Tuesday, March 31, 2009

BOOT CAMP ORIENTATION

Today I got fingerprinted at the River Palms at 9.00 am, then Jon took me over to Harrah's around 10.00 am for my mini-orientation. I'll have my real 4-day-orientation, next week. I'll start working on Wednesday, 4.00 pm 'til 10.00 pm. I am so excited to finally start working.

Other than that there hasn't been that much going on. Jon's been working and I've been at home.

I've been sitting on MySpace listening to Lily Allen's new song "The Fear" for the past hour, LOVE IT!

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Idag tog jag mina fingeravtryck pa River Palms kl. 9.00, sen skjutsade Jonathan mig till Harrah's daer jag hade en snabb-introduktion kl. 10.00. Jag far min riktiga 4-dagars introduktion naesta vecka. Jag boerjar jobba nu pa onsdag 16.00-22.00, ska bli sa kul att fa jobba igen.

Annars har det inte haent sa mycket mer. Jonathan jobbar och jag aer hemma.

Har suttit pa MySpace och lyssnat pa Lily Allens nya lat "The Fear" i oever en timma nu, LOVE IT!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

DRUG TEST!

Today I went over to the casino to sign all my paper work. I even got some to take home as home work. After I got all my paper work Jon and I went to this toxicology place where I had my drug test done. You have to pass the drug test to get hired. Luckily I didn't have to pee in a cup, they cut off some hair instead. I'm gonna have to get a gaming card and get fingerprinted as well. Only $95 or $115, depending on where I end up getting fingerprinted. Oh, and background check, off course. After all of that is done I can start working. To get a job is such a process in this country, but now I'm almost there. They want me to come back on Thursday with all the paper work and the money for the card and the fingerprinting fee. If everything goes well I should be able to start work next week. I just need to get that $95 or $115 somehow.

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Idag var jag pa casinot foer att skriva under alla papper. Jag fick t.o.m. med mig en bunt hem som jag ska laesa igenom och signera som laexa. Efter att jag hade signerat allt akte jag och Jonathan till ett staelle daer man drogtestas. Man maste drogtestas och fa ett negativt resultat foer att bli anstaelld. Som tur var behoevde jag inte kissa i en burk utan dom klippte av en tuss av mitt har istaellet. Jag kommer aeven behoeva skaffa ett "gaming card" och ta fingeravtryck. Endast 770:- eller 930:-, beroende pa var jag tar fingeravtryck. Och aeven bakgrunds koll igen, sjaelvklart. Efter att allt detta aer klart sa kan jag boerja jobba. Att ens fa jobba verkar vara en jaette process i det haer landet, men nu aer jag naestan klar. Jag ska komma tillbaka pa torsdag med alla papper och pengarna. Om allt gar som det ska borde jag fa boerja jobba naesta vecka. Jag behoever bara skaffa fram 770:- eller 930:- pa nat saett.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

NEED TO CLEAN THE APARTMENT

Today I had the final "interview" at the casino with the director. I got the job, I get to fill out all the paperwork on Monday. So now I'm a casino-employee, or I will be on Monday. I'm gonna have to get some black pants, I only have one pair.

I can't wait to get that car now. We haven't decided yet if we want apply for a loan with our bank or just go straight to the dealer-ship and let them figure it out. We'll see what happens.

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Idag hade jag den tredje och sista intervjun pa casinot. Jag fick jobbet, pa mandag ska jag aka dit igen och fylla i alla papper. Sa nu aer jag casino anstaelld, eller jag blir pa mandag. Jag maste koepa lite fler svarta byxor, just nu har jag bara ett par.

Om bara skatteaterbaeringen kunde komma sa att vi kan aka och koepa den daer bilen vi vill ha. Vi har inte riktigt bestaemt oss aen om vi ska ansoeka om ett lan pa var bank eller om vi ska ga direkt till bilfirman och lata dom fixa nat. Vi far se vad det blir.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

THIRD INTERVIEW!

Got a call back from the casino yesterday, I got the job. Now I have a meeting with the director's director on Saturday.

Jon has a cold so no jacuzzi last night, but maybe later tonight. He just took some NyQuil so he should feel a lot better when he wakes up.

Now we're gonna get some sleep before we go over to Ross in about 8 hours.

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Igar ringde dom fran casinot, jag fick jobbet. Nu pa loerdag ska jag ha ett mote med chefens chef.

Jonathan aer lite foerkyld sa det blev ingen jacuzzi igarkvaell, men kanske senare ikvaell. Han tog precis lite medicin sa naer han vaknar kommer han ma mycket baettre.

Nu ska vi ga och laegga oss sa vi far lite soemn innan vi ska aka till klaedaffaeren om ca 8 timmar.

Friday, March 13, 2009

WEEKEND

Yesterday Jon and I went over to his sisters house and hung out. We ate some really good food, watched some tv and Fabi, Jon's sister, helped me cut my bangs. Which had grown so long it was covering my entire face if I pulled it forward. It turned out really good, I'm still not used to it but it's great to have some kind of hairdo again.

