Week 3: Thursday 4/11

Here is what I did at the museum on Thursday, since there is a lot I will make a separate post of what I did Friday and Saturday for the gala.

Thursday 4/11:

My first work I did was work as greeter at the Key Bistro from 11:00 to 2:00. A big perk are Char, Anthony, Pierre, and Dan who are all very nice to talk to. Today, Pierre was walking up to Dan, and Dan was like, “Oh, what’s up, man?” And Pierre goes, “Not much, baby girl.” Oh my word, too funny. I would also like to say my outfit was slaying Thursday, unfortunately it almost tried to slay me! I say slay me because I was actually wearing a jacket made out of butchering knives, so every time I turned I was almost stabbed. Just kidding. OK, here is the OOTD (Outfit of the Day, in case you don’t know the lingo). I wore these wide legged pleated, high waisted, trousers my mom thrifted for 50 cents. They are so comfortable. Then I wear my mom’s old black tank top with lace trim around the sleeves and neckline. Then as a layer over top, I used my mom’s vintage white, silk button up as a layering piece. Originally, I was gonna button it up, but I liked it better open. The top also has these flowers and leaves pattern on it. It’s not embroidered onto the shirt, the best way I can describe is like they’re almost burnt into it, if that makes sense? Now here’s where I almost got slayed! I was wearing these vintage, black, platform, lace-up combat boots that were my mom’s in the ’90s. And my mom was like, “oh, make sure to maybe take a second pair of shoes with you if they get uncomfortable.” And I was all like, “Say less, boo thang! They’re already in my bag!” (I didn’t actually say the, “say less, boo thang!” part.) And my mom was like, “oh, those aren’t the pair where the heel is coming off, are they?” And I was like, “Nope, LOL!” They were really comfortable, so I figure I wouldn’t swap them out, until later that night, if at all. Then I went to Kat’s office to grab my bag before heading up to the Key Bistro, and BAM!!! The right boots heel came off, so I clomp out of the office and I am taking them off. Then I go to take off the left one, and its heel, also came off! I was like, “SHEEESHHH!!!! It’s a good thing this little goblin brought her converse!” and then I swapped out the boots for the tennis shoes. RIP those boots, I hope I can maybe repair them, somehow. Then I shadowed Dan, who I had not met before at the South (front desk). Dan was very cool. He is retired, but used to write the breaking news reports for KMOV Channel 4. Then he began volunteering at the museum and after a year, he decided to work a few times a week for pay. From 3:00 to 4:00 I stayed with Aslyn at the front desk, where I learned that Aslyn happens to be the one person in the whole museum (so far, maybe there are others) that likes the corn ice cream.Then from 4:00 to 5:00 MJ said I could work the grand hall desk by myself and gave me a radio (walkie talkie) to use if I needed it! An author gave a talk about it and signed books, and there were also a group of Lindenwood University students who came to the first part of happy hour in the lobby to share their projects on the different countries represented at the worlds fair. This is something that is really cool about the History Museum is that they partner with all of the local city colleges to do stuff like this.