who doesn't like coconut?

Some more reservations work today, just making sure that guests' reservations are what they asked for (aka kind of bed, smoking/nonsmoking, what kind of price/package, etc). I'm getting the hang of Galaxy pretty well, but it was hard at first. I'm mostly used to Microsoft programs and short keys but Galaxy is very different. For example something that was a little hard for me to get used to at first was that Galaxy doesn't let you use a mouse, it's all key board functions and you can't use cut/paste. So when you have to put specific items in a reservation you have to type it out every single time. Which it usually isn't too bad, but once you have a group of over 100 different reservations then you really start feeling like a machine.

Today at lunch there was a big coconut/pineapple sheet cake out to celebrate for all of the birthdays in May. Of course I had to try just a little of it :) That's when I started talking with Penny, the reservations manager, and telling her how much I liked coconut and how I have a coconut cake every year for my birthday, etc. She said "That's odd for someone from the mainland to like it so much." Then I thought about it some more and realized the majority of people that I know don't really care for coconut. Once I started thinking about it more, I realized I've always loved coconut (and even as I write this I notice my coconut cookies from Wal-mart on my desk). I even remember the first time I tasted it. I was at my baby sitter's house in Germany and she gave me a Bounty chocolate bar when I was probably around 7. Although it was coconut and chocolate, I still remember taking my time to slowly eat the bar and taste the coconut. I even remember going with my Dad to the grocery store and I convinced him to let me get a coconut. Once I got home I cracked it open and tried to eat it, but realized that raw coconut doesn't take like the coconut I was used to. So after thinking about all of the coconut experiences in my life, I started to think more about how maybe I'm made for the islands :) Oh I also love pineapple too, but that's another story.

After working with reservations, I went and changed to get ready for Cafe Hanalei. Tonight I learned how to work as a hostess, which I already have some experience in hosting. I'm glad I do though, because they sort of just threw me in. Again, I think it was to see how I would carry myself, but things went well and hopefully they continue too.

Things are great for the most part and now I'm off to bed. The Luau is going on outside my window but will quiet down fairly soon. Never thought I would be living right next to a luau, but as I like to say "never say never!"