Woman of the night

Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm back in the working world! Last week, as some of you know from my former post, I went on a serious job hunt that ended in me desperately blogging, begging Bellingham for any sort of job. Surprisingly, the next day I received a response back from one of Bellingham's fanciest hotels on the water, the Hotel BellWeather. I ended up interviewing Wednesday and was immediately offered the job. To tell the truth, I wasn't all too excited about the position, I am now the weekend night auditor, but after thinking it over, I figured it would be a good "foot in the door." Ideally, I would love to work the night audit for a few weeks/months and then move to the wedding/event planning staff because becoming an event planner for a non-profit is pretty much my ultimate dream, but I'll just keep my fingers crossed for now. I've also been keeping my eyes out for other positions around town, I recently applied for a position at the Boys and Girls club and at the Village Bookstore, but for now it seems like the BellWeather is going to be my biggest chance for a future career path. 

I had my first day, well night really, on the job this last Sunday. I was a tad nervous, mostly for the whole staying up and actually being functional until seven in the morning part, so I went on a quick run to de-stress right before starting. Thankfully my worries were basically for naught, everyone was incredibly nice (I actually got to speak with the head banquet/food director for the event planning staff for a bit *crosses fingers*) and the work, although slightly daunting for the first night, was relatively straightforward. There was a giant wedding going on that weekend, so everything was slightly more hectic than normal (i.e. drunken groomsmen calling for taxi's at one in the morning to go do seemingly nefarious things), but thanks to the regular night auditor (to be nameless for now), everything went fairly smooth. The morning was the hardest part, we finished the audit around 4am and everything kind of just slowed down, including my brain. By the time 7 o'clock rolled around, I was ready to pass out, and by the look on my face, everyone else knew it too. But, I made it with, hopefully, no huge mistakes, and so am looking forward to my next shift, and further improvement on my super awesomely incredible customer service skills (hehe). I'm hoping to train my body to not completely shut down at 7am, which may prove to be difficult, but other than that, I think this may turn out to be a relatively decent job.... at least I don't have to babysit.