Shop Talk

I cant begin to explain how my job has taken a turn for the worse. 10 years ago Hospitality had a high demand for employment. There was plenty of jobs, hours, benefits and money to be made. Now the economy and recession has affected business.
Companies aren't spending money at The 5-diamond resort called The American Club.

I work in banquets and we handle anything from weddings, christmas parties, Events like Beerfest or Food & Wine, Easter, Mother's day, and Thanksgiving buffets and any other banquet booked functions. I can honestly say business is not steady. We use to have 20-30 staff members on our team, and now we have 12. People are losing benefits and hours are hard to come by. Several of us resort to Unemployment which isn't always enough.

When business is busy we tend to struggle with long 12-13 hour days because the shortage of staff. But yet we are not allowed to hire more staff because we are not in high season. So, we can have a busy week with lots of hours and then the next week with less than 20. Which makes everyone a little stressed and overwhelmed at times, apprehensive about 2nd jobs, and a little unimportant or mistreated.

I know i am lucky to have a good job, but when i lost my benefits last November i was frustrated and pissed. That is how i came to the conclusion to return to school. However i find school and work a hard lifestyle to balance. And i struggle to find a major, But I am going to continue what i started and hope for the best.

Powerball

One day I was stressing to my mother the struggles of not working enough, going to school and paying tuition,and living on my own with bills. I was feeling like i've been living paycheck to paycheck. But she expressed that i was lucky to have a job and family to support me. Which she was right, but what else could i do? She suggested i play powerball and take my chances because i had always been lucky! You have to play to win!!

I have only been playing powerball for the last month and only buy $2.oo worth at a time. I dont have a strategy. I go to the same gas station by my house and let the computer pick my numbers for me. I don't know, Maybe i should switch it up?

I never seem to catch the live show because i fall asleep so i check on-line the following day. I'm always excited thinking i'll match one or two numbers and I'm always disappointed. I'm lucky if i get one number right. Then i start to think whats the point? The odds of winning are 1:195,249,054.

Wednesday March 10th's pot is at 170 million! Thats the inspiration! If i won the lottery i would pay my school and credit card debt, buy a house, give my family and friends money, take a vacation. Maybe even open up a business. Then i would research investing and donating. Afterall, pay it forward!