06.19.10

Today was the day we dedicated to the beach. It was perfect for it. The sun was hot and the clouds were gone. It was about 90 degrees with a slight breeze.
We lay out for a bit, but I am restless and want to explore the beach. I first walk through the rocks at the end of the beach, take some pictures and walk back. I passed a bunch of small black crabs and a plethora of snails in pretty little cone shells.
Then I get in the water a bit and walk down the beach. The first thing I noticed was how the sand sparkles. Even more so in the wake of the water as it pushes against shore. Glitter is just everywhere! The water is sparkling, the sand is sparkling. Its just the prettiest thing ever. It comes from all the elaborate shells in the reef, and the water channel leads it all to 4 mile beach!
4 mile beach is exactly that. 4 miles. Again, home to the infamous box fish; the beach is long, and mostly clean of remnant shells and rocks.
I noticed a few fish swimming near the waters edge, and they followed me as a I walked on. I kept my eyes on the ground, looking for stuff, even though I wasnt really expecting to see anything.
I did come to some washed up coconut. I picked it up, gave it s a good look and then scanned the surrounding area. I saw a dark shell piece that was buried partially by the sand. It looked kind of like a star, so I picked it up. YEP! Its a little star fish! I turned it over, and its little tentacles are moving around, and held firmly in its grasp is a tiny cone shell, inhabited by the tiniest little hermit crab I have ever seen. We all know my passion for hermit crabs, as well as my love for creatures, so you can only imagine how excited I was. The star fish was about the size of a silver dollar, and the hermit crab was tiny! Lol, the shell was about half the size of a dime and the crab itself was about half that. The little star fish must have gotten hold of the shell in search for a place to stick, not realizing it was another creature. I carefully plucked the hermit crab off the star fish and started to walk back, to show John.
The starfish slowly wiggled and stuck to my hand. The hermit crab was running around, excited to be able to walk again!
John and I took some pictures and then I freed them back into the water. This time, I put the star fish by the rocks and the hermit crab, away from the starfish.
We spent the rest of the day at the beach, before grabbing lunch and then heading home for my second day of work.
Today, the caller at the kitchen window was Olivia. Relieved that I didnt have to deal with Rads, I was ready to work!
Well Olivia and Rads are one-in-the-same. She had poor Sonja in tears, making her feel like an idiot because she was struggling with position numbers.
I just ignored it. I will continue to do the right thing, and work hard, and be respectful back.
The night was not nearly as busy as the other night. I had filled all the water jugs, I walked through and cleaned up the lounge, all the tables were cleared and set. I didnt want to just stand around so I started to polish some silver, which is what Olivia was doing as well. She snapped at me I dont need your help polishing silver you need to go do something more important. I wanted to snap back at her, letting her know that I some how managed to take care of all my other important and time consuming tasks. But didnt. I just turned around and walked away without saying a thing. So instead of helping her polish the silver, I walked around the restaurant for the remainder of my shift, doing nothing. I guess I did a decent job of making myself look busy cause they sent me home not to long after that.