...THE JOB...

OK!!!...WELL...
It is what?...only my second day of actual on the job training (or shadowing) all last week was training on a computer program that was the worst program ever...every person that passed by me told me not to stab myself in the face and that if i can put up with the computer lessons i could deal with anything...it REALLY was NO FUN and by the 8th hour straight of it i was literally going out of my mind bc it was SOOO much information and really now that im actually doing what it was trying to tell me to do..i realize the same thing it was trying to teach me in 20 minutes actually takes about 5 seconds in real time. UGH. ANYWAY...this week...i began shadowing everyone. And its really hard bc when im out at the desk i kind of have to make it obvious that i am in training bc if i dont the guests that come to the desk think im just being a jerk by not offering to help them. So thats really annoying and awkward. I am just CRAMMING sooo many codes and processes into my head it*s insane. I dont know if anyone has ever delt with the ancient computer program ugh what is it even called...i cant remember-my brains fried for the moment...but it is like, the oldest system used on computers and to do the littlest thing takes 5 minutes and nothing makes sense...its all just memorizing. One of my bosses told me i wouldnt be checking anyone in or handling anything by myself for at least 2 weeks but i already ended up doing it my first day (i pretty much assumed that would happen) What i AM good at is "engaging the guest" LOL...(talking to them) that parts great...i just hate not knowing everything yet and it is SOOOO much to learn.

ALLLLL the people who i work with are still SOOOO nice...so funny and so interesting. there are people from all over the world who work there and i just pick their brains...one of the girls im close with at front desk is a girl from Holland, her name is nina, and i had her show me on google earth around her home town and asked her about her fav food and she showed me the most popular dinner dish...i guess what i came away with was that in Holland you eat a TON of bread and potatoes. i tell her she looks and sounds just like gisele bundchen but a little shorter HAHAHA. Another amazing and PATIENT girl who i love at front desks name is Carolina...shes hilarious and going to school to be a pediatrician...she LOVES kids and maybe thats y she is SO patient with me and actually offers to train me each day and is SO good at it. There is a woman named Elina from russia...SWEETHEART...she is also tireless and is NEVER aggravated when i have a question. She always brings me treats. Everyone else is also amazing...everyone makes it a point to go out of their way for you and smile and say hello by name when u pass in the halls...everyone holds the door for each other and so on...i guess this all comes with people who work in the hospitality industry.

though i am learning so much and constantly working after the first two hours the time seems to crawl by at a ridiculously slug-like speed. Hopefully that will change. I feel like ive been out of the working game for a lot longer than i actually have been. There*s much more to say about everything at work as well as outside of work but i have to get to sleep and i need to post this now so everyones happy :)
love to alllll!!

Drinking Airborne Like It*s My Job...

Hey everyoneee....I apologize for the video...i was trying to RUSH through it and Rambo was also distracting me while i was talking...so i think i said "like" and "um" WAAYYYY too many times....(i thought i had conquered that habit yrs ago!!!) So again..SORRY! And no mom, that*s not how i talk at work or on a regular basis.

So today was day #2
Shorter day but it kinda crept by bc it was a diff woman running it and she wasn*t as perky and she was also sick and i literally FELT the germs entering my system so each passing moment had be wanting to get out of that closed in room...took a tour of the entire place...probably met and shook hands with over 60 people...so as SOON as i got out i went to the store and picked up some airborne (and dog food) - oh...while i was meeting people, a few of the people in charge told me that they were very happy to meet the new employee that there is such excitement over!...so i took that as a good thing :)

I go in tomorrow to begin my ACTUAL training...it*s one of the first jobs i*ve ever had where you actually GET assigned FULL days of training for your position. I*ve always gotten...ok, welcome...get to work...figure it out...so this is...idk! good?!

Thats it for now!!! MWAA!!!
M*

P.S. I don*t remember if i posted yet or not about the fact that i get 2 free meals a day while at work...how amazing is that?! THAT in it*s self will save me so much money and time!! SCORE.

First "Fire Side Chat"*...

...that could only be done by our Halloween candles since it was our 1st attempt at starting a fire in the fireplace...and THAT resulted in the house filling with smoke and the fire alarm going off....

* I remember the first time i learned about Roosevelt's Fire Side Chats...i thought...it i were president...i would re-instate the fire side chat...i would broadcast to the entire world what was actually at hand and on america's plate...explain to them in short why certain laws were being passed and use it to not only keep the world informed (instead of truly clueless) as well as use the broadcast to bring certain causes to their attention...so we could all be connected and work together...

...I was really happy and surprised when i saw Obama do a kind of fire side chat to America...it was KINDA like what i had in mind...

...ANYWAY....i am NOT the president...but this is the BLOGS first broadcast :) TEEHEE!!

