Saturday was a great day at work! Good busy, lots of friendly faces, and made a decent payout for the day. Nancy's boss and co-worker came back in this last Saturday, and I had the pleasure of serving their table this time. Also, my dad, uncle, and cousin stopped in for breakfast in the morning as they had come to town for man shopping trip. Was nice to see the three of them, even though I was working.
Sunday became very hectic in the kitchen, and hosting was a bit messed up. Not as good as of a day, and I was sure tired when I came home. However, fun part of Sunday someone else I happened to know came into the restaurant - Joe, a former high school science competitor of mine. I remembered him as he did magic on the side at the time. Now he does it full time. Was cool to chat with him a bit, and he was very curious about my experience teaching in American Samoa.
Monday - day 6 in a row working at the Egg and I. Monday's generally aren't too busy from what I had heard, but we sure did catch a late rush Monday. I was able to help out a group of 10 red hat ladies. I remember my days helping serve their little meetings back in Newman Grove at the City Cafe. We close at 2pm, but we didn't leave the building until 2:45 that afternoon as we were busy so late on Monday. My manager was even helping back in the kitchen, so we were in charge out front all day on our own.
Came home with some really tired leg muscles and feet finally on Monday. Did not take the bike out, decided it was time I just rest up. Especially since I had felt some signs of a sinus infection coming along. Did not let myself succumb to a nap though, and ended up falling asleep around 9pm.
I had watched a few Nickelodeon movies over the weekend, as well. Watched "The Rugrats Go Wild", one I remember watching when it first came out on Nickelodeon. I had watched "The Wild Thornberry's Movie" a few weeks ago. Then, I found myself watching "Hey Arnold: The Movie" Sunday evening. I decided to take a break and read for a while before I did pass out at 9pm that night.
Slept really well Monday night and woke up a little after 7am. First thing started up my computer checking some things online. I noticed a post from a professor I know from Morningside who had gone on another good run last night - setting a new personal best pace, and it was giving me some motivation to push myself a bit more on my next run.
I had intentions of finishing "Hey Arnold" before actually crawling out of bed, but I kept thinking I better get up and go on a run now. "I may not muster up any motivation later and it could warm up outside," I told myself. Suited up, and outside I went. "Alright," I told myself, "let's shoot for 8:40 mile pace. You can do it." That means making it back home by 8am. The first mile was feeling really good, and I was under pace. Kept trudging up those hills through mile two, and I could notice I was slowing down. The last hill really kicked my butt, but I kept my head down and pushed on. Pulled back into the driveway after 2.25 jogging around the hilly neighborhood 19 minutes and 15 seconds later, "That a way," I told myself. "You did it." Drank up some water, cooled down a bit, and then plugged in my route and time on MapMyRun. "Boo yaaaaa! 8:30 pace." That means I ran each mile in about 8 minute sand 30 seconds. So much for the 10-minute mile I started with about a month ago. =)
Spent the rest of my Monday being pretty lazy. I mean lazy. Laying on the couch watching movies including " Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life", "Atlantis: The Lost Empire", "Atlantis: Milo's Return", and "Treasure Planet." Not to mention a 1.5 hour nap I took in the middle of the third one. Forgot how run down my body can get. Guess it needed a lazy day. Also got a little reading in for the day.
Last thing I have to mention. I was up in my bed watching "Treasure Planet", decided to head downstairs around 8:45pm for a glass of water. I notice an orange shirt out front. Go look, and I see it is Joe. "What is he doing out there?" Then, I see the little black bundle of fur that is Macy, and I realize she got out and he's trying to catch her. I watch him struggle for about a minute, as she would come sometiems when he said, would sit a bit, but then would bolt off again when he tried to snag her. Then, I decided I better go help. Walked out, and Joe was around the corner. Couldn't see me yet. I started saying "Here, Macy." She started coming toward me, I reached out, she started backing, but I caught her foot. Snatched her up and yelled "I got her!" Joe was relieved. haha Lucky I walked downstairs when I did, leaving my lazy setting for a few minutes.
Hope everyone's week is off to a good start so far. Tuesday and Wednesday are sort of my weekend this week since I worked Saturday and Sunday. That's how the cookie crumbles. Until next time. =)
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