Barista sounds so much better than Coffee Wench

So I started training at Starbucks today. Wheee!! Good times. For a mega-corporation, I have to say that Starbucks sucks not too much. It sure beats Blockbuster Video (Grrr!! Still much pent-up high-school hatred being harbored deep inside my blackened soul...), that's for sure. Actually, the interesting thing about this particular job is that I officially work for Hilton Hotels, not Starbucks Corporation, so I feel slightly less like a corporate sell-out. Even though I'm fully aware that Hilton is a mega-company in itself. Whatever. The bottom line is I get free coffee & pastries from Starbucks and free lunch/dinner from the Hilton. Yes! Also, my manager tells me that my employee discount comes from Hilton Hotels, meaning that, while I cannot get a discount from any other Starbucks location, I do get highly-discounted room rates at any Hilton hotel (i.e. She said she was able to get a room in New York city for like $40 a night!! Holy crap!! This may have been too good to be true. But if it isn't: New Year's Eve in Times Square, anyone?? Hahaha...) All the people I'll be working with (I've met all but 2 or 3 already, I think) are pretty cool and they seem to be very good at training new employees. Thank God. Because the more training and time-to-settle-in Ysabel gets, the less likely she is to get into fisticuffs with customers. And that's always a good thing.

In any case, I spent the majority of the morning drinking free coffee so my brain can't really process thoughts and directions well enough to write a long-detailed account so I have to go now. Plus, I have to spend the next couple of hours peeing every 10 minutes. Agh! Only unfortunate byproduct of coffee-addiction!!! Aside from the not sleeping and becoming utterly dependent thing. Bah.

ps. Got another phone call from a mom interested in clarinet lessons for her son. Hurray for still keeping hope alive that I can make a living as a musician!!