Yay... I finally got a job. I will have to be very honest, though. It does not pay well - and the worktime is abusive: 4pm to 12am. My mom will go crazy when I tell her I work from 4 to 12, and NOT from 4 to 10, like I informed her.

However, it is a very pleasant job. I am a receptionist at a youth hostel located in Ipanema - the busiest neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. I have to deal with all the paperwork, show the guests all the hostel, give them information, constantly check the hostel's e-mail and online bookings, deal with phone, phone bookings...pheeeew. Yeah, but hey, it's fun - I get to meet travellers from all over the world, and they are usually very nice. At least so far.

Since yesterday I have been training and the girl who trains me is very nice. Not an open person and not talkative, but very nice. I will train tomorrow, and Saturday will be my first day totally alone. On Sunday I will have a break, and Monday I will officially start working, and actually get paid and stuff.

It's a completely new life. I will do my best at work, always. I'll get paid every 5th day of the month, but I still have to think of what I am going to do with the payment. I haven't decided yet. Actually I will only be able to decide it when I get my documents signed and I become a legal worker.

There is a problem ahead though: I still didn't go through the army's recruitment, and that makes it impossible for the hostel owner's to sign my work card. I may have to work UNSIGNED until September, which means that technically I never worked in June, July and August, and that will delay my retirement time. Sigh. Always a problem. I don't know what is going to happen yet, since my meeting with the owner about the documents is going to happen monday - until then, I'm in training.... only training. Getting used to everything. Getting used to a whole new life.

9:43pm... 2 hours to go home. 3 hours to actually BE home, because it takes me about an hour to get home. But it's a part of it - everything is a part of it. I need to start doing more things to improve my life. Life's always been easy to me. And the fact that life's been easy on me my whole life only made me depressed and everything else... but I'm not getting into that, not now.

It's good to have a new daily challenge, and to stick with it, with everything I can do.