Tuesday, June 15, 2004
All right.
Back at the bar.
I don't know if I'll be getting any post you've sent.. if anyone has..
but after "General Delievery" put "Cedar Point Station"
... just in case.
having fun.
one of my supervisors.. the straight one.. Bambi (as I call him).. got fired.
it sucks. he was cool. had fun "picking" on him... play fighting and whatnot. but yeah, he's gone now.
Getting fired is almost a daily thing for me now. Bambi would fire me quite often... and today, Joshy fired me. But yeah, like I actually leave. My birthday, I almost did... but yeah.. getting fired is no biggie to me anymore. It happens all the time... mainly for throwing ketchup packets or mustard packets at my sups... or well.. for things like that.. but yeah... a day I don't get fired would be weird.
There's a bar here just for CP employees (Louie's).. yeah it sucks. just people there to get drunk.
this place is 200x better.
I miss friends. I'd be nice to see some familiar faces (other than the few usuals that come into the saloon)... Even if I can't take a break to visit... or if I don't have the day off... even just a hug and a small convo would make my week. or longer.
VISIT ME!
Well.. besides that my room is a mess... yeah Casey and I try to clean, but it doesn't work.
anyway... nothing too much going on. I'll be online at least once a week now. so e-mail me or IM me if you see me on.
I need some lovin'.
now.
...my drink's gone.. going to get a second...
Back at the bar.
I don't know if I'll be getting any post you've sent.. if anyone has..
but after "General Delievery" put "Cedar Point Station"
... just in case.
having fun.
one of my supervisors.. the straight one.. Bambi (as I call him).. got fired.
it sucks. he was cool. had fun "picking" on him... play fighting and whatnot. but yeah, he's gone now.
Getting fired is almost a daily thing for me now. Bambi would fire me quite often... and today, Joshy fired me. But yeah, like I actually leave. My birthday, I almost did... but yeah.. getting fired is no biggie to me anymore. It happens all the time... mainly for throwing ketchup packets or mustard packets at my sups... or well.. for things like that.. but yeah... a day I don't get fired would be weird.
There's a bar here just for CP employees (Louie's).. yeah it sucks. just people there to get drunk.
this place is 200x better.
I miss friends. I'd be nice to see some familiar faces (other than the few usuals that come into the saloon)... Even if I can't take a break to visit... or if I don't have the day off... even just a hug and a small convo would make my week. or longer.
VISIT ME!
Well.. besides that my room is a mess... yeah Casey and I try to clean, but it doesn't work.
anyway... nothing too much going on. I'll be online at least once a week now. so e-mail me or IM me if you see me on.
I need some lovin'.
now.
...my drink's gone.. going to get a second...
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Birthday! Birthday!
Things have been great! okay, they're great now.
I'm at a club, and I love it. There's free internet here.
I miss people, but things are getting better here.
Still don't eat much, but working on that. What I do eat is typically greasy.
jet skiing was awesome. I want to do it again, and for 1/2 off, I might.
I might be spending more money on drinks now though... eh... I'm going to use tips to cover it.. I think. I'm still saving up.
Being single here isn't a big thing.. lots of gay guys, but they're great. Most are better and sweeter than any other guy you could meet. and it takes pressure off too...
ACK! Casey just tried to bite me... ;)
Anyway.. once she and I deal with one of our "friends" we'll be good... just dealing with lies and possible this "friend" telling people lies that could fatally damage relationships and whatnot...
Give me a call.. leave a message on our machine: 1-419-627-2121 x5053
I need tips. I have this bad habit of spending money as soon as I get it... I need to not do it. Knowing that I have to have a min. of 200$ every day I serve--of my own money--helps me from spending all of it. Serving is fun.. I'm really starting to like it a lot. Coworkers are great. For the most part.
Anyway.. I'm going to play online since I can. too bad no one's on AIM... I guess people do have to work tomorrow.. not me and Casey though! (yeah, I know, Casey & I)...
Miss y'all.
Things have been great! okay, they're great now.
I'm at a club, and I love it. There's free internet here.
I miss people, but things are getting better here.
