Day 2 and onwards

Up at 4am and down to the dining room for brekkie then off to the office to check in.  The office staff rang through to let Leslie know I was there and while we were waiting asked if Cabe had let me know I needed to check out of my room that morning – that it was temporary accommodation – umm no.  So Leslie arrives and we jump in her buggy and head to my room and do a quick pack and head down to ‘A’ block laundry, in the process I lost my pj’s which I had left under my pillow and in theory should have been handed in when my room got cleaned, hmmm – the case of the missing pj’s remains open.

And so off to work – we worked in a team of 3 – myself, May and Stanley – I was on dust, sweep, mop which actually entailed wet dusting and wiping any marks off the walls, cleaning the filters on the air conditioner, emptying the rubbish and putting in a clean bag, sweeping and mopping the floor.  For those rooms that have been vacated we also have to wipe the cupboards, drawers and fridge and hope like heck that it doesn’t need defrosting.  I thought the girls were joking when they told me you take it outside and hose it with the fire hydrant – but no as I was to discover the next day this in fact was no joke. 

My days work finished at 2.30 with the exception of the last day when we finished at 4.30!!!!

There were some great people out there, I worked with May, Stanley, Jess, Sharon and Wendy  and generally had a good time.  We had some fun times like when you accidentally knock the shower nozzle while you are crouched in the shower box cleaning it – some blond moments like when I mistook a tv for a computer, some frustrating moments like Day 2 when we got pulled up by management for not cleaning to a high enough standard – doesn’t need to be 5 star but 4 is the expectation.  Some scarily disgusting conversations, like what is it that the men leave behind on the walls!!!!!!!  Some despairing moments like when you walk into a room and cant see the floor or desk for clothes – (do not touch any personal belongings but still clean the room) and walls and shower boxes that are black from coal dust.

All in all I had a good week and the experiences are hard to capture in words, I missed Tony and not having someone to talk to about my day – and now I am in Mackay (with a throat infection) and he is in Middlemount!!!!