Merry Christmas!

Hello, my dear Readers,
Merry Christmas! Yes, I know I'm a day late. 

 I've been spending my Christmas break here at the school working on staff. It's been a lot of hard work but also a lot of fun and I'm learning a lot of things. I'm working in the kitchen, which has been full of lots of little interesting jobs. While it wasn't my first wish to be doing work over my break, it's really been great getting to know the other students who stayed behind better and we get a lot of awesome food too. The hours are long and yet there's something quite satisfying about going to bed utterly exhausted and knowing that a hundred and sixty guests have been well fed because of my small part in everything. 

 Learning to do everything has been quite an adventure. Besides burning my first batch of toast completely, I regularly seem to burn my fingers everywhere I go, but I haven't dropped anything yet so I suppose it all balances out. 

 About 16 other girls and I are staying in a huge room called "The Zoo", with half walls separating the room into little sections. I was a little concerned when I first heard where I was staying but I'm actually really liking it. It's sort of been like camping, with many good small conversations with different people who I haven't really talked to yet. And thankfully everyone goes to bed at a decent hour, so sleep hasn't been an issue.

 After this week, I have one more week of intense working and then the third week will be a little more relaxed, as there won't be any guests around. Hopefully in that week, I'll have more time to write more poems. I've been getting a lot of new ideas but haven't had time to write. 

Have a wonderful Christmas and new year!