Forget barback

Well, it turns out I know a little more about bars and booze than I thought. My first night was great, and I am officially the newest bartender at Zero. So that's that. I'm a bartender in Prague.

My first job in Prague

I start tomorrow night at club Zero. She asked if I wanted to start as a bartender, however I said I better just check it out first and try work as a bar back to begin with. I don't have too much experience, but I do like to drink, so does that count?

I work from 8pm - 6am. Soooooo, no goign out for me. I guess I will be out already, I heard it's a party for everyone there. At least it's not the original position I applied for: coatroom girl. And the advice I was given, 'at least you can make some real money then, you know, pockets?!?'

Wish me luck!

Winter job

http://www.snowhill.cz/index/areal.do?areal=1

This is where I will be working for a short part of winter, actually not until February, so I suppose it is actually my end of winter job. I am excited!

In the meantime, I've got a job for the weekends and possibly a job at a vintage clothing store. I really, really hope I get a phone call about that soon. I've decided to apply for regular teaching jobs this week, after getting rejected at the preschools. It turns out they need people with experience with toddlers, imagine that. Oh well! I'm getting by just fine, I can't wait to bond with my 4-6 new roommates later. Ha. I love my life so much sometimes, that part is definitely the highlight right now. I have no idea who actually lives there. I just know I have a giant room with my few meager belongings in it, and there are other rooms, with other people's things and the other people in them.

Sleep

I can't sleep.
I really, really am having a hard time with this tonight. After laying in bed for 2+ hours, I came out to find Suzanna in the same spot. We talked about how much we want to move and about how much we can't sleep. We are in trouble this evening.

Changes:
I feel like my teeth are moving around in my mouth. One of my front teeth has shifted and sometimes touches the bottom one. I've never noticed that before.

My hair is getting longer than I like it. I am afraid to have it cut. It is starting to look bad messy instead of good messy.

Same:
I can't think straight enough to finish this part.

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some photos

new homes

I found a great apartment. I'm moving. It's with these two guys, they are chefs at some nice club/restaurant. I don't know too much about them, but they seem pretty cool. The apartment is great. My room is huge, wonderful, partially decorated and I can't wait to get settled. The apartment was the last one I saw yesterday, I was getting super sick from walking around drizzly Prague for about 14 hours, wanted to go home (home?) and fall into a deep, deep, long sleep. I get to the apt, the guy gives me juice, shows me the place, we listen to soft jazz music and talk about traveling. It felt like home immediately. I leave, feeling excited and happy about the future, only to witness a horrific fight outside of the pizzeria at the tram stop. There were two men who got completely beat up by another group of men and these guys were just left unconscious on the pavement. It really freaked me out. Their friends (?) came and got them just before the ambulance and cops arrived, just as I left. So I went back to my friend's and stayed up too late yet again. I need to rest. I am getting sick, and need to make it stop.

On that note, I am about to go to a European handball game. It's a big one. I met this guy who mentioned going out of town for a handball tournament, and I jumped on it. Turns out there is a pretty important game tonight, and I'm totally into it. He said I need to bring noisemakers, which makes me hope that things get out of control. Handball!!!!

Handball or rest? Handball.

fires and babies.

I am trying to figure out how to conceal the fact that I started a fire on the shelf in my room. I was burning some candles and the cheap plastic it was sitting on melted and started a small fire. So now, weeks later, I am trying to put dance night stickers - really big ones - over my charred shelf. Man.
Tomorrow I am (hopefully) going to stay for a few days at internet cafe friend's place, assuming his flatmates are down. I'm sure they will be. I am seeing a place tomorrow - a room in a house with a younger family. I think younger. There is so much I am not sure about. I know they have a very young child. I don't know if I can deal with that though. I mean, my last place had a baby upstairs, and that resulted in us working out a system where they pounded on the floor when I was too loud, which was too often, and the music was usually too loud to hear anyway. So the place tomorrow is also a little far out of the city center, in the city, but on the edge. I want to be closer. I'll keep looking. So no babies. Oh babies.
Thinking about work has been somewhat overwhelming. Do I sign up for a year contract for more money? What if I don't like it? What if I regret NOT doing it when I am moving again in 6 months and am desperate for money? It's hard to guess what will happen that far down the road. What if I want to move somewhere else? Oh dear. What to do! It's pretty awesome that there are options though, I am looking into doing some office work for an American businessman for some quick cash. Fingers crossed.

I'll take any advice, especially about hiding the scorch mark.

I know I'm too tired to be here because I thought pigeons were giving me funny looks on my way here

But I am moving tomorrow so it's okay! I woke up to construction as I have every morning for the last month. It wasn't so bad today, nothing is bad today! In fact, everything is amazing! Last night's dinner party was probably the best I've ever attended. John and Andrea, our teachers, had everyone over for a celebratory meal, which Andrea prepared herself. It was wonderful. I can't even explain how much fun I had and how delicious everything was. I finally was in a real home with real people - as opposed to everyone else I've met living in temporary housing, knowing they won't be here in a year.
AND I have places to see and check out as far as living. Sarb from the internet cafe offered to let me stay in his living room for a short period of time - how nice is that? I have been giving him stickers for the last week or so, and now look! Not having a computer and losing my phone this weekend has led me possibly to a home and definitely to new friends. How am I so lucky?
I am going to get a job today, go see Mucha's Slavic Epic (at least parts of it) , see a movie with Uma and friends, get a new phone, and find an apartment - wish me luck!

TO DO:

I think this next week is going to be pretty intense. As was last week and the week before, and every weekend in between.

In the next 24 hours I will find an apartmen and get a job. Promise.

I'm living with Suzannah from Seattle and we are planning on getting a room to share. That way we will have lots of extra money to go away on weekend trips whenever we feel like it. Great!

It's nice to finally be done with my training course - it was pretty rough. But it was probably one of the fastest months I have ever experienced. That combined with being in a new city trying to learn a new language has been awesome, horrible and wonderful at the same time. What a great life.

Dinner party tonight!

Happy last week

I'm at the training center, I have 3 days left. I have 3 classes to teach this week. ALMOST DONE.

It is raining again today.

Is it strange that I've been in weekend mode for the last 2 days? It's Wednesday. I have been thinking that everyday is Friday and for some reason I have to come to school on Saturday.

My Ipod is working again - my charger is destroyed. I am getting a computer in December courtesy of Melissa's father. Thank you so much Mr. Judy. I feel like technology and I had a rough breakup and are still trying to be civilized towards each other. I'm pretty sure there is something going on with my cell phone, but I can't figure it out. Hopefully a trip to headquarters will clear everything up.

Back to work!!!!!!!!

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