Living & Working in Great Places

I've arrived

Ok just a brief, I am here at the North Rim Grand Canyon. We had check in and then orientaion yesterday and today team building. In an hour or so I head to my job sight and go over what all is going down at the store. Will type more in a few days. My computer ac adapter is messed up so not sure when I'll be able to get on.

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Permalink Reply by Rob on May 10, 2009 at 2:51pm: Hi Bren, good to hear you're safe and sound. I hope you have a great season at NR.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by newideal on May 10, 2009 at 4:55pm: Glad to hear you made it ok and all is well, Brenda. Looking forward to hearing lots more about the people you meet and the adventures you fall into. :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda on May 11, 2009 at 5:57am: Well I'm on very early, no one is awake yet. Theres a lot more people up here then last year, but I've met several people from Coolworks. Andrea,Janette,Cheff,Stov. We had our first meeting for the general store crew yesterday and the crew seems to be for the most part a pretty good bunch. Today the real fun begins. We have to put the whole store together, stocking the shelfs and getting everything set up. The location opens to the public on the 15th but they have the shake down dinner the night befor and theres 5 of us that reserved a table to eat together. I'll start taking pictures soon, but with my laptop cord messed up I am going to wait untill I get paid and can get into town to get a new one so I can download the pictures.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carol on May 11, 2009 at 6:32am: Best wishes Brenda. Thanks for posting . It gets really busy on site, so, we all understand. Say hi to our coolworking friends for us, Janette, and Stov.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda on May 11, 2009 at 8:26pm: will do Carol. There both on here still. Well its not that cold out but I spent the day putting together the deep freezer in the general store with all beer and wine so I am a bit chilled right now. I can't wait till this all evens out and comes together. I'm definitely gonna lose weight I keep this up. Tomorrow is the same thing, then Wednesday is customer service training so gotta force myself to stay awake for that. Lol. Orientation was so long. 8:30 am to 4pm, and after spending all night awake in the Salt Lake City Airport, I think I fell asleep at least 5 times. Yesterday I ate dinner then came back to my room and fell asleep right away until 4 in the morning. Guess I needed it huh.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Janette on May 13, 2009 at 3:14pm: Hey all, and especially to you Carol for the hi via Brenda.
I've been at North Rim since Apr 20th and it's as awesome as I expected it to be. Sorry to have been so incommunicado, but the RV area doesn't have wifi, and I managed to break my blackberry just before I arrived here. The first month has been busy, and as more folks arrived, just got busier! I managed to escape some of the craziness of the first mass influx of arrivals on May 1st by going on my Rim to Rim hike with the NPS interpretive staff, but got back just in time for the second wave of chaos that delivered Brenda, Andrea, Jeremy (stovpipe), Robert (chefness), and many more. Since then everyone has been busy with orientation, dept meetings, getting ready to open, etc.

Today I got a day off while almost everyone else is working. I've parked myself in the sun on Employee Rock (on the edge of the Canyon) with my newly replaced cell phone and am catching up on calls and mail. Today is the day I have truly "arrived". As I write I have the amazing view across the Canyon to the South rim (source of cell service). I have the constant sound of wind sloughing through the trees, birds twittering all around and below me, and the occasional buzz of an insect or whoosh of a high speed swallow soaring past a few feet overhead. All that and abundant sunshine, and the feeling that I have this entire spectacular hole in the ground to myself too!

I have arrived, and Life is GOOD!

Hope everyone is settling in their new homes and jobs too.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda on May 13, 2009 at 3:40pm: I wanted to add to Janette's little typing and say that she Janette decided that us peeps from coolworks are not good enough and she decided to go eat with another group for the shakedown dinner. But that's ok, because I will not let her forget!!!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrea on May 13, 2009 at 9:15pm: I would like to add to Brenda's typing by saying that she's mad at me because I allegedly left the Coolworks peeps (her, Chefness, and Stov) and hitched a ride back to the EDR earlier. However, I did hitch a ride back with other fellow Coolworks peeps, Jim Tobin and Mike Thomason, so she can't be too mad at me. You know you can't stay mad at me for too long, Brenda! I smile way too much!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda on May 13, 2009 at 9:17pm: see if you get my second hand smoke again!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Andrea on May 13, 2009 at 9:23pm: LOL. I think today is the first day that I got more than I needed.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda on May 13, 2009 at 9:24pm: well I wonder why since you sat right in the smokers section; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Janette on May 13, 2009 at 9:38pm: Is it my fault I got so many dinner invites? You guys were just too late. Anyway, you can't stay mad at me, I fixed your computer so you can get on to coolworks!; ▶ Reply to This