Memorial Day Weekend

It's been a loooonnnnggg weekend, hope your ready for it... Yesterday I started out bright and early at 7am. worked the whole day, and it was a full house overbooked. that means there more people expected to come then the amount of rooms we have. so after a week I'm apart of the crew now. Saturday was such an adventure. busy all day trying to check in over 400 arrivals it was a mad house. Made friends with alot of guests though check in in and one couple considers me their favorite intern (yeah they got champagne and choco-covered strawberries to their room when they returned from dinner for that!) my adventure didn't start til late afternoon when they had me running laps around the resort (keep in mind its like 2-3 football fields long if not more). finding out which rooms were clean, and the ones that needed to be cleaned. so i get back and they tell me to be ready to "walk" (move) to another hotel for the night because they need to give people my room as well as the other interns. So I rushed back and packed my stuff up. Then I come back and the resort is out of cribs. So the highlight was that me and Patti (the reservations manager) head to target to buy cribs and guess whose driving the Escalade..ohhhh yeah. Hopped in that baby and headed off to Seaside (coastal town next to Monterey kinda looks like OBX). The Escalade has a step that comes out the side when you go to open the door, outside cameras to back up and see around you, and a key start ignition. Its pretty nice. So I drive throughout the area (at least I got a tour of the area while I was grabbing cribs). Get back deliver and find out how to configure these damn pack and plays then get back and they tell me I'm shipping off for the night. I go grab my stuff, load the other interns stuff, one girl had just flown in that afternoon and prob. shitting herself she had no idea what was going on. They took us down to the Portola Plaza at Fisherman's Wharf. I was excited, get to head down to the bay for the night. Check in-gave me a warm cookie and all was good until I got lost heading to my room with the other intern and the rooms were just alright not what was expected. So then I saw Monterey at night got to walk the Wharf at night and up Alvarado (the main local street). Head to bed to do it all over again. Wake up and head to work for the day. Its rewarding when people remember you. I made friends with a woman who grew up in Camden and lectures at Stanford. Shes writing an Atlas and told me that made her famous..(No Joke). Also made friends with the family of a ping pong champion that insisted on making me look it up on YouTube. They rented out a whole side of one building which was two rooms and two (parlors) which are like living room areas that are almost the size of regular rooms. So their rich and told me they would be back in like 3 weeks so hell yeah will I be their best friend. Took the initiative to do my own thing today and go through some training stuff and get my tasks completed. Did alot of running around and can't remember half of it (lucky for you that you don't have to read more). Overall, successful weekend. Tomorrow heading to a BBQ at my fellow TU friend (Tom who graduated few years ago from school of tourism at temple who is the banquets manager) with a bunch of the crew and some interns. I have off tomorrow and Tuesday, to catch up on the school work side of things for this internship. Lastly, since they used my room I was given a new room, just as big and a little better (pictures on facebook, or to come attached to another post). Lofted ceilings and wrap around deck with large desk for me to type this up. After I finally got off tonight I went and shared a beer with one of the cooks and food-beverage intern. Things are shaping up and its apart of me now and I'm so excited for whats to come!! I'll update this on Tuesday night after I get back from my surprise night for all of you! The only thing that's depressing surprisingly is the weather. So far its always cold and cloudy/foggy. Its not fun. It's not sunny hot Cali. hopefully the weather will shape up soon cause its getting me down. Like I said I'm sure I forgot tons of details about my long hauled weekend. Enjoy the picture attached of the other night for Kate's promotion dinner (the limo ride I talked about)..and from left to right is Patti, Kate, Brad, Me. Have a great holiday and enjoy the hot weather on the east coast cause it's sure not over here.