Day 48

So I decided this morning that I wasn't going to wear makeup. Good Job Kylee.... NOT! I got on the bus after work (which was very slow) and he was there! He was sitting in the front and when I got on, he moved back near me. We didn't talk on the bus really. But I was invited to watch weeds again. It is an extremely addicting show. Inappropriate to say the least, but the idea is awesome! So I went over there and guess who offered to give me a back massage :) Progress! 

We will probably finish the season tomorrow. Then I guess I have to come up with things to do that aren't sitting on my butt. The rain should be going away on Saturday. I hope. 

That's it. Just a little update on my current situation. Oh. I also get paid at midnight tonight. I will wake up with another $700 in my account! I get to pay off more credit card! Yay! I hope my tax refund comes in soon so I can actually start saving money instead of paying crap off. 

Day 47

I had both jobs today. Rapids was really slow. It didn't help that we got a new girl and so there was less for me to do on my shift. Her name is Nadia and she is from Bulgaria. She is a really hard worker and kept asking for things she could do! After that I went to Lynx. We were really slow there too. I ended up degreasing a fan... not fun! It was really gross.

Then I came home and took a nap. I went to Tex's again. Watching more Weeds. He asked to make a deal: foot massage for foot massage. He never met his end of the bargain. So now he owes me a back an foot massage. He made me a little mad today. Isn't there a rule where you don't talk about the opposite sex in front of them? He kept saying different things about different women being hot and asking about how girls flirt (referring to a foreign girl he's going to go on a date with). I think it's rude and I try not to do it. Oh well.

Tomorrow I have a full work day again and then am watching Weeds again.

Oh, I am also doing this thing where I don't spend any ones or change. So even if I have 2 bucks and thats the total, I still whip out a 20 or something. I have only been doing it a week or so and I already have over 50! It is quite exciting! I also reminded, that if I ever get Employee of the Month, I get a cruise for a guest and me! I hope I get it. If I don't, I better get Employee of the Season! I work hard!

Oh so tired. Nighty Night!

Day 46

I had half my day off today. I worked 4-930 and then got to go home. I was so tired this morning. I am happy I didn't have to work at Lynx too. I don't think I would have made it through my shift. When I got home at 1030, I slept until 230. It was nice.

After that, I went to Tex's and we watched more Weeds. I gave him a back massage and we laughed a lot. I found out he is a convert who went through a whole lot as a youth. I have never met anyone who has been through as much as he has been. It's cool he has turned his life around. After work tomorrow, were hanging out again. Maybe if we finish Weeds, I can get him to go on a walk or to go to the Rec Center at Homestead an play pool or something.

It is 9:15 and I am planning on being asleep by 9:30. So off to bed I go!

Day 45

I was nice and rested at work today even though I only had 4 hours of sleep. I had an extremely productive work day. At Rapids and Lynx I managed to keep myself busy all shift long. I was doing stupid little tasks left and right, but at least I kept busy.

I realized today something about my day off. To start, here is my schedule every week:

Sunday: All off
Monday: Rapids and Lynx
Tuesday: Same
Wednesday: Rapids only
Thursday: Rapids and Lynx
Friday: Same
Saturday: Same

So how it stands, I have a totally crappy schedule. I think I am going to have my bosses switch my days off so they are right next to eachother: I am thinking keep my 1/2 Wednesday and then a full Thursday, just so I can actually do stuff on my day off. How it is now, is that I have all my Sunday off, so I stay up Saturday night and end up sleeping in on Sunday until close to church time. The problem with that, is I don't actually have a full day off for hiking or camping or anything. We will see what my bosses say tomorrow.

Today after work I watched a movie with Megan and then Tex invited me to his place to watch the show Weeds. It is a funny show. I ended up staying at his place for a good 6 hours. We laughed a lot and are planning another Weeds party tomorrow! How exciting!

Also, I bought my ticket for the midnight Harry Potter premier in Fairbanks. Only 13 people fit on the shuttle and I got one of the spots! Yay. I plan on sending my package home tomorrow and also sending back the broken tie tacks to the stupid company. I had to fill out a survey on them and all I said was that I was disappointed that I had to wait 3 times to get it since they were broken each time. They sent me a message saying my comments were unnecessarily negative.  Well, when you have to wait time and time again to get a package, ya I will be happy you keep fixing it for me, but I shouldn't have to have it shipped to me multiple times before it's right.

Tomorrow is my half day(ya, it got switched this week since we are short staffed).  I will be home by 1030, sleep until 330 and then go watch Weeds with Tex. I'm going to try an coax a walk out of him or something other than sitting on our butts.

Day 44

I slept in until 1230 today. I almost missed lunch.

I watched Rocky Horror Picture Show with Megan too. I had only seen part of it before and thought it was so incredibly stupid. But somehow I managed to sit through the whole thing. After that I went upstairs and got ready for church. Mary(from Oregon City an not LDS) came with me today. She liked it. She said it was not oppressive like Catholic masses. She may go again. Who knows.

After church I was going to go straight to bed. But since going to church means I miss dinner, I was hungry. I went with Megan into the Canyon(Lodge) and got a sandwich.

After that I came home an went to bed. Nothing too eventful.

Day 43

Today was an alright day.

