I realized in my last post that I forgot to mention the day after I got back from Disneyland, I started my new job at Starbucks! So far it's been a little stressful, but definitely getting better every day. I would have never thought that making drinks for people could get so absurdly complicated. There seems to be at least four variations of every drink we have, and sometimes customers insists on calling them bizarre names that we don't call them a and therefore require a lot of patience when trying to figure out exactly what they mean. For example, a mocha with both white and regular mocha sauce can also apparently be called a black & white mocha, a zebra mocha, penguin mocha, Oreo mocha....you get the idea. And just today I learned what this lady meant when she ordered an 'Arnold Palmer' (which is just an iced black tea lemonade, although I also learned that those aren't really called 'Arnold Palmers'), and when this one dude ordered a caramel macchiato he really means a triple shot vanilla cappuccino affogato style dry with caramel on top (do you see what I mean?!?).
It also happens to be the lowest paying job I've ever had, and since I'm trying to move to Utah next winter, it's been a struggle to save money, and ok, I'll admit it; it's also because I really don't enjoy working at Starbucks. Obviously this isn't reason enough to leave immediately, but it certainly has motivated me into looking for other jobs. And yes, I know I don't have to necessarily have fun at every place that I work, but I've never dreaded going to work like I often do at Starbucks. However, it does get easier every day, so I may just end up keeping the Starbucks job as well (if I ever DO get a second job).
Good. Now that I feel like I've validated that I can make adult decisions (shock!), I have more cheerful things to talk about; I've been cast in a play! This also happened early in March...I'm already a part of the costume/makeup/wigs design/construction team, but one of the professors asked me to audition, and I was given a role!
It's for the play The Cripple of Inishmaan, set on a tiny Irish island in the 1930s. I play a sixty-something year old woman (one of two). There's only nine characters, so everyone has a fairly good role. It's both hilarious and fairly tragic; I really like it! It's been pretty intense having rehearsals every night and work every morning (plus class in between, obviously) and there are days where I just wish I had enough time to take a nap or five, but it's worth it.
Anyway, I'm still trying to see if I can become a seasonal Cast Member at Disneyland instead of World...trying to figure out transportation even if I stayed in a hotel in Florida is super tricky...I'd need to go to both Disney University (behind Magic Kingdom) and Animal Kingdom Costuming while I'm there, and the resort buses definitely don't go there. Ah well. Guess we'll see.
This is a pretty boring blog update, I'm afraid, but life right now is literally just Work->Class->Rehearsal->Sleep lately, with maybe two hours in between at the most. On the days I don't have rehearsal I'm doing homework or trying to catch up on sleep, which I may soon have even less of; I have a second job interview with a company called Guthrie Mainstream Services. It provides learning programs and care/activities for all people of all ages with disabilities. Their children's center is just down the road from us, so I'm hoping I can get a job over there in time for their summer program. Depending on the hours (During weekdays, Guthrie's only open until 6, so hopefully I wouldn't have too many late nights), I'm going to try and have two jobs for a while.
This blog post is kinda all over the place, but in my defense, I have been awake for an absurdly long time.
Hopefully I'll have some pictures next time....our play opens in two weeks!
