So this past week has been beyond hectic. Lets start with Saturday night I suppose, went out, had a great time, got home at 5am. Woke up at 9 drove an hour south of Reno to Minden to look at a full size bed, bought said bed and drove it home, storing it in Tony's garage. Sat back and enjoyed the food (way too much food) and the parts of the Super Bowl that I did catch. I was wiped out and feel asleep by 8 and didn't wake up until 10 the next morning. Yay, Green Bay!
So now starts the real week, its the week before Valentines Day and the Reno Aces mascot Archie has advertised that he will be delivering Archie Valentine Grams. Online orders begin pouring in and I become Archie's driver/helper on deliveries. We had a single delivery on Monday, easy as pie except we had to drive to downtown Fallon, an hours drive each way to get there. It was fun because the guy worked at the police station, so Archie and I got to surprise him with a dozen red roses and a gift card to the Team Store. Tuesday only held two different deliveries, Wednesday had three. Thursday had four but we got to drive out to Squaw Valley, CA. The drive is so pretty, I sent Sean some pictures that I took and he was amazed he wants to go there. Friday comes along and we had six deliveries to make, we did five between 9 am and 11am all over town. Archie and I did it in record time and not because I was driving crazy. Valentines Day we have 15 deliveries all over town, yikes! I move into my new place this Tuesday and I don't think I have ever been so excited about anything. That may be an overstatement but right now it doesn't feel like it. I have experienced a place called Mustangs along with several others but Mustangs is looking like it may become the surrogate Round Up for me. I bought my plane ticket home for Gloria and Randy's wedding the first weekend in May, yay! So I'll be home again before anyone knows it. This week has flown by between working theBighorn games and driving Archie all around. Hopefully going hiking tomorrow at Lake Tahoe! I'm on my phone now so I will add pictures on Monday of Squaw Valley and Archie. Hope that everyone is doing ok I miss you and I love you all, until next week!
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
One Week Down..
How to start, how to start, well I've been out in Reno for a grand total of nine days. The weather is a lot different than back home, it starts out in the high 20's low 30's when I get up and go for my run before work. These hills are kicking my butt! I went from running 4 miles pretty easily to maybe a mile that I couldn't even finish, until yesterday I finally pushed through, yay! Had to buy some real sweaters out here, the wind cuts through my cotton sweaters like you wouldn't believe. I have actual reasons to wear scarves, gloves and ski caps, which is kind of cool.
So down to the things everyone really wants to read about, my job. I started work on my first Saturday here, working a Reno Bighorns game (D-League Basketball team owned by the same people). Working the game was pretty familiar to me, it did give me a chance to get somewhat acquainted with my boss Jessica and co-workers Tonya and Bart. Also the merchandise that we carry for the Bighorns, who won the game and actually haven't lost since I've been in town. A fact a few of the people from the Bighorns have pointed out to me a few times. The Team Store is where I have put in most of my hours in my first week, the store is closed on Sundays and Mondays. But we ended up coming in to do inventory, fun way to start my job. We do inventory once a month, something to look forward to. On the days were open, its a matter of getting ready for opening day, April 15th first home game. I have been busy learning the system and trying to learn the inventory and store. They had interviews yesterday for part-time seasonal employees. Everyone they have hired so far has a great amount of experience, and is a middle-aged woman. Nothing wrong with that, but it just adds to the fact that I have only met one person my age here so far, Bart. Anyways, I am actually running the store by myself today, as we are so far away from the season, its pretty laid back during store hours. Just re-folding shirts, I am now an expert folder a trait that I am hoping will become a habit when folding my own clothes.
Everyone that I met has been really nice, I found an studio apartment and signed my lease on Thursday, pretty exciting! Well for me it was, I move in the 16th of this month, I've added pictures of the place so everyone can see what I have to work with. Once I've moved in and put my mark on it, I'll post pictures again. Well I guess this was a good start to blogging. Hope everyone enjoyed and don't worry I'll have more interesting things to write about soon I hope!
So down to the things everyone really wants to read about, my job. I started work on my first Saturday here, working a Reno Bighorns game (D-League Basketball team owned by the same people). Working the game was pretty familiar to me, it did give me a chance to get somewhat acquainted with my boss Jessica and co-workers Tonya and Bart. Also the merchandise that we carry for the Bighorns, who won the game and actually haven't lost since I've been in town. A fact a few of the people from the Bighorns have pointed out to me a few times. The Team Store is where I have put in most of my hours in my first week, the store is closed on Sundays and Mondays. But we ended up coming in to do inventory, fun way to start my job. We do inventory once a month, something to look forward to. On the days were open, its a matter of getting ready for opening day, April 15th first home game. I have been busy learning the system and trying to learn the inventory and store. They had interviews yesterday for part-time seasonal employees. Everyone they have hired so far has a great amount of experience, and is a middle-aged woman. Nothing wrong with that, but it just adds to the fact that I have only met one person my age here so far, Bart. Anyways, I am actually running the store by myself today, as we are so far away from the season, its pretty laid back during store hours. Just re-folding shirts, I am now an expert folder a trait that I am hoping will become a habit when folding my own clothes.
Everyone that I met has been really nice, I found an studio apartment and signed my lease on Thursday, pretty exciting! Well for me it was, I move in the 16th of this month, I've added pictures of the place so everyone can see what I have to work with. Once I've moved in and put my mark on it, I'll post pictures again. Well I guess this was a good start to blogging. Hope everyone enjoyed and don't worry I'll have more interesting things to write about soon I hope!
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