I worked and got my tips from Lynx. I got 58. Not too bad for 2 weeks and barely working there.

When I came home I was so excited because Tex was going to go on a hike and swim with me. I waited until 330 and text him. He said he wanted to take a nap first. Well that was true, but we didn't end up going out. I never got a reply. I ended up seeing him at dinner. He finally came over and talked to me. We then watched 'Forever Strong' and found out that one of our bus drivers is in the movie!

After that I walked him to the road and said goodnight. He said he is off on Thursday so we can do something then. I don't know if he will back out again but I hope not.

Also, a couple has known each other a week and are engaged. Kinda dumb.

Day 42

HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Today was so awesome! Where to start?!

Well. I Tony was late again so I didn't have to be at work with him for too long today.

I got my tips from Rapids today. $148! haha So nice! Most of it went into my save box!

Ok. The best part of the day! TEX!

So I saw him this morning and we talked for a bit. I told him since it was a nice day we should go swimming in Otto Lake after work. He said sure! He gave me his number and said he was looking forward to it. Then after work I text him and asked when he wanted to go. He changed plans on me. But said to make it up, we could watch a movie in his room and do something tomorrow too! I ended up giving him a back massage and he seemed to like it. He even said 'I could propose right now!' haha. Then we paused the movie and got dinner at Homestead. Stupid Shelby walked past me and gave me a dirty look! YAY!

I found out he goes to Harvard and is going to graduate with a degree in Archaeology and Anthropology! So awesome! So after dinner we went back to his room and finished the movie. When it was over, I got up to come back and he asked 'Leaving so soon?' :) I needed to go to bed and he understood and needed to too! I told him we should go swimming tomorrow since he backed out of swimming today and he said yes. I am so excited to hang out with him tomorrow! I can't stop smiling!

Day 41

Sooooo.... today was an awesome day! It didn't start that way, but ended good!

I woke up at 424, I was supposed to be at work at 4. So good thing I didn't miss the 435 bus. Thankfully the other espresso place had 2 people opening and so one could go get my stuff ready. It sucks because now I don't have perfect attendance!

We had a tour guide come in. He usually tips us with a $2 bill. He didn't have one this time so instead he folded the money into shapes. He made me a boot! It was super cool! Also at work right now, we are at code yellow. We have to keep everything clean and what not. Everyone is getting Noro (except me... knock on wood) and we may have to go to code red which would mean more work for us! I hope we don't!

I got to talk to Hannah from back home. I was so glad to talk to her and hear how being married is going for her! She had some fun stuff to tell me. I miss her...

So I think Tex is cute and wouldn't mind hanging out with him sometime. He seems to like talking to me. Who knows what he thinks. I will see if he wants to hang out. I was going to ask him to dinner with me and Megan tonight but decied not to. So Megan and I went out (since we missed dinner because we went swimming. It was super cold today). We went into the Canyon and went to Salmon Bake. I had chowder, veggies and hot chocolate. It was the best meal I have had since I was home!

I hope I have another great day tomorrow!

Day 40

Rapids was slow today thankfully. It was a weird morning. I had to try really hard to get out of bed but was on time. Anthony was supposed to be in at 4 and didn't show until after 5. Adam didn't show because he had Noro or something. Analisa is gone! I know we are getting someone new up there.

The Rapids lobby, espresso, kitchen and bar were all a total mess this morning. I found out that the old guy Jay(friends with the Food and Beverage Manager) is now running the bar. Which means every morning when I come in, I will have to clean up his messes because he doesn't know how to work. It is terrible! I guess he gets like 60+ hours a week and he doesn't really do anything either. Oh well.....

After Rapids, I came home and went on a walk with Megan. We saw two moose. Their tracks are huge! I was so excited to see one up close but knew at any moment, it could charge me. It didn't. It looked to sick to really do much of anything and we both felt bad. After that we came home and watched 'The Hot Chick'. She had never seen it before and loved it. After that we walked to a little cafe and got frapps. I couldn't finish mine and so she did.

We got back and she went up stairs and got ready to go to the Lodge for our work parties. While I waited for her in the lobby, I talked to Tex. We didn't talk for too long, just long enough for us to get to know each other better. He now knows my favorite color is yellow and I give good foot and back massages. I found out he likes martial arts and $2 hookers. (joke). He said he would invite me to watch more kung-fu movies and I invited him to go swimming in Otto Lake. Who knows where this will go.

Megan and I went to the Lodge. We went to the Rapids Employee Appreciation Party at Lynx. I didn't eat anything. Then off to Base Camp Bistro for the Lynx Employee Appreciation Party. I guess all the other departments got Lynx, but since we work there, we got to go to a fancy place! I got a seafood mac'n'cheese and it wasn't very good. While waiting for our food, Megan and I got cold so we bought sweatshirts. They are super cozy and cute! Also today, I bought two beautiful necklaces! One changes colors from yellow to blue in the right lights and the other looks like 'liquid hot magma' (name that movie).

We came home. I showered and brushed my teeth. I made an appearance at the Game and Chocolate Social. I didn't have any fondue and I played Settlers of Catan with a few people. I had to teach people how to play and since I knew how to play, my turns went fast(and I had to go to bed). I ended up winning and the next closest score was 6.