While we were there I got a phone call from the casino where I applied for a job. The position I applied for had already been filled but they were wondering if I would be interested in a part time position they had. Off course I was! So I had a group interview today at 8.15 am. It was my first group interview, we were a group of people trying to prove our customer service skills in front of three company directors. It was very different from any other interview I've had, but I've realized that that goes for all the job interviews I've been to in this country. I guess job interviews are just done differently here. Anyways, I passed the group interview so I'm getting a call tomorrow from to book a second interview.

After the interview Jon took me out to Maki Sushi, a great Japanese restaurant here in Bullhead. Yum, yum!

When we got home again Jon got a call from work asking him to come in earlier. Jon said that they'll most likely let him go home earlier since he started earlier. I hope so.

So that was our weekend, now I'm sitting here again, home alone, still jobless and waiting for Jon to come home... (HAHA)

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Igar akte jag och Jonathan oever till hans systers hus foer att haelsa pa. Vi at god mat, tittade pa tv och Fabi, Jonathans syster, hjaelpte mig att klippa lugg. Luggen hade blivit sa lang att om jag slaeppte ned haret sa taeckte luggen hela mitt ansikte. Det blev riktigt bra foer hemma-klipp, jag har inte riktigt vant mig vid luggen aen men det aer skoent att ha en frisyr igen.

Naer vi var daer sa ringde casinot som jag skickat in en ansoekan till pa min telefon. Jobbet (fulltid) jag hade soekt hade nan annan redan fatt men dom undrade om jag skulle vara intresserad i ett annat jobb (deltid). Sjaelvklart var jag det! Sa idag kl. 8.15 var jag pa en gruppintervju. Jag hade aldrig varit pa en gruppintervju innan, det var tre av casinots direktoerer som testade var kundservice kompetens. Det var en vaeldigt annorlunda intervju, men det har alla jobbintervjuer varit som jag har haft i det haer landet. Iallafall, det gick jaettebra och direktoererna gillade mig sa imorron kommer en av dom att ringa mig och boka en andra intervju.

Efter intervjun bjoed Jonathan mig pa Maki Sushi, en toppen restaurang haer i Bullhead. MUMS!

Naer vi vael var hemma igen ringde Jonathans jobb och ville att han skulle komma in och jobba lite tidigare. Jonathan sa att eftersom han boerjar tidigare far han antagligen sluta tidigare med. Jag hoppas det.

Det var varan helg, nu sitter jag haer igen, ensam hemma, fortfarande arbetsloes och vaentar pa Jonathan... (Vad vore vael en bal pa slottet?) (HAHA)

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

SORE THROAT!

I woke up with a sore throat yesterday so I went back to bed after Jon went to work. I woke up around 5.00 am and I'm feeling better, not all good, but better. Jon should get home from work in about an hour and then I'll be his weekend! We have so much to do this weekend; sign a new lease, call the insurance company about our insurance cards, call the hospital where my mother and sister in law are working to see if they're hiring, go to the social security office in Needles, CA to change my immigration status, send in Jon's tax return, grocery shopping, laundry, pay bills and hopefully sometime after all that go look at cars. And then hopefully tonight we'll jump in the jacuzzi!

I'm gonna go take a shower now.

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Igar naer jag vaknade var jag lite krasslig i halsen sa jag gick och la mig i saengen igen naer Jonathan akte till jobbet. Jag vaknade runt 5.00 nan gang och madde baettre, inte helt bra, men aenda baettre. Jonathan kommer hem om ca en timma och da aer det hans helg! Vi har sa mycket som vi ska hinna med den haer helgen; foerlaenga varat hyreskontrakt, ringa foersaekringsbolaget angaende vara foersaekringkort, ringa sjukhuset daer min svaermor och svaersyster jobbar foer att se om dom har nat jobb till mig, aka till det amerikanska social security kontoret i Needles, Kalifornien och aendra mitt immigrations status, skicka in Jonathans skatteaterbaering, veckohandla, tvaetta, betala raekningar och foerhoppnigsvis kommer vi hinna med att titta pa en bil after allt annat. Vi kanske tom kan saetta oss ett tag i jacuzzin ikvaell!

Nu ska jag ga och duscha.

Monday, March 2, 2009

HAD MY JOB INTERVIEW

The job interview went great. I was a little early so I got to walk around the store while I was waiting for my turn. They had so many nice clothes, handbags, shoes and home decorations stuff, and all dirt cheap. I'm amazed I was able to keep myself from buying anything, I'm a shopaholic, but what girl isn't? It was probably a good thing that I got called to the interview when I did though. Like I said the interview went great, I was asked a couple of questions and then the lady who interviewed me asked me if I had any questions for her. After that she told me that she's gonna do a background check and if everything is fine I will get hired. It's a part time job, 10-15 hours per week, but it's better than no job at all.

They're talking about opening a mini-market in the apartment complex where we live. If they do I'm gonna apply for a job there too. That way I'd have two jobs and one of them would be like working at home!

Jon and I wanna buy a car, his bike will be all paid off by next month or the month after that. Then we could probably afford a car payment even if I'm working part time.

