Long Day

It was a very long day. I worked the lunch shift. I went in at 11:30 and didn't leave until 6:30. That may not seem all that long, except for the fact that the 11:30 person usually gets cut around 3 or 4. Two different times the manager told me I could finish my stuff and go, but then we'd get slammed with tables all of a sudden! It was a good thing, because I really needed to make money. But it kind of took over my whole day.

I didn't get home until 7:15. At that point, I hadn't eaten in 8 1/2 hours. Woo hoo for my metabolism! Ugh. So I ate "lunch" and then went running. I was not really in the mood to go since I'd been running around all day at work, and because of DST it was really dark, really cold, and felt really late. But of course I still went! The park was completely deserted. Usually, even at night, there are lots of people walking or running, and people playing on the fields. Today there was a total of like 2 people. It made me feel like I was very committed. DST won't stop me! :)

Breakfast: Shake and an orange. Lunch: Sweet potato and grilled tomatoes, onions, and butternut squash. Dinner: Squash "pasta" with homemade tomato sauce, chicken, mushrooms, and a little bit of raw goat cheese (supposed to be healthier for you because it's unpasteurized and not as processed - or so my detox book says). Snacks: peanut butter, fruit, and a shake.

I had a crappy day at work. It seems like every time I've been there lately something happens, or I'm just really off. I don't know what's wrong with me. Today things were going ok until one table....I was clearing the plates and at the bottom of the stack, there was a plate that had olive oil on it. I didn't realize this, so as I was continuing to clear, it was dripping on the ground (it was on the patio). Then the customers realized it was dripping and let me know. Unfortunately, that wasn't until after it had dripped a few drops on the woman's purse. Her leather purse. Her leather designer purse. Ugh!! It wasn't much, but it did stain and didn't look like something that could easily come out..... She talked to the manager, who told her she wasn't sure how much we could compensate her, but she would talk to the GM and call her. We looked up the purse online and it's like a $1,600 purse!! The GM talked to a dept. store in the mall to see if they might have any advice, and they gave him the number of their cleaning place. So the woman came back and dropped the purse off and I guess the GM is going to see about getting it cleaned. But if it doesn't come out, I think we're going to have to replace it. And I feel awful!! I told them I would pay for it if it comes to that. I have no idea how though! I mean, they're not going to force me to pay and luckily the managers are really cool, so they didn't yell at me or anything (obviously they knew it was an accident - the people were at least understanding about that, too). But I'll just feel really guilty if the restaurant ends up having to pay for it. I mean, it's not like it's some big corporate chain that has millions of dollars. It's a pretty small company even though it is international. And the GM isn't really part of the whole corporation anyway, and I feel like he is the one that is going to have to be responsible for it. So I don't know....crossing my fingers that the cleaning place can fix it!! ...Like, seriously? Ugh!

On a happier note, on my run tonight I was thinking about the fact that I've been either on a diet or in between diets constantly for the last 5 1/2 years. And I realized today that I am potentially 5 1/2 WEEKS from being at my goal weight. Really puts things into perspective. I never want to be on a diet again. I never want to be trying to lose weight. I just want to continue to eat healthy or a regular basis and have exercise be part of my weekly routine. Obviously a lot can change over time, but right now I feel really confident in the fact that I can keep up my healthy lifestyle (although obviously not quite as hardcore) once I get to my goal weight so that I'll never have to do this again!

Good night.