I have a full day tomorrow. I work from 4-2 and then I plan on going swimming in Otto. If I see Tex, I will invite him!

Overall, today was an awesome day. I spent most of it with Megan who is one of the only people up here I feel like doesn't judge anything I do or say. I feel like she is a genuine person and I am glad to call her my friend. We talked about staying up here after the season and moving in together or doing more Princess stuff on a cruise or something. Who knows what I will do. I do know that I am falling in love with this area and I am becoming more and more at home up here. Like my daddy keeps telling me, I think I may not go home after the season is over, I may end up living up here the rest of my life.

Day 39

Rapids was super busy this morning. It was hard because it was just Adam and I. We made more than we have by double. I don't really like working with him because he is a know-it-all. He never stops talking about things I don't care about. He doesn't listen to Emily or I either!

After that I went to Lynx and we were super busy there too! I didn't get out until almost 2! It was only an extra hour, but that was a exhausting last hour.

I got home and went on a bike ride/hike to Otto Lake again with Megan. We found a big leech! It was fun to play with. It was nice to be out there away from the drama and crap of Homestead. When we got back Mega, Mallory and I went to 49th. It is a restaurant close to Homestead. (My intestines are taking a glacial beating from the food they feed us). I got Baked Mac'n'Cheese and Sweet Potato Tots. It was good.

So, I had made plans for my day off tomorrow. Then, Emily calls me and tells me that the one person that makes the Rapids job bearable, has quit. Her name was Analisa and she was awesome to work with. Now I am stuck with Adam and Tony until she gets someone else. So now I get to go in to work tomorrow morning. NOT EXCITED!

I get to work from 4-930 and then have to come back at 230 for a work party. They say the party is for us working so hard, but I think most people don't deserve that. Nobody I work with works that hard. They are doing less than their job.

So instead of staying up an taking pictures for Summer Solstice and missing watching Tangled(which I have had stuck in my head for over a month now), I get to go to bed so I can go to work. >: /

I also had a weigh in today for Biggest Loser. I went up .6 from last week. But I am going to say that was all from my big dinner and I have been working out and so I may have more muscle now.

Time for bed. So mad that I have to work tomorrow...........

Day 38

We were really busy at Rapids today which was a nice change from the everyday slow! On the other hand, we were really slow at Lynx. It is usually the other way around!

Once again, I came home and took a nap. When I woke up, I was going to go on a hike to Otto again, but Megan and I decided to watch a movie instead. We watched 'Leap Year', which was a very predictable and not that great movie. I wish I would have gone hiking instead. It was super rainy this morning, but this afternoon was beautiful!

Tomorrow is the Summer Solstice. 21.5 hours of sunlight! So crazy!

I am getting a sore throat. I hope I don't get too sick!

I found out today that all the LDS kids are all getting into relationships up here. Even the weird kids are finding someone. Who knows how long any of those relationships will last, but it is still kinda lame to be without. Not that I really need to be in a relationships, but with the lack of LDS support from the LDS side, it would be nice to have someone. Just watching that movie today makes me want a fairy tale or someone to just sweep me off my feet. I see in the movies how people are in a relationship and then some big problem stands in their way (be it distance or other issues) and in the end they always end up so happy and perfect and strong. Not that I want something terrible to happen, but I kind of want a movie life!

If it is nice tomorrow, I want to go on a swim in Otto and a nice long hike since I have Wednesday off.

Bed time for me. Have I said how much I hate and have trouble with going to bed so early?! It is getting easier to wake up early, but I still find it hard to go to bed at 9!

Day 37

HAPPY FATHERS DAY DADDY!!!!!!!

Today was my day off! Unfortunately, my roommate's alarm kept going off. The worst part, she was so drunk, that she didn't even hear her alarms or remember later that they had even gone off. I got to sleep in a little bit, but since I was up until 3 watching a movie and talking to Sebastian, it didn't feel like it.

It was a lazy day. Megan was going to go to church with me today, but ended up having to work late because they were so busy. She said next week though. That's what I keep hearing from Mary, Dan and Megan; next week, rain check, blah blah blah. Hopefully I will get a buddy to go with me eventually.

I found out that Casey got an apartment and has a job interview tomorrow. I hope she gets the job!

Good Luck Tse-Tse!!

I called dad for fathers day and he reminded me to keep doing my blog because he likes reading it. I had almost gone to bed without writing today's. I work tomorrow and Tuesday and then actually get all of Wednesday off! I am already planning on going to Otto Lake again and watching a movie with Megan!

I can't believe I have been here over a month now! It seems like I just got here! Soon I will be packing up to go home. I know this summer will go by fast. I still am not completely sure what I am going to do when I get back. I may go to court reporting school or move to Utah or Everett or stay in Alaska. Who knows?! I may do guard if Bell can't find a responsible enough person to do it. I know I need to go back and see my dance teacher. I miss that class! I want to do dance again!

Day 35 and 36

The reason Days 35 and 36 are together, is because I stayed at the Lodge last night! I was working a later shift and then had to work early, so Emily hooked me up with a room on property! It was nice to have a big, hot, pressurized shower and comfy bed in my big bedroom all to myself. It was super nice!

So Day 35:
Uneventful day and evening.

