Monday, January 29, 2007

Some delays....

Looks like it will be a little longer before I switch over to massage at work. They have to hire 3 new girls as attendants and they have to finish their orientation and training before I can switch. So it might not be for a couple more weeks. There's also a possibility that they might need me to pick up a few shifts as an attendant even after they switch me over to massage. It's a little annoying since my boss gave me the impression that I would be starting at the beginning of February, but I guess I just need to be patient.
On Saturday they had a scheduling problem/emergency and asked me very last minute to give a guest a massage. I was a little nervous because they hadn't really gone over the specifics with me on how they set the massage table, where to get the lotions, how to incorporate the hot towels into the massage, etc. I was given like a 2 minute rush instruction on all that, so I forgot one or two little things, but it was the lady's first massage, so she probably didn't notice anything. I also had to do the massage in a couples room because all the other massage rooms were in use. Even though I was nervous at first, it was a good thing because it kinda threw me in there and now I won't really be so nervous when I do actually start. And hey, I made an extra $62 that day for doing that massage. Not bad.

p.s. if anyone wants to see the website of the spa that I work at, here it is...
http://www.harrahs.com/qua/our-spa-overview.html

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Finally!

On Monday I finally got my massage therapist work card after waiting about 2 1/2 months for the special investigations section of the police department to finish my big background check. Since the spa attendants are still a little understaffed I will keep working there for the rest of the month and then I will be starting as a massage therapist on February 1st. I will probably be doing some training for different treatments until then and hopefully get passed off on some of them before I start working so I can have more things to do besides just swedish and deep tissue massage. I'm a little nervous because it's been like 5 or 6 months since I've been massaging regularly, but I'm excited too. Wish me luck!