Date Nite

I had a date with Doug last nite. We went to dinner at the Arena Tavern. I think it's in Duluth. I'm still not very familiar with my surroundings here, even though I've lived here for 2 years. After dinner, we headed to the Bass Pro Shop. That's right, you heard me, we went to what Doug calls it "The Redneck Mecca". :) We picked up some Ammo for Byrd (Justin, my best guy friend and Doug's roomate) and he got some fishing lures. We looked at all the camping equipment, I took some pictures of the stuffed moose (Doug called me a tourist), we looked at the fishing boat he wants and checked out some party barges I would like to own one day. Oh yea, we checked out the fishtank too. Then we browsed around the mall a bit and headed out. He asked where I would like to go, and I decided I wanted to check out the Tilted Kilt. It's a bar closer to home that I have heard tons about. It's kind of like a Hooters, but the chicks are wearing kilts not shorts. I suppose if I was a drunk guy, I would have enjoyed it more, but honestly, I wasn't that impressed. The girls didn't smile much, and I guess I'm just more used to a friendlier crowd. So we headed to Nemoe's. I know I work there and spend most of my time there, but I really do like that bar. I know almost everyone there, and it's just a very comfortable place for me. I definatetly got drunk, had some beers, tequila, buttery nipples and even danced. It was a good time, but today I am not feeling so swell. Today I get to go get my tooth pulled, yipee! I am so dreading it. Not getting knocked out and they said they are using some other numbing stuff, not novacane, so I'm not sure how much pain to expect. I have a haircut appt. at 4:30pm, I'm hoping I'm ok to go. Well, I'm gonna cut this short, I gotta hop in the shower. Wish me luck!

Friday, Friday, Friday!!!!! Woo hoo!!!!

Finally, Friday! I love it, even if it is raining :) Worked at Nemoe's last nite. Thursday's are definately my worst money making nite, but I get out around 9-9:30pm, so that kind of makes up for it. Had a couple beers, and a shot of tequila then headed back to Doug's. He asked me out to dinner tonite, I'm really looking forward to it. Going to J. Alexander's, I've never been there, but I heard him describe it as expensive American food....lol. Doug's as picky of an eater as I am, so the way I look at it, if he will eat there, then there must be something for me to eat too.
Wow! This storm is awesome! I love the thunder and lightening! So right now I am IMing with my 2nd cousin (at least I think that's what you would call her), she is my cousin's daughter. It's the coolest thing, cuz I never really got to know that side of my family. Facebook is cool for stuff like this! I have had contact with 2 of her (Dionne's) girls so far. All of them have added me to their facebook. I have found two of my other cousins on there too and my mom's cousins. It's wicked to talk to family that I haven't seen or heard from in years. Also talked to Koleen last nite for a little bit. She is really enjoying school. She has a bunch of friends, some that she remembers going to school with when she was in 2nd grade. I'm so happy for her. I know it was tough for her here making new friends. I asked her if she thought she was gonna move back here next year, and for the 1st time, she said "I don't know yet". It kinda hurt my heart, but I completely understand where she is coming from. Her entire world is there (with the exception of me of course). She has all of my family, Jason (her daddy) and all of his family. Here there is only little ole' me. I think if she decides to stay there, it will be hard on me, but in my "master plan" I think I will eventually wind up in Tennessee. It's a beautiful state. It would put me few hours closer to the kids too, well, so long as Todd doesn't try and move on me again. I think he isn't gonna stay put til he thinks he's "rich" enough. We can save that topic for another time tho. I'm gonna head out and finish up this conversation with Nicole.

Have a great weekend! :)

Wednesday's done

Well, I made it through Wednesday, quite successfully. I brought home enough money from Nemoe's to cover getting my tooth pulled this weekend. Funny how quick the money goes, it's spent before it's even made! Tonite I am hoping to cover my haircut on Saturday :) I don't think I've had it cut since April, I think I'm long overdue. So how did I make so much money on a slow ass Wednesday nite? Well, I do my best to keep my people hangin around. The longer they stay, the more they eat/drink, the bigger their bill, the bigger my tip :) I have noticed that my out of town travellers tend to be my best bet on big tips. I made a $19.00 tip off a table of 3. The table consisted of two guys drinkin and a pregnant chick driving them home. They were extremely nice people and thanked me for my "hospitality". How sweet is that? Then I had a table of 8 guys in from out of town. You know what that means? Smile pretty and be very very sweet! That's how I make my money on those tables. I make sure they NEVER run out of their drink and I'm extremely attentive (and smilie and cute of course!) Gotta work it baby! I am really getting more comfortable there. That was the best part about working at Sunnyside Inn (did I mention I bartended in Illinois for 3 years?). When you are really really comfortable, it's not even like work anymore, it's more like hosting a big party! Anyhow, need to get some stuff done here at the day job today, it's getting close to end of month and I like to get a head start on my reports, etc.

