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So maybe it hasn't been that long, but a lot of stuff has happened since last I posted. I applied to Writers' House and found out today that I'm accepted, which is great. There will be a couple prep things I'll have to attend, and I have to make sure I don't work those days -- or at least that I work early enough that I can still go. They're both Wednesdays, I think.
Starbucks also had some big to-do thing about closing down all its stores at 5:30 the Tuesday before last for a training session for its employees -- sort of going back to basics, making sure baristas are following Starbucks-quality procedures. I couldn't go because I have a late class on Tuesdays, so I had to make it up Monday. Debra, the district manager, was supposed to come, but she didn't show up, which was a huge shame since I really wanted to ask her a few things... I've never even met her. So George gave me the 'training' -- which wasn't much.
Ah. Danny's birthday was great. We had a fight in the hotel room, and I felt really bad about it because I didn't want anything to dampen his birthday... but the next day we woke up great and went skiing. It was raining lightly and a lot of the snow was just covered in ice when it hadn't been groomed recently enough, and we ended up basically skiing in a cloud that just crept lower and lower all day... but we still had a good time. I was definitely more scared this time that last time because of the conditions, though. I started to get the hang of it again toward the end, but I had a few kind of painful falls early on -- a couple from trying not to run into little kids who weren't paying attention.
I also bought him a butterfly knife online Saturday night when we were slightly drunk. We'd intended to do it earlier but forgotten. It should arrive at his parents' house any day now.
I've had three midterms; one last Tuesday, one last Thursday, and one the Tuesday immediately past. I feel pretty decent about them. The only one I think I'm slightly worried about is Psych, and just because I want an A, but I could see myself getting a B.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do this summer. I think I might try to get a campus job and leave Starbucks. Working with George is just a pain most of the time. Danny's friend and old neighbor who just left Starbucks herself told him that she's heard of George, and that if she was me she'd get out of his store and out of Debra's district, too. Go talk to Rick again and see if I can transfer back to his district. I could do that, but I'm also looking into other stuff. In my email I got this thing from the school saying they're looking for three students to basically tour some Japanese exchange students around the area and help acquaint them with American culture for two weeks during the summer, and it would pay $1000. There are other campus-related jobs, too. I think one of them is manning the desks during orientation sessions and assigning keys and such. Pay is listed as competitive, but no actual price... but it can also be full-time, so... and I could always apply to drive a campus bus. They pay you to train for your commercial driver's license (I think that's the one) and it's a $10 an hour job, 12 to 20 hours a week. Except I'm probably not a confident enough driver. And of course there's the gym, where I'd love to work. It'd be really convenient. They're having open interviews at the end of April, so I have to make sure to go.
That's about it.
Starbucks also had some big to-do thing about closing down all its stores at 5:30 the Tuesday before last for a training session for its employees -- sort of going back to basics, making sure baristas are following Starbucks-quality procedures. I couldn't go because I have a late class on Tuesdays, so I had to make it up Monday. Debra, the district manager, was supposed to come, but she didn't show up, which was a huge shame since I really wanted to ask her a few things... I've never even met her. So George gave me the 'training' -- which wasn't much.
Ah. Danny's birthday was great. We had a fight in the hotel room, and I felt really bad about it because I didn't want anything to dampen his birthday... but the next day we woke up great and went skiing. It was raining lightly and a lot of the snow was just covered in ice when it hadn't been groomed recently enough, and we ended up basically skiing in a cloud that just crept lower and lower all day... but we still had a good time. I was definitely more scared this time that last time because of the conditions, though. I started to get the hang of it again toward the end, but I had a few kind of painful falls early on -- a couple from trying not to run into little kids who weren't paying attention.
I also bought him a butterfly knife online Saturday night when we were slightly drunk. We'd intended to do it earlier but forgotten. It should arrive at his parents' house any day now.
I've had three midterms; one last Tuesday, one last Thursday, and one the Tuesday immediately past. I feel pretty decent about them. The only one I think I'm slightly worried about is Psych, and just because I want an A, but I could see myself getting a B.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do this summer. I think I might try to get a campus job and leave Starbucks. Working with George is just a pain most of the time. Danny's friend and old neighbor who just left Starbucks herself told him that she's heard of George, and that if she was me she'd get out of his store and out of Debra's district, too. Go talk to Rick again and see if I can transfer back to his district. I could do that, but I'm also looking into other stuff. In my email I got this thing from the school saying they're looking for three students to basically tour some Japanese exchange students around the area and help acquaint them with American culture for two weeks during the summer, and it would pay $1000. There are other campus-related jobs, too. I think one of them is manning the desks during orientation sessions and assigning keys and such. Pay is listed as competitive, but no actual price... but it can also be full-time, so... and I could always apply to drive a campus bus. They pay you to train for your commercial driver's license (I think that's the one) and it's a $10 an hour job, 12 to 20 hours a week. Except I'm probably not a confident enough driver. And of course there's the gym, where I'd love to work. It'd be really convenient. They're having open interviews at the end of April, so I have to make sure to go.
That's about it.