Work is hectic! They are painting the entire gigantic dining room so all of the tables, dishes and buffet lines had to be moved in to one of the conference rooms. It makes setting up, breaking down and doing dishes ridiculous. :P It's alright though, it's a change of pace and takes more time to do everything so there is less standing around being bored. :)
I'm making a lot of friends here all of the sudden. I LOVE it. :) I'm getting invited places now to hang out. Tonight after work I went to the KIVA (gym) to watch a bunch of people play basketball. While I was there we got a group of people together to (hopefully) play volleyball after I get off work tomorrow night. I'm excited! I think it's been almost a year since I've played but people have promised me that they aren't that great either. :P
Tomorrow I work my 12 hour shift from 6-2:30 and then 5-9pm. It should be fun. I really, really like the people I work with so going to work is something I look forward to. It's an interesting dynamic here because everyone works 40 + hours a week so no one complains about having to go to work. Occasionally there are things that you can't do if you're working, but usually the people you would hang out with anyway are working with you at the same time.
The people here seem to really like me and the feeling is definitely mutual. I actually haven't particularly met anyone here that I can't stand. It's pretty awesome. I really love the dynamic here...it's like college but without the stress of school work. It's really, really neat.
The weather here is beautiful! I went on a 2 hour walk with my friend Melissa yesterday and the fresh air was soooooo incredible! Gah! I still can't believe I LIVE in COLORADO! I have always wanted to come here and then one day I do an internet search for jobs in Colorado, this one pops up, I apply and then a week and half later I'm here! I can't WAIT to go hiking.
I really don't have anything to complain about. Well, except that my hands are about to jump ship because I'm mistreating them so badly. :P Dishes, dishes, dishes. No, there aren't any rubber gloves to wear because we have to transition between washing dirty dishes to putting away clean ones every few minutes. It's just a hassle. But there's nothing to complain about. :)
I'm super excited! April 20th is the Thai New Year and next Wednesday, the 21st, the Thai's are throwing a huge party and cooking Thai food for everyone. I get off work in time to go which is awesome. :)
Just in case you were wondering, I have met people from South Africa (Melissa), Paraguay (Mercedes), Brazil (Andre), Thailand (Jane, Shane, Champ, Pongsak, etc etc), Um...That's all I can think of for now. The guys from America that I've met come from Kansas, Arizona, Michigan, Indiana, Georgia... It's really awesome to meet so many people from so many back grounds. I love getting to know new people. :)
Well, goodnight All! I'll probably be keeping myself up for a while longer just so I can actually sleep tonight. I've found that's the trick. I can either go to sleep early and wake up every hour or so and wake up feeling gross or I can get about 5 hours of really great sleep and wake up feeling good! The hard part is finding things to entertain me this late at night. :P
I'm loving life!
Rachel :)
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