Lunch Break

Working in a busy restaurant/bar for the last few years has taught me many things...
You will always find that despite the hours upon hours of training you have under your belt, some half-wit customer knows more. A contracted 40 hour week will mean that you will do at least this amount, but more likely surpass this mark by Wednesday! and if your leaning then you should be cleaning. However, i did perfect the famous barman lean :)

If there was one thing you longed for during a shift, it would be the precious glimpse of a break, a time to put your feet up, relax and laugh as others carried on working like mugs. It was of course a short lived bliss, cut down significantly when a margarita pizza family of 10 screaming kids walked through the door and demanded the cheapest possible dish on the menu. Oh the joy!!

It was to my surprise yesterday when Jon announced our 'lunch break'. I don't think i can think of a much better way to spend the middle of the day than a dip in the pool and bacon sandwich, followed by an episode of Top Gear. I couldn't help but think of my Dad, spending his lunch times eating school dinners, followed by his playground coin collection route after the kids went back to class. The question definitely answers itself.

Yesterday was a productive day. I got up early and spent the morning and early afternoon putting together a promotional video for an upcoming trip to Lake Isabella. We are camping and water skiing for the weekend. And they say working for the Lord is a hard job!

The latter part of the afternoon i became a fully fledged American citizen. And before you ask, no i haven't purchased a 'fanny pack', but rather a 'cell phone'. Yes that is right, i am the newest member of the Metro MTS cellular network family. Its a pretty good deal and hasn't set me back too much. In fact, since my purchase i have been contacted about allsorts of things. For one i will be attending a beach house party in laguna beach on Friday for 4th of July weekend and a trip down to San Diego next week for a gig.

That evening Jon and Kim went for a meal with some family friends. This left me to fix up my own dinner. Mother would be proud to hear i fixed up a very healthy meal in a butternut squash risotto.

Later on i got invited out with a couple guys called Evan and Chad. We watched some TV at Chad's before venturing to the church gym for a game of basketball horse. Now i think that because i was British, they assumed that i sucked at Basketball, little did they know i had my own hoop from a young age ;)
The stake....loser buys Slurpee's. Now a Slurpee is basically a slush puppie but wayyy better. I don't even want to know the sugar level!
So after pummeling them at horse we went to the nearest 7/11 for Slurpee's. On arrival we witnessed a lovely fight outside between two youths. One gallantly reached for a baseball bat from his car whilst the other rather quickly slumped back into his. Needless to say i think the latter might need to take his car into the garage for a new brake light. You can't beat a bit of violence to end the night!!

Today, i was rudely awakened by a text from Jon to hurry my backside into gear and help fix up a video for the junior high group. After i had fixed that little problem for him we were both in need of a morning coffee and drove up into central Glendora to a coffee shop. A double espresso later and i was bouncing off the walls...

Tonight i have opted to stay home, the thought of a 3 hour 'walk through the bible' lecture has tired me out. Not to say I'm anti, but at the best of times my brain capacity only lasts about 15minutes and I'm sure i will run out of daydreams during the other 2hours and 45...

Thought i would cook a traditional British dish tonight in the shape of a Cottage Pie. It's a shame i have had to resort to American beef gravy paste to lay the brickwork with..