Week 19

Day 126: Dec 14, 2014

I am so frustrated. So, I spent a bunch of time and frustration on the schedule for the kitchen and our kitchen coordinator went and changed it. I wouldn't mind if it was to make it more fair for the group except it didn't. I tried to make peoples' schedules as predictable as possible and tried to make it so that people would not have to work all of the feast meals and now everyone's schedules are all over the place, weekends are split and amount of times leading are all uneven. I think there are 2 things that really peeve me though. She gave herself Christmas Eve and Day off even though she told me that everyone had to work on those days and she made me lead for both Christmas day morning and New Years Eve night. Both are feast days and are two out of the three for the month. I don't think I have been this peeved in a long time. I am going to have to talk to her to make sure that she realizes what she set me. I don't mind working both shifts but leading adds a whole different level of stress to the shift. AAAGGHHHH!!!

At least my frustrating day ended on a more positive note. The night ended with a hootenanny which you can never leave without a smile on your face.

Day 127: Dec 15, 2014

My day was spent almost entirely sleeping. I woke up for breakfast and then went back to sleep. Woke up in time for lunch, stayed awake for bus arrival and then went back to sleep. Hopefully all of this sleeping will aid my immune system. I did, however, spend some time with a guitar. I am slowly getting more comfortable with moving in between C, G and D chords and I was able to pick out Amazing Grace and Home on the Range. It was very exciting.

Day 128: Dec 16, 2014

Dinner what AWESOME! We had pulled pork and got a HUGE number of compliments. It was a great way to end a lead shift.

Day 129: Dec 17, 2014

A musing about the Christmas season at Holden Village:

In case you hadn't noticed, Christmas is almost here. For some, this last week is filled with last minute shopping and stressing about the upcoming family holiday. For others, the last week is filled with excitement, either for a school break or for the arrival of Santa. It is different here. Now that I am out of school I didn't realize that Christmas was coming up so quickly because I didn't have finals or the count down until the drive home. I am not in a store every week so I haven't been inundated with BUY THIS or CHRISTMAS IS IN ___ DAYS. There isn't a second sun that lights the night (extreme amounts of lights). Sure, we have Christmas trees (everywhere) and advent calenders but we are also preparing for guest season which is at its peak next week. I know it is almost Christmas but for some reason it just doesn't feel that way.

Day 130: Dec 18, 2014

Another day, another shift. There really wasn't anything of note that happened today other than the fact that it snowed.

Day 131: Dec 19, 2014

More snow today! I even got the chance to go skiing. I had to break trail on the way out which made the outing harder and longer but the way back was much more fun (I could actually glide at times-except when I had to go through a stream and got ice on the bottom of my ski). Then, after the rest of my chalet got off of work and came home from school, we decorated our Christmas tree. It has a paper chain, some sparkly garland and some homemade ornaments on it. Decorating the tree and living room really helped to get me in the Christmas spirit. After vespers, we gathered in our chalet once again but this time it was to watch Frozen (Alex hadn't seen it before). Let me tell ya, it was a hoot. We sang and acted out scenes, ate popcorn and cookies-it was great.

Day 132: Dec 20, 2014

It was a slow morning. We made a waffle bar for breakfast, which meant that everyone could make their own waffles, and had beans and rice for lunch. Originally, I wasn't supposed to lead the shift but Hallie got sick a few days ago and still wasn't feeling well last night so I asked if I should plan on leading. Well, I ended up leading. It could have been worse, though. I have lead a beans and rice lunch before so I only had to really focus on figuring out the waffle bar (I just showed up a little early and figured it out). Since today was the end of my work week, I was exhausted so I took a nap in the afternoon (I think it might have been too long since I am still really tired) and then headed to pizza night in the dining hall. FINALLY, I had some decent pizza here! The night was capped off with some crafting time and the movie ELF. Now, I think it might be time to go to bed early.