Things are looking brighter

After a long time of being unemployed, again, I am finally going back to work! I took a bartending course at The Professional Bartending School (if you go there, make sure you say I (Gina Askew) referred you, plus it's really inexpensive).

 

So I am now a Certified Mixologist.

Even better, I was able to score not one, but two jobs! The first one is a Bartender at Red Lobster. The second one is Bartender at Jiffy Lube Live Amphitheater. I start training today at Red Lobster and on the 15th for JLL. I am so excited. I should do great at both. I was told by the hiring manager at RL that the bartender that I replaced and been "released" and went to work at another restaurant nearby and took all her regulars with her. However, I'm smart. Rather than use all of my friends to build up my clientele I am going to the local hotels. We have 12 within a mile radius. I honestly haven't bartended since 2001, that's a long time. And I was only there a couple of months because the owner was a huge douche bag.

Right now, I am so undecided. You may have read from my previous blog, that I want to move to Florida this summer. However, the night before Sam went into labor we had stayed up late, very late, having a conversation that we should have had MONTHS ago. It was about our futures. Hers as a mom, and me as a mom, and a single woman.

Sam & I playing pool the night before she went into labor

My new grandson, Jayden

 

After our discussion I realized, even more than I knew I would love my grandson and want to be here for him, I LOVE my daughters, especially this one. She was my first born. It was just me and her for the first 15 months of her life (her "bio dad" left and never came back with she was just 11 days old) and she was 4 before I had another baby. And If I left, who would be here for her? Yes, my ex does consider her his daughter, after all she was only 15 months old when we met. But I know he loves his other daughters, too. However, I know that I will always be here for her. She has a rough road ahead of her. She is a very young mother, unemployed, and still in school. She is an "adult" as of today, it's her 18th birthday. As much as I want to start over my life, as a single woman, I am her mom. The other 2 have "their" dad.

So that was it, I made my decision, I will stay here, work my ass off as a single mom working three jobs (the 3rd one is working for my neighbor). I need to save up money, a lot of it, if I want to move out and start over. Sam has plans & goals for her and her family's life. And as I know a little too well, you can have all the plans and goals that you want, but LIFE will still get in the way. Someone needs to help push her to achieve these goals. Her dad works a lot so I know he can't just drop what he is doing to run to her side. I can. And I will (as long as I don't get fired in the process). I can not be unemployed again. That shit sucks monkey balls.

As much as I hate being single, I guess it's something I will have to deal with until I am a responsible enough adult, none of my bills say "past due", and there is cash in the bank (all 5 accounts).

It has been a joy letting you know what's going on in my life right now. I hope to do another blog next week.

I'm a GlamMa!!

Well I am finally a Glamma!

 

Baby Jayden arrived on Tuesday, March 26 at 11:34pm.

Samantha at the hospital

The above picture is of Daddy, Mommy, and baby Jayden

 

 

Samantha did so good! We got to the hospital around 4:45pm. She was only there for almost 7 hours before he arrived. I had the pleasure of being the other person in the room during delivery. And I had serious multitasking going on. I had to hold one of her legs while doing a video in one hand, a camera in the other. She has my child rearing skills. I wasn't one for long labor either.

 

So the family is living with me for now. I don't want them to stay for more than six months, after all they wanted to start their family. Not that I am kicking them out, I am pushing them out, there is a difference. I know how much it sucks to have your own baby yet still living with your parents. Sam is doing great as a mommy. It's cute, when I listen to her talking to Jayden, and how she handles him, it reminds me of when I had her. I said and did the same things (I just hope she doesn't fall asleep with him on her chest and he rolls off and sleeps under the recliner and she forgets that she even has a baby- yes I did that, on my first mothers day).



 

 So many people came to see them at the hospital. Then we all got into trouble with the nurse because you can only have 4 people in the room, we had 9....ooops.

 

The girls are LOVING being Aunties. Yesterday was the best day so far, he was awake for a few hours. He normally sleeps all day and is up all night (like his mom). The girls rush home from school every day just to see if he is awake (or asleep) so they can play with him.

 

Auntie Kimberlee

 

                                                                  Auntie Meme

Gimme my "baby"!                                                                           

 

Me and Jayden

 

Yes, he already knows who his Gigi is. :)

Poppop (my ex)

Auntie Rikki (my sister)

 

Jaydens first bath

 

Jayden had been home a couple of days. I wanted to play with him but Samantha said she needed to give him a bath and take a shower herself (oh YES, she REALLY needed a shower). So I told her I would give him a bath while she took a shower. I had NO IDEA it was his first bath. I'm not going to lie, I was honored that I got to give him his first bath.

