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*sigh* i'm soooo glad i'm off tomorrow...i've had to close the past like three days at work...i used to absolutely hate closing at Panera but i really don't mind closing at Tumbleweed (i'm just really ready for a day that i don't have to close) because that means i'm the boss...i get to tell people..."clean this and then you can leave" or "go get me some more glasses for the beverage station" hahaha...i like that...& closing isn't hard and annoying (like at Panera i was cleaning up bread crumbs for 2 1/2 hrs)--it just means that i'm not gonna get home until, oh--11:30 pm...

i must admit, i've learned so much since i started working at a restaurant...
1) when you go out to eat, tell your server "i need some A1 sauce with my steak" or "can i please have some extra dressing with my salad" when you ORDER not after she's dropped your food off...it's hard enough to remember that table 51 needs extra napkins, drink refills, ketchup, and another bowl of chips & salsa but when you are trying to serve 4324839 tables at once, things get pretty chaotic...but if you tell your server when you order she can make sure to put it on the ticket so it comes out with your food...this reduces time spent running to and from the kitchen...which is really annoying...
2) at LEAST tip 10%...i've always been a really good tipper, but now that i work at Tumbleweed, i always wanna throw an extra dollar or two on the table before i leave a restaurant...you can ask tif, the other night when we went to steak n shake, our bill together was like $5 and i was like..."i can't just leave $1!!!"
3) the phrase "thank you" is never oversaid. i hate it when i carry a HUGE tray out to a HUGE party, pass everyone's food out, ask if everything's ok...and STILL don't get a little "thank you"...i know it's my JOB but some people don't have any manners...

so tomorrow instead of working, i'm gonna sleep in (what am i saying? i do that everyday until Tim texts me and is like "wake up" or tells Ally to get me out of bed!) [:-* for you sweetie!] & then who knows what i'm doing all afternoon...the mall has karaoke every thurs. during the summer, so me, my aunt, and cousins are gonna go to that...they usually go every week...but i haven't had a thurs. off to go since summer started...

i almost shit myself today when i looked at the schedule for next week and saw i was on there for 4 pm, 5 pm, etc...i was like...uhh wtf is going on? (VBS is next week, so i had requested only morning shifts about 3 weeks in advance so i could go straight from work to the church)...i guess i had put my requests in the wrong "book", so the manager had to redo the schedule just for me! lol so it's all good...but i was about ready to flip!

so is it just me or are gas prices slightly going down? gas at the gas station down from my house always has gas for cheaper than say, Newark or Columbus...but yesterday i noticed that even the gas in Heath was down to $3.75! i was like "dammmn that's a steal!" ;-)

anyways...my doggie is getting so old and her arthritus is horrible...she can't get up without help...my mom really wants to put her to sleep...she told my dad to call the vet today to see what we have to do for the whole process...i can't imagine life without her...i mean she's annoying at times, but i've had her ever since i was 5!!! so pray for that whole situation.

well i'm gonna get ready for bed. :-) night peeps! haha