VA Beach Update

Sooooooo much has happened since I last let everyone know what was happening.

I quit my job(s) at the Wyndham Hotel. I don’t want to go into details, but let’s just say that it was a terrible place to work and I’m lucky that I’m not in debt right now, because I basically made nothing.

Now I’m working at the Courtyard Marriott Oceanfront North, an absolutely beautiful hotel with the biggest outdoor pool in Virginia Beach. I’m the pool bar food runner, which *surprise* was my job last year. Yep, that’s right, I am currently doing the exact same thing that I did last year at the exact same hotel that I worked at last year. I’m totally beating myself up over the fact that I didn’t go there right away, but whatever..I’m there now. I hated this job last year…but this year, it’s so much better than housekeeping! I have a job that I will most likely get overtime at, plus tips, and it’s great!

I was totally shocked that the easy, low-stress job that I wanted at the beginning of the summer turned out to be one of the more stressful jobs I’ve ever had. It’s the first job I’ve quit at, and that’s saying a lot. Turns out that the job I figured would be more stressful is fun, within my comfort zone, and exactly what I need to be doing.

I’m exhausted right now, though. 9 hours of running food to people, getting them their drinks, getting them their napkins, cleaning up after them, getting ice/rum/more ice/smooothie mix/pretzels/hot dogs/pizzas for my bartender, then cleaning up.

They are shooting off fireworks right now, but they cancelled the main show due to weather conditions (I guess the ocean is rough right now…). I’m about to crash, though, so I’m enjoying the fireworks from inside.

Happy Independence Day!!!!!