Fairview Parks New Member :}

As you have all probably figured out from FB...after going through the most rigorous process (even longer and more entailed than what i had to go through to teach 1st graders)...and after interviewing with 5 different people up the totem pole...the manager of the entire Marriott offered me the position yesterday :]

Everyone who i talked to was SOSO nice and funny and they all had the same things to say, that this Marriott is everyones favorite to work at(also the best to learn and begin your career at)...they have the most easy-going yet successful employees and the managers and the owner, who stops in every x-mas and knows EVERYONES names, are all extremely friendly and understanding. As for all Marriotts, aside from the amazing benefits package, offer the ability to move up and around different branches of the company easily and quickly. In fact they encourage it to those who want to so they feel like they are always growing and always happy in their jobs.

SO i am pretty excited about the whole thing...i have orientation this coming monday and tuesday...the only thing KINDA sucky right now is that my beginning schedule will be the evening shift...so 5-11...which means...i will not see DJ at alllll. My manager said that most of his staff actually prefers to work weekends so it would probably be no problem to let me have weekends off and also that they have never turned down a request for time off. He said that there is a woman who will be going on maternity leave soon (i don't know how soon yet) but once she leaves i can have her morning shift...SO..all in all...NOT THAT BAD.

I had a wonderful time in NYC and LI with Re (and her fam)...I posted some pix on FB.

I told DJ that this is turning into the Adventures of Only Miriam page and he said that his writings would be boring bc he always does the same thing...SO...i will tell you that he is still doing amazingly...about to break personal records for the company yet again and will be hosting Paul's bachelor party camping trip weekend...so...i*m sure he*ll be updating soon :)

Love to ALLLL!!!
I LOVE FALL!!!!!!

~Interview~

Had the interview this morning...went wonderfully...the only thing that is on the "bad" side" is that I wont hear for SURE for two weeks. OOOhh well...since I am free for now I am on my way to LI tomorrow bright and early...(actually probably before it*s bright)...to see Reanna :) Can*t wait...

Why do I always end up getting jobs where you have to work holidays?? Oh well, once I work up it won*t be that way...sighhhhhh*

BIG NEWS WITH MARRIOTT PEOPLE!!!!

OKAY...I have THE worst timing ever...i have been looking forward SO much to spending the week with my other half Reanna forever now (it*s our 10 yr anniversary AND she is going to be in a show at this cool theater festival in Long Island that I was going to support her at) and NOW...Marriott calls me back and says i need to come in this monday for an interview...which means...IDK!!! SUCH good news but SUCH sucky news at the same time!!! i Probably have the job ive been wanting forever but i will have to find some crazy midnight train to the city afterwards.

Just wanted to update everyone on the news...everyone keep your fingers crossed for me!!!!!! UPSTATE here we come in T minus 2 HOURS!!!!!

Birthdays, Anniversaries, Weddings Oh My!

Sept 8th I officially entered into my mid-twenties. It was a LITTLE less painful than i had expected. Bc i guess i realized im pretty much where i thought i*de be at 25 when i was younger? KINDA??? Well, whatever I thought...where i AM is an OK place to be in life. Though I dont have my successful career in full swing, I DO have an amazing Fiance, a house (two houses actually! in two different states!), a car (a NICE car!), little naminals that make me smile and laugh every day, un-wavering family and friends back at home and a world full of possibilities. I*m ok. 25 IS ok. I have a LOT to be thankful for.

~I also got packages on my door step, cards in the mail, parties at home and in VA, and lots of REALLY sweet novel length texts on my birthday...it was really more than i had expected and meant a lot. DJ decorated our backyard with string lights, lit the tiki torches, put music on and set up a table for two with candles all over the place for dinner. After dinner and dessert I took turns dancing with DJ and Rambo and then we all heading inside to watch the movie DJ and I had watched the first time we ever hung out...Oh wait...the movie was the night after for our one year anniversary!! sorry! HAHAHA We also finally went mountain biking to Mt Vernon (16.27miles)! Beautiful BEAUTIFUL bike paths...it pretty much seemed like you were biking along the shores of Maine, then all of a sudden you were biking through a topical jungle, then back to Maine...lol.
. . . . . . . ......... .. . On the motorcycle in Old Town Alexandria w/ Cat & Paul

Well let*s see....
We*re going to have another super-packed weekend coming ... friday after dj gets out we will be heading back upstate, Sat a.m. we will be checking out one of my possible wedding locations, and taking at least some "engagement" pix there, then running back home to get changed for amy and john*s wedding that evening. The NEXT day, we will be heading to Apple Fest and will get to see Amandaaaa and FINALLY get to stuff our faces with apple cider doughnuts we*ve been craving!!!! (I LOVE CELEBRATING LIFE MILESTONES!!!)

Talking about stuffing my face reminds me I haven*t mentioned that I DID get a membership at Xsport, and absolutely love it.

What i also love, is hearing that a lot of good things are happening in the lives of the people i love so much :)