Alohaaaaaaa!

hey guys! remember that guy from the pearl shop? can't you just hear his voice saying that over and over and ringing that darn bell?!? :) hope it made you laugh! happy valentine's day! it sure is a pretty one here, very cold, but really pretty. thanks for posting such a sweet message about our kitchen and front door, debbie! we are really excited to see it all come together even if it's taken a little longer than we thought. i have to give doug the credit b/c he convinced me to go ahead and splurge for the tile when i was being a cheapo. :) i still don't know my exact plans for this weekend b/c there is a chance we will all be going back to louisville on saturday to go out for sarah's (mel's roommate) birthday, but it's not set yet. i think i may just miss debbie and dee dee in louisville on friday b/c i'm supposed to be leaving between 3:30 and 4:30---bummer! :( i had my first night of training last night and it was hilarious! to summarize, the girl that is the host trainer and is apparently very prompt, but did not show yesterday for our training. so after just hanging out and observing everything for a while we (myself and two other girls training) were told to go with another guy and he was going to at least start training us. about five minutes later major drama broke out! one server and a customer got in each other's face, the manager got in the server's face, the server got FIRED! after that we were basically given a 15 minutes crash course up at the front and then it was sink or swim the rest of the night. evidently we did a good job b/c the manager kept apologizing and said this is not the way they prefer to train, but that she didn't know what we would have done if we hadn't been there b/c they were slammed!!! a 45 minute wait on monday night? it guess it was b/c it was the night before valentine's day. anywho, i'm off to the gym and then to class and lab. today is my long day so i try to go workout before class instead of after so it's not so late. i've been working on my personal statements for my applications and almost have one of them finished so i can mail it this week and will try to get the other finished and out early next week. i will be really glad to get them finished, but then the suspenseful time begins while i wait to hear from the schools. augh, i hate waiting!!! :) love to all and hope you have wonderful day!!

mandy