Happy Mothers Day!

Just a quick note to wish all you ladies who've given birth at least one time or another in your lives, I hope you have a wonderful Mothers Day!

Although this is a day I wish I had to devote completely to my wife, this is the one day of the year I dread the most. If there's anyone of you working in the restaurant business you know exactly what I'm talking about.
I'm a chef in a very reputable seafood restaurant with an owner who's had the place now for over 30 years and who took it over from a family who owned it from way back in the early 1900's. I was head chef for 11 years full time and I've been back there for about 6 years on the weekends and for sure this is HELL day. Last night was no picnic either. We did about 175 dinners and we'll probably do over 300 today. A normal weekend night is right around 130 to 140. To some people it may not seem like a lot, but let me tell you by the end of this night I'll feel like I was pummled like the guys in that scene from "Casino" when they dumped them in the ditch in the dessert.
Worse than that is the fact that I'll have to get up at five am tomorrow to get to my full time job the next day. OY!

So, Dads,,,
Give us a break and have a cookout for mom and the kids today. She'll appreciate it more if YOU do the cooking for a change. And that doesn't mean standing by the grill all day with a beer in your hand while she cooks the rest of the dinner and does all the clean-up after.

To all the Moms out there,
I hope your day is full of love!

What a month!

OK, it's now day 34 without a day off and I must admit it's getting to me. I'm not sure how much more I can deal with this.
I developed a toothache over the past week and it bloomed into an all out attack on my nerves that ended in me rushing to the dentist for an emergency visit last Friday afternoon followed by a couple of days of mellow highs from the Tylenol 3 w/codine he prescribed. The ONLY good thing about it is that I get to take tomorrow off for another appointment and more x-rays. The real bad thing is that I'm gonna have to get a few pulled. OOWWWWW!
I'm ashamed to admit that I've been a bit neglectful with my oral hygene as of late. I mean, I brush all the time but my bi-yearly visits to the dentist have been fairly off schedule. I haven't had any problem with my teeth in a very long time and my theory about it has been that if nothing's wrong why fix it? Well,,, They have to do a lot of fixin' now. My bad!

Other than that, I really have nothing new to report. I've been working way too much for anything to happen.

I still haven't gotten laid yet and I honestly doubt it'll be any time soon either. I've been tired at night so I hit the sack a little earlier than usual. I'm not waiting for the wife to come to bed anymore. I've had enough. She's going to have to go out of her way if she wants any and I honestly believe she stays up later on purpose for that very reason.
AHHHH FUCK IT!

Hope to see you all soon.