yo trabajo.

work has begun. training started on thursday, and my day started with a jolt - to say the least. wednesday night i set my alarm clock for 6am, and i turned up the volume to a setting that would be sure to rouse me out of my slumber. i went to bed early, and decided a good nights rest before the first day of work was a fantastic idea. thursday morning arrives, i faintly hear a knock on my door through the haze that is sleep, and i hear my mom ask, 'abby - are you still going?' 'where??' i mumble back. the wheels in my head slowly start turning as i try to figure out what my mom's talking about, and then it hits me like a ton of bricks - it's my first day of work. and it's 7:10am. and my train is at 7:28am. and i am still in my bed. {panic sets in} i flew out of my bed, into the bathroom, back into my room, down the stairs, and was out the door in ten minutes. my partial saving grace was the 7:38am out of bronte to union station. i got on the train, pulled into union station at 8:08 - i am supposed to be at training at 8:30. at yonge and college. and i'm at bay and front with no change for the ttc. so i boot it. by the time i hit queen my calves and shins are killing me, but i can't stop! i make it up to college park at 8:35 - perfect, i think, only five minutes late, it could have been way worse. i call up to the office...no one answers...then the executive director of the bia walks in, 'we're meeting at atrium on bay this morning!' i smile and nod, 'of course we are..!' i turn around and at a nice clip, weave my way through early morning pedestrian traffic along yonge back down to dundas and to find 40 dundas street west. i finally make it to training at 8:45am, sweating and out of breath, i walk in and sit down. they haven't even begun as yet. that was thursday morning.

thursday continued with various presentations, a walking tour and lunch at a great restaurant on elm st (the name escapes me...) friday morning we went on the shop, dine tour around downtown, and had a few afternoon presentations by an assortment of employees of the tourism sector after which we got our uniforms and called it a day. i won't bore you with more details, cuz it's not all that exciting but...i am working every weekend starting today, so if you're in the yonge/dundas area, please come by and say hi! walking tours start on june 13th, so if you'd like one of those, come by sometime after june 13th and enjoy a free tour around the yonge street area. see you soon ;)