02/14/2012 Happy Valentines Day!
Shift = Lunch
Weather = Rainy but Warm. Huge surf like you cant imagine
You might or might not have noticed that yesterday was a monday and I didnt post. Yesterday was NOT a fabulous day for me. We had a verbal agreement from the guy that was going to lease us his beachfront condo, today we were supposed to write him a 1600 check for a deposit and sign a lease. Well that didnt happen. He isnt moving so we are back to house hunting, dear lord will it EVER end? Chad and I pulled up Destinhomes.net and we have some places in mind, if we can ever get a call back from the realty companies to show them to us that is. Annoyed doesnt even cover it so here we go again. Property stalking shall RE-commence. Damn old man and his condo "Indian Giving". Its ok though, I pulled it together and kept it classy by going to have beers the size of my head until 10 pm.
Today however was a bit better, we had a full house of little old people who were celebrating their Valentines dinners over lunch as well as one or two mother and son couples. One table of mine made me very sad though. A little old man with his cane came in to eat his grouper salad alone today, he didnt want to make any small talk at all and let me know exactly the moment he would want his check. I really wanted to sit down and give him a little bit of company but I refrained. It may have been the Hallmark sap in me but I sensed the seat I would have chosen to sit in may have already been taken as far as he was concerned, it just wasnt being occupied by someone visiable to the rest of us. He tipped me well and gave a small smile as he walked out the door and I thought about him for the rest of the day. We also have had even more new faces show up at The Cage not to mention two busser boys that are just as cute as they can be! Little buff 19 year old boys, the hostesses wont stand a chance this summer. As long as they keep my tables clean for reseating I dont care if they look like ogers, just clean it up fast kid.
After a workday of couples, flower giving at tables from men to their wives or girlfriends I decided to head down to Pompano Joes and have a dollar beer with Chad on the water to unwind. We didnt sit on the regular patio seats that we normally do, but opted to go down on the water and sit on the picnic tables that rest just under their outdoor two seater tables. I had shucked my easy tones off to stick my toes in the sand and watch the surfers and yolo boarders get rolled in the huge waves and was finally starting to unwind a second when I heard a ruckus above my head.. and then a splash came. On my head. In my beer. Cold grody water from condensation on the chairs were being tossed over the balcony by old ass snowbirds from Nebraska. I know this because as I squealed in disgust they leaned over in their Nebraska sweatshirts and casually yelled "SORRY!!!" and laughed. LAUGHED!! Didnt offer to replace my drink or extend and actual apology. Chads face turned red and he laughed at the look on my face and I just tossed what was left of my beer out in the sand and said I was ready to go. I wasnt drenched but wasnt happy. I couldnt very well go up there and yell at old people and hell the beer was only a dollar. We decided to leave and go pick up fresh shrimp, new potatoes, and stuff to make white chocolate strawberries. Valentines day may be getting dressed up and going out to dinner for somebut Ill take an easy gourmet dinner of homemade scampi and fresh strawberries then PJ Pants on the couch cuddled up with my little blondie boo Blakely. I hope the rest of you had a stupendous day of flowers and chocolate!
xxoooxxxoxoxox- Shannon
