rainy day

Woo-hoo, I am RT-free!!! I quit last Thursday, and my last day was Sunday!! Unemployment really is blissful. Yes, it's nice having money coming in. However, any job that makes me hate my life is not worth the money, especially the meager amount of money that I was making.

But, as I leave my job, John Price got one!! He got the job at Epic in Wisconsin!!! I'm so happy and excited for him, but I will miss him dearly. Now I for sure have to find a new job in order to be able to go visit him. Annnnnddd, him getting this job means that if I get to study abroad, he has to come visit me! We made a deal, and now it's in writing, so it's legit.

I have had a chance to cook this week, what with all this newfound free-time. I made spaghetti, which is pretty boring, but easy and good. And of more note, JP and I made sweet-tea ribs. Well, mostly JP made them, because when we cook together he usually cooks the meat. I guess it's a man thing. But they were actually pretty good. I saw the recipe in my food network magazine and thought it looked interesting. You start by rubbing the ribs with tea grinds. You then make very concentrated tea and add sugar to it. This is used as a sort of glaze for the ribs. They had to cook for about an hour and a half. JP was skeptical about them, but he usually underestimates his abilities.. they were good. I made a vegetable medley with carrots, sugar snap peas, asparagus, green beans, and onions. I also made last minute deviled eggs, just for the heck of it. It was a pretty good dinner if I do say so myself. I don't know whether I would want to make the ribs again, because I prefer saucy ribs, and these were more of a dry rub. But it's all about experimentation with cooking, so I'm glad we did it.

I also made banana pudding for dessert, and JP seemed to think that I should definitely make homemade pudding. I used a Paula Deen recipe, and I would NOT recommend it. It wasn't hard, but I did everything exactly how it said, and the pudding never thickened. I even refrigerated it overnight, and got nothing. So I decided to go with instant pudding, which was a good decision. After sitting for a few hours, and getting the vanilla wafers all good and soggy, it was delicious. So I probably won't even bother with making pudding anymore. No need.

Now I would like to take a moment to vent about a certain pet peeve of mine. I'm so sick of people acting like they are something that they aren't. For example, liking horses DOES NOT make you a cowgirl. Or even a country girl. I like horses, but I don't wear Wranglers, or rope cattle, therefore, I'm not a cowgirl. Please people, don't make up who you are. That's just stupid. Not that I'm talking about anyone in particular (cough, cough, crazy roommate).

That's all for that, just had to get that out there.

Peace and blessings, peace and blessings!

working life

Let me just start off by saying that I absolutely, positively hate Ruby Tuesday. It's not even a hatred I can fully describe. I could deal with it if I were making good money, but in fact, I'm not even making minimum wage. People there (when there are people there) tip terribly. I feel like people don't realize that we make $2.13 an hour and depend on their tips. I bust my tail trying to be great at what I do, and am rewarded with a dollar or two. I mean, REALLY?? Don't spend it all in one place! I'm really not a bad server, I made $15-$20 per hour at Ketchup! And it's really just embarrassing working there. They don't cook their own food, everything is pre-packaged and portioned, they basically just heat it up. This almost hurts me, as I love food and cooking. It's desecration. My manager is a super creeper and actually has groped other girls working there before. THIS IS NOT OK. Currently, I'm just trying to decide if I should wait til I find another job to quit, or just go ahead and do it. I kind of feel like I should. Did I mention that I loathe the place? The salad bar is the only redeeming quality, but oh wait, I have to sneak that because they're so ridiculously stingy.

Sorry, had to get all of that off my chest. Never again will I so much as I apply to a chain restaurant. It's just expensive fast-food. Awful.

So today I took JP to the airport.. his first flight. He has a job interview tomorrow in Wisconsin... but I really hope he gets it. It'll be an amazing opportunity, even if it sucks that he'll be that far away. But seriously, of all the places, Wisconsin? It's like a cold Alabama. Oh well, at least they have the Packers.

I had a lovely visit today with my mom and sisters today. They came all the way here just to see me.. and Duke, of course. But anyways, I have procrastinated long enough studying for accounting tomorrow, so I've got to run! Hopefully next time, I'll be RT-free!

Happy Easter!!

It has been an incredibly long week. I'm now training at RT, which is super awful. This training includes grueling, boring computer training, and then following other servers. I hate following other servers because I feel like I'm in the way. Also, I do the work and they get the tips.. although yesterday the guy I followed split his with me, which was super nice of him. RT is really not that different from Ketchup, excluding the menu, so it's rather boring. But as of Wednesday, I'm legit.

I don't really know why this past week was so busy, but it seemed ridiculous. Probably because I want to do everything and more, so I end up over-extending myself. My own fault. I didn't get to go home this weekend because I had to train yesterday, but had a lovely weekend nevertheless, mostly due to my very sweet boyfriend and my puppy. I did really miss spending Easter with my family though, but perhaps they'll come visit me soon (hint hint).

I haven't cooked a whole lot this week, but I have some. A few days ago I made my mother's specialty, stuffed French toast.. stuffed with cream cheese, that is. This masterpiece is made by slicing a French loaf down the middle and filling it with cream cheese (any flavor). You prepare an egg wash made of four eggs, some milk, cinnamon, and vanilla. then cook it on the stove and voila! Delicious! It can be topped with either a fruit syrup and whipped cream, or just regular syrup. Yuuummm.

Today I made banana bread because I had a bunch of bananas that were about to go bad. However, it's kind of been one of those days, and I forgot to put sugar in it. Luckily, it was only in the oven for ten minutes when I realized it, so it was still doughy enough to stir some in. It turned out surprisingly well.

It's been one of those days when it feels like more than one day.. we did go out to Chewacla again today, so that was fun.Easter dinner consisted of a Big Mac and fries.. which sounds stupid, but it was pretty dang good. Duke went swimming, which is odd for him. It wasn't a traditional Easter, but I still loved it!

I hope everyone else had a wonderful day!