April 28th, 2014

I woke up at 8 to someone using a leaf blower right outside my window. I couldn’t get back to sleep so I made breakfast and stared at the wall for a few hours.

Around 10 I got on my moped and headed into Waikiki to ride around and then I went to the beach. I got home around 3 and I got ready for work.

It was a mind numbingly slow night even though half my section was filled up with a party that I was splitting with another server. The hostesses kept coming up to me asking if I could take random tables all over the restaurant. I didn’t mind because it meant that u was busy.

I got home around 10:30 and talked to Rebecca for a little before she fell asleep.

April 27th, 2014

We woke up around 10 and got ready for church. There weren’t as many people in the second service today so Rebecca wanted to sit a few rows closer to the front. I tried to convince her not to get too close to the front in the off chance that a velociraptor might jump from the stage and start eating people.

After church we went home, made lunch and then we hiked Diamond Head. As soon as we got to the top, we were swarmed with bugs, not just pesky flies, but something more sinister looking. We stayed at the top just long enough to realize we didn’t want to be there and we headed back down the mountain.

We got home, showered and went on a grocery run. Afterwards Rebecca graded papers while I made dinner.

April 26th, 2014

I woke up around 9 and then Rebecca and I made a trip to Home Depot to buy some plants that allegedly repel mosquitos. I walked over to costco to get a hot dog for breakfast.

We got a bunch of various plants, I even picked up a strawberry plant. We drove over to Best Buy to look at the Windows Surface which is the tablet I am saving up to buy. It will replace my laptop and hopefully enable me to start writing all those romance novels I have been waiting to start.

We got home and my DVD of the Seahawks Super Bowl arrived. We quickly planted all of our new plants and I sat on the floor to re watch the Super Bowl. 2 minutes into the DVD I realized I had received the 2013 season highlights and not the Super Bowl. I still watched enthusiastically and I almost shed a tear when they won the NFC championship game.

I was in a great mood and I rushed to get ready to go to work. I was in an ok section, not a great one. For some reason it has been a slow weekend. I finished up around 10 and headed home to watch the highlights from the Sounders win.

April 25th, 2014

I woke up at 11:30, it looked cloudy and windy so I stayed in until I had to go to work.

I got there an hour early and was able to get into a busier section. It was still kind of slow for my taste.

I got home around 11:30 and watched Netflix.

April 24th, 2014

I woke up at 9 and had something for breakfast, I don’t remember what it was.

It was my day off and I was planning to enjoy it. I spent around 2 hours riding around Waikiki looking at various hotels so I would be able to make educated suggestions for places to stay when people come to visit.

I finished up and ride around Diamond Head and just kept riding. I passes Hanauma Bay and as soon as I crested the hill, I was met with a fierce head wind which slowed me down to 20 MPH. I pressed on past Sandy Beach and noticed the speed limit was 45. I have only gotten the moped going 45 MPH once, going downhill with a tail wind. I decided I shouldn’t tie up traffic so I headed home to get started on dinner.

I prepared some non spicy curry sauce and started thawing chicken and then I checked Facebook. One of my coworkers was desperately trying to get the night off even though her shift started in one hour. Being a kind coworker, and needing the money, I picked up her shift and scrambled to get ready.

I started work and it was a very slow start, but around 8 we got a late rush. In the last 2 hours I sold more food and beverages than I did in the first 4 hours.

One of my tables came to find me after they were leaving to shake my hand and tell me that I had given he and his family the best service they have ever had. All I really did was joke around with the kids at the table, but it was a great complement.

I finished up around 11 and headed home. Rebecca was already asleep so I watched a show on Netflix and went to bed around 2.

April 23rd, 2014

I woke up at 8 and enjoyed more goldfish crackers. I left for work early so u could stop by my old bank and withdraw money to deposit into my new back. My old bank has no ATM machines, which means I have to go inside and deal with people. I rushed to get to the bank last night before it closed. I was there at 4:53 and saw they closed at 4. Not very accessible. I wanted to bash my helmet through the window but thought better of it and left angrily.

I got to work with 5 minutes to spare and spent the first 45 minutes waiting for a table. It was a dreadfully slow day.

I got home around 5 and Rebecca and I went to the restaurant next to mine and we got fish tacos. They were excellent. A much more sustaining meal than goldfish crackers. After dinner we went to the grocery store and then we got ice cream for desert. We went home and I did laundry and then we relaxed.

April 22nd, 2014

I woke up at 7 and got ready for work. Breakfast consisted of goldfish crackers and dr pepper.

I got to work at 08:30 for my 9 o’clock shift. It was my first time opening the restaurant and it was slightly eery being there alone. Of course the kitchen was full of people, and the manager, bartender and two other servers and a handfuls of hosts were there as well, but I felt isolated and alone. The first hour was spent setting up the restaurant, the next 45 minutes were spent goofing off.

