Today was my first day working all on my own, and I have to say that it was quite stressful. I was on Bev Island 1 for a good part of the morning, which was fun, except that I had no tea bags and no idea where to find them and I couldn’t get the cream container to open when the first one ran out. But Busser 1 was super helpful and she got the cream container open and I discovered that part of Bev 1′s job is also to pre-bus the West Wing, which is much more fun than standing about not knowing what to do when everything is already stocked.

I spent the rest of the day as a Filler, which was simple enough. It’s quite an adventure, though, answering all sorts of questions and dealing with all sorts of guest recovery while also trying to fill orders as efficiently as possible. I must admit that I am not, perhaps, the most efficient of fillers, but I had fun.

I got to close Filler as well, which was fine for the most part. The biggest part of my job was placing roses on tables in the Ballroom, which was doable enough once I’d asked someone where to find the roses. But then I had to sweep the ballroom, and I couldn’t find a broom, so I skipped that and went right to cleaning out the Ballroom closets, but I was so overwhelmed by the entire day that by that point when I asked I was on the verge of tears. So I cleaned the closets, worked on getting myself together, and then found a broom and helped sweep the Ballroom.

One of my coworkers drove me home and I laid in bed and stressed about the start of the school semester until about 8 pm, when I finally decided I had enough energy and motivation to get up out of bed and go to Walmart and go grocery shopping. I got on the bus at 8:30 pm, spent an hour at Walmart, and was home by 10:45 pm.