crystal's little corner

Yesterday was one of those great moments in history.. You remember where you were when certain events happen... for those older than me, it's when Neil Armstrong did his thing.. or when Elvis died.. For me, I know just where I was on 9/11/01.. I'll never forget it. Yesterday, I watched Obama's inaugaration with the entire management team here at Oak Island, sitting in the lounge.. What a great day :) Besides that.. I got Rock Band. How cool am I? A quick update.. work is ok.. I don't feel like I'm bogged down and drowning.. there might be a light above my head.

well.. this has been one very overwhelming week at work.. it's good but soo much to take in, and so very different from what i was doing in the kitchen. :) lots of learning about so many different aspects of the hotelling stuff! i was very glad to see friday come and give my brain a break from everything. hopefully next week i'll feel like i've got a grip! spent yesterday in halifax.. had a manicure at kara's .. a birthday gift from my bro & krys, then to bubbles mansion for supper (meh.. won't go there again!), then the mooseheads game (we won 6-2!), and then over to the four points sheraton for a few minutes for my brother's going away party. he's moving back to good old river philip because he got a job as a prison guard in springhill . overall, the day was ridiculously busy, but just what i needed to take my head away from the work stuff! today's agenda: breakfast with the boys, getting my scrapbook pages organized and ordering pictures, a...

wow.. the hustle of the holidays and then the after christmas slump.. it's been awhile since i posted! christmas was good.. not long enough with us only getting 2 days off over the holidays and too much travelling to fit in. alex got sick this week, and i finished my last shift in the kitchen at work.. i can't believe that i start my new job tomorrow. it seems like a long time ago that i was stressing about not hearing anything about it. but i have an office, a new wardrobe, business cards and am uber-excited... hopefully tomorrow i'll be able to post about my "grownup" job. but it's sure goin to take some time to adjust to not being home to clean/laundry/cook supper.. wow!