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My Keys Journey… Part 3

Finally after 3 weeks of job searching I got an interview at another hotel here in Key West. The first interview went great! I knew I had the job in the bag. They emailed me later that day and asked for some of my references and if I could come in for a second interview. During my second interview they asked if I had any questions. As a matter of fact I do, I asked about the clocking in and overtime. They do follow all the rules and guidelines and I happily accepted the job. I have now been working there for a month in the reservations department. Last week for my birthday they bought me a cake and sang Happy Birthday to me. I turned bright red as I usually do in any of those situations.

I am starting to adjust to life here in Key West and think once I make a few friends I will really like it here. It’s always hard when you are somewhere and you don’t really know anyone. I do feel like I am very independent and I will be fine it’s just not so much fun right now. I do LOVE coming to the beach. There are 4 beaches on the island. Smathers beach on the northern part of the island closest to the airport. Higgs beach next door to the Casa Marina, Southernmost beach at the end of Duval St. and Fort Zachary Taylor where I am now. You do have to pay to get into Fort Zach since its a state park but I personally think that keeps some of the not so lovely people away and I am fine with that.

Every weekend I have off work I wonder oh crap what am I going to do this weekend. Yes I know I should be excited about having time off in Key West the possibilities are endless but things get a little boring when you are always alone. I did a Jetski tour with the company at work and that was a lot of fun. I had not been on a Jet ski since I was down here in 2011 and flipped it with my Mom on the back. So need less to say I was not thrilled about the idea but I knew I need to as some people say get back on the horse. It actually turned out to be a lot of fun. It was about a 90 minute tour, we went along the Gulf side of the island under the bridge by Boca Chica and to a sandbar that we were only in about 2 feet of water. At that point we were able to get off the Jet ski and play around in the sand. After that we headed down the Atlantic side of the island, stopping at Southern most point and Fort Zach along the way. Overall it was something I needed to do to loose my fear of them in the ocean.

Another thing I did was drive up to Bahia Honda state park. I was told by quite a few people this was a not miss thing to do and they were right. The park itself has 3 beaches, 1 is very shallow and great for kids, the other is on the other side of the parking lot and really nice view looking at nothing other than ocean and the last is on the other side of the park you actually have to drive there and that was my personal favorite one. Pretty sandy compared to Fort Zach and not a lot of sea weed like the others.

Part 4 coming soon!

Peace, Love and Tweeting! -tOr