First week

Well I am half way through my first of seven weeks training, its going well, I think! We've got a great group of new crew, 5 male and 8 female, we all get on well and have a laugh. The first two days we have had many many people coming to talk to us from HR, security, housing, licencing and various other departments. Today we had our grooming day!! This was the day I have been panicking about for months, I thought I was going to be told my makeup is all wrong because I don't usually wear it. But our instructor Omar made us all at ease by giving us all compliments followed by the buts tehe. He picked me out to do my makeup and done a fantastic job. I told myself before I went I would not be talked into buying loads of expensive products but after seeing myself I wanted everything he had used haha. There was a bit to much powder for me, but my eyes looked fab! After grooming we went to the uniform store to be measured for uniform and shoes, we will receive them in 3 weeks (ish).

Tomorrow we are going to the Etihad airways medical clinic to complete our medicals, I still have to get my yellow fever jag and one other which I cant remember. Its going to be a long day starting at 6am pick up!!

Oh I forgot to say Im living in one of the old building in the centre of town. My room is great and I have my own shower room but I am not keen on the area. At night there are allot of people hanging about and its a bit unnerving when your out my yourself, since I don't know anyone yet its a bit of a pain. My flat mate is lovely she is a cabin senior and has been flying for 9yrs so I can use her knowledge haha. I have already put my name down to move to one of the newer areas outside the town centre so fingers crossed it wont take long.

We received our safety and emergency manual yesterday its the size of 3 yellow pages stuck together! They keep telling us we will know it all by the end of training, Ill believe it when Ive done it tehe.

Ive just been out for dinner with my boyf (Rod), we went to TGI fridays, v v nice! I could do with a wee glass of vino to wash it down but I will have to wait till Thursday night yacht club happy hour haha.

Employment visa

Ive got a wee adventure to go on today!! Because I am in Dubai on a tourist visa I need to leave the country and come back in with my employment visa. So today Im heading down to the Etihad HQ near the airport to collect my employment visa from Celeste then fly to Bahrain and back. Im quite excited about it because I get to have a look at the new terminal, I have only been in the old one. I still have a few bits of make up to buy for next week so Im going to have a look in duty free, hopefully I will pick up a bargin.

I had my first snowboarding lesson on Thursday, it went really well its so much fun! Ive booked two more for Tue. I was v stiff yesterday and could hardly move, Im really unfit I must start to do more exercise!

One week to go!!!!