Week 5

Week 5:          Date:   February 6-12 

Summation: 

Sunday was the craziest day of my life. It was super bowl Sunday but I had to work. My restaurant does all the food for the bar as well as Private Dining (room service). We were only supposed to have 47 people on the books for in our restaurant but ended up having close to 150. When private dining and the bars (there are two) were added, we had close to 375 covers! The craziest thing of all of this is that I kept my cool the whole night. I was on grill middle and even though it was only my third day on that station, I did really well. I was exhausted by the end of the night, but I kept up with the tickets the whole night. Then on Monday when we had 85 on the books, we ended up doing close to 200 in the restaurant alone. I did well that day too. I was really excited because I finally felt I was getting the hang of things! Tuesday was really good even though it was ridiculously slow the whole night. We only had 250 covers total. I would have never thought I would hear myself say that 250 covers are “easy” or “slow.” It’s so cool and interesting to see how Disney has changed me in just 5 weeks. Wednesday was much the same as Tuesday, only slower. Captains Grille only did 175 covers that night so it was even slower. I was really excited that I have Thursday off because I would be able to spend time with my grandparents that had been in Orlando since Sunday but I was unable to see them until Thursday because I worked every day. Chef Michael almost asked me to work but then decided not to when I told him I was spending time with my grandparents as well as I was just finishing up an eight-day shift. Thursday was fun because I got to sleep in and then go on a drive with my grandparents and great aunt to see the house that they visited when they were younger. I got to learn a little bit about Muck Gardens and how the water became polluted after insecticides were dumped in the water and killed a bunch of fish as well as birds. We went to Texas Roadhouse (which was actually hard to find). Friday I went back to work but I worked on pantry instead of on grill middle because someone else was now being trained on grill middle. I felt like the prep for pantry was a lot easier after doing prep for grill middle. It felt really good to be in a little more control over my station. I came home and made dinner for my roommates. They all forgot I was making a late night dinner so I made it anyway and told them they could re-heat it when they came back to the apartment. Since that didn’t fill much of my time and there was vomit from one of my roommates on the side of the bathtub, I decided to do a ridiculous amount of cleaning. This included 3 and a half hours of me, bleach, and a washcloth. I hand-mopped floors; which is a thank you to my mother who showed me that’s the best way to clean floors. Then on Saturday, I woke up early and went to Hollywood studios with my grandma Barb, my grandpa Leon, and my great aunt Judy. It was a lot of fun because my aunt Judy wanted to ride the Rokin’ Roller Coaster and the Tower of Terror. So we did those along with the Beauty and the Beast show and the Muppet 3-D show. I found out that you have to see out of both of your eyes in order for 3-D shows to work from my grandpa who can’t see out of his right eye. We also walked around and just hung out all day. I think this is exactly what I needed. Then we lounged at their suite for a little while and then fought the traffic to Olive Garden only to end up going to the Denny’s next door. It was really fun and I really enjoyed the time I spent with my family and I defiantly look forward to spending more time with my grandparents and great aunt and uncle. All in all, it was an exciting week that went by REALLY quickly.