Still don't eat much, but working on that. What I do eat is typically greasy.
jet skiing was awesome. I want to do it again, and for 1/2 off, I might.
I might be spending more money on drinks now though... eh... I'm going to use tips to cover it.. I think. I'm still saving up.
Being single here isn't a big thing.. lots of gay guys, but they're great. Most are better and sweeter than any other guy you could meet. and it takes pressure off too...
ACK! Casey just tried to bite me... ;)
Anyway.. once she and I deal with one of our "friends" we'll be good... just dealing with lies and possible this "friend" telling people lies that could fatally damage relationships and whatnot...
Give me a call.. leave a message on our machine: 1-419-627-2121 x5053
I need tips. I have this bad habit of spending money as soon as I get it... I need to not do it. Knowing that I have to have a min. of 200$ every day I serve--of my own money--helps me from spending all of it. Serving is fun.. I'm really starting to like it a lot. Coworkers are great. For the most part.
Anyway.. I'm going to play online since I can. too bad no one's on AIM... I guess people do have to work tomorrow.. not me and Casey though! (yeah, I know, Casey & I)...
Miss y'all.
Saturday, June 05, 2004
my last e-mail--which was sent to a smaller group
Finally a three day weekend! (and probably my only one I'll get!)
My brother's wedding was today... I still can't believe it.. At least now all
the bobby pins are out of my hair.. those things were more painful than my
shoes were.
I plan on spending tomorrow sleeping in (on the sofa bed, since my ex-
roommate, Jessica Dodane moved in to my downstairs bedroom, and well, my
upstairs one is now storage for the fall)... Also, I'm going to attempt to
finally get some prescription sunglasses. I also need some new shoes for work
and another watch since I can't seem to be smarter than mine and able to
reprogram the time. One of the curses of living in Indiana all my life.. I'm
not capable of working a wrist watch..
As most of you know, if I have money, I want to spend it.. and well.. it's
been hard not to. At the Point it's easy, I'm either sleeping or working. Any
free time is spent eating, showering, or playing MASH with my roommate Casey.
(Yes, we still play mash.. and man, I always seem to get the bum end of the
deal in it.)
The Point is getting better. I have more than just one friend now! yay!
Casey and I still hang out a lot, and Rochelle (another lifeguard) spends a lot
of time in our room as well. From the Saloon, Marci and I get a long really
well.. It's a good thing too since we're the only two girls there now. Claire
lost three soft copies of her reciepts, so she's no longer allowed to serve.
My supervisor Shawn--the one responsible for giving me the name Oats--is
leaving soon. So now I have two new supervisors, Josh and Bambi (or Drew as
his name tag says). Bambi and I joke around a lot, which makes it more fun at
work, and helps get rid of stress fast. Also, he's a good supervisor too--at
least in my opinion. Also at the saloon are Nathan and Chris, and then out of
the saloon is Chris' roommate--also named Chris (they're frat brothers that
opt'ed to live together). Chris is our best server, but due to extreme rules
we have, he's not allowed to serve for a week. Our rules are crazy. I can get
fired so quickly if I'm not careful. Also, if I don't have 200$ on me when I
go to work, I can't serve. It's not a problem though. I've been trying to
show up with that much or 250$ every day.
Tips are going well. I made about 150$ just on Thursday, and that was
decently slow when I was the only server out there. So because of the tips,
and not having that bad of a place to work/live.. I'll probably stay there for
a while longer. However, I'd like to return (back to Gosh hopefully) before
August 20th. I'm going to need to work things out with my boss. And also,
find out about stuff--housing really (So yeah, Daron, we should talk at some
point). I'm hoping to have decent enough tips to get a new car (new to me)
before school starts. That's my goal.
I've gotten really good a balancing my trays too when I work. If I do end
up getting food on me--which is happening more and more, it's nice that we have
wordrobe to just exchange with for no charge. And since I'm either working or
sleeping--I really don't have much laundry. I don't care much about wearing
outfits repeatedly (since they're only on for about an hour or two).