 

I just wanted to tell the world about his precious little boy!

What is 2013 bringing to the table??

Hello blog readers out there! I know, I know, I haven't been on here a while. First off let me say... DAMN YOU JODI!!!

So right now, it's midnight and I am baking cupcakes for my daughters baby shower. Which my daughter and her baby is what this blog is going to be about. So no shenanigans.

Currently my daughter is about ready to pop. She is due on March 31. Its been a rocky road. For both me, mentally and her-completely. You see, she is only 17. She will be 18 in less than a month, however not before she gives birth, to my grandson, Jayden Lajuan. I am not going to lie. At first I was very upset, VERY to say the least. I had preached to my girls (I have possession of 3 of them) to wait until they were at least 21 to have babies. Cuz kids, well kids drive you to drink. I don't care what any of you say, but I am sure you mommies out there enjoy your glass of wine one the kiddos are in bed. We all do. But no, not for her. Her baby will be 3 before she can buy her first bottle of wine, legally.



When I first found out, I was pissed. Pissed beyond belief. I expected so much more from her. I was already super mad at her boyfriend, which sucked because previously I loved this kid like one of my own. He was a cool kid, and most importantly my daughter loved him. But he did some stupid shit, that I wont go into, but he really turned me off. Like to the point I wanted to hire someone to "take care" of him. But as I know first hand, one thing you don't do is tell your daughter they can't be with someone, they will just want them more. Well before I knew it, he texted me and told me she was pregnant. I should have seen it, but I didn't. Out of the blue she stopped smoking. Well I got her into prenatal care. (I blogged about this before, but in case you didn't read it, I'll refresh your memory)

She had her first doctors visit and it went well. She went to work after that, and proceeded to call me a very short time after that that something was wrong, very wrong. I started panicking. I told her I would run to her work, literally, her work is just a mile away and she had the car, (I DO NOT RUN) and get her. She said they were sending her home. I called her doctors emergency line and waited for the call back, which seemed like forever. Well long story short, she was in the hospital with bleeding for a while. Her Dad even picked up her boyfriend and brought him. (see previous blog for more info)As much as both her dad and I hated her boyfriend at the time. Luckily the baby was ok, but she was on bed rest for a while.

Fast forward a few months... I am still angry at her boyfriend. And she tells me one day, Mom, you need to understand, he is my babys father, he is going to be here for the next 18 years. I looked her right straight in the face and I said, "oh yeah? where is your father?" (her dad (is Chris, my ex) and her father (is the jerkoff that doesn't pay child support) are 2 different men) Whatever, so I spent a few months being pissed. I really want her to have her baby daddy around, I really do. Its important. When you are pregnant, let alone young and pregnant, you feel like no one seems to understand what you are going thru. Some do, but you still feel that no one does. Luckily for me, I had my mom and my sister for me when I was going thru this when I was prego for her, but I was also in my mid 20's. Yes, I was prego before that, and very young, but that's a whole nother story, that will probably never be blogged about.


But I can tell you, her dad and her sisters love her more than ANYTHING, they will do anything for her!!! Let me just say that now. Mia (my middle one) loves Samantha and looks up to her much more than Sam will ever see. She has even been on me, "mom, what will it take for you to accept Jay again?" While I am made out to be the bad guy, she has those three. Someone has to be the bad guy right, she is only 17, this isn't a MTV reality show?

Well my mom had bought her a crib. It was delivered, and babydaddy put it together (with Sam supervising). But I felt there was something missing. So I fixed it. So here is what I did:

