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I need to get off my butt and to the laundromat. I have about five thousand loads of laundry to do and pack before I have to leave this evening. At least this time I'm only driving an hour...and not flying four. I think Liz should still be there this evening, so maybe I'll get to spend some time with her before she comes back. Unfortunately, the hotel doesn't have a laundry space on the premises (AmeriSuites did, and it was lovely), but there is a laundromat just a couple miles away. Fortunately, on the flip side, there is a Friday's in the hotel (useful for lunch), and a pool, and a spa. That makes me happy.

I'm in a much better mood than I have been lately, and I think it's because I don't have to work today, and because the next week is going to be relatively easy and nice for me. Everything would be complete if I didn't have a roommate at the hotel, but I can deal if I must...lol Also, I will have the remainder of the week off once I'm back in town, as well as off from Bennigan's. I'll be doing more admin training, but that will be early morning/early afternoon, and then I'll be done for the day.

*shudders* And a recent post that a friend made reminded me of this place. Damn Rhino's. On the one hand, I want to go in there and say "hahaha! Look at how much better a situation I'm in now! I'm actually respected and given opportunities and people think I'm important and good at what I do!" but on the other I never want to step foot in there ever again.

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I love the internet.

So, in my attempt to become a savvy traveler, I've been looking up various tipping sites over the past month. It had never even crossed my mind to tip housekeeping until someone brought it up when I was in OKC. I completely forgot to leave anything at all the morning we left, so I felt awful and made sure that I was going to amend it this time around. It's really amazing the way tipping etiquette works in ways that I never realized.

Maybe this is why I've been making such crap since I got back from Oklahoma...it's the karma of the situation...lol I know I've been doing well--my tables always tell me what a great time they had, or how great I was, or something similar, and still they're almost all leaving 10% tips. It gets disheartening after a while.

So yes... http://www.tipping.org is a very cool site, though I don't totally agree with all their amounts listed (maybe I'm just a generous person, but there are plenty of people in my past who would say otherwise, so I don't think that's the case...I just know that I'm one who helps them pay their rent, and I'm not going to be mean when they're doing me a service). And, more specifically, tipping in the US.

Wheee!

I'm in Lansing, and in the hotel. I have my own room at the moment, though I don't know if that's temporary or for good since I wasn't scheduled to check-in until tomorrow, apparently (yay coordinator not paying attention to the email I sent her, even though I know she read it because she responded to it).

The bartender trainer from K'zoo is sticking around for bar follow-up, so at least I'll know somebody here for the next few days. Alicia, from the OKC opening (it was her first opening, as well), is here at the moment, but she leaves in the morning. Also, I know half of the management staff, so that's a big plus.

Now I shall be leaving, as I should be getting a call soon because people are going out, and I'd like to see Alicia for a bit before she leaves tomorrow. Plus I need to bring the rest of my stuff in.