I have been looking for a part time job for the past 6 months or so, ever since I felt like we were really settled into our house and there was nothing left for me to do.
I have applied for a number of jobs, mostly dog related. For some reason I was never motivated to start my dog walking business back up here in Park City. Although it is a gorgeous place to go out and hike, the off-leash laws are much more stringent here, and they have far fewer off-leash dog parks. They also have a lot more predators.
The bears and mountain lions we had in Washington, I would frequently notice their scat around Tiger mountain. They tended to be nocturnal and shy around people. So seeing signs of those when I'm hiking around here don't freak me out too much. The major concern around here with dogs are the moose. Moose aren't afraid of anything, and will make themselves at home pretty much anywhere. They have a very short temper and are totally unpredictable. They especially hate barking dogs getting in their face and will trample them to death. They will charge just about anything which annoys them, which is just about anything on any given day. In the spring you have to extra careful of the mama moose with young being aggressive, and in the fall the bull moose are flat out crazy because it is rutting season.
I applied for jobs at doggie daycare places, and even got hired at a local rescue ranch working in its adoption center. After 1 day I decided it wasn't for me. There is such a high turnover of animals, being rescued and then being adopted that there really is no time to develop relationships with the animals. Good news for the animals, but bad news for me. Also because the animas were there such a short time, no training was being done, so a lot of the animals had bad habits and weren't that pleasant to be around. Pretty much all I was doing was cleaning kennels and litter boxes and feeding. And doing laundry. Lots and lots of laundry. I did, however come home with 2 kittens I adopted from the shelter.
So I started looking around for other things I might enjoy. The Utah Olympic Park- the venue for the ski jumping and bobsled events from the winter Olympics is very close to our house. I thought it would be fun to be a docent at the museum, or work in the gift shop at the park, so I submitted an application.
Within a few days I received a call from the chef at the café at the park wondering if I would consider working in the café, although I hadn't applied for a food service job. After meeting him for an interview, I was intrigued. However, I have never in my life worked in food service, so I had no idea what I was getting into. So we agreed I would give it a try for 2 weeks to see if I liked it. I have decided I do! It is fun! We haven't really gotten into the busy season yet of summer, so I may regret my decision when we are swamped with customers. But for now it is a hoot!
