‏Enjoying being here but feeling frazzeled…

I'm not sure if I'm cut out for such long days & I'm finding it a bit hard. Not to mention the blisters on my feet kill. I even have the proper blister plasters but I don't think they are made to stand up to 12-14 hour days whilst on your feet the whole time. My new shoes were fine & I'd been wearing them close to 2 weeks then had to carry my pack & I wore them… Stupid, should have worn my hiking boots. Not to worry.

Anyway back to work. I've only given it 2 full days & I'm sure I will get use to it. I think it's only cause I'm new that I'm having to stay there the whole day & from next week I think we'll start arranging days off etc. Everything is very organized it seems, except for the staff. It's more a play it by air approach, which is fine but it'll be nice to have things sorted. So far I seem to be spending quite a bit of time in the kitchen, dam that catering qualification – even though it's 9 years old! I'm actually enjoying it (don't tell anyone though). The only thing that sucks is that I can get in & help out but they haven't shown me the meal prep etc so I feel a bit useless. The bosses will say you can help the chef in the kitchen & I'm like cool but when I ask him what he wants me to do the answer is nothing,… then the boss comes in & is like" I'll come back here & help" which makes me want to scream "I can bloody well do it, just tell me what!". I got a tad pissed off yesterday but I'm over it now.

On Sunday I'll go to my new abode which will be great. I really can't wait to get settled. The cycle starts again. I've got to get up now, have a shower then get to work.

Oh, yesterday morning I opened my English bank account with HSBC. It was so easy, I've heard some real horror stories about people trying to open bank accounts here so are feeling quite lucky.

Sorry for not responding to emails, I can do it at work when it's not busy but my mind just isn't with it. Will try to send a few quick responses today.