Today felt so good.
I worked the morning shift. Which means I was up
at 9:35 and out my door by 9:50ish. My brother drove today. It's only a
3 minute trip. Tops. I had legit shoes today. And by that I mean I
didn't have to wear my character shoes and DIIIEEEE. A co-worker
(Jenni) let me use her shoes because she was not working today and
forgot to bring me the extra pair she was going to bring me. She took
pity. :) Sweet girl. So I wore comfortable shoes. I polished silverware
for about 30 minutes and at 10:30 got myself a piece of fried chicken,
some mashed potatoes and a sandwich. The food was okay. I was hungry,
so I didn't care. Back on my feet by 10:45 to set the tables. I worked
in the grill room. That's the tables around the bar. It was me and one
other girl, Holly. I've only worked 2 other shifts, both of which were
evening shifts and in the formal dining room and I followed my brother
both of those times so my experience is... limited. So people showed up
around 12. And at first me and Holly had one table and I followed her
and watched and helped where I could. And then 2 tables came in at once
and I got my first table all by myself! And then I got another table
for myself and another! Three tables. They were 2 toppers (2 people at
a table) and it was lunch so it wasn't terribly difficult. I think I
only messed up once, I forgot to tell a couple the specials. Oops. :)
But besides that I think I did very well. I probably could have been
more talkative but I was actually kind of shy. WHICH IS NOT A WORD
PEOPLE USE TO DESCRIBE ME. EVER. So.. that's a weird feeling. Time flew
by so quickly and 3:00 was there before I knew it. My feet hurt less
than they had the past 2 days and it was such a beautiful day, I just
couldn't help but feel awesome.
So I went back to my apartment.
My brother left. I made a grilled cheese, ate some ritz cheese crackers
and drank a pepsi while watching Ellen and Oprah. I decided to go
"into town." Around 5. So I found the ingles and dollar general and it
was in this cute little po-dunk-ish "square." There was a little
bookstore that I went into and just browsed. I went into the dollar
general and picked up some stuff. A notebook, bread, hot chocolate,
mashed potatoes, cough drops. Just some stuff! Then I went to Ingles
and got stamps! It's just these little things, this alone time, and
being productive that made me appreciate life. It seems so mundane and
so simple and so... little... that it almost seems pointless but it was
so nice to just be alone. It's great to do those things with people,
but it was so nice to just slow down and do something for myself.
The
drive into town and back was beautiful. Window down. Music blasting.
(Third Eye Blind, OneRepublic, Sara Bareilles, Fiona Apple) A
breathtaking view of the mountains.
When I got back to my
apartment I decided to be even more productive! So I started doing the
dishes. Unfortunately, my pipes were leaky! My supervisor who lives
next door to me (who looooooves me, by the way) fixed my problem though
so I did the dishes. I finished the dishes and it was around 7:30. I
decided I was going to go to sunset rock. It's this.. big.. rock..
mountain.. thingy.. and it's got the most beautiful view. It was an
easy drive, again, window down, music blasting, beautiful view. I
parked my car and went and sat down on the rock. Had some music playing
on my ipod, brought out my journal and I wrote. Just... stream of
conscious writing... It was windy though so my hand was pretty cold. I
took some beautiful pictures (A few are posted on my facebook, I'll
post a few here). And I set myself a mission.
I drove back,
feeling amazing. Cooked myself some dinner. Mashed Potatoes and
Cincinatti Chili. (Spaghetti Noodles with Chili sauce). It was
delicious. I haven't cleaned those dishes yet, but I think I can be
forgiven since I did a bunch earlier, right?
I just... feel... different. It's good. And indescribable.
My mission: Discover self-beauty.
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