As you know, I have been considering moving to Florida for quite some time. I finally have that in the works. I chose June because that when Samantha was supposed to graduate. I was so proud of her, she was in her final year of school, on the honor roll, and pregnant.. YEAH!!! BEATING THE ODDS. She was busting her ass to have a baby and still graduate. I'm not sure what happened, but that's not happening now. I just found out recently that she wont graduate until December. I was disappointed, so disappointed to say the least. What are the odds that she is going to have this baby, be able to support him & her, and still continue school? Not very good. That's what they are. I am not going to lie. Especially if I am not here to push her. Then I found out that someone close to us told her, why waste your time, just get a GED. REALLY????? I was so pissed off, so PISSED! But then I thought, here's the history, her bio-dad graduated-he's a dead beat, I graduated-I'm a loser, her dad has less than an 8th grade education and he has a great job that he has been at for years, my sister has a 10th grade education and she has been at her career for 17 years, my brother also has a 10th grade education and he has a career he is happy with.... So with that, why would she want to waste her time going to school? ( I bought my class ring as a freshman, that's the only thing that helped me graduate) Granted she will be almost 19 when she graduates (so was I). WHAT DO I DO????!!! Do I make her continue school? Or do I consent to her getting a GED? Honestly, its not up to me... She will be 18 in exactly 28 days. Legally she can do what she wants, even though she is in my home! I truly want what she feels is best for her and her baby's future (lil Jayden<3). I do know that right now, little Jayden is ALL she can think about. We may be poor, but she has trolled craigslist and freecycle to get whatever she can for him. And her baby shower is Saturday, so I am sure she will get much more.

Oh, let me back up., So she hadn't gone to the doctor for a minute because she was waiting for medicaid to go thru. Yes, my (ex)husband as well as her bio father have insurance on her, but she wanted her own. No to mention that in 12 years her fathers insurance has never paid ONE claim, not friggin one! Yet, its considered part of his child support, that he doesn't pay either. oooo, So she finally went to the doctor. It was valentines day. I remember like it was yesterday. She wanted her babydaddy to come over, I told her NO! Yet I texted him and said yes, I wanted to surprise her. So I dropped her off at the doctors and went to pick up my friend and her boyfriend. I get back to the house and I drop her man off and call her to see how the appt is. She said she hadn't even been seen yet that she was still in the waiting room. I pictured in my head the lobby waiting room. NO, she was naked in a "waiting room" for over an hour!! So I just stayed home and cleaned. Finally she calls me. She has that "tone" in her voice. The same tone she had when she called me from work that horrible day. She says, Mom, I need you to come get me and take me to the hospital. HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!!!! My heart starts racing!! I ask what the hell is going on! She said the doctor examined her and she was 3 centimeters dilated and 60% effaced. OK, having 4 kids, I know that's not much, but the fact that her doctor told her to get to the hospital, must mean something more! So valentines day dinner is screwed. I tell the other 2 kids to stay there(at home) that I have to take their sister to the hospital (thinking that I was taking her to prince william, which is right up the street from the house) and I would be right back. So I grab Mr E so he can drive, and I grab the babydaddy and we leave to get her. So we pull up, I have her man lay down in the seat to surprise her, she looks pale as a ghost (not that I have ever seen one, but I am assuming that's what it looks like) and she goes to get in, but the way her face lit up when she saw her boyfriend, I knew at that moment, I had to set aside my personal feelings toward him. She gets in and tells us that she has to go to Fairfax Hospital, OH HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE that hospital!  I have given birth to 3 babies in that hospital and not one was a good experience. (Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge is a different Story) So I take her to Fairfax, we are there for 3 hours before we find out we are at the wrong hospital. She was supposed to go to Fair Oaks. So we hall ass over there. Well she is there for a few more hours, and they just send her home and put her on complete bedrest. SUPER!!!!

She had her next appointment almost 2 weeks ago. Everything was the same but she is still on bedrest. Like, seriously, she is on best rest. If she is not driving her man around for job interviews (yeah, baby daddy), all she does is lay in her bed. I HATE IT!!! I want her to hang out and watch movies with the rest of the family. If she doesn't do it now, I fear she won't ever do it again. Again, I plan on moving in a couple of months, I want to enjoy every moment with her. OH speaking of that, so the last doctors visit, oh that was truly AWESOME!! So she was laying on the mini-bed, and I was next to her, daddy was on the other side of me. And I look over at her, and I can see little Jayden kicking the shit out of her! It was so cool!!! Kind of like when you happen to feel a pregnant woman's belly and the baby kicks, but it was so different. Cuz I wasn't touching her, I was looking at it. Granted, I have been there done that. But its so different on someone else. then I started thinking. I Don't have ANY friends or family that have had kids that I have been a part of. Not a single one. Then that got me, wow! WTF!

So here we are. Sam may have her final prenatal doctors appointment tomorrow. She is having her baby shower on Saturday, so frigging excited, which is the only reason I am up this late doing a blog, because I have to make her cupcakes. When I should be sleeping because I have a speed test tomorrow morning!! UGH!! But I really need to vent this. Because I have no friends that I can talk to that can really understand what I am going thru. My friends are either having babies of their own or their kids are going off to college. How do I compare?