We had a contest today. The manager drew a 10×10 graph and each line had a number, and a letter. 100 squares in all. We were given a list of food and drink items to sell and every time we sold one, we chose a square. It was a game of battleship. Because I thrive on competition, I had 6 hits, 3 misses, and I sunk one battle ship. The top 3 servers were awarded a Gouda burger which was specially made by out head chef. It was amazing.

I got home around 5 and Rebecca and I went to a salon for pedicures. She originally wanted to go for our anniversary but she decided to go sooner. I have never had a pedicure before and I didn’t really want one. One of my earliest childhood memories is me sitting on the bathroom counter screaming and crying as my mom clipped my toe nails.

As soon as the pushy Asian lady started with the clippers I was squirming in my chair like a pillowcase full of kittens. It felt like she was torturing me for information. I thought for sure she was going to shove bamboo under the nails and demand the location of the rebel bases. I was on the brink to confessing to the assignation of JFK, Abraham Lincoln, and the location of the Arc of the Covenant. The entire time the lady would speak in a foreign tongue to her coworkers in a mocking condescending way about me. Needless to say it was not a pleasant experience.

We got home and I relaxed by watching Netflix and inhaling goldfish crackers.

April 21st, 2014

I woke up around 11 and figured I had already put forth enough energy for the day. I thought about going back to bed but I despise being in the same place for too long. I get cabin fever in a crowded mall.

I took my tips from the week to the bank and deposited my paycheck. 79 hours of work and I earned $139.53. I love taxes. I went to my new favorite sandwich place and ordered the Bj Penn Knockout sub. The guy asked if I wanted a 1/2 sandwich or whole sandwich. Not knowing better I asked for the whole sandwich. It was almost 7 feet long, well maybe not that long, but close. I stuffed my 137 inch sub into my backpack and zipped down to the cinema to watch a movie about a man who builds a boat to save animals from a flood.

After the movie I was riding home with 5 feet of uneaten sandwich in my backpack when it started raining. There is something scary about watching a movie about Noah and then getting caught in a rainstorm.

I rode home, dried off and then started making curry chicken for dinner. We had bought a new curry paste which was much too spicy for Rebecca’s delicate tastebuds.

We spent the rest if the evening watching shows on our separate devices and we went to bed around 10.

April 20th, 2014

I woke up at 11, right as Rebecca came home from church. I’m surprised that I slept for so long, but I’m starting to feel better.

My biggest accomplishment for the afternoon was sitting up to eat an entire sleeve of saltine crackers and a Gatorade.

At 3 I woke up from my nap, took a shower and got ready for work. I was there early because I was hoping it was going to be busy.

It was slow, too slow. I was bored so I had to find ways to entertain myself. After an hour I was feeling dizzy and weak. It was then that I realized I hadn’t really eaten for the past 2 days. I remedied this problem with a lot of soda and ginger ale.

Our restaurant shares a kitchen with the restaurant next to us, I decided I was bored with the choices on our menu so I walked next door and ordered the fish tacos. I’m glad I did. I finally found fish tacos comparable to the ones I had in Mexico. I inhaled all 3 tacos and was craving another round, but I used self control and made a self declaration to return for more another day.

I got home just before 11 but Rebecca was already asleep so I entertained myself in the other room by making origami birds out of old receipts and loudly humming songs I don’t remember the words to.

April 19th, 2014

I woke up at 9 feeling worse today than I have all week. It was 77 degrees outside and I was curled up under the blankets shivering like a singed koala looking for a 24 hour burn center.

I took a hot shower and just sat on the floor trying to get warm. Once the hot water was gone I got dressed for work and laid on the bed until it was time to go.

I got to work and my manager asked how I was. “I think I’m dying” was my reply. He asked if I was getting sick and I told him that I was getting sick last week, today I was full blown sick. He laughed and told me to stay away from him. It is the same plague that has swept through the restaurant. Most of us can’t afford to take a day off so we come in, suck it up like grown ups and try to earn a living.

I must say that going to a place where I serve food while having a temperature of 101.5, dry hacking cough, shortness of breath, and liquid naughtiness pouring out the back of me might not be ideal, it sure beats having to dive through dumpsters looking for scraps.

It was a busy day, and I was in a busy section. My entire body was moist with sweat, yet I was freezing the entire day. Because this is a holiday weekend, they did not allow anyone to work double shifts, except me and one other fellow. I had a 30 minute break before I started the night shift in a section kept at a frigid 78 degrees by the air conditioner. Everyone else kept complaining about being too warm, but I filled my free time by hiding in the kitchen next to the broiler to keep warm.

I got home just after 11. Rebecca was in her way to bed and I was physically exhausted after a 12 hour workday, but my brain was working on overdrive from over stimulation and the energy drinks I used to keep me going.

I was told my the managers that I needed to get either my Sunday night or Monday night shift covered because I was going to go into overtime if I didn’t. Many of the other servers are fighting for hours and I am having to give mine away after only working there one month.

I stayed up until 2 watching Netflix.

Here is a video I made a few years ago about how Easter eggs are made, I hope you enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTM0a73Hb6k&sns=em