Day 3 - Saturday, 12th December
Again, a busy day. I think today might be worse than yesterday, but it’s hard to tell. All the jobs blend together into the days. Breakfast was at 8, so I was up at 7 to make sure I got in the shower. We have 8 people on this corridor, and one shower between us. There’s a second shower down here, but on the other corridor, with two more people. 2 showers between 10 people is a bit... tricky. It wasn’t too bad this morning, but I’m not looking forward to when we’re all out skiing in the day, getting all icky, then fighting over the showers before/after the evening shift.
Jobs done today include... sorting the ironing/housekeeping cupboard, putting things in the wash (& taking them out again... and putting things in the tumble dryer), stock taking in the housekeeping cupboard, making all the beds, putting goodie baskets in all the rooms, making the tumble dryer leak & then fixing it again, moving sheets & towels into cupboards and other rooms, polishing stuff in the tv room, and a lot of other little things that I’ve forgotten about.
Three course meal tonight. We had the adventure of fondu, which included almost setting the table and two people on fire when Gracie tried to blow out a burner. There was a tart thing for pudding that was lovely.
Oh, and the most important thing! It snowed today!! So exciting. The mountain had been looking like it does at the end of the season, but now the runs are all white. They’ve got the snow cannons on this evening to boost it, too. The village looks so beautiful, so different with just a little bit of snow on it. All the roofs and walls & window sills are topped with white. It’s so exciting!
We’ve got tomorrow afternoon off, so I think some sledging might be on the cards at some point.
Just been out to Bar Bush this evening, for a wee while, but I kept yawning, knew I should come back if I wanted to get up at a sensible time tomorrow. It was so funny, though (in an ouch kind of way) - there are several steps (at least ten) going down from the front door of the hotel, and about half of them are wooden. Just as we were leaving the hotel, there was this ‘thump!’ and Sam had slipped off the first wooden one and landed on the ground. So funny. Not surprisingly, he went back in to change his shoes after that.
This is quite a short post so far, so before we get any further with this diary thing, I’m going to do some names. Allow me to introduce the staring characters in this performance.
First, there’s me (Ailsa), your charming, if slightly random, narrator.
Anna, my roommate & fellow housekeeper/waitress.
Kayleigh, another housekeeper/waitress, who’s just a little bit older than us (nearly 20).
Gracie - 20 - really nice, one of the ones in charge.
Neil, head chef, Kayleigh’s boyfriend.
Dan, works in the kitchen, crazy hair & a really nice person.
Chris - an aussie, another kitchen person.
Nathan - second chef.
Sam, one of the barmen
Nick, the other bar man
Derek - a bit older than us, another manager person.
Again, a busy day. I think today might be worse than yesterday, but it’s hard to tell. All the jobs blend together into the days. Breakfast was at 8, so I was up at 7 to make sure I got in the shower. We have 8 people on this corridor, and one shower between us. There’s a second shower down here, but on the other corridor, with two more people. 2 showers between 10 people is a bit... tricky. It wasn’t too bad this morning, but I’m not looking forward to when we’re all out skiing in the day, getting all icky, then fighting over the showers before/after the evening shift.
Jobs done today include... sorting the ironing/housekeeping cupboard, putting things in the wash (& taking them out again... and putting things in the tumble dryer), stock taking in the housekeeping cupboard, making all the beds, putting goodie baskets in all the rooms, making the tumble dryer leak & then fixing it again, moving sheets & towels into cupboards and other rooms, polishing stuff in the tv room, and a lot of other little things that I’ve forgotten about.
Three course meal tonight. We had the adventure of fondu, which included almost setting the table and two people on fire when Gracie tried to blow out a burner. There was a tart thing for pudding that was lovely.
Oh, and the most important thing! It snowed today!! So exciting. The mountain had been looking like it does at the end of the season, but now the runs are all white. They’ve got the snow cannons on this evening to boost it, too. The village looks so beautiful, so different with just a little bit of snow on it. All the roofs and walls & window sills are topped with white. It’s so exciting!
We’ve got tomorrow afternoon off, so I think some sledging might be on the cards at some point.
Just been out to Bar Bush this evening, for a wee while, but I kept yawning, knew I should come back if I wanted to get up at a sensible time tomorrow. It was so funny, though (in an ouch kind of way) - there are several steps (at least ten) going down from the front door of the hotel, and about half of them are wooden. Just as we were leaving the hotel, there was this ‘thump!’ and Sam had slipped off the first wooden one and landed on the ground. So funny. Not surprisingly, he went back in to change his shoes after that.
This is quite a short post so far, so before we get any further with this diary thing, I’m going to do some names. Allow me to introduce the staring characters in this performance.
First, there’s me (Ailsa), your charming, if slightly random, narrator.
Anna, my roommate & fellow housekeeper/waitress.
Kayleigh, another housekeeper/waitress, who’s just a little bit older than us (nearly 20).
Gracie - 20 - really nice, one of the ones in charge.
Neil, head chef, Kayleigh’s boyfriend.
Dan, works in the kitchen, crazy hair & a really nice person.
Chris - an aussie, another kitchen person.
Nathan - second chef.
Sam, one of the barmen
Nick, the other bar man
Derek - a bit older than us, another manager person.