Since Jon's days off changed our schedule has been thrown off a little. We we're supposed to do laundry this last weekend so now he only has one pair of clean black socks left. It's a good thing it's his Friday tomorrow. Last week our fridge was empty by the time his weekend came around.
I got a postcard from my grandmother in the mail today. It was from the winter cabin, it had an address to a website on it so that I can go online and check it out. Like that's gonna make me any less jealous, ha ha.

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Jobbintervjun gick jaettebra. Jag var daer lite tidigt sa jag gick runt och tittade i butiken medans jag vaentade pa min tur. Dom hade sa mycket snygga klaeder, handvaeskor, smycken och heminrednings grejer och allt var super billigt. Helt otroligt att jag lyckades laemna affaeren utan att ha koept en aenda grej. Jag aer helt shopping galen, men hur manga tjejer aer inte det? Men det var nog tur att jag blev kallad till intervjun naer jag blev. Som jag sa gick intervju jaettebra, hon som intervjuade mig staellde ett par fragor och sen fragade hon mig om jag hade nagot som jag ville fraga henne. Sen foerklarade hon att hon kommer goer en bakgrunds koll (det goer naestan alla arbetsgivare i USA, en del kraever aeven att man goer ett drogtest) och aer det inga problem med den blir jag anstaelld. Det aer ett deltids jobb, 10-15 timmar per vecka, men det aer fortfarande baettre aen inget jobb alls.

Var hyresvaerd pratar om att oeppna en liten mat affaer daer vi bor. Om dom goer det ska jag saega till att jag kan jobba daer. Far jag ett jobb daer blir det naestan som att jobba hemmifran!

Jonathan och jag vill koepa en bil, hans motorcykel kommer att vara avbetald naesta manad eller manaden efter. Da kulle vi antagligen kunna ha rad med en bil aeven om jag skulle arbeta deltid.

Nu efter att Jonathans lediga dagar aendrades har det varit lite struligt med vara hushalls bestyr. Varan tvaettdag skulle ha varit i soendags men eftersom han inte aer ledig foerraens pa onsdag sa har vi inte tvaetta aen. Sa nu har han bara ett par rena svarta strumpor kvar. Det aer tur att det aer hans fredag imorron. Foerra veckan var varan kyl helt tom naer det aentligen blev Jonathans fredag.

Jag fick ett vykort fran mormor idag som hon skickade naer dom var i Orsa. Det fanns en adress till Orsa Groenklitts hemsida pa vykortet som jag kan ga in och titta pa. Da kommer jag bli aennu mer sugen pa att aka snowboard, ha ha!

Sunday, March 1, 2009

ANOTHER UNEVENTFUL DAY

Didn't do much at all today. I cleaned the apartment and then I spent most of my time playing 'Ratchet & Clank'. My mom and I talked for an hour or two on the Messenger. The annual 'Chocolate Fair' was this last weekend in my hometown. My mom and I used to go every year, we love choclate. But this year my mom had to go by herself, nobody wanted to go with her. I felt so sorry for her, if I would have been in Sweden I would have gone with her in a heart beat.

When Jon came home from work we made breakfast. Hash browns, bacon, fried eggs and pancakes and warm maple syrup for the pancakes. Yum, Yum!
Probably not the smartest idea though, we didn't fall asleep until 4.00pm or 5.00pm. The plan was to have pizza for dinner but we didn't wake up until Jon's alarm went off. Time for him to go to work. So I'll make myself some 'Campbells Mushroom Soup' later tonight.

Tomorrow's the job interview so I'm gonna take a shower, straighten my hair and then go to bed a couple of hours before Jon gets home. The interview is at 10.30am!
Wish me luck!

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Gjorde inte mycket alls idag. Jag staedade laegenheten och efter det spelade jag mitt nya spel "Ratchet & Clank". Pratade med mamma pa Messenger i ca en till tva timmar. Det var den arliga "Choklad Maessan" i Linkoeping den haer helgen. Jag och mamma brukade ga pa den varje ar, vi aelskar choklad. Men det haer aret fick mamma ga ensam, det var ingen som ville ga med henne. Jag tyckte sa synd om henne, om jag hade varit i Sverige hade jag defenitivt gatt med henne.

Naer Jonathan kom hem lagade vi frukost. Hash browns, bacon, stekt aegg och amerikanska pannkakor med varm loennsirap. MUMS!
Men det var antagligen inte en sa jaette bra ide foer sen kunde vi inte somna. Vi somnade inte foerraen nagon gang mellan 16.00 och 17.00. Vi hade bestaemt att vi skulle aeta pizza till middag ikvaell men sa blev det inte, vi vaknade av Jonathans alarm pa varan klockradio. Det var dags foer honom att aka och jobba. Sa jag goer lite Campbells svamp soppa till mig sjaelv senare ikvaell.

Imorron aer min jobbintervju sa jag ska duscha och "platta" haret sen kommer jag ga och laegga mig ett par timmar innan Jonathan kommer hem. Intervjun aer klockan 10.30!
Oenska mig lycka till!

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