Rawk!
Ok, so a little under 12 hours ago, I presented myself at the Alder Street Glenwood and said, "Hi, I'm Tracy. Tell me what to do." I was handed an apron, given a quick tour of the kitchen, and then for the next five hours, plus or minus two breaks, I was mistress of the toaster and waffle irons, and it was good. (Also I helped out with a bunch of other random stuff, when I wasn't busy trying to stay out of everybody's way --- there were 6 people in the kitchen, and a normal kitchen staff is 3 or 4, and it's cozy back there even if there's only 2 people working.) Some time after 3 PM, I got to fill out some forms that make me officially employed, and I go back on Monday at noon to start getting trained for real! Woo!
They told me they'd tried to train a few previous hires on slow days like Mondays, only to have them shocked and overwhelmed by high-traffic weekends, so I got to run the gauntlet on my first day. At least one other guy in the kitchen mentioned that he'd started out on a Saturday, and a few other people expressed similar sympathy, although the general consensus was kind of mixed as to how busy it was. I figure I might get to see some really hardcore action in two weeks (U. of Oregon graduation and Father's Day, woo! I get the impression that's about as busy as it gets.)
But WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I got a job! A regular, paying job, and one I wanted and tried really hard for to boot! Woo!
I do have a speck of bad news, which is that we didn't get the house we worked so hard at applying for this week, but hey, at least now I only have to search the classifieds for housing and not jobs. Woo!