Day 36:
I had work early today. I was so tired. I had a short temper fuse but bottled up my outbursts. I just wanted to go to bed! I left my Lynx shirt at home, but my Rapids shirt is denim too so it didn't look wrong. I came home and took a nice long nap! It was awesome. When I woke up, Megan text me. She wanted me to go on a hike. The hike was about 30 minutes. We went to Otto Lake! It was super beautiful! There were lots of mosquitoes so I am glad dad let me take the 98% deet with me! It was a life saver! The lake really wasn't that cold! We swam for probably 30 minutes then decided we should head back. It was nice to get out and be able to talk to someone for an extended period of time.

It was nice to go swimming. While we were swimming we saw 2 black leeches swimming around. They didn't get us so it was okay. When we got out, we looked at our feet, and we both had about a dozen of those little buggers on us. They were baby ones. The were slimy and sort of hard to pull off.

When we got back we were both hungry, so we took the shuttle to the Lodge. We went across the street to get food, but everything was open for bar only. Boo... So we got back on the bus that smelled terrible from all the food servers(nasty fish smell) and went home. I am going to watch 'Into The Wild' now. I am pretty excited to see it!

My ankles are pretty tore up from my hiking boots. I knew I shouldn't have, but I wore ankle socks. I also have a mosquito bite on my butt, my hip, two on my head and my elbow. Not bad for being in Alaska and going on a hike to a lake!

Day off tomorrow! Megan says she is going to go to church with me. Mary and Dan are going next week!

Day 34

I was so tired at work today. It didn't help that by bank was off this morning because Tony can't count.

After work I came home and took a nice 4 hour nap! It was wonderful! I went down to dinner and sat with some people from church. A guy named James (goes by Tex) came and sat with us and made me laugh. It was the first time since I was home that I had a good laugh at something. I didn't eat much at dinner and he didn't at all so he invited me to go to Prospectors Pizza with him. Trisha came too. Tex is reading Hunger Games right now and is the middle of Mockingjay so we have stuff to discuss. He asked if we wanted to watch a movie with him so we did. It was Supercop 4, a Jackie Chan movie. It was pretty good!

It is now 1131 and I am not close to sleep yet even though I work at 4.

Tomorrow I have to work a later shift and then again early on Saturday, so I get to sleep at the Lodge tomorrow! I will pack up for that in the morning.

Day 33

I went to Fairbanks with Mallory today.

We got Quiznos, which was the best meal I have had in a month. It's sad when fast food is a good meal. We went to the small mall they had and I got a UO hat and then went to Walmart and got a fan and snacks and a few other things.

We went to Chili's for dinner. I had never been there before until today! It was alright. Not the best dinner I've ever had. It made me want Applebees!

We didn't get back to Homestead until 10. It is now 11. I need to go to bed. I have work at 4. I have to catch the bus in 4 hours. Boo...

Day 32

For those who care, I only had to get up once to pee last night. I guess that my cells really needed most of that bottle of water.

I found out today that I got a "Service Recognition Award". I got to people nominate me and so I'm not sure which one got me the pin, but they are going above and beyond my duties in my job. These are what the papers said:

From Rudy at Lynx: Kylee was a great help during our busy lunch rush. She always has a great attitude. Works very hard. Thank you so much!

From Emily at Rapids: She really took charge of Rapids right off the bat. She was eager to learn and quick to start working. She's a great leader to the rest of her team at Rapids and I'm confident she'll give excellent customer service to internal an external customers! She also is great at perseverance dealing with angry guests who don't have coffee. She's fantastic and I couldn't do my job without her!

Those brightened up my day quite a bit! With that, I got a pin. There are 3 pins you can get for Service Recognition. The first is black, then silver, then gold. My goal is to be one of the first employees to get a gold this season! I'm pretty sure I can do it.

I had a guy this morning who was super grumpy and I cheered him up. He then saw me at Lynx too and I could tell he was in a better mood!

Tomorrow I am in Fairbanks all day! I get to get conditioner and a fan and a humidifier and some other stuff too! I am excited to get out of Healy and the Lodge for a bit! Mallory and Megan are going with me!

I have also decided that I am going to use 'Paint' on my computer to put in pictures with my blogs. I think I will add them in starting here. If I have time, I will add some further back. Maybe I won't have time to do any pictures at all.

I got a letter today and it was from the RS President in my Branch. It was my VT list. I am partners with a girl who is super weird and bugs me. Her name is Sarah. The people I go to are Angela (the convert whose testimony makes me look like a total failure) and Kari (a girl who not only is a spiritual giant, but also the girl who is now dating Kody.... that sucks). Just my luck.

Day 31

Uneventful work day. I did get off 20 minutes early though!

Then I came home, played computer games and watched "V for Vendetta".

I just drank a whole bottle of Smartwater and I know now that it was a bad idea. I need to go to bed but I have to pee so much now (TMI... I know...)! Hopefully this last trip to the potty will be enough until 3am. Probably not though. I'm guessing I'll wake up 2 more times to pee between this trip and when I finally get up at 3.

Any bets from the viewing audience?

Day 30

So I am going to go to Fairbanks for sure on Wednesday. I was going to go alone since all my friends work an I was pretty sad about it. Then I talked to my roommate at she said she was going so I wouldn't be alone. She knew I had been upset this last week or so and didn't want me to go by myself. She also said that is why she took me to lunch yesterday. It's nice to know there is someone here looking out for me :) She said she had been a little worried about me. That makes me feel a lot better!

