After my lunch shift today, I have a meeting with the service manager, the current DC, and my co-DC (apparently Meg and I are already Co-DC's, we don't have to wait until August-ish for the title) to discuss the delegation of duties once we are finished with our summer training. The duties will shift to Meg and I having more responsibility during ( Read more... )

Dinner was not incredibly busy last night, so The Husband brought The Kids up to MG for a birthday dessert. They had cut to closers right before their arrival, but I only had two more tables after they showed-up, so it wasn't all that terrible. At first, The Girl made her requisite request for mac&cheese, but was eventually persuaded to have ice ( Read more... )

Is what it costs to make 10 batches of dirt cake. On sale, the ingredients came to about $10.00/batch for a total of $100.00. Then, throw in the cost for 10 buckets to put them in at $1.99/bucket + tax for about $21.00. Grand total: $121.00. Of course, I have the receipts to submit for reimbursement. And, I am getting reimbursed for this. I'd ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, the managers were having a meeting at one of the booths. One of the things they were discussing was the aforementioned entry regarding the May 1st protest. The other issue of importance was Mother's Day. It's apparently their 3rd most popular/busy day right behind Valentine's Day and New Years' Eve. As such, I am scheduled to ( Read more... )

Working weekends can suck. I don't always get to hang out at various functions with friends/family. I had to work Easter Sunday (among other holidays I might otherwise have off). That said, it gives me the advantage of being off two days during the week to do things that I may not be able to do on the weekends. It gives me the ability to be home ( Read more... )

"Why couldn't it be, 'follow the butterflies?'" I so identify with Ron Weasley. I don't really have a strong liking for spiders. For some reason, though, they always seem to make a public appearance when I'm home, in the bathroom, usually getting ready for work. Now, I know spiders are supposed to bring good luck, or something, and Lord knows I ( Read more... )

Thanks all for the warm welcome to LJ. I'm still stumbling through figuring this whole thing out. I'm sure my journal will take on various incarnations until I find something I'm reasonably happy with. There's scads of stuff I don't know how to do; but maybe in his copious amounts of spare time(tm), The Husband will provide some tech support for ( Read more... )