Chapter Four: All Work && No Play
One week ago I got my job and started training. Today will be my first official day of work. My mom's been getting good hours with the hotel considering we stay here and we also received an employee discount for our two rooms. The great thing was that he refunded us the percentage that we I paid when we first started staying here. Mom gave me the money to do something special with for myself but I haven't spent it yet I don't know what I'll do with it. She seems to be enjoying her job. I like seeing the small smiles grace her face as she shares the details of her day, what she found while cleaning this room or who she caught doing what behind the ice machine in the snack room.
After a fresh shower I try to decide which outfit to wear. I decide to wear the white skinny jeans with the shredded knee, the black wife-beater which they had customized as he said with Clare spray painted in graffiti with the font of my choice. I pulled on my black combat boots doing the laces halfway up and pulling my shoulder length red hair into a messy ponytail. I apply a light coat of eyeliner and mascara, finishing my look off with a coat of shimmering clear lip gloss. To complete my look I added a white denim crop jacket that matched my jeans perfectly and my black mini backpack which I used as a purse. I step out the room bumping in to my mom, giving me the perfect opportunity to tell her I was headed off to work as I gave her a hug. I check my watch as she squeezed me tight realizing that I was late and would have to run to catch the bus, so I gave her a quick kiss and took off running.
I arrived ten minutes before my shift was scheduled to start which gave my time to get my stuff situated. I walk into the staff lounge and put my jacket and bag in the locker I shared with Alli and pulled on my apron and grabbed a recite book and stuck a pen in my hair. I greeted out cook Adam and asked him how the day has been. "It's going good, a little slow so won't be too much for your first day." I smile and go and tend to a customer that was just seated. The day dragged on pretty slow, picking up at the one o'clock lunch hour but all in all it wasn't bad. At 10:50 I sat at the counter chatting with Alli and Adam as I counted my tips. I learned that Adam was 19 and has an older brother who his mother always wishes he was like. I looked at the clock above the door seeing it was time for me to go and told everybody bye and that I would see them tomorrow.
My days were exactly like this for the next 2 weeks, I learned more about Adam, and Alli and I became great friends. I was loving my job and enjoying life. Alli's birthday is today so Sav gave us the day off to go to the mall and buy outfits and masks because she was having a masquerade themed party. After the shopping we went back to my hotel room to get dressed. Alli found a gorgeous strapless pink dress that had a sweetheart neckline with sequins sewn to cover the bust with a empire waistline, from there it flowed down in various shades of pink stopping mid thigh. I helped her do her hair in mini Shirley temple curls, before she added her hot pink platform sandals and her mask that matched the sequins on her dress. I on the other hand opted for an all white one shoulder Greek inspired dress. It was very flowy stopping just above my knees. I straightened my red hair so that it flowed past my shoulders. My mask was all white as well with flakes of silver and feathers coming out from the top; it looked like angel wings around my eyes. I slipped in to my silver sling back peep toe Christian Louboutin Glitter heels that were a gift from my mother on my seventeenth birthday. I put in my triple strand earrings with the diamonds dangling from the end, and my half of the platinum best friend necklace I got Alli for her birthday. To complete my look I added a mix of silver and diamond studded bangles to my bare arm. We got my mom to take a picture of us sitting atop her cherry red mustang Sav bought her for her birthday and then we were off to the party.