TCB
TCB=Taking care of business
This week has been quite a productive week, if I do say so myself. I started two jobs AND found a home.
To start, my first week at Morningstar went really well. My co-workers are a very lively bunch and I love my desk. The first week or so is always hard when starting a job because so much information is thrown at you, and you are in the process of earning respect from your counterparts. They are allowing me to work as many hours as I want and have offered me wage incentives for the data entry portion of my job. As I already mentioned, they have also told me that I can take long weekends to travel and whatnot. The flexibility is fabulous.
This week, I also completed my training for my concessions job. I can now confidently say that I am capable of pouring a pint of beer. No need to laugh BUT I will be carrying a backpack full of 21 1/2 pints of beer to sell at sporting events. In case you're curious, it's heavy. So I've got that strapped to my back and then a nozzle that sits at my waist and cups on the side of the pack...and a smile to boot. The type of beer I will sell depends on our customer for that particular event. We cover football (soccer), rugby, and concerts. Apparently we also travel outside of London. Sometimes as far as Scotland. When it came to training regarding the pouring of the beer, these guys were not messing around. Apparently the amount of foam is crucial as well as the pint line on the cup. Strict laws are in place to ensure that paying customers receive a full pint of beer and no less. But if we pour too much, than we are wasting our product. And, under no circumstances are we allowed to throw away a pint of beer. All these rules!
As for my house. Man oh man was it a search for a place to call home. I looked at some very dodgy places. On one occasion, after seeing one flat, I told the gentleman that there was no need to show me his second available flat. But, I have succeeded in finding a 7 bedroom flat that I will share with one girl and 5 guys. We share 2 and a half baths, a kitchen, a TV, and a washer and dryer. There is also a shared computer with internet. I am going to look into buying a router so that I can continue to use wireless on my laptop. The area is great and boasts a shopping center, movie theater, grocery store, several pubs, and casual dining. I'm pretty pleased. I will officially begin staying there next Saturday night and my commute to work shouldn't be much longer than what I am doing now. I plan on keeping my gym membership at the hostel because it's a good price and it gives me a way to keep meeting new people.
Sunday nights are movie nights at the hostel and again this week I have organized a group of people to go. I am a big fan of free events.
Unfortunately I have no new pictures to share but should have some soon of my workplace and my new home.
On a very random note, I have a fun fact for my TAM girls (Tacoma Art Museum). To give a bit of background, I was a marketing intern at Tacoma Art Museum during my senior year at PLU. My login name for my computer was mintern which stood for marketing intern. The name stuck, and before I knew it, my name in the department was Mintern...a name that I answered to with great pride. Upon leaving at the end of the year, the girls gave me a custom designed shirt with MINTERN sprawled across the front. I also wear that with great pride. And I usually sign my emails and letters to them as Mintern. Ok, so that's the background. When I was doing my flat search,I was shown a place on a street called...yep, you guessed it...MINTERN. I almost wanted to live there just for kicks. Truthfully, now I just want the street sign but am not sure how strict the laws are here regarding property, etc.
For those interested, my home address is:
173 Harringay Road
London, N15 3HP
My work address is:
1 Oliver's Yard
London, EC1R 1HQ
For packages, it might be best to send them to my place of work since there will always be someone there to receive it.
Much love to all!
This week has been quite a productive week, if I do say so myself. I started two jobs AND found a home.
To start, my first week at Morningstar went really well. My co-workers are a very lively bunch and I love my desk. The first week or so is always hard when starting a job because so much information is thrown at you, and you are in the process of earning respect from your counterparts. They are allowing me to work as many hours as I want and have offered me wage incentives for the data entry portion of my job. As I already mentioned, they have also told me that I can take long weekends to travel and whatnot. The flexibility is fabulous.
This week, I also completed my training for my concessions job. I can now confidently say that I am capable of pouring a pint of beer. No need to laugh BUT I will be carrying a backpack full of 21 1/2 pints of beer to sell at sporting events. In case you're curious, it's heavy. So I've got that strapped to my back and then a nozzle that sits at my waist and cups on the side of the pack...and a smile to boot. The type of beer I will sell depends on our customer for that particular event. We cover football (soccer), rugby, and concerts. Apparently we also travel outside of London. Sometimes as far as Scotland. When it came to training regarding the pouring of the beer, these guys were not messing around. Apparently the amount of foam is crucial as well as the pint line on the cup. Strict laws are in place to ensure that paying customers receive a full pint of beer and no less. But if we pour too much, than we are wasting our product. And, under no circumstances are we allowed to throw away a pint of beer. All these rules!
As for my house. Man oh man was it a search for a place to call home. I looked at some very dodgy places. On one occasion, after seeing one flat, I told the gentleman that there was no need to show me his second available flat. But, I have succeeded in finding a 7 bedroom flat that I will share with one girl and 5 guys. We share 2 and a half baths, a kitchen, a TV, and a washer and dryer. There is also a shared computer with internet. I am going to look into buying a router so that I can continue to use wireless on my laptop. The area is great and boasts a shopping center, movie theater, grocery store, several pubs, and casual dining. I'm pretty pleased. I will officially begin staying there next Saturday night and my commute to work shouldn't be much longer than what I am doing now. I plan on keeping my gym membership at the hostel because it's a good price and it gives me a way to keep meeting new people.
Sunday nights are movie nights at the hostel and again this week I have organized a group of people to go. I am a big fan of free events.
Unfortunately I have no new pictures to share but should have some soon of my workplace and my new home.
On a very random note, I have a fun fact for my TAM girls (Tacoma Art Museum). To give a bit of background, I was a marketing intern at Tacoma Art Museum during my senior year at PLU. My login name for my computer was mintern which stood for marketing intern. The name stuck, and before I knew it, my name in the department was Mintern...a name that I answered to with great pride. Upon leaving at the end of the year, the girls gave me a custom designed shirt with MINTERN sprawled across the front. I also wear that with great pride. And I usually sign my emails and letters to them as Mintern. Ok, so that's the background. When I was doing my flat search,I was shown a place on a street called...yep, you guessed it...MINTERN. I almost wanted to live there just for kicks. Truthfully, now I just want the street sign but am not sure how strict the laws are here regarding property, etc.
For those interested, my home address is:
173 Harringay Road
London, N15 3HP
My work address is:
1 Oliver's Yard
London, EC1R 1HQ
For packages, it might be best to send them to my place of work since there will always be someone there to receive it.
Much love to all!
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