Oops!

Ok so I kind of slacked off on the whole counting down posts.... but there are only 4 days left!

In other news.... So i've been having health problems for a long time and have been trying to figure out whats wrong. I found out in like April that I have an ulcer but the pains have been getting worse and i've been getting other symptoms like naseua, dizzyness, extreme fatigue... etc.... its just getting really annoying and its making my life miserable. So I went to the doctor and they did some tests and I got called tonight with the results. I have internal bleeding and so I have to see a surgeon so that he can find out where the bleeding is coming from. I'm guessing its a bleeding ulcer but we'll see!

8 Days!!

Today I can't wait to bake! We're gonna make peppermint bark and all kinda of christmas goodies! :-)

9 Days!

Today I can't wait to see all of my siblings and my parents :-) All 6 of us will be there and I can't wait! :-)

10 Days!

Today I can't WAIT to....

See all of my nieces and nephews!! I have been having baby fever BAD! So hopefully spending time with all of my adorable nieces and nephews will cure my fever for a while! lol :-)

Countdown Until We Go Home!! :-)

So there are 11 days until we go home. So I decided that everyday until then i'm going to post the number of days and something that i'm SO excited for! So today...

11 Days!:
Tonight I can't WAIT for reall food! We have been eating cheap box meals for months and I am so excited for all the yummy REAL food that we have at Christmas!

Dishwasher: 1 Valeri: 0

So our dishwasher is broken. The hinge or something doesn't work so instead of the door stopping a few inches from the ground it goes all the way down. So tonight I was loading it and I opened it and I dropped the door and it fell right on my foot. It hurt SO bad! My head got all fuzzy and I couldn't put any pressure on it. You can see how swollen it is in this picture. It's still getting bigger too! I'm interested to see what it looks like in the morning. Cleaning at the Hotel tomorrow with shoes on all day will be fun... NOT! (Ow:-( )

This only shows the main bruise but there is another big one above it. My cell didn't take a very good picture
This shows the long oval lump it hurts like crazy! Stupid dishwasher

Dos and Don'ts of Staying in a Hotel

So i've learned alot about Hotel Etiquette while working at a Hotel. So I thought I would share some of my new knowledge. You would be surprised at how dumb and nasty some people are!

Dos and Don'ts of Staying in a Hotel (According To Me :-))

Don't: Make your bed in the morning. It doesn't help us, it just takes us longer to strip the room.
Do: Pile all the bedding in a bundle if you want to help at all.

Don't: Leave all the towels all over like on top of the shower rod, under the sink, etc.... we don't want to go on a scavenger hunt looking for towels.
Do: Put them in a pile together.

Do: Put your Do Not Disturb sign out if you don't want us to come in! Check out isn't until 11 but sometimes people leave before that so we go around and check. We don't like waking you up or seeing you in your underwear. If you DON'T put your DND sign out at LEAST answer when we knock.

Don't: Smoke in the rooms. We aren't stupid and we have noses. Even if you smoke in the bathroom with the fan on we will still smell it and you will be charged. Especially if you're stupid enough to leave the joint or cigarette on the side of the bathtub....

Do: Flush the Toilet.
Don't: Don't leave it in there to stink up the room. If the toilet get clogged just ask the front desk for a plunger. It happens to everyone but when you leave it in there is just starts to smell horrible.

Do: Leave a tip. I didn't know that you were supposed to before I started working at a hotel but even a buck or even just the change in your pocket is nice.

Don't: If you are in a pet room don't put the bedspread on the floor for your animal to pee on. Whether you think it or not it's not better than peeing on the carpet. And you will be charged for the bespread. (You wouldn't believe what some people do!) And take your animal out to go to the bathroom because when they pee or poop on the floor the room has to be shampooed and we can't rent it out for a couple days and you will be charged for those nights.

Do: Throw your garbage away! We don't want to touch your bloody tissues. The garbage cans are there for a reason :-)
Don't: Leave it all over the room.

Don't: Clean up spilt coffee with the towels.
Do: Use toilet paper or tissue.

Also - If you are a 'Stay Over' (staying more than one night) and you want us to make your beds and such you have to take all of your stuff off the bed. We can't touch your stuff and so even if you have one little thing on the bed we can't make it. So don't complain when your bed isn't made if you leave stuff on it :-)

I'm sure I could come up with alot more if I thought hard enough but these are just some of the more common and basic things :-)

Pictures

Just a few more pictures of stuff

So Heidi made this one and I have been craving it lately so I got the recipe from her and it actually turned out ok! It's called Candy Cane Popcorn. You're supposed to mold it into candy cane shapes but I just made balls :-) It has spice drops, popcorn and mini marshmallows and it DELICIOUS!

Our GORGEOUS christmas tree that Alex's parents gave us and the ornaments we got after Christmas last year for really cheap!