I'm sitting in her office at the moment, while she tries to rescue some of her team from the south elevator, which is stuck on the 3rd floor - they claim to be running out of oxygen, but I'm sure it'll be all good. Sonia (as always) is hard at work, eating turn down chocolates, stealing things from Lost and Found and generally abusing her seat of authority - ahaha, I love it! She also has a blog about the brilliant world of Banff (and the inner workings of the Rimrock) , but I can't link to it, because certain people (you know who you are) are sneakily intent on finding her web journal... and it's great fun not letting him find it... so - it's out there in the ether of cyber space somewhere - I DARE you to find it boy!
okay, incoherent babbling leads me to believe that it may be time for food... and then bed, cos I'm up early to go out to Lake Louise tomorrow!
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Where do I start!?!?!
Okay, so it seems like forever since I posted (apologies indeed!)
I have been a busy wee thing since I wrote (hence the not getting near a computer!)! The job came through successfully - I was offered the position 2 hours after the interview, so moved up to the Rimrock Resort on Dec 19th ... where I've been working ever since (literally, today is my first day off since I first started!)
I'm working as a Hostess at the Primrose Dining Room... basically it's like maitre'd-ing... I greet guests and then seat them, control the floor plan, do all the cashing out and general stuff like that. It's been totally mad over the Christmas break, but it's starting to slow down now, so I'm sure I'll be glad of all the hours I've worked when my first paycheck comes through on Friday!
So the last 2 weeks have been mostly work... Christmas and New Year have kind of come and gone without a fuss - I had to work both, although I did spend Christmas Eve in the pub with all my friends - doing a split shift on too much 'holiday cheer' and no sleep isn't particularly advisable!
Hmmm, what else?!? I bought a new snowboard today (finally!) and it's super uber wicked cool! I will take a photo of it and post it ASAP so you can all see my new baby! I'm heading up to Lake Louise tomorrow (bout 45 mins from here) to go riding with another Kiwi chickee I know, Deb, who works over there... should be good!
It's been snowing lots lately, and the temperture dropped for a bit - we're averaging about -7 or so during the day and -15 or so at night - not too bad really! It's a really dry cold, so I'm always thirsty! Banff sits about 3800ft above sea level, but the Rimrock is another 400ft higher, so it's always dry at work - it's not good for the throat... I always get a croaky voice in the morning, which is not so good when you're greeting guests at a 5star hotel!
My roomate Sonya is pretty choice - she's Aussie and she's abondoning me - she's just been offered a job at the Banff Centre, which is a school/performing arts centre... at least she'll still be in town! All the people I work with are pretty cool - most of them are Aussie (our staff is 60% Australian!) and there's lots of (crazy) French-Canadians! They're great fun and make work a good time for all!
And....ta da... I finally have some photos! enjoy them...
p.s - scroll down to see them. haven't worked out how and where to put them yet... keep an eye out - i'll be starting a photo albumn soon...
xx
I have been a busy wee thing since I wrote (hence the not getting near a computer!)! The job came through successfully - I was offered the position 2 hours after the interview, so moved up to the Rimrock Resort on Dec 19th ... where I've been working ever since (literally, today is my first day off since I first started!)
I'm working as a Hostess at the Primrose Dining Room... basically it's like maitre'd-ing... I greet guests and then seat them, control the floor plan, do all the cashing out and general stuff like that. It's been totally mad over the Christmas break, but it's starting to slow down now, so I'm sure I'll be glad of all the hours I've worked when my first paycheck comes through on Friday!
So the last 2 weeks have been mostly work... Christmas and New Year have kind of come and gone without a fuss - I had to work both, although I did spend Christmas Eve in the pub with all my friends - doing a split shift on too much 'holiday cheer' and no sleep isn't particularly advisable!
Hmmm, what else?!? I bought a new snowboard today (finally!) and it's super uber wicked cool! I will take a photo of it and post it ASAP so you can all see my new baby! I'm heading up to Lake Louise tomorrow (bout 45 mins from here) to go riding with another Kiwi chickee I know, Deb, who works over there... should be good!
It's been snowing lots lately, and the temperture dropped for a bit - we're averaging about -7 or so during the day and -15 or so at night - not too bad really! It's a really dry cold, so I'm always thirsty! Banff sits about 3800ft above sea level, but the Rimrock is another 400ft higher, so it's always dry at work - it's not good for the throat... I always get a croaky voice in the morning, which is not so good when you're greeting guests at a 5star hotel!
My roomate Sonya is pretty choice - she's Aussie and she's abondoning me - she's just been offered a job at the Banff Centre, which is a school/performing arts centre... at least she'll still be in town! All the people I work with are pretty cool - most of them are Aussie (our staff is 60% Australian!) and there's lots of (crazy) French-Canadians! They're great fun and make work a good time for all!
And....ta da... I finally have some photos! enjoy them...
p.s - scroll down to see them. haven't worked out how and where to put them yet... keep an eye out - i'll be starting a photo albumn soon...
xx
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