i'm not sick of Ruby's. it's amazing.

well, it's been a few days (a few long days), and i'm having a great time. it was a little sketchy at first but i've made some new friends and even though the days are long they are fun. every day is pretty much on the same schedule so far. all the trainers show up somewhere around 9ish and we have a trainers meeting. then we do what's called 24-hour prep where we have about an hour and a half to prepare everything we will need to teach our classes for the day. then the trainees start to show up at maybe 11:30 and we go right into "homeroom." i am the red team leader so that means i've got 13 trainees who are on the red team...and....i am...their leader, you guessed it. and during homeroom i teach them all the things they will need to know for the tests they will take later that day during our second homeroom. after first homeroom, all the different groups (there are six) rotate around to the different trainers to take classes. (classes like steps of service, hospitality, phone orders, computer system, food demonstration, etc.).....meanwhile, all the kitchen trainees are learning how to make all the food on the menu, so by 12:30 or 1 there is a whole bunch of food waiting to be eaten. so then we all eat it. after our half hour lunch break we have more classes. and then after all the classes, we go back to homeroom and take tests. all the trainees have to pass each test with at least a 90%. otherwise they've got one chance to retake the test....and if they can't pass the test, they're cut. hahahaha. so that's good times. after homeroom, we do sidework, and then we listen to all the announcements that management has for us. and after that the trainees go home. but when the trainees leave, all the trainers stick around for a big meeting where we talk about everything that still needs to be taken care of. and....that's my day. i get back to the hotel by around 10 or so and then it's e-mail checking time and tv watching time and crashing into bed time. the nice thing is that the busser trainer that i was supposed to share a room with did not show up....so i have my own hotel room. i'm pretty happy about that.

today we got a little bit of a break. i do not have to be in to work until 1:00. and between 1 and 3 we have a block of time scheduled for anyone who needs to come in to retake a test. and all of my red stars (yes that's what they're called) have passed all their tests...so i will have lots of free time to prepare. it's a nice break.

i'm tired. also, i hit a button on my keyboard and it removed the task bar at the bottom of the screen. i don't know how to get it back. can anyone help me? please? nevermind. i got it. it was F11.

also, there's this poem i heard on an episode of Crossing Jordan that goes:

I stand on a mountain top
As the great bird approaches
She is small in my sight
but grows larger on approach
Until I am blessed with the full sight
with her graceful wings,
Proud countenance and good company,
All too quickly she grows small again
on the horizon
and disappears from view
and I call out
"There, she's gone"
but there are other mountaintops beyond me
and at the precise moment when I note the great bird's
departure from my view
I know there are new eyes taking up the sight of her
and fresh voices calling out
"Here she comes"

i really liked it...but i don't know who wrote it. does anyone know?