Day 10: Training!
After my adventures on my day off it was back to training. I was put in the group assigned to all meal duties. Katy, the Catering Coordinator, does not come in for breakfast and it was one of her days off so she would not be there to help us with lunch or dinner.

 I woke up at 7:29am for breakfast duty and ran down to the kitchen because I was supposed to be there at 7:30am. Breakfast set-up is pretty easy; all we do is set out cereal, yogurt, bread and some other cold food for breakfast. Fresh bread, milk and butter is delivered daily except....we could not find the bread, milk or butter. After looking for a while, we finally defrosted some bread for the day. We decided there were three reasons why the bread was missing: 1) We could not find it 2) the Spring vollies took the bread, hid it and were watching us from Stockli and laughing 3) the bread was not delivered. Now you can think about which reason we thought was what really happened (obviously reason 2 haha). I also went downstairs and put some kitchen clothes (we have to wear aprons and hats every time we work in the kitchen) in the wash from the day before.

After breakfast, I went downstairs to take out the laundry and I hear a strange beeping noise on my way into the laundry room. When I got there, the washer door was open, there was water on the floor and the beeping would not stop no matter what button I pressed. After recruiting the help of other summer vollies and Catt, the washing machine was shut off. Yikes! And this is one of the reasons I hate laundry haha

Then it was cleaning time! I cleaned the bathrooms in Main Chalet. Then, we finished early again so we were sent to find Cameron. Some vollies helped Cameron move some logs and I continued to de-bark a tree (that had fallen in a recent storm). The trees need to be de-barked because bugs will infest the bark of the dead trees. Then, they will infect the healthy trees and eat the white layer that provides the trees with nutrients, thus killing the healthy tree.

After lunch, I was on clean-up and it was a magical time filled with Disney songs including my favorites from Mulan and Pocahontas! We then were split into two groups for training. First, office training with Sussie (Guest Services Coordinator) ! We learned where the important keys are in the reception office and some other helpful folders including one that has a free bus pass! Then we learned how to do a "Meet and Greet," which is basically the information that we tell guests when they arrive. Next was Shop Training with Catt! The shop is a separate building near Stockli and Main Chalet. The shop is filled with Girl Scout and Swiss souvenirs. We learned how to use the cash register (slightly different than the standard American cash register).  We each grabbed three items and practiced checking out each others' items.

Then it was back to the kitchen for dinner prep and more Disney/other music! I mostly did cleaning and other odd jobs. I am glad to be getting a wide variety of experience from retail to culinary!

I felt like I spent most of the day in the kitchen, so after dinner clean-up I spent the night relaxing with the other summer vollies. I also practiced my cartwheels outside before the sunset....my cartwheel has improved and I am really close to having a complete cartwheel!