A day in the life...

A few people have been asking me what my typical day looks like so I thought I'd open it up for everyone to read and enjoy!

6AM -- Alarm (snooze 3 times), devotions, breakfast, shower...

7:25 -- Leave the house and start walking to the bus stop

7:30 -- Get to the bus stop and hope it comes within the next 5 minutes

7:45 -- Arrive to Athletes Village, go through security screening (accreditation scan, X-ray machine etc...like at the airport)

7:50 -- Take the internal shuttle (bus) to the workforce check-in tent, accreditation scanned again and I get my meal voucher

7:55 -- sign out my radio ("Housekeeping 6"), sit in on a meeting with the housekeeping contractors, assigned to a zone in the village and a supervisor to work with and support their team

8AM -- start walking...sometimes grab a hot chocolate in the dining hall (if it's cold), go to a little hide out (usually a resident centre with a tv with Olympic only channels...in HD!) to let the room attendants get a head start before we check their work and audit some rooms.

And beyond....walking, talking, walking, audits, lunch, walking, looking for more face cloths in the different storage containers, talking, walking, naming the flags as I go down Legacy Way, watch athletes work out on the street (the 4-man bobsled men's legs are MASSIVE!!!!), enjoy the sunshine, stare at the mountains and wish I were skiing.

4:30 -- head home! Internal shuttle back to the gates, catch the #10 bus home, ding the bell (!), walk up the hill and home I am!

Into the evening....sometimes I go into the village (watched 2 medal ceremonies last week -- got stuck in a mosh pit from the concert afterwards...got out of there fast!...and I'm at Blenz right now and can see the medals plaza and big screen from my seat -- the music is inspiring and the flags shine in the lights and night sky...Norway is cleaning up on the gold here!!!). Sometimes I'll wander the village, check out the crowds and watch the live CTV feed. I do like to stay at home too -- make a fire, watch the Olympics (or the Bachelor....) and head to bed by 10:30.

Weeeeeeee!

A shift that starts at noon is a different story and usually includes a bit more of a sleep in but NOT ANYMORE! I just upgraded my ski pass to a seasons so I'll be on the hill as often as possible -- including taking a few fresh track turns in the morning before work! First day of that will be on Wednesday! I can't wait! All these bluebird days have been hard to take...and the rain/snow is supposed to come on Wednesday! Bummer...but that always means snow for the hill so I'll get over it!

Hope everyone is well!!