So I'm firstly going to start of with a big apology. Time is a rare thing, especially time to yourself. So this blog has been neglected!
How is it going?
A roller coaster of emotions is the only way to describe working as a chalet girl in the alps. Its ranged from skiing with powder snow and bluebird skies, to cleaning crusty piss off your new guest's toilet. But the perks are starting to show more than the hard work we do so that can only be a good thing.
The past couple of weeks have included Christmas and New Years. BIG weeks in the chalet world, and big money spent. This meant we had to work pretty hard and keep up the professionalism.
So we will start with Christmas. My guests were lovely, and I had children in my chalet which made Christmas much more magical. Being away from home was hard though - Christmas is always such a family get together time and this year i was spending it with complete strangers and cooking the meal for them. Not my ideal vision!
BUT - the whole meal went fine! I cooked 2 turkeys perfectly and managed to juggle the other things to be cooked in a tiny oven. A definite accomplishment. The only disaster was that my gravy was more of a jus - and as I had northerners as guests, they were not too pleased with it! The guests let me sit and eat with them and also took me out to dinner another night - so a successful week! A big step up from the reality that hit previously. I rang my mum afterwards and she wished me 'Happy Easter' - oh dear, maybe too much wine!
New years was also a great week with a great irish family - I've started getting out earlier and skiing more, which is why I'm here of course!
We had staff celebrations for both - after New Years we had to cook breakfast the next day - SUCH a painful day, you just don't know it.
So despite feeling depressed about the job to start, I've found that its starting to turn around - skiing more, drinking more and still being able to work hard - such an accomplishment!
But as I said, it goes up and down - each week feels different, each week has its highs and lows and each week brings new guests.
I've been lucky and had fantastic guests (which have also tipped me well, allowing me to treat myself ;)) - ive also managed to avoid illnesses so far such as the mumps, impetigo, diarrhoea and millions of coughs and colds (fingers crossed!).
So until next time!
