:D

I’m so lucky I got airport standby on Thursday, pulled from the YEG deadhead, taken off the San Diego turn and called for a HKG l/o. I am soo (so, so, so, so!) thankful… and it makes me wonder where I get all this good luck from. Whoever my guardian angel is, thank you!!!!!!!

If I did the San Diego turn, I would’ve returned to YYZ at 10:30 pm making me illegal for the HKG. I guess everything does happen and fall into place for a reason.

Most enjoyable layover I’ve ever had, and more to come tomorrow. I’m already sad about leaving. Good thing I have a couple days off to look forward to

Adrenaline rushh

Oh my goodoofjewoiafjoewfijeofinesss – 8 weeks; 40 days; an endless number of hours of studying and coaching, but I MADEEEE IT! I have to be honest, when I started training back in October, I really thought I would get released. I wasn’t sure where the NIs would fall, but I was fairly certain I would come dangerously close to leaving. That would be the worst – explaining to everyone (family & friends) why I never finished the 8 weeks and never went on to pursue being a FA.

But as always, hard work pays off! I’m getting my wings tomorrow and there are sooo many emotions I’m feeling right now. I’m excited, nervous, thrilled, happy, sad, stressed… you name it and I’m probably feeling it. I’m going to miss being in training and being the new kids, being able to make as many mistakes as possible because “I’m still learning.” I’m going to miss having my instructors and coaches there to hold my hand and I’m going to miss being in a simulator where on-board situations are really just crew drills and completely under control. After tomorrow, it’s the open seas!!!

I’m excited about what the future has to hold for everyone who did training with me! I can’t wait to hear about all the places we hit up and all the things we do on our layovers! Ahhhhh ADRENALINE I CANT WAIT!!!!!

As all FAs like to say – see you in the skies

The final stretch!!

Week 8, here we go!

Hmm!

WordPress for blackberry?? Cool! I’m just writing to test it out!

I start flying in exactly 12 days – kinda scary if you think about it! I’m nervous beyond belief but I suppose its a good kind of nervous! Asian invasion and I are going to (hopefully) start a travel blog.. But just in case it doesn’t pan out, I will be starting yet another blog to document all the amazing places I’ll be visiting! . Stay posted

AHHH :D

HEHEEEHHE

PKG > PVG > YHZ!

Not to mention Christmas in TO with the famjam and the boyfriend!! Can’t wait ))

Oh and did I mention Christmas is exactly one month away?!! DD

Sooo close

Day 21 of 40! More than 50% of the way there..

Soo close yet so far . arrrrrrgggghh

Zzzzz…

I’m soon coming up to the end of the 3rd week, I can’t believe next week is week 4 and I’ll be 50% done!  Time never seems to slow down now and I can’t believe how fast everything is happening.  Mondays feel slow but Tuesdays feel like Fridays… how is that even possible?  I don’t remember ever being so mentally and physically exhausted.. I fall asleep almost instantaneously… my head hits the pillow and I’m goner.  One time I was trying to memorize my commands as I was falling asleep and I think all I muttered was the first word.

Tough times?  Maybe… but good times?  Definitely .

Right or wrong?

So I call into work and tell them that I can’t work Tues and Thurs night and she’s like, you cant work those nights!  And Im like, YEAH I CANT.  Dumbasses.  So she’s like I’ll fix that.. call me back tomorrow.  Cant they do anything faster???  I need to plan my week out.  omg.  Anyway, because Im so annoyed with them, I told them I cant work weekends.  Too bad soo sad.  She said, when we hired you we expected some weekend evening and weekday shifts, and now you cant do weekends?  And I said nope.  Omg fire me for all I care.  Such a useless job.

I hate working for such unorganized people.  Did I even do the right thing by telling them that?  They’re probably not going to give me any shifts from here on in.  The scheduling manager probably hates me now and Im pretty much going to lose my job since I’ll have no shifts.  Right or wrong decision?? 

Someone find me another job!  Mon-Fri 9-5.  That is all.

Work Blows

I know that during this horrible economy and world-wide recession, complaining about having a job is probably the most arrogant thing…. ever.  It’s even worse when you’ve only been working at the company for a couple of weeks and you probably haven’t gotten the jist of what it’s really like to work for them.  But what do you do if you hate it a lot and it makes your life incredibly inconvenient?

The truth is, working at BBW isnt the greatest.  The managers there are useless (maybe except for the select few), Im not getting that many hours, pay isnt extraordinary, the people aren’t that kind… it’s honestly just kind of a bitch to work for them.  Since before I even signed my contract, I told them that Tuesday and Thusday nights were off limits.  Of course, I call into work to ask about my schedule and all they’ve scheduled me for this week is Tues and Thurs closing.  Oh, and did I mention I only got 1 shift last week?  I must be really shitty at selling their products, and if that’s the case, then why stay?

What really bugs me about this job is how uncertain it is.  Perhaps I exaggerate the importance of a schedule a tad bit, but I’d like to know if I have to work the following week at least a week or two in advance.  Lucky for me, I get to call in every Sunday at 5 pm to ask about my shifts for that exact week.  Its soo hard to plan my life out since I dont know when I have to work.  I dont know which day do have a mtg with Billy about their wedding, dont know which day to have dinner/karaoke with Leo, dont know which days I can help DEA, dont know if I can go to a friends party.. oh my gosh I dont know anything!   What I did know was that I would have Tues and Thurs nights off, but I stand corrected.

Did I also mention that I have to do a stupid ‘chat in’ and ‘chat out’ at the beginning and end of every shift?  It’s the biggest waste of time and quite frankly I haven’t learned a thing from them.    Boo my job sucks.  Isnt is weird that I loved it in the beginning?  I guess the honeymoon phase for this job is over.

No wonder my friend said she lost the motivation to work for BBW.

BBW

Soooo I’ve been working at BBW for almost 2 weeks now and I actually dont mind it at all!  Why I love my job:

1.  I love that when I leave work I smell like a mix of White Citrus, White Tea and Ginger, and Coconut.  My hands are soooo smooth, soft and moisturized and seriously, I smell like a dream! 

2.  I like working there because it’s not as caddy and competitive as working in retail stores.  I dont have to sell a minimum amount of products and so it makes it easier to get to know people. 

3.  Wooot I love the headsets!  I was nervous about using them in the beginning but I think Im finally catching on!

Sooo, yes I love my job (I guess).  Maybe I’m still in the honeymoon phase of my job and haven’t gotten sick of it yet, but I’ll be sure to write about it when I hit that point.  I want to shop there soo badly but Im just waiting for my paycheque!  When I do get paid, I’m going to hit up some signature products (buy 2, get 1 free!), some new antibacs, and hopefully some discount apparel, size permitting.  Anyway, I’d love to write more but I closed tonight and am super tired, and unfortunately Im opening again tomorrow morning!  Soooooooo, peace out.