Survival

I survived my first day working in Italy! It actually wasn't so bad, despite the fact I'm the only student working there... and the only one who doesn't know any Italian. It's a really laid back place and I basically just help get people drinks and collect the empty glasses. It's very easy work; I don't even really have to take orders. I get paid 40 euro plus tips each time I work, which averages to about $55 plus tips. And the best part is that almost everyone who works there lives around the area where I live, so they drive me home and I can get home safely :) I work again tomorrow night because they were short staffed for tomorrow, but from then on I should just be working one shift a week. Yay! Such a relief to be having some extra money coming in.