So today I slept in til 10ish. Then I went to lunch and then back to my rooms where I played games on my computer. I found the Donkey Kong game that dad likes so much an I text him the website! I hope he plays it as much as he says he likes it!

Mary (a girl from Oregon City and works at River Run Espresso) was going to go to church with me today but she ended up having to work. She said she needed some "God Love". It made me happy that she wanted to go with me. She said rain check so she will go next week!

Now I am just waiting for the laundry to be done so I can go to sleep! 2 more days of work at then Fairbanks. I can handle that!

Day 29

So I'm pretty sure that Tony is beginning to hate working with me. Today he was just standing there while I worked, so I found stuff for him to do! All morning he had been behind me watching my every move and I was sick of it. I suggested he clean up the lobby and he said it wasn't our job, it was housekeeping. I told him it was housekeeping's job when we weren't there. (so it was ours at that point).

After that, he steamed milk for a latte. Rule: If you steam milk, clean the wand off! He didn't clean it off so I just politely reminded him to clean it off when he's done. I look over to make sure he heard me because I didn't hear a response and I see a middle finger up directed towards me and the B (female dog) word escaping his lips. I don't mind! He can remain immature while I am unfazed by his immaturity! I am sorry you weren't taught to work as a child. I am sorry you don't respect authority because I know one day it will bite you!

I didn't ask him about the finger incident because I was too tired to care. But if it happens again, he will be in trouble. I will get him written up or something

After work I went to Salmon Bake with Mallory. I got the Crabby Grilled Cheese again. It was yummy. After that we walked around the shops on the other side of the street. I got my tips from both places today. I spent most of it, but not on me! I wanted to send some cool stuff home. I won't post on here what I bought just in case family reads it before they get it. (I wouldn't want to ruin the surprise!) I hope they all like what I got. I should be sending it on Monday or Tuesday!

It is currently 9pm and I am exhausted! I am so glad I have tomorrow off! I get to sleep in! YAY!

Day 28

Work was pretty uneventful today. I was supposed to get my tips, by neither place had finished splitting them up yet.

After work, I came home and changed into normal people clothes and went back to the lodge property. I walked around trying to find a good moisturizer. I eventually went across the street with Pam (from Lynx). I found out some good places for moisturizers and that Pam is/was/something Mormon.

My friend Megan told me today she saw Kody making out with a girl :/ That sucks if its true.

My key didn't work so I went downstairs and they fixed it. I went back up stairs and it didn't work again. They guy at the desk came up and fixed it. Hopefully it works from now on.

Time for sleep!

Day 27

Almost a whole month down! Crazy!

I feel a little better than I did yesterday. I had a chance to talk with some people about it. I talked to one of the LDS girls and she said that she missed me at hot-tubbing but understood I had to work. It makes me feel a bit better that someone noticed. One of the stupid girls(the less stupid one) talked to me a bit today. She said she saw me working and was going to stop and say hi but had to get out of the rain and work. Right after I saw her, I ran into the really stupid one (ok this is getting dumb. The stupid girl is Shelby and the not so stupid one is Heather). So I ran into Shelby after that. I said hi and she just brushed it off. Why girls have to act like total snobs is beyond me.

I signed up to go to Fairbanks next Wednesday. I should be able to get the day off. I just hope someone I know is going so I don't have to be by myself all day. But I do need that break from here. Its so dark and depressing at Homestead.

I get my tips tomorrow :) They should be good!

Also tomorrow the Health Inspector comes. duhn duhn duuuuuuuhhhhhnnnnn........... I hope we do well. I want to get the highest score in the whole property! I think we can do it. We don't have a lot of things that could be wrong. I hope...

I still feel alone but not as much. I realized today that this Alaska trip has been a positive change for me in my life. I am becoming more Mormon you could say. So I know that part of the reason its been so hard, is that since I am doing so well up here, Satan seems to be working harder on me to make me fail. Screw you Satan;  I don't want any part in your stupid failure plot!

I may get to be asleep by 7pm tonight! Yay!

Oh, and Keegan came home today! I hope he had a great time on his mission!

Day 26

I woke up and went to work. I had to work with that Tony kid, but he was waaaaay subdued today for some reason. It was nice not having him spastic! I only had to work at Rapids today which was nice which allowed me to have the rest of the day to do whatever I wanted to. I was going to go on a 5 hour Natural History Tour of the park, but a guy at the tour desk from church named Zach suggested taking advantage of a free Jet Boat Excursion. It was free for me because I am an employee and there was so much space. There was only 2 people going on a 20 person ride! I was suggested to give a tip for it, so I gave $20 for a $200 tour! I didn't see any wildlife in the wild, but I did get to feed domesticated Caribou/Reindeer! They were smaller than wild ones, but they were still cool!. I also got to pan for gold and touch animal pelts. It was a fun use of my early afternoon. I got back to the Lodge around 2 and then went home and slept until 6! Its only 9, but I am going to bed as soon as I finish this! So the couple, I and the bus driver John (LDS) got to go on the tour!

