It's Tuesday and I just work up. After those traumatizing few days that I had with Rebecca, we hitched a ride with a really nice Canadian Couple Nicole and Doug back to the Palace..the hostel in Nelson. On our way back we told all about our frightening time at "Happy Acres" (yes....yes...that is what it was called. LOL) They could not believe that we stayed there the one night (to be honest neither can I).
They were supposed to drive on to Picton (a small town about an hour from here) that night but I convinced them that they shoukd stay at the Palace. We all ended up sharing a room, sitting on the floor eating chocolate and talking life for a few hours. It was really great.
The next morning we woke up and went to have some coffee. Doug and Nicole were packed and ready to hit the road. They gave us their contact info and said that if we ever wanted to visit San Francisco (that's where they live now, but she is from Calgary and Doug has family in Toronto and Sudbury). I think I would LOVE to take them up on that offer someday! They were so much fun!
So I was offered a job of cleaning at the hostel a few hours a day for my accomadation. This is awesome, As much as I am not a huge fan of cleaning random pubes off the shower floor, if it means that I dont have to shell out money for my stay I"LL DO IT! hahah (so much enthusiasm!)
Basically how it works is I clean from 10-12:30 each day, and I get a bed in the "cleaners dorm". haha. It just sounds so neat. There are 6 of us in there now. Jo (my crazy Irish friend) and Jess (from the UK) are both my favorite. We have this little possee and we hang out quite a bit. Yesterday we were going to walk to the beach, but then Jo reaized that she had her bike abd was wearing a Turtle Skirt (a really small skirt that would flash all of Nelson if she biked it) so we went back to the hostel and hung out of the roof in the sun. Then Jess and I took all of the random foor we had left abd made a "Shmorg" of sweet potato fries, vegies, eggs, salad....yum! We ate outside and then spent the rest of our night watching Louis CK videos...haha! It was sweet.
Also..guess what..I got a job!! Yay!! It's at a Bar/Restaurant called 623. Jess works there and I had my trial shift on Sunday. The whole walk there I was sooo nervous! I have barely done any serving and totally was psyching myself out. I kept saying in my head "who cares...it's just 2 months...you can do this...you have made presentations to huge groups of business people..you can totally walk up to a table and get their order....wait...take their order..crap...what if I drop something..what if they hate me..oh god..i'm sweating....wait...is that a duck? (there was a duck on he sidewalk, and NO Britt I did not try to kick it, I like ducks..haha) When I got in I tried to just be in the moment and only think about what Debbie was saying to me, and what I was doing. It helped a LOT!
So I totally rocked my shift and at the end of the 3 hours Debbie (the owner) offered me a job! YAYY!! Money coming in and not just going out!!
So my plan is to work a few months at the hostel and restaurant and then head North to do the North Island prolly in February. I like Nelson. It's nice and so close to the beach which I love! It will be a good way to save up a but of money so I don"t just have to eat cans of tuna for weeks when I head to the North.
(sorry for this) but the weather is A-MA-ZING!! It is like a hot summer day, but with no humidity! They have really nice spots to chill outside at the hostel. Lots of hammocks and comfy chairs and couches to hang on.
Hmm, what else. My good friend Rebecca is gone now. She left early yesterday morning to head to Franz Joseph. I will miss her and now have a place to stay when I go visit Scotland someday :)
Well, I better get ready to clean...aka put on an old pair of shorts and shirt and walk over in my bare feet..hehe
Love and miss you all sooooo much!!!!
Big Hugs!!!
XOXOXO
Myself, Jess & Jo (Taken on Jo's Polaroid camera)
Hey babydoll - so glad you have a nice place to stay at the hostel and a job for a while. You'll be slinging hash like a pro in a matter of days and then you can add another talent to your resume. Keep posting - always love to know what you're doing. I think of you every time I look outside at the fluffy white stuff. Big love - Mom
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