Holiday weekend was a blast. Saturday, Brittany and I slept in and then we decided to head out on the open road and work on our Connecticut wine trail passport. We hit up three vineyards in total for the day, and then headed back to Storrs. Somehow or another, we forgot to eat dinner Saturday night, so Sunday morning when we got up we were Starvin Marvins.
We had decided to hit up a beach for the holiday, so we got an early move on. We hit up a Dunkin Donuts for coffee and a bagel and then off to Rhode Island. We had an original e.t.a. of 11:45 at the beach. Hahaha, not so much. As we were merging onto the RI beach highway, there was a sign that said heavy beach traffic, seek alternate routes. Here's where being an out-of-townie does not pay off. I didn't know alternate routes. We decided to stick it out on this route, and see where we ended. Two plus hours later in stop and go traffic and we arrived at the beach at 2 pm. We found a place to put our stuff down, and headed straight to the water (it was near 90 outside). We cooled off and then laid on the beach till we were hot again, and then repeated the cycle. The drive home was much quicker than the drive down. We made it back, and found a place to eat. Here we were again, starving. We really need to remember to start feeding ourselves. :) Being the holiday, there wasn't much open. We found a pizza place, and grabbed a bite.
My week was spent shadowing different managers in three of the different dining halls. Monday and Tuesday I worked at McMahon. Basketball camps had started and were all the hype at McMahon. One of the biggest concerns, food allergies. There were 30 some camp attendees with severe food allergies. Everything went off without a hitch, no issues. Everyone got fed, and no one had a reaction. :) Wednesday and Thursday, I was off to Northwest to shadow Dave, the area manager for that location. Dave showed us a lot of what he does as a manager, and let Brittany and I forecast for the week that needed to be completed. He verified what we did, based on history, and we only made a couple errors due to piece size. :) Friday, we headed to South to work with John, the area manager of that location. He gave Brittany and I a couple of tasks for the day. The main one, we needed to decorate the international bar for a pasta dinner they would be having on Sunday evening. Great practice for us, as our luncheon is right around the corner and we will be needing to decorate the same area for our meal (only a different theme).
Speaking of our luncheon being right around the corner, I still haven't given you the menu for our meal yet. I've strung all of you long enough...check my next post and I think you'll be pleasantly surprised with what you'll find....
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