Moving On Up!!!

So it has been a little minute since I have posted anything...... oops...... Lets see what's happened.... I finally got out of Galveston...... praise the Lord!!! From there I got transferred to the location on the Kemah Boardwalk... I loved it there. I was with a management team that actually liked me and cared about things. It was awesome. Right after I got there I got a call from a regional manager telling me that I had an interview for another managing position that I had expressed interest in. I got to the interview, and was asked OK Charlissa, would you rather go to Cali or Vegas? Caught me off guard a little bit. I told him that Cali would be cool since I had some family there, but I'd go where he needed me the most. He needed me in Vegas. SOOOO....... I am getting a promotion of sorts, and moving to Las Vegas, NV....... I am leaving Vegas right now after being here for 2 weeks and pretty much getting a next to royal treatment. The car we got the first day was the company Bently.... then the next day we got the Escalade.... the room was comp'd pretty much all expenses paid for. It's been awesome. I was here to do some training for the new concept I will be with. It's called Claim Jumper. The food is AWESOME!!! I think I have gained 5 lbs in 2 weeks from the food. I have found a place to live here and will officially be a Nevadian on Aug 8th.... pending corporate approval. They are going to pay all the moving fees and what not. I am really excited about this move. I'm nervous, apprehensive, and sad to leave everyone in Texas, but I think this will be a very good move for me. Not to mention that out of all the Saltgrass managers they chose me to come and help them with all the changes that are taking place.... Huge deal BTW. From what I have seen so far the locals are all really nice, and very inviting to come and join them. I have some pictures but since I am at the airport right now I can't really do much.

Also..... this means I will be closer to family in California and Utah..... hello 2 days off a week to come visit..... Its gunna be good!!!

Hailey and Sippy

Today while Hailey and Cassie and Jonny were over visiting for the day, I brought out my laptop and I remembered that I have a cool feature on it that Hailey would most likely love... She did of course. We took some pretty fun pictures using my Mac.

Oh Galveston...

When I got back from Amarillo I was transferred yet again to beloved Galveston Island. So I am now a manger there, and it is awesome. I get to meet all kinds of new people. ANd I have had experiences that I probably wouldn't ever get anywhere else. I've had a bum try to steal an armadillo from my bar, and had to ask him to give it back to me. He did. I've had to kick that same bum out of my restaurant because he was looking for free food and we don't do that. I've had to ask people to put clothes on over their swimsuits.... Never thought I would have to ask someone to put more clothes on, I thought it was a given when you go to a family restaurant. I had to tell a guy just the other night that we could no longer serve him alcohol. Luckily for me he was understanding and I didn't have to call the cops on him. I GET to have the privilege of the locals and BOI (born on the island) folks to come in to my store. They all think that if they bring that up when I go talk to them that they are going to get something from me... they're not. I don't care if you are a local or not, you are going to be treated just the same as everyone else that comes into the place. When I have people tell me that they are locals or BOI I want to say something to the effect of why? Like why did they stick around this awful place... If you read this and you are a local or BOI I apologize, however that is how I feel. Everyday I work I get to watch the ocean and hate my life for being stuck inside on beautiful days when the water looks so inviting.

On the plus side, I do have some great people that work with me that make the 45+ minute drive, and all the crap, some what worth it. They all like me, and work really hard. It may be a little scary at times there in Galveston, but it's really an ok place at the end of the day when I leave. I'm just ready to be done and move on to bigger and better places. And by bigger and better I mean anywhere besides Galveston. I tried to get pictures of the beloved place to upload but I couldn't for some reason. I will try again later.

Amarillo by Morning...

I have been shipped out to Amarillo as a member of the opening posse. No kidding thats what they call us here. A new Saltgrass opened about a week ago and they were a ton busier than they were expecting. In the first week they have done almost $190,000 in sales. That beats every record the company had. I worked 2 days last week and put in about 30 hours. A new week starts today and I am scheduled to work every day. It's going to be fun, and lots of money. This also is getting me seen by a lot of the higher up people in the company. They are learning who I am, how I work, and that I'm willing to do just about anything they need me to do. So this is going to be really good for me in the long run.

The drive here was long. Almost 12 hours of driving. It was so windy on the way here my poor little car was being blown all over the road. It's been worth it though. I am waiting tables since I've been here so far and it has been great. Yesterday I was asked to wait on the man that is 2nd in the company. It was pretty cool because he asked me if I would do wait on him and another guy. It went pretty well too. Got to talk about a lot of stuff with him and get to know him better, and he got to know me better.

I gotta go now and go to work now... another long week of making money. :)

My Car

So I got a new car the day after Thanksgiving. I have not been able to take any pictures of it yet, but I did find one just like it online. It is the same year and color. So without further ado...... Meet Kickapoo, my car.

Update...

Ok so it has been a while since I last blogged anything. Sadly I no longer have the teal hair. That lasted for about a week. My job would not let me work with it like that so I changed it back to brown. It was a very sad day for me.

I have started training to be a manager at Saltgrass. I really like it a lot. I get to talk to a lot more guests and if they are upset I get to try to make them happy again. It is such a good feeling when you are able to make them happy again. Sometimes all it takes is for them to know that you are one of the managers on duty, and they are put at ease. I work longer days now, and I am more tired than usual but I think it is going to be worth it.

I know a lot are thinking well what about school... well that is kinda on hold right now but not really. I wanted to go to culinary school and half the classes are about learning the business side of things, and I am going to be learning that as a manager. So I am going to look into some baking/cake decorating classes around town. I'll take a couple of those and then just practice so I can get better and master the techniques. Then I'll try to start to build cliental so I can eventually open my own store. So there is my plan for the next 5-10 years. I'm hoping a lot closer to the 5 years.

Oh I bought myself a new car! I love it. I don't have any pictures of it yet but I'll get some soon. It is a 2010 Toyota Yaris. It's the 4-door so it doesn't look retarded. I have to start getting ready for work now but I'll get pictures up soon.

My Favorite Color...

One of my favorite colors is teal.....

And well if you look at me now you sure will know that it is because.....

Yep. I colored the underneath part of my hair teal and I love it!