Time Flies Fast!

Wow! Where did the time go?

Ok, so yes it has been over a month since I've last updated my blog. That just tells you how much trouble I've been getting into haha, just kidding!

I really do not even know where to begin! I just realized that I basically left off on the first week of December. I started my internship and had 2 days of orientation. I loved orientation because it made me realize how much the company cares about their employees and how much the company cares about the tribe's history (I work on an indian reservation). After orientation, I spent about a week being a hostess for 2 different restaurants as well as shadowing some restaurant managers. I loved doing that and am thinking/praying about adding on an associates in food and beverage management. After that week, I spent about a week working in the kitchen for 2 different restaurants. I think the day that I had the most fun or that was the most interesting was when I helped make 500 strombolis which are like calzones but different shaped.

Then we had a huge snow storm hit Providence dumping about a foot and a half of snow within 2 days. I had struggles getting my car into my driveway to my parking lot since I live on a hill and my driveway is a hill as well. I parked somewhere else and spent 2 hours digging my car out to get it into my parking lot. It was an interesting day to say the least. I flew to Idaho the next day in a clear weather window somehow. I was fortunate to pick a Sunday to fly because all flights had been cancelled the prior 2 days. Melissa flew with me to Idaho and we had a great time.

We got to see family and friends and hit up some sites in Boise and get some relaxation in. Melissa and I headed up to Hagerman, Idaho and went to a hot springs site and rented a private pool for a while with the rest of my family. My aunt's family was up from California and I was happy to get to see everybody again.

I headed back to Providence on New Year's Day and came back home to snow again! The day afterwards, a group of about 9 of us headed up to New Hampshire to take advantage of a ski special. For $36 you can get lift ticket, ski rental, ski instructor tips and tubing from 3pm to 10pm. Skiing can be quite brutal and I gave it a shot but I realized I could mess up my back really bad so I had to say no after my 5th fall. I still had a lot of fun though.

I just completed the housekeeping portion of my internship. It was 2 weeks long and I really enjoyed myself. I spent the first day shadowing shift managers and the director and attending various meetings of supervisors, guest room attendants and housemen. I also shadowed a houseman for a while as well as a runner. A houseman is in charge of 2 floors usually and in charge of keeping the hallways clean with the windows, vents, vacuuming, collecting linens from guest room attendants and all sorts of fun stuff like that. A runner is responsible for delivering things to guest rooms when guests request it such as a bath robe, a refrigerator, a microwave, etc.

On the 2nd and 3rd day, I was trained on how to be a guest room attendant. So I mastered how to make a bed hotel style and was capable of cleaning my own room. It was really interesting to see what all guest room attendants do to clean a room. After I did that for 2 days, I shadowed a floor supervisor for 3 days. A floor supervisor is responsible for 2-3 floors and has to inspect every room to make sure that the guest room attendants are doing their job properly and that the room is ready for new guests to arrive. I worked with this supervisor, Holly, who was really nice and apparently is one of the best. She has the higer floors with the supersuites and hopsitality suites so I was fortunate to get to see all the different types of rooms as well as get to learn how to inspect those rooms. After I shadowed and worked with Holly for 3 days, I got to be my own floor supervisor for about 4 days. I really enjoyed it! I forgot to mention that the hotel has about 36 floors and 1200 rooms.

On the weekends between all that I hung out with friends playing games and having movie nights. One of my good friends headed back to college in South Carolina as well so it has been weird to not have them with us. I also have managed to get snowed in twice now at a friend's house which has been quite funny. I cannot believe how much snow we have gotten this winter!

My next portion of internship is front desk so it should be interesting and I cannot wait to start another portion. It has been an exciting time trying out all these different areas. I'm off to go make lunch and run some errands! I hope everyone had a great weekend!