Yay! I now work for a big Corporation!

Well I now have a job! I have been hired as a "Lift Host" by Whistler Blackcomb, otherwise known as Intrawest! This is the big company that owns these, and a bunch of other mountains and resorts across Canada and the US. This is quite good news, firstly cos it means that at least for the time being I can stop looking for jobs as a dishwasher! This also means that I get to wear a uniform as well - a nice blue ski jacket, a fleece, a toque (Strange Canadian way of spelling beanie!), a ball cap, and some pants! That's as in trousers, not y-fronts. It also means that I may get a full or partial refund on my lift pass that I've already bought ( that means I could be due up to a cool $850! Yay!), and also big discounts around the local shops.

So all in all it should be cool. The downside is that I may be starting from 5am, and it will involve approx 10 plus hours standing around in the snow and cold! Shouldn't be too bad though, as hopefully the coldest months are now out of the way, and so I can see myself standing next to the lifts, chatting to the lovely ladies, sunning myself in the spring time sun! At least, that's what may happen!

Truth is, if the last couple of days are anything to go by, there may well be plenty of bitter winds, driving snow and rain on the way! Apparently it was minus 16 at the top of the hill, so it ain't summer yet, that's for sure! Still this little spell has added another 60cm of snow since the weekend (It's now Thursday), and the snow base here in Whistler has risen from the 240cm when we came back from our road trip to the grand total of 301cm as it stands today. There may be some more powder to come as yet!

We once again have four muskateers within our walls up here on Painted Cliff Road as well. Phil from Basingstoke / Lanark has swelled the ranks so that we are again up to one person per room. Dave is quite glad to see Phil, as he now has someone nearer his age so he can actually speak sense with people, rather than have to join in the bickering that me and Rich get up to! The only down side is that Phil ski's, but then again he's a bloody good skier, and so it would seem, he is also able to go up and down just about any mountain anywhere, so it's good being on the hill with him. He knows his stuff!

Anyway, once I get the paperwork sorted out, I can get my uniform, and I'm sure a photo of me in full on work mode will be appearing somewhere!