Either way, moral of my blog, I am finally embracing being a Glamma. I always thought my cousin Nikki would beat me to it, but no. And that's fine. You know why, because any day after Saturday I am going to have a new baby in my life! And I know he is going to be gorgeous!! HELLO he has 50% of my genes (yes, I said 50%). And I am Happy about it! It took me a while, but whatever, as long as I am happy before he gets here, that's all that matters, right?

I LOVE YOU JAYDEN, I can't wait to meet you. And Samantha, I wish nothing but the best for you, Jay, and Jayden. You have been a great daughter. I look forward to being a great Glamma.

 YOU GOT THAT????? I AM A GLAMMA, MY NEW NAME SHALL BE GI-GI!!!

Proper Tipping

Well, I have been wanting to do this blog for over a month now. I only have limited time so I will do this as fast as I can. I am (for now) a breakfast server at a hotel restaurant Inn in Manassas, VA. And I fucking HATE it! Let me tell you why, our breakfast is either a $7.99 buffet or a full breakfast menu. However the buffet is included in the Platinum members rate. Yet they give it to everyone. The voucher they get says that it gives them one free buffet, dine-in only, gratuity not included. Yet the majority of the guests do not tip. Especially these asshole construction workers that are there at 5:55am with their muddy ass boots tracking mud all over the damn floor! They piss me off every frigging day! So you know what I started do to them? No, I didn't start spitting in their food. For the ones who drink coffee I only serve them decaf coffee. I figured that's the best way to get back at them without getting in trouble. Now the business travelers, they usually tip. Anywhere from $2-$5. So in a 5 hour shift I am making anywhere from nothing (it did happen once, 25 of those assholes and not one tipped) to as much as $60 (that was a very busy day and only happened twice) when it was mostly business travelers. Two days this past week I also had to wait on a group of 65 high schoolers and chaperones. Did I get anything from them? NO. Yet the hotel charged them a 20% gratuity & service fee. And they were so demanding. Also, I was supposed to be off Christmas. However the woman scheduled quit during her shift on Christmas Eve because I had been given 4 of her 7 shifts. Well I had 2 guests tip me $20. And had a few others tip $5-10. I think that's the day I made about $60.

OOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I forgot about a major part of why I wanted to do this blog. FAMILIES!!! OMG!!! I have been a parent for 18 years and a parent of multiple children for 14 years so I can totally let it out on this one. Families, when you go out to eat with your children 20% is the MINIMUM you tip. There is always a bigger mess to clean. More work to do (especially if we have to move tables around, that shit hurts a 40 year olds back). And you are usually treated extra special just so your kids don't get freaked out and start crying. As parents, we hate hearing our own kids cry, we really hate hearing yours cry. And if your kid/s are sick, you tip EXTRA. Odds are you are going to make us sick. If your kid pukes-CLEAN THAT SHIT UP!!!!! And if your server is fast enough and helps you, if not cleans it all up, you better tip real frigging good! I had this young couple and they had this little boy of about 4 years old. He was whiny and crying, snot going everywhere. And then the EXPLOSION! He just started barfing and barfing and barfing. I cleaned it all. I had extra towels around him right as the first blast started coming out. Did they even leave me a dollar? Hell no. I wished that he puked all in their car on the ride home. I could go on and on about asshole nontippers but I figured that's enough, now on to WHO to tip and HOW MUCH.

What I decided to do, I would "BING" (I use www.bing.com instead of google) professions that are tipped.

So here goes:

Server (seated)   *18-20% of check before any discounts
*these tips are usually shared with hostess/bartender/bussers
Server (buffet)   *10-15% of check before any discounts
*these tips may be shared with busser & cook
Hostess       *$0 (the server usually has to tip share with them)
*unless they gave you exceptional service like getting you a table during a busy time
take-out    * $0
Curb Side Delivery/Large take out orders/Complicated orders  *10-20% of bill before any discounts
Delivery Drivers  *15-20 of bill (MUCH MORE in inclement weather, they deserve it)
Bartenders    *18-20% (the bar usually tips out the barback)
Tip Jars    *NOTHING *unless you were provided exceptional service or a complicated order
Salon & Spas   *15-20% (some places tip share some do not, don't be afraid to ask)
Housekeeping   *$2-8 a day based on needs (limited rooms less, suites more)
Restroom Attendants $.50-$3 based on services (I thought this was the dumbest job until I was in Vegas one time in dire need of deodorant & perfume after a 12 hour gambling stint *good times)
Taxi   *15-20% of fare (more in hazardous road conditions, they deserve it) + $2 first bag $1 each additional bag (more for heavier bags)
Concierge   *Not required for questions answered, $5-$10 for restaurant reservations (more for hard to get reservations) $15/minimum to 20% of price of hard to get entertainment tickets