Have a fabulous day :)

Tuesday at Nemoe's

Well, last nite was a good nite at the pub. Not too busy, but I managed to make some decent money. There was a group of 3 guys who came in from out of town, one was from Montreal, Canada and he spoke French. Oh boy, one of my weaknesses. If you know me, you know I took 7 years of French growing up, in hopes of one day going to Paris. Well, let me tell you what. He talked, I listened, but I'll be damned if I knew anything he was saying! I didn't care tho, I still enjoyed it! The rest of the nite was pretty typical. It was poker nite, which is a good thing since Doug plays, and I usually get to see him :) The poker group is dropping tho. I remember when there were at least two tables, now they are down to fighting to get one started!! I do think I may have helped "push" the issue of bringing back $2.00 16 oz drafts, which would be huge, since I have seen business (and my tips) drop since we stopped that promotion (one of the reasons I think the poker crowd has dropped off!). Oh yea, and without warning, they cancelled my Tuesday nite live entertainment. I was not expecting that, and I really liked Kristin coming in and singing. From what I gather, there was not much of a following coming in to see her, so he was having a hard time paying her. This damn economy is crushing everyone! Well, today will probably be pretty uneventful at my day job, but all I gotta do is play keep awake and make it through both jobs! Tonite is my swing dancers at Nemoe's. Not a big drinking crowd, but they usually take care of me. I'm out for now......

Tuesday's News

Well, nothing new has really happened in one whole day. I had a good dinner last nite cooked up by two of my favorite chef's: Doug and Justin. Unfortunately, I had to go into Nemoe's for some "training" as soon as dinner was done. It was so slow there, that I left after 1/2 an hour. I was a bit upset that I walked out on my dinner for a waste of my time.

Now onto today. A day in the life of a receptionist/admin. asst. Not much to it really. I do love greeting all of our employees with a smile and good morning. I have always thought it was a great way to start your day. I mean really, who wants to walk in and see some "bitchface" all pissy in the morning? Not me for sure! So I put on my smile and welcome them all in. I've already handled most of my work for the day and it's only 10:45am. I like to get all my "tasks" off my desk right away. I've handled the incoming travel, ordering lunch for one of my engineering groups, called for price quotes for a company "picnic" we are planning..... Not much else for me to do today except answer phones. I work at Nemoe's tonite. Tuesday's aren't so bad, I have poker, so I get a decent crowd. After working tonite, I'm sure I will have some interesting things to say tomorrow. Working at the bar is so much fun for me. I do enjoy being around people! The only hard part is the lack of sleep during the week, but I've been doing it for awhile now, and it seems like my body is getting used to it.

Well, I'm signing out for now. If something exciting happens, I'll post more! Have a wonderful day :)

New to blogging

Well, I'm new to this blogging thingy, but since I know a small handful of people who do it, I figured, why not? A little about me.....I'm originally from McHenry, Illinois, but moved to Georgia in June 2007. At the time, I was married and he got a job down here. Well, times have changed, I'm no longer married, but I chose to stay here. I have two beautiful kids ~ Koleen, who is 11 and is spending her next school year with her dad in Illinois and Jordan, who is 3 and he lives with his dad in Kentucky. I work as a Receptionist/Administative assistant by day, and as a bartender 3 nights a week. Outside of all of the crazy things that have happened in my life, I must say, it is pretty good. My jobs pay my bills and I even have extra now and again. I finally have a "home" of my own and am really honestly for the 1st time in my life living independently. It makes me proud.

Today has been an interesting day. Todd (my 2nd ex, who has custody of Jordan) just called to tell me he has a potential job in Baton Rouge, La. Well, as part of our divorce decree/custody agreement, he can not move outside a 500 mile radius of where I live right now. Guess how far Baton Rouge is from me? 550 miles. He has already moved once ( a little over a month ago) to Fort Mitchell, Ky, which is 450 miles away. Crazy thing is, I thought for sure that once he moved there, it could only get better, thinking he could only move closer. Well, apparantly he doesn't see it that way. He said he will commute 2 hours to work if he has to in order to stay within the 500 mile radius. My thought is......you would rather have Jordan be in daycare for an extra 4 hours a day? Ugh! I could go on and on..... Well, enough bitching for now. When I have something a little more pleasant and positive to write about, I'll jot it down :)