Also, I had my first Deaf customer on Tuesday! I was so excited. they
moved me up to Sweets & Treats in the front of the park--still in my saloon outfit--and had me work in the Elephant Ear room... until 11:30 at night (1.5 hours after park closes, 2.5 after Last Chance servers go home). Anyway, I messed up because I was excited.. but we both knew exactly what the other was saying... She even came back and brought her teacher with her. They're from OSD or OCD (Ohio School/College for the Deaf)... not sure.. it's in Columbus. But that made my day. I miss signing..
Health wise, I feel fine.. tired a lot... but fine. I don't stress out too
often, and I still have my bad days... but typically I feel fine. I still
don't eat well. I have about one actual meal a day. And that's typically
lunch at the Employee Eatery.. it's terrible food, but it's cheap. So I don't
eat much for that meal. And I'm lucky if I'm motivated to eat dinner. I've
been working on it though.
Thanks for all the encouragement and whatnot. That's been awesome. I hope
to at least hear from you all at some point. I don't have my postal address on
me, but you can get it from Cedar Point's website somewhere... it's something
like...
Erin Shields
general delivery
1 Cedar Point Drive
Sandusky, OH.....
Also, I'll send my phone number out soon too. Casey and I have an answering
machine, so leave us a happy little message.. or sing.. or make up a poem... or
tell a story.. just something happy...
I'll be checking e-mail I know tomorrow.. and if I have off next week at a
decent time, I'll attempt to check it at the Point. I'm sort of afraid to use
my debt card right now... That's another issue. I don't know when I'll have
time to check it there, but remember, only this goshen account works up there.
Oh, and don't forget to send some lovin'. My 20th birthday is on Sunday the
13th. Yep, one week away. I best at least get a little something from all
y'all. I plan on going jet skiing with Casey and Rochelle (if she feels up to
it) for our party. All of us have June birthdays. Sunday June 13th = Give
Erini Lovin' Day.
Hope you are all doing well. Thanks again!!
-Sean, I'm glad things are getting better in Costa Rica. Update when you can.
-Ash, thanks for helping out with Timmy's Wedding. you rock.
-Libby & Steph, expect a video e-mail from me at some point. All sign.
-Daron, we need to talk about housing and whatnot. Let me know when you've got some time to talk.
-Rachel, you wouldn't believe the amount of Garfield stuff we have here... not near the Snoopy of course, but still I was suprised to see so many PAWS things here!.. I mean there... since I'm in Ytown now...
-Everyone else, I miss you!! Come see me! And remember, we card if you look under 40. And I will card.
If anyone gets this on Sunday morning... check to see if I'm signed on AIM... and if you're in the Ytown area give me a call... others.. you can do the same.. but I'd like to go shopping with another person.. helps make sure I don't get too much.. also, I want to hang out with people.
Miss you all!
-Erini
Finally a three day weekend! (and probably my only one I'll get!)
My brother's wedding was today... I still can't believe it.. At least now all
the bobby pins are out of my hair.. those things were more painful than my
shoes were.
I plan on spending tomorrow sleeping in (on the sofa bed, since my ex-
roommate, Jessica Dodane moved in to my downstairs bedroom, and well, my
upstairs one is now storage for the fall)... Also, I'm going to attempt to
finally get some prescription sunglasses. I also need some new shoes for work
and another watch since I can't seem to be smarter than mine and able to
reprogram the time. One of the curses of living in Indiana all my life.. I'm
not capable of working a wrist watch..
As most of you know, if I have money, I want to spend it.. and well.. it's
been hard not to. At the Point it's easy, I'm either sleeping or working. Any
free time is spent eating, showering, or playing MASH with my roommate Casey.
(Yes, we still play mash.. and man, I always seem to get the bum end of the
deal in it.)
The Point is getting better. I have more than just one friend now! yay!
Casey and I still hang out a lot, and Rochelle (another lifeguard) spends a lot
of time in our room as well. From the Saloon, Marci and I get a long really
well.. It's a good thing too since we're the only two girls there now. Claire
lost three soft copies of her reciepts, so she's no longer allowed to serve.