Mormons are everywhere! Speaking of which, yesterday those stupid ho girls were sitting with a bunch of other LDS kids and they were talking about how they were all going hot tubbing. So basically all the LDS kids went hot tubbing last night, they knew I knew about it because they told me, and they didn't invite me. Way to make me feel alone you stupid hos and jerks! I already am alone up here since I came without knowing anyone, and now I feel even more so! I feel like an outcast now. Kind of like that one kid in the playground that has lice and nobody wants to be around them. Is there something wrong with me that excludes me from respect?!?!?! I already feel like I close myself off from people somewhat and now I just don't want to open up to them.

At least I know who I can consider a somewhat friend. Kody invited me to a church thing yesterday but I had to go to bed. He knew I needed to sleep but invited me anyways. Those girls just didn't have the common courtesy to either invite me or not say anything.

Also, dad texted me today telling me there was a mistake with my taxes and I owed around $1000 to both state and federal. I panicked for a second then finished reading the rest of my text. It was a joke but not a funny one!

I signed up to take a bus to Fairbanks next Wednesday! I will hopefully get that morning off at Rapids. I need a little bit of a break. I want to get out. Plus I need conditioner, a fan and some super strong moisturizer for my hands. I have bloody and cracked knuckles because the crappy soap they give us to wash out hands with.

I was told today that some of my guard kids are coaching next year. Not only has that not been even brought up, but they are already talking about how they aren't taking crap from the kids. I think these kids are great additions to a guard, but coaching-wise, I don't think they are mature enough to handle all the problems that North students have. I know I started coaching a whole year after graduation, but I also believe that I am more mature for my age than most. I am talking to the director now. We will do interviews and see what we think.

Then today, I was talking to a guy from work and he was saying that they shouldn't hire anyone under 21 because it is just a hastle to have them come because they can't drink and are immature. They he said they also shouldn't hire Mormons because then there are complaints of cussing and drinking. I told him I was Mormon and he got a look on his face like he wanted to backtrack what he had said. He looked stunned so another girl said 'Don't you always see that sparkle in her eye? Or notice the way she is always happy? Thats the Mormonism in her'. To his line about not hiring Mormons, I said 'What about me?' He said I could stay because I was bearable. Thanks Rudy.... at least I now know I am a bearable Mormon.

I did start todays post with 'Today was a good day!", but I just removed it. I just feel alone now after writing all this. I wish I would have had someone come with me I knew. Even those kids that I felt like I could talk to, I have my hesitations about now just because I am sick of this BS!

Work in 6, night...

Day 25

Today was a polar opposite of yesterday. Today was a day full of crazyness! Lets start, shall we?

On the bus to work we were informed that the power and water had gone out. Awesome huh? It was off from about 130am-6am. When we got there, we were told that any breakfast served would be the cinnamon rolls and muffins and stuff from River Run and that Rapids would not be open, nor would any restaurant. So in the cart, I drove to the top of the hill to get any supplies Rapids had for River Run. We had power up there. As soon as I got down and started unpacking the cart, I was told that Rapids would be open. We didn't have water so I knew there would be no coffee and therefore many unhappy guests.

I got back to the top and started setting up. Guests came in complaining of no water. When we opened at 5, I had many people come in asking to get some water so I would be in process of handing them the bottle and giving them their total and they would yell at me for having to charge them. Many guests walked off with the water without paying. THEN, we got a huge shipment of water bottles in. I mean cases of water! So I was confused. Then a guest told me that he had just talked to the front desk and they were giving away water bottles. So I assumed that the huge shipment of water was for handing out (since we didn't have water for drinking or anything, which I think it should have been free) for free, when I was supposed to charge for them.

Backtrack, when we had been told about no power, we were told that breakfast would be free and signs were put up saying 'Due to the power outage there is no water. Please enjoy a grab and go breakfast....' In my mind that says, 'were sorry there isn't water so have breakfast on us'. Nope. They decided to charge for everything. There were so many unhappy guests. In the end, I felt like guests were being cheated and some people were so awesome about not having their coffee, that when water did get back up, I just gave them cups. What is losing out on a few $2 free refills coffees when you could have unhappy guests telling people not to come (when it is $300 a night)... I did my best and in the end, I think most people were happy. Oh, we also got our espresso machine to work today! I was able to make lattes and cappuccinos! Yay!

So, next... You know how many guys think they can put stuff together so well and just kinda push women to the side over stuff like that. Well that happened today! I was so mad. There is this dumb kid named Tony I work with at Rapids and Lynx (so I have to deal with him from 5am until 1pm! It is for lack of a better word HELL!) I can't work with this stupid 18 year old any more. So we were setting up the ice cream machine at Lynx. He had the chocolate side and I had the vanilla side. There is a lot to hook up. He didn't lube his stuff, he just put it in. Instead of putting pieces in that were attached to each other, he would put a piece in, and then blindly attatch the next piece. So I was lubing up the pieces that needed it, here is the following conversation about the machine

"Why isnt this piece lubed?" (him)
"Because you didn't lube it" (me)
"Can you lube it up for me?" (in the middle of me doing my own thing)
"Sure"
"Why didn't you lube this one?"
"Because you grabbed it before I could"
"Lube it then"
Silence from me as I lube it.
"Why don't you attatch the pieces tofgether before you put them in?" (me being snappy at him because I am over working with him)
"Because its how I do it"
"You realize you can't see how it goes in, and its easier to just do it first?!"
"Ya, but I like to do it this way" (twice as long)

