you belong among the wildflowers
You know what the sign of pure insanity is? When you own 3 greyhounds. Welcome to my family. I'm sure that anyone who knows my fam knows how goofy they are anyway but seriously now...4 dogs?! Not to mention the other thousands of animals we have running around here. Most of my friends have like a dog and MAYBE a cat...maybe...but no we have to multiples of 10 in each species. Whatever though I instantly fell in love with her and she's the coolest. Her name is Blizzard and she's such a puppy. So I've been working my life away. Which is good but still it sucks at the same time. I know that the rest of my friends are working too but still I'd much rather be doing something else...as long as it pays super good. But let me tell you about last night at work. It was f-ing ridiculous! No one will understand the hell that I am about to talk about unless you too have worked in the restaurant business. There is absolutely no comparison. It's one of those things where you can't let it get to you at the time and then hours later you can laugh about it and ask yourself how you got through it without going postal. Seriously. So this group of 15 women come in for a graduation party. Normally I can handle 15 people...no big deal but as soon as they walked in my manager and I both knew that I would need someone else with me. So Beth is helping me out and instantly they start running us everywhere, While at the same time bitching and acting like we are stupid and have no idea what the hell we are doing. Mind you this is Saturday night and we are kinda busy as it is..especially the bar sooo yea they all order these hella hard to make drinks from the bar and this one lady sends hers back THREE times!! For the f-ing stupidest reasons too...the one I like the most was that she didn't like the way that the colors were blended and wanted what the lady next to her had. BITCH! I just want all of you out there that have never waited tables to know that people like this are the most hated and loathed individuals in the restaurant business. Oh so yes the rest of their time there was like this. At one point this 7 yr kid sent back his hot dog bun bc it was too hard. You think that's bad? Yea well he sent it back again...it wasn't warm enough. Apparently this child was the connesieur of hot dog buns. Beth and I decided that's when you know you have parented your child the wrong way...when you let them send back 2 different hot dog buns bc they aren't up to your oh-so-high standards. What the best part about the whole thing was that my parents were sitting at the table right across from them and my mom told me later that every time me and Beth walked out of the room they started saying really bitchy things about us. Oh if only I was in there to hear it...these are the times when I thank heaven for gratuity! Whatever I'm over it...shitty people happen and I have learned in this business to let it go...they all make good stories for others to laugh at. So just so you all know...next time you are a shitty guest at a restaurant you WILL be made fun of and disliked incredibly. So be nice.
So I have been thinking a lot this past day about a convo that I had last night with this guy Peter from work. I definitely am not one to get into those hour long conversations with someone regarding controversial subjects like sexuality, politics or religion bc I know that I won't find my words and end up saying something stupid or whatever. And I believe that you can't change someone's perspective when they are set in what they believe. However I do like to express my own opinions when the time calls for it and I'm sure that many people know where I stand regarding my viewpoints...I guess if you don't just ask...but anyway so yea Peter and I were talking about this guy he had at one of his tables. This guy had no legs. Somehow it was brought up when Peter asked them if they wanted dessert that this guy's father had just died a few days ago and he wasn't in the mood for dessert. So Peter came up to me and said that he couldn't believe how God could just shit on someone so bad like that. He lost his legs and he just lost his dad. But I see it completely different. God didn't just "shit" on him. Every one is given different trials throughout life and it is how we deal with each that determines who we are as a person. I am the ultimate optimist. But in a good way...not that optimism is bad...but I see it differently. And that's what Peter and I were talking about. You can take a situation and do two things with it. Either see it as the worst possible thing that could happen to you and let it drive your life or you can see it as the worst possible situation but let it mold you into a better person. Maybe I just feel this way because I have had to deal with a number of situations where those two choices were the only ones that I had. I won't go into detail or anything but one involves my mom's family and relationships. I could see it as the most horrible thing and get stuck on it or I could have done what I did and realized that it was actually the best thing that could have ever happened to me! If this event had not happened I would definitely not be the person I am today. I would have a totally different life. And looking back at it I'm sure that I would have not liked that life. So that's how it is with this guy. God didn't shit on him. The cards he was dealt might seem incredibly horrible to us but he could look at either one of our lives and possibly think the same thing about either of us. It's all about perspective. Yes I thank God that I do not have to deal with the problems that he is but at the same time it tells me to not to take for granted the things that I have now. I was complaining last night that my legs hurt bc I had been on them all day and running my ass off but wait...I have legs! So I don't know. You might read this and be like "What the hell?" but whatever. So now I have a headache...hahaha ok I guess that's my sign to shutup.
Oh yea and Georgia left Saturday for Greece...I miss her already :( 5 weeks...geez...
"You belong among the wildflowers, you belong somewhere close to me. Far away from your trouble and worry, you belong somewhere you feel free"- Tom Petty
So I have been thinking a lot this past day about a convo that I had last night with this guy Peter from work. I definitely am not one to get into those hour long conversations with someone regarding controversial subjects like sexuality, politics or religion bc I know that I won't find my words and end up saying something stupid or whatever. And I believe that you can't change someone's perspective when they are set in what they believe. However I do like to express my own opinions when the time calls for it and I'm sure that many people know where I stand regarding my viewpoints...I guess if you don't just ask...but anyway so yea Peter and I were talking about this guy he had at one of his tables. This guy had no legs. Somehow it was brought up when Peter asked them if they wanted dessert that this guy's father had just died a few days ago and he wasn't in the mood for dessert. So Peter came up to me and said that he couldn't believe how God could just shit on someone so bad like that. He lost his legs and he just lost his dad. But I see it completely different. God didn't just "shit" on him. Every one is given different trials throughout life and it is how we deal with each that determines who we are as a person. I am the ultimate optimist. But in a good way...not that optimism is bad...but I see it differently. And that's what Peter and I were talking about. You can take a situation and do two things with it. Either see it as the worst possible thing that could happen to you and let it drive your life or you can see it as the worst possible situation but let it mold you into a better person. Maybe I just feel this way because I have had to deal with a number of situations where those two choices were the only ones that I had. I won't go into detail or anything but one involves my mom's family and relationships. I could see it as the most horrible thing and get stuck on it or I could have done what I did and realized that it was actually the best thing that could have ever happened to me! If this event had not happened I would definitely not be the person I am today. I would have a totally different life. And looking back at it I'm sure that I would have not liked that life. So that's how it is with this guy. God didn't shit on him. The cards he was dealt might seem incredibly horrible to us but he could look at either one of our lives and possibly think the same thing about either of us. It's all about perspective. Yes I thank God that I do not have to deal with the problems that he is but at the same time it tells me to not to take for granted the things that I have now. I was complaining last night that my legs hurt bc I had been on them all day and running my ass off but wait...I have legs! So I don't know. You might read this and be like "What the hell?" but whatever. So now I have a headache...hahaha ok I guess that's my sign to shutup.
Oh yea and Georgia left Saturday for Greece...I miss her already :( 5 weeks...geez...
"You belong among the wildflowers, you belong somewhere close to me. Far away from your trouble and worry, you belong somewhere you feel free"- Tom Petty