My supervisor Shawn--the one responsible for giving me the name Oats--is
leaving soon. So now I have two new supervisors, Josh and Bambi (or Drew as
his name tag says). Bambi and I joke around a lot, which makes it more fun at
work, and helps get rid of stress fast. Also, he's a good supervisor too--at
least in my opinion. Also at the saloon are Nathan and Chris, and then out of
the saloon is Chris' roommate--also named Chris (they're frat brothers that
opt'ed to live together). Chris is our best server, but due to extreme rules
we have, he's not allowed to serve for a week. Our rules are crazy. I can get
fired so quickly if I'm not careful. Also, if I don't have 200$ on me when I
go to work, I can't serve. It's not a problem though. I've been trying to
show up with that much or 250$ every day.
Tips are going well. I made about 150$ just on Thursday, and that was
decently slow when I was the only server out there. So because of the tips,
and not having that bad of a place to work/live.. I'll probably stay there for
a while longer. However, I'd like to return (back to Gosh hopefully) before
August 20th. I'm going to need to work things out with my boss. And also,
find out about stuff--housing really (So yeah, Daron, we should talk at some
point). I'm hoping to have decent enough tips to get a new car (new to me)
before school starts. That's my goal.
I've gotten really good a balancing my trays too when I work. If I do end
up getting food on me--which is happening more and more, it's nice that we have
wordrobe to just exchange with for no charge. And since I'm either working or
sleeping--I really don't have much laundry. I don't care much about wearing
outfits repeatedly (since they're only on for about an hour or two).
Also, I had my first Deaf customer on Tuesday! I was so excited. they
moved me up to Sweets & Treats in the front of the park--still in my saloon outfit--and had me work in the Elephant Ear room... until 11:30 at night (1.5 hours after park closes, 2.5 after Last Chance servers go home). Anyway, I messed up because I was excited.. but we both knew exactly what the other was saying... She even came back and brought her teacher with her. They're from OSD or OCD (Ohio School/College for the Deaf)... not sure.. it's in Columbus. But that made my day. I miss signing..
Health wise, I feel fine.. tired a lot... but fine. I don't stress out too
often, and I still have my bad days... but typically I feel fine. I still
don't eat well. I have about one actual meal a day. And that's typically
lunch at the Employee Eatery.. it's terrible food, but it's cheap. So I don't
eat much for that meal. And I'm lucky if I'm motivated to eat dinner. I've
been working on it though.
Thanks for all the encouragement and whatnot. That's been awesome. I hope
to at least hear from you all at some point. I don't have my postal address on
me, but you can get it from Cedar Point's website somewhere... it's something
like...
Erin Shields
general delivery
1 Cedar Point Drive
Sandusky, OH.....
Also, I'll send my phone number out soon too. Casey and I have an answering
machine, so leave us a happy little message.. or sing.. or make up a poem... or
tell a story.. just something happy...
I'll be checking e-mail I know tomorrow.. and if I have off next week at a
decent time, I'll attempt to check it at the Point. I'm sort of afraid to use
my debt card right now... That's another issue. I don't know when I'll have
time to check it there, but remember, only this goshen account works up there.
Oh, and don't forget to send some lovin'. My 20th birthday is on Sunday the
13th. Yep, one week away. I best at least get a little something from all
y'all. I plan on going jet skiing with Casey and Rochelle (if she feels up to
it) for our party. All of us have June birthdays. Sunday June 13th = Give
Erini Lovin' Day.
Hope you are all doing well. Thanks again!!
-Sean, I'm glad things are getting better in Costa Rica. Update when you can.
-Ash, thanks for helping out with Timmy's Wedding. you rock.
-Libby & Steph, expect a video e-mail from me at some point. All sign.
-Daron, we need to talk about housing and whatnot. Let me know when you've got some time to talk.
-Rachel, you wouldn't believe the amount of Garfield stuff we have here... not near the Snoopy of course, but still I was suprised to see so many PAWS things here!.. I mean there... since I'm in Ytown now...
-Everyone else, I miss you!! Come see me! And remember, we card if you look under 40. And I will card.
If anyone gets this on Sunday morning... check to see if I'm signed on AIM... and if you're in the Ytown area give me a call... others.. you can do the same.. but I'd like to go shopping with another person.. helps make sure I don't get too much.. also, I want to hang out with people.
Miss you all!
-Erini
