Week Review

Well, things are winding down after that car fiasco. We got ourselves a beautiful 2004 Toyota Camry. Sadly, we had to sell our Dodge Stratus. When we went to get our stuff out of it... we found out how dirty that car was. I didn't realize how bad it had gotten. ha ha. So many reciepts, empty soda bottles, and wrappers. So fun. The car dudes said we could leave it messy. I still felt bad...


The night after we got the new car, we went to clean the restaurant and found a little pair of shorts. Ha ha! Some little boy went pantsless! I laughed for ten minutes. It was good to relieve stress. :)

A few days later I got the coolest tip ever at work.

It's a ten dollar bill shaped like a heart with a quarter in it! AHHHH so cool. I felt special.

Saaaad times.

I feel lame for not posting that much lately. Not a lot has been happening...

Stephanie is having me not come 'cause they're having some difficulties. And, the restaurant hasn't been busy, so no silly stories. LAME! Ha ha.

Also... my husband and I recently endured something so difficult, it made me cry. Our car stalled on me yesterday when I was going to visit my dad at his work. It stalled on a busy street in Orem, which was soooo scary. Yeah, I cried. Smoke was billowing out from under my hood. Some people immediately pulled over to help me. I was so grateful. I was embarassed for crying, but what can you do. Ha ha. This one guy towed me to a safer place. It was nice. My dad came and rode with me to the car place when my insurance peeps sent a tow truck. Lovely.

Blown gasket.... no more Dodge Stratus. Sad. The worst part? We're flat broke right now. Suck. It's $1700 to fix, which is $200 more than what I paid for the entire car. We're selling it to the fixit guy and going with a new car.

Life.

Worse things could have happened. I'm grateful for my trials.

MEDIC!

I had an adventure while cleaning the restaurant last night.

The restrooms have air fresheners that get changed every couple of months. I guess they got changed yesterday, because when I walked in to the women's restroom I almost passed out. The smell was awful! It was so strong, I could feel it in my lungs. It was almost like Vick's Vapo Rub, but with a hint of poo. Yuck.

I propped the door open with the wet floor sign so I could breathe.

When that wasn't enough, I used a mask. I felt sexy.


Sadly, as I was cleaning, I slipped and hit my hand on the door. For some reason, I hit it just right to make my thumb bleed. It was owwie. :(


It's okay, though. My husband kissed it better and I got a Wolverine band-aid. :D


After we finished cleaning, we went home and had soup and corn muffins with hot chocolate. Yay! <3

The end!

Sticky nastyness.

I went to work at the restaurant yesterday. You know, like I do almost every day. Something always seems to be breaking. This time it was the soda machine.

The Dr. Pepper pump went caput. What you see to your left is the syrup for the machine, extremely sticky and thick and bleck.

Guess who had to clean it up? MEEEE! :D

How to end the year.

It's another normal day (okay, night). My husband and I were going over to the restaurant to do the cleaning at 11pm. The restaurant closes at 9pm... yet all of the lights were still on. We also noticed there was a limo in the parking lot. Confused, I called my boss.

Apparently there were customers who were there, she said. She also told me it was okay to go over there to clean. So we packed up and went.

A nice woman and an older gentleman were the only ones left. They were just leaving, actually. They were very polite, saying that the woman's son had thrown up in the restroom. My boss was very gracious, and told them to have a good evening. The woman said, "It was great to see you again." before she left.

"Who was that?" I asked the minute the door closed.

My boss smiled. "That was Larry King's wife."

I paused for a moment. "Okay, wait... Larry King? THE Larry King?"

She nodded.

I laughed. "Well okay then!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_King_(singer)


So yeah, my husband and I cleaned the restaurant, both thinking about how incredibly random it was to have Shawn King there. Apparently she and her family have eaten there before. Bahahaha! I was flabbergasted.


Yeah, if that wasn't enough shock, the men's room was so awesomely gross. Mrs. King had managed to clean up most of the nastyness, but there was still plenty of aftershock. The kid had managed to get his barf on the floor, the walls, the toilet, the toilet paper dispenser, the stall door, and even in the next stall over. It was pink... and sticky. Ha ha! My first reaction was, "Gah!". My husband said, "I gotta see this" and ran over to see. His second reaction was, "I need a drink." "Me too!" I said. I got some Dr. Pepper, and he got some rootbeer. We toasted our weird life, and drank deeply.

It was awesome.

Name- A-1 Steak Sauce

Time of death- 8:25pm

Date of death- December 6th, 2010

Cause of death- Falling off cliff


PRIME SUSPECT- Heinz 57

SUSPECTED ACCOMPLICE- Worchestershire Sauce


I admit. I did it. :) Busy rush at work. I had five of these bad boys in my arms. One slipped. I tried to catch it with my foot. Fat lot of good that did. Ha ha.

The Vacuum! THE VACUUM!

"Stephanie! Your vacuum exploded when I was using it! I'm sorry!"

"Wait, what happened?"

"Well I plugged it in, and it didn't work...

"Riiiight..."

"Then, I un plugged it and tried again."

"And?"

"It blew up. For real."

"Wait, like, blew up blew up?"

"Well, there was a big spark in the outlet, and a big spark on the floor, and when I looked own, the cord was in two pieces and there was a black mark on the linolium."

"Oh my word! Are you hurt? Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything is fine. I just wanted to let you know that your carpet is going to be dirty today."

True story.

Christmas

Merry Christmas!

My house is surrounded by kitties. They live off of the dumpster food from the restaurant. Apparently, they also live off of what people leave me for Christmas!

A friend of mine left cookies on my doorstep. I was excited to find this out. It made me feel special. Sadly, the cats got to them first. I came home to a mangled paper plate and torn up aluminum foil. It made me sad.

Oh well. Tis the season!!!!!

The Black Hole

Sometimes when I'm at work, there are absolutely no customers. My boss wants us to constantly be doing something. We usually clean stuffs. I chose to clean out the black hole under one of the counters.


It was full of treasure! I found soufle cups, portion cups, nasy old lemon wedges, a blob of old honey butter, a missing lid that was certainly needed, and a whole lot of crums. It was special. I even documented it.

Little Red Car

My husband and I needed to empty the vacuum. It was way past due.

Upon dumping out the cartrage, I noticed something odd. I don't usually pick through garbage, but I couldn't resist. One of us, probably me, had managed to vacuum up a red toy car.

Yeah, wierd. Why wasn't it noticed? Search me.