#I wanted to go on Saturday but I got the schedule wrong 😭😭😭

[bumblingbee1]

Fucking hell, I finally managed to get the schedule right!! 😭😭

[spacheco14]

Saturday, June 1st, 2024

A full month has gone already! May went by in a flash!

Saturday was the beginning of the month of June and about, I believe, my 5th shift. This shift, though, I was all alone! 😭I checked the schedule like 100 times to check that I wasn't just looking at the wrong date or something, but nope!

Going to the airport, I was so nervous, but as the day went by, it was not bad at all! I started to feel more confident and I think it ultimately benefitted me. Something new about this shift as well was the kiosks they put in front of the counter; they look so nice and modern!

With the picture of the paper I took, that's a new habit I've started doing since my 2nd shift, when one of the Dnata employees gave me a paper that looks similar. Its something I wanted to take the initiative in doing, to know what flights we have today and when passengers can start checking in, along with having to not ask the employees all the time what flights we have - its something I could do by myself, so I do it! And, at the end of the day, its also helping myself, so win-win!

Finally, on this day, I also saw an Azores Airlines/SATA plane out the window, which made me so happy! They're almost always the counters right beside Transat's but I finally got a picture! My parents and the rest of my family are from the small but beautiful Azores islands and having seen a glimpse of the plane really cheered me up.

AND, just as an aside as well, because SATA is almost always there beside us, it really helps me in my goal of speaking more Portuguese 😉😄. When someone asks me where the SATA counter is, I try responding in Portuguese!

I feel I'm improving slowly and steady, but I for sure will continue - I need to have a full conversation (1 of my SMART goals) after all! :)