In the end, he put pieces together wrong and asked me why it was all broken. Like it was my fault that the side he hooked up was wrong!!! Geeze kid! His side refused to pump so I unhooked everything and re hooked it up and it started pumping. In process of unhooking his mess, a supervisor comes over and asks why he was sitting there. He said that he was helping me put it together. My supervisor responded with 'I think she has it and it doesn't take two people" Thank you supervisor Rudy (who loves me and hates the kid) for saving me from the nightmare that is Tony. Don't get me wrong, Tony is a really nice kid, but he is so naive and isn't the brightest bulb. He drives me insane!!!! He always tells stupid jokes and makes noises and is so weird and annoying! I don't know how long I can survive working with him! 4 months with him may be the death of me!

So, then I came home and took a nap! It was nice. I got woken up once by Dani who let me listen to Jub (my nephew, real name is Justin. Jub is just a nickname) talking! He is the cutest little thing ever!

After that I woke up and went to dinner. After that I went to the 'Biggest Loser' first weigh in. I lost weight. Won't say how much but I am so excited about it! I hope to come home a different person!

Also, today Casey and Preston graduate. Dad kept sending me updates and pictures (which I am thankful for) but I swear he was trying to make me cry over that fact that I wasn't there. I am sad that I'm not there to celebrate with the rest of my family, but I feel like this is the right place to be right now. Even if it is miles, an ocean and another country away from my family. I am so proud of the twins and I can't wait for Casey to head off to BYU and Preston to go on his Mission! I know they will both do great things in the years to come! They will grow and I can't wait to see how they handle adulthood!

Tomorrow is my partial day off, I'm off at 930am. So back to homestead by 1030. If I'm not too tired, I plan on going for a walk to Otto Lake when I get back. I probably will be, so I will sleep, wake up for lunch and then go out!

I am so thankful to be in such a beautiful place! I know that I was meant to come up here for something. My friend Megan might come to church with me even though it means taking a day off. I got a letter in the mail from my fellow guardie and girl I coach. It was her graduation announcement. Time flies so fast! I liked getting a letter. If anyone wants to make my day, that will definitely do it!

Well, off to bed. I just hope the power doesn't go off again! That would be terrible!

So much today compared to yesterday! Goodnight!

Day 24

Work was slow once again.

I went to Institute tonight. I could barely keep my eyes open. I'm super tired.

Again, nothing cool happened today.

Officially shortest post to date.

Day 23

Sunday! My day off! I ended up sleeping 14 hours last night. It was awesome! I feel like I can stay  up a little bit tonight then just to finish my blog and read my scriptures since I got so much sleep last night.

I watched rugby today during lunch. I wish I played! It would be so much fun.

I got ready for church today. I got told by a few people that I looked really good today! That made me feel really good! I got a ride to church today from Kody. He gave too many people a ride so we all had to squish. Church was really good. We had a lesson on the Plan of Salvation, then in RS we learned about Service and then it was Fast and Testimony meeting. I forgot it was the first Sunday so I ate lunch. Also, when church doesn't start until 5pm and goes until 8 and you miss dinner, its hard to fast all day long...

I talked to the family today too. I was on speaker and everyone was there, except me! They were playing a game and were going to let me play over the phone, but I needed to go to bed.

Well thats it for today. Back to the work in 6 hours : /

Day 22

So I was asleep by 7pm last night so I got a full 8 hours! It was wonderful. We were super slow again today at Rapids and Lynx and so I got off early by a few minutes at both places! I feel like I'm growing into my skin more a little up here. I'm talking to more people and I feel more confident in just being me. ********Make a wish its 11:11. At least thats what it says about this draft saving. It's actually only 10:11 wish wish wish wish wish wish wish wish********

I'm up way past my bed time right now, but I have tomorrow off. I am trying so hard to keep my eyes open as I type this! I just don't want to wake up at 3 am like I do everyday. My days just seem to drag on and on at that point. But with these long days, I was able to clean my room and shave my legs in the shower!

Tomorrow I hope to go on a hike before church because I know afterwards is basically impossible since I  would have to be up at 3am for work.

I wish I had more interesting of stories for you readers. So far nothing to exciting has happened. If a boy asks me out, or a kid goes missing or I get involved in some crazy Alaskan conspiracy then I will post in up here! I want something cool to happen because I'm feel like I have to write the stupidest things down just to have a post for everyday.

Well, I need to read my scriptures. I missed last night because I was so tired and needed sleep for work. So I have twice as much to read tonight! Oh goodness, 2 chapters, what a hard deal! Haha.

I have had Les Miserables stuck in my head ALL DAY today. I've been humming it and singing it and thinking about it! When I got home, I put it on my computer. I'm really sad I will miss it when it comes to Portland in August. Who knows, maybe I'll take a few days off and come down to see it. Highly unlikely, but a fun thought...

Storyless..... again.... nighty night!