I know there are many more but since I don't have internet at home right now (rent was more important to pay) I have to use the library computer and my time is about out. Please feel free to comment any other tipped professions I will add them to the post the next time I get access. I hope to add some pictures too.

Thanks for reading! Don't forget to check out my other blogs.

When things get complicated

I hate it when life gets even more complicated than it already is. I am in the most screwed up position right now, I just don't know what to do.

I got a new job at the holiday inn near my house. I work in the mornings as a server and some evenings in the banquet department working parties. Well, I just found out that when I do banquet events I only get paid my hourly pay ($7). Yet the company charges the event holder a 20% fee. OK! I did catering sales, in a hotel. And I know damn well that we paid the individuals that worked that fee. The only person that doesn't get a part of it is the bartender. I busted my ass for this holiday party on Sunday. I was so pissed when I found this out! What fucking place does this? So I am back looking for a new job, again. I hate looking for jobs! I miss the days when they came to me. UGH! Its so frustrating. Oh, and when I work breakfast I don't make shit. I had been working with someone so we split tips. I was going home with between $15-25. I worked by myself twice this week. One day I made about $20 and then next $60. Sure, its not bad for 6 hours of work, but its not enough to take care of my family. So frustrated!

Men, men, men! Wow, now this is where shit gets complicated. So the man that I had blogged about in September (the one that I really liked but I fucked it up) is back in my life. But not how I want. He made it clear that we are "just friends". Or in his words, and I quote, "I like hanging out with you but that's as far as it goes. You're my friend but, I don't want more than that. I'm not the asshole, I don't mean to be. I like your company. I don't want to complicate that. I'm not a faker, if you feel that I led you on. I never told you I love you or that you're the one. We hang out, we have a good time. If you expected more you should have said something more"............... really douche bag??? What part of "hey, I see your single again. can I have another chance?" did you not fucking get? When I had texted him that, his reply was yes. Yet a week later here we are. I am not going to lie. I do enjoy being around him. I just don't know it its really him or just that I am with someone or just the fact that I am out of the house.

Cue next craziness, the ex, oh my the ex.... Well in October I made the "mistake" of telling my ex I was "excited". Well bam 45 minutes later we are naked in the bathroom at my work. Afterwards he says, this is just sex. Yeah, I am cool with that! Well this past weekend it happened again. I had sent him an email at 3am about the kids. He texts me back to see if I was still awake. And there you go, he's at the house about 30 minutes later. After we do our thing I pull such a douche move. I was like, well thanks for the awesome ass get off my bed and go sleep on the couch. And he's all like, yeah I guess it would confuse the kids if they woke up to mommy and daddy in the same bed. ya think??? He was supposed to come over the next day anyways to hang with the kids. In the morning the oldest kid texts him to see when he was coming over and he tells her that he is already here. All she could muster up was "awkward".

And the next guy.... Oh my! Now this one, I should not be talking to at all! Its just asking for trouble. But I can't help it, I like trouble. No he is not a bad boy. he is just young, very young. I met him 2 years ago when I was staying at my moms, from the same dating site that I met guy #1. He was 24 then. He is in college and he is very sexy! I have not had sex with him, yet. We only communicate 6 months of the year, the other six he is in another state. Well he is back home and hit me up the other day. Damn, why do I put myself in these spots? I like sex, I really really do. I am only with DB #1 so I can date other guys and not have sex with them. Yet I can't seem to find a guy that I like. One that I can just chill with like guy #1. Here's what I need, I need a human mixer. Take some parts from guy #1- how awesome it is when we hang out with the certain body parts of guy #2 and the fact that I can have him over my house and the "eagerness" of guy #3, that would be perfect. But no, life is no where near perfect!

Blah, all this thinking, cleaning, and job hunting for the past few hours has made me exhausted. I'm taking a nap.

Thanks for reading!

New Job...Work...Work...Work....

