Short-n-Sweet

As I am still recovering from working two doubles this week, this post will most likely be a short one. Yesterday wasn't nearly as crazy-busy as Sunday and the time just dragged on and on. It felt like the day was never going to end. I hate feeling like that at work. I love my job but on days like yesterday, all I want to do is go home and curl up on the couch with my 3 girls.

I had a very interesting and enlightening conversation with one of my bartenders last night, that has left me in a very contemplative mood today. Cheri* is a beautiful young woman that just came to work for us a few months ago. As I said in a previous post, I am very difficult to get to know, so it's taken a while for Cheri and I to get to the point where we start sharing bits and pieces of ourselves with each other. Little by little, over the past several weeks, I've learned about who she is and where she has been. We are a lot alike, she and I and the weird thing is, we look alike and dress alike, too. She's young enough to be my daughter, had I been a teenage mother.

Cheri has had a difficult life. Even though I maintain anonymity to a point, I won't share her story, out of respect for her. But suffice to say, she is wise beyond her years for the experiences she's had.

I am cautiously excited at the prospect of developing a lasting friendship with Cheri. We have many common interests and experiences and I think this could be the start of something really beautiful. I don't make friends easily, especially with women. That's just me and try as I might, throughout my life, I haven't been able to change that. I have learned to just accept it.

That's pretty much all I've got today. Just a peek into a small portion of my day will just have to do because my couch is calling for me to make potatoes.