History Museum Week 7 (5/6-5/11) Thursday & Friday

Posted on May 10, 2024 by Ella Alt

Thursday, 5/9:

Like every Thursday, I was stationed at the Key Bistro until about 2:00. We have some new policies like guests have to be seated by a waiter or greeter rather than seating themselves. We also no longer allow Express Cafe customers to sit in the restaurant portion. This made it a lot easier to manage and we also had a full staff so that helped as well. There were a lot of people that were all very nice and I got a lot of steps in! I skipped breakfast and drank a Celsius so I felt really jittery, but luckily I got my free meal, which was a delicious (it was a chicken sandwich with avocado, lettuce, onion, tomato, and bacon and French fries). I also got the film camera photos from prom back today and they are so cute! After that, I met with Hana to go over the slideshow of the accessibility features. After that, I was free until 4:30 so I just took a bit of a rest and walked around the galleries. Then I worked with Maggie and Lydia at our table for the concert. It was very fun because we had a wheel you could spin for prizes if you filled out a survey. I also saw two people that some of you may remember (Dr. Urbano, you definitely will). So, I had gone inside to re-fill my water and as I am walking back out through the grand hall, I pass, none other than Mr. and Mrs. Voekel (Ryan and Elliot’s mom and dad). I was like “Oh my god! Mrs. Voekel!” but literally if I hadn’t turned my head at that exact moment I would have totally missed them! After that, Mrs. Voekel texted my mom saying it was so good to see me and that I looked so beautiful, which was very sweet to hear. After my mom picked me up, we took a trip down memory lane. We drove down Fiddle Creek Road and out to St. Albans. It was honestly so cathartic and ever since we moved locations, we barely even go down Fiddle Creek anymore. It’s just crazy to think that that era of our lives and of TFS is just over now.

Friday, 5/10:

Friday, I worked HED (History Exploration Day) for kids. I helped hand out raffle tickets, which were for winning a free book (there were two books, but it was the same book). The book was by this mother and daughter about perserverance and they were our guest readers, after Julie read a book on soccer and on riding a ferris wheel. Then I just did crow control for our face painting table. Then I sat at the touch table with Elena where we mostly just chatted. I love Elena and I am so sad she is leaving in June because she is such a sweetheart. The rest of my shift was spent cutting out school busses, which was bussin’ and then just being a general way finder and gallery attendant. After work Friday, my mom and I are going to this vintage clothing night market held by May’s Place at the City Foundry. It’s all outdoors and there are lots of different local vendors there, which is really cool. I was originally going to try to work Mondays at May’s Place, but since I was already exceeding my hours requirement, I decided just to let me have that day to myself, which Dr. Hurwitz is so right, we do NEED to implement a four day work week! Speaking of Dr. Hurwitz, I got a really nice email from him on this day. I really miss him and not getting to be in his class, but I also really enjoy Mr. Kickham as well. It’s cool though that we are able to stay in touch some.