I am going to start off by telling you about the weight loss challenge. My friend Amber and I are busting our butts at the gym. We had gone almost every day last week working out anywhere from an hour to 2 hours. I didn't realise it was so fun to work out with a buddy. We did our measurements as well. I have done very well for our first week, now to just keep it going. Now with my work schedule it has been tough for the past few days.

Speaking of work. So I am not at MVC/Le Tache anymore (after December 11 I will do a massive bitch blog about them). I have been wanting to get back into the hospitality industry for a couple of years now. Looking for a new job had been so horrible! The online applications SUCK!!!! All I needed was a place that I could go in and apply in person because I am awesome!! Well that happened. I did it, and I got the job, on the spot! Where did I get a job you ask, well thats the sucky part. I got a job in the restaurant/banquet department of a Holiday Inn up the street from the house. Here's how it was explained to me, first start out doing breakfast serving in the full service restaurant, then add on working in banquets, then working server during the dinner shift, then to bartender. However, there is a huge catch. Noone can know of my experience. Which really sucks because I am a sayer not a doer! I get people to do work, I don't like to do it myself. For instance today, today they had to set up a conference in the restaurant area. OMG!!!!! it took them over 30 minutes to figure out how to set up the tables (for 12 people!!). It was as if they had never held a meeting at the hotel before, and its 4 years old. Finally I was just like, HOLD UP, look put the tables like this, place the other tables over there, cover them like this, and BAM. So then the Restaurant Manager (who get his, his last name is Asshat, HTF can I take anyone serious with a name like that) anyways, he gets there and asks why the meeting is set up like that. First I wanted to say, well you told me yourself that you don't have anyone reliable in the banquets department yet you are showing up an hour before it starts AND you still have to make their lunch???? Whatever, I told him why I thought it was the best way, not to mention it was listed on the banquet order to be set up like that. He looks at me and says, yeah you're right. DUH OF COURSE I'M RIGHT!!!! I wanted to just say, dude, I have worked in every department in the hotel yet I have never worked in one this small. I could do circles around you in my sleep! He talks to the staff like they are all stupid, which they totally are not, they are all Latina and smart as shit!! And really care about their jobs and making the customers happy.

Oh, let me backup to serving for breakfast. For the time being the guests get either a free buffet breakfast coupon ($8.99 value) or a coupon for up to $20 off anything on the breakfast menu. Well NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE orders off the menu. People will pay for only 1 guest in the room yet 4 will come to eat. The lady training me (whose birthday also happens to be the same as my daughters-TODAY) never offers it. I told her today, look, I know its going to piss off the ladies in the kitchen but I want to start offering the guests the menu. As of January 1 we will no longer be serving the free buffet anyways, why not start getting into the habit now. Right now we are making between $6-$20 a day in tips. That is not enough to live on! The breakfast prices are $8.99-$12.99 plus drinks and extras, that's at least $3 per person. Right now we are averaging $.50 a person. I hope she doesn't mind but I am trying it tomorrow. For example, we have had this group in house since Friday. And have only been tipped about $.50-$1.00 for their lunch (which was only $9.95) Most didn't tip at breakfast.

~ be tee dubbs people, if you go to a hotel and you get breakfast *even if its free, and you are eating off nice plates, real silverware, and someone gets you your beverage and cleans up after you TIP THEM YOU JERKS!!!!!

Anyways..... Well yesterday the RM sent my "trainer" home and had me stay to take care of the only 2 people who ordered food from the restaurant (I'll get to the shit in a minute). well, these 2 ladies lunch was $15.00/together. And they tipped me $6.00. OK, back to there only being 2 people eating lunch. FUCK THAT!!! The lady in sales who booked that shit needs to be slapped (especially since she is the owners wife, she should know better!!!) Our restaurant isn't open for lunch, just catering. Who the hell books a meeting for 35 people yet permits only 2 people to order? Seriously, we had to have a server, a cook, and a dishwasher on staff for a $15 tab, hell to the no!!!!! At least 50% or a minimum of 12 people need to order. We have alot of banquets and meetings this week. Hopefully I'll get to show my mad skills again!

I am also going to talk to the GM about working some dinner shifts. I am sure they make way more money, plus they get an automatic 20% gratuity for room service. Not to mention, I HATE working at 5:30am. Anyways, I hope that I can get somewhere with this job. Either way, it is my first steps to running a bed & breakfast, which I will do!

Damn, I really wanted this to be a more fun blog but I got on a rant. Tomorrow, or tonight if I can't sleep I will post about the dating thing.