Day 21

Saw a moose and its baby today! Those babies are so cute and huge! It also rained all day today! I loved it up until I had to wait in it for an hour in a bad mood and tired. Why bad mood and tired, well here we go with this fun adventure:

I started something wonderful this morning. You girls know how it is. It's your favorite monthly activity that is just a ball of awesome! Anyways, so that happened and then I went to work. We were slow at Rapids like usual and then I went to Lynx. We were really slow right up until I was scheduled to leave. I stayed to wait until the line had gone down but it didn't. Then our computers stopped working because some dummy in Seattle flipped the power computer switch! We couldn't even get into our registers because we didn't have the key for some stupid reason that I never got. So we did everything by hand. We did all money and change without help from the register, we couldn't place orders without having to yell them to the back. By the time I could leave it was already 3 so I missed the bus and had to wait an hour.

I did get a 'Star of the Moment' just like everyone else at work. It wasn't that 'Star of the Moment' kind of moment. I think they just like to give those stars away to make customers think were great. I'll take it, but in the long run, I was just doing what I had to do to get my job done. I also talked to customers, because that is what you do as a server, and one lady said I was the sunshine at Lynx and that Princess should only hire me or people just like me. I guy also said that I was an amazing person after helping them out and serving and taking time to talk to them. I could have said 'Hey, fill out this recognition form for me so I can be pointed out as awesome' but I didn't. I was just doing the job. I love it, but also hate the fact that people aren't doing their job, so when I just do it, its this amazing thing. People need to learn how to work! People need to learn social skills. People need to learn customer service! Its ridiculous!!! I hate that people don't know how to work. It just makes me glad that I was taught how to work so I can be productive!

I also got paid today! $612 big ones :) I don't need to spend it because I still have 75 in tips from last week! Haha! I can finally save some! Well, put it to my credit card now...

Also, the cute boy Kody talked to me today. He approached me and sat with me for 15 minutes and we talked and laughed. He even ate some of my cinnamon roll. Dumb detail, but I don't care. He says he will give me a ride to church each week now! I feel like I can talk to him now without feeling like a dummy. Now those dumb girls will have a bit of competition I guess. I don't know though... he seems out of my league even on friend status. But maybe not since he did come to me without me noticing him.

So I have now been awake for 15 hours and am exhausted. I need my sleep, I am posting a blog at 6pm-ish and then going to bed. Hopefully I will be asleep by 7 so I can get 8 hours of sleep. After tomorrows shift, I don't work again until Monday! Yay! I love having a day off! Well, I need to read my scriptures before I go to bed! Peace!

Day 20

Sitting in the laundry room waiting for the stupid dryers to dry my clothes... I plan on being in bed by 8 tonight. I hope it happens.

So I found out today that the extra 5 hours a week (53 hours...) WAS A MISTAKE!!! My boss at Lynx knew that I and Tony (annoying kid from Rapids AND Lynx) both worked early at Rapids so she assumed that we both showed up at 5am, so she both had us end at 2. She found out I started at 4 and so adjusted my time. So now I am back to 48 hours a week. Oh well, I'll still get overtime!

I have read my scriptures every night so far (since Monday). I also wore my shoes that Steve and Tomi brought today and my feet didn't hurt at all! I'm so glad I have them!

Preston is thinking of driving up and visiting me before he leaves for his mission. I hope he can. I would like to see him before I go.

Off to bed early tonight! So excited for sleep!

Day 19

After work this morning, I had the rest of the day off! So I went back to bed when I got back home! haha

I then took a nice long shower and then got ready to head back to the lodge to get my shoes from Tomi. Just as I was getting onto the shuttle, Tomi called me and invited me to dinner with them! We went to Salmon Bake. Uncle Terry and his wife were there too! It was really yummy. I got a Crabby Grilled Cheese! It was good. It was nice talking to Steve and Tomi. They asked me lots of questions about what I did . Steve seemed pretty interested in that I was thinking about doing Court Reporting. He told me if I worked on a cruise ship after this, the contract is usually 6-9 months straight! Thats crazy. I may not do that just because of that reason. If I had a friend go with me then maybe... LISA?! CHERESSA?! lol

So now I have my good work shoes and my backpack for hiking! Yay! I found out today that I get paid on Friday! It should be quite a nice paycheck with all my flipping overtime! Holy Cow Overtime! Like a million bazillion hours of overtime at time and a half! Okay, not really. I wish though.

On Sunday I want to go on a hike up to Otto Lake near Homestead or take a tour into the park. Depending on how early I go, I should be able to get back in time to shower before church. I'm jealous of everyone that gets 2 full days off and has normal people hours like 9-5. I only get one full day and then after 10am on Wednesdays and then after 2(if I'm lucky) on every other day. But as soon as I get off, I have been up for almost 12 hours and want to go to bed! Its exhausting business working here!

Work in 7 hours. I need to do my laundry but stupid people have left their laundry in and walked away so I'm waiting for one to empty out. Maybe I'll just do it tomorrow when everyone is at work... Ya, I've made up my mind. It's too hot to wait in this laundry room for some stupid girl to get back from the bar to put her laundry in the dryer. We have 6 machines for heavens sakes! The load takes 20 minutes! Its not that bad to just sit in here and be on your computer or read! I hope they all get their laundry stolen for their stupidity and then they have to wash the same pair of underwear everyday! haha. Thats terrible.....

G'night!