The Adventures of Janie: First meeting with owners......a success? :-)

Guests came on board Friday around noon! The owners, G and R, a pilot and his wife, another pilot, and their secretary and her husband. It was very chaotic as they were walking down the dock. All the crew running from the crew mess to the aft deck to greet them. Hannah carrying champagne glasses half full with orange juice, and I was carrying a wine bucket with the chilled champagne. Hannah runs out and correclty orients the champagne glasses just so on the bar, and I'm still carrying the wine bucket - I strategically placed it next her champagne glasses hoping to Got that wast the proper thing to do. Then I met G and R - they are fabulous!! They are very down to earth and very inquisitive. I told them I was souther and R said, "Oh good someone who will eat grits with me!"

For the rest of the day and Saturday I was doing laundry while Hannah and Tash handled the service - this being my first trip and all, they let me stay down in the laundry room - which honestly I didn't mind! So, Friday I was washing the crew clothes, towels, placemats from lunch - but first I had to spot check the placemats for grease stains then wash them, then spot check again, then dry them, then iron them! At 5:00 pm we do bed turn downs, so we get the guest beds ready for bedtime, add a chocolate to the pillow, check the bathrooms, make a diamond with toilet paper (some toilet paper origami) I can't wait to do it at one of my friends houses! :)

Sunday was pretty much the same thing. G and R give us their laundry as well. We have laundry bags in each of the guest cabins as well as the owner's cabin, but most guests aren't on board long enough to have us do their laundry, so we really just do G and R. I had to chuckle to myself on Saturday when I found myself ironing the laundry bag that goes back into their cabin and will hold her dirty clothes the next day.

On every trip the owners have on board, the last night they like to have a buffet style dinner with the crew. This time we had a Mexican themed buffet. They really like to eat off of paper plates at these buffets which works out really well for us, the girls, the ones that have to clean the dishes! ;) It's a nice way to unwind and for me to interact with the owners!

Sunday night I was on late duty, which means I go to bed when the last person goes to bed. The guests decided to watch The Big Lebowski so my day finished just after midnight. That can make for a long day, but on Monday they were gone! Because I was on late duty Sunday night, I was able to sleep in a bit on Monday. I was set to start at 9:30 and lucky for me - the guests left around 9:30. So, once again everyone congregated on the aft deck and on the dock to hug the owners farewell, wish them a safe flight, and tell them we're looking forward to seeing them again next Friday. After they left yesterday, the girls proceed to clean the cabin bathrooms and stip the beds - then we had the rest of the afternoon off!! :)

Yesterday afternoon, Hannah and I wanted to go play put-put golf, but for some reason it's only opened on week days after May 31st.....so like most typical girls, we turned the day into a day of shopping! We went to U St. and walked around and searched a few boutiques. I walked away with a new purse and silk scarf. I wore both out last night, and I'm wearing them again now....so I suppose it was a good purchase!

Last night the girls went to eat at Jaleo, a Spaish tapas restaurant. Sarah Red from Louisiana Lagniappe - she lives in DC now - came and joined us for dinner. After that Sarah dropped us off at a place called Blues Alley where we watched a blues singer, Robin McKelle. Then we went to a piano bar called Mr. Smith's in Georgetown. It was a great night with the girls!!

Today and tomorrow we're hitting up some museums. It's cold and rainy so we're looking for inside events for the afternoon.

The pictures below are from last night!