This is my to do list today. And a cute note from my girl :) I have until 8. Lets do this!
Ahhh, the welfare office. Happy I dont have to worry about these things.
Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every “superstar,” every “supreme leader,” every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
I’m so happy to be working again. I was getting so antsy, waiting for advancement. All I wanted was to make sure I didn’t feel stuck again. I feel like that sometimes and it’s terrible. The only downsides of working again are not seeing my girlfriend so much, and the long commute to work. I work three towns over, 45 miles away, 40 minutes away. I take the highway/freeway to work and back every single day. It’s actually not too bad, the drives home are always pretty peaceful, the drives there a rush against time. I’m always early though, except for two days ago. Stuck in traffic, bumper to bumper for 25 minutes isn’t fun. In the hot Californian sun, none the less.
Working at Outback here is similar to the one in Hilton Head. Sell liquor, up-sell, get ‘em in get ‘em out, make money, 20% tip, bread, apps, drinking, cigarettes, rum and whiskey, manager/employee mingling, regulars regulars regulars. Barely any Takeaway though, which is disappointing. That could be an extra 25% in revenue if done correctly. The store runs a lot smoother than my home store though. Refrigerators in back to replace non-alcoholic bar drinks. Easy.
Waitstaff is pretty similar. Mistreated hostesses, under appreciated bussers, creepy servers. Plenty of funny people though, people I’ll be friends with in time. There are about four other girls with stretched ears though, and that’s really cool. I no longer stick out like a sore thumb at work. I’ve been invited to go to the movies with some of the girls, play basketball with some of the guys, and go out with them sometime. I’m excited to get to know the Palmdale area a little more. I want a more fulfilling social life, I just don’t know how to fit it into my schedule.
My car is 100% good to go now, after having to put 500 dollars in it for smog things, like new vacuum hoses and a new catalytic converter. Put a new fan in it a few days ago so I can run the A/C, which is nice. Next in my list is a radio adapter and possibly a new radio if the old one doesn’t work. Then a CD/cassette/radio tuner for my phone or iPod. Having that long of a drive everyday with no radio is tough, but I’m making due with my phone. After that is a new rear view mirror, blind spot negating mirror disc things, paint for the interior roof, and then a spare tire just in case. I see more blown tires and flats on my way to work than I can tell you.
Had a really great date with Monerah this evening. We went out to dinner at a Peruvian grill we’re becoming regulars at. I had my regular picante de vegetales and Monerah decided to try the Ceviche, too grisly. We had our usual dessert and then went to Target. We read books in the outdoor decor section and bought a book and a card for her mom for Mother’s day tomorrow (today.) The book is really funny, and I think her mom will relate to it. After that we went to a coffeeshop and watched some acoustic music with some college girl and then there was a Native American man and his band and they were really good. We had chai teas and ate lemon bars and brownies. Well, I ate the lemon bars. After that we went to Foster’s Freeze to get malts and fries and talk. I had a wonderful day with her, which is much needed as I wont see her at all tomorrow. I work a double from 12-8/9 and her from 6am until 12pm at the earliest.
Life is going well and I am quite happy right now. I’m excited to hear from my mom tomorrow about Mother’s day. I sent her a package with a koala mug from the San Diego Zoo, a cute necklace, a framed picture of me on the phone with her that Monerah printed and framed, and a home made card Monerah helped me with. I learned I am not good at making cards.
Some things about Outback are always the same though.
