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I'm feeling torn
I'm feeling very torn at the moment I've had a pretty good day today at my 'work'/internship thing. I 'work' at a restaurant for those who don't know, and I found out today that I was allowed to take home food from the restaurant for free pretty much whenever I wanted for as long as I worked there. So, not only am I allowed to sneak food from the kitchen and eat from their lunch buffet for free, I'm also allowed to take home food for free too! I think I really hit the jackpot with this internship/'work'. The staff there is nice and and very willing to help if I need any, and they also sometimes simply 'order' me to sit down and rest from time to time, because apparently I seem almost too willing to work, or maybe that's just me.
In any case. It's very fun to be there. And also today, there was a very fun incident at the restaurant. Two elder women had come in, and instead of going for the lunch buffet, they ordered from the menu. And what they ordered were some dish with cooked vegetables and some grilled meat or something, and this was served on heated iron 'plates' that had been heated on the gas stove. Let's call them trays. These trays were placed onto some other serving trays that were made of wood because those iron trays were piping hot!
After the food had been placed onto the trays the cook poured some oil over the dish, and Holy fuck there was a lot of steam! Like "call the fire fighters" lot of steam! When the waitress went out with the women's still steaming trays of food I looked out the little window of the kitchen door, and you should have seen those ladies' faces! Their jaws almost literally hit the floor and their eyes were practically popping out of their sockets, it was just hilarious to watch! XD Both the waitress and I had a very good laugh at their reactions. XD
And I'm also finally starting to feel comfortable in the kitchen and with the staff and I now strike up a short conversation with at least two of them every now and then, which feels very good. Like I've taken a step forward. :) I still don't know their names, which I feel a little ashamed of, but it'll come I guess... ^^'
Plenty more stuff happened, such as that I cut myself on a pot for the first time today, since getting this job, and me asking for and taking a 10 minute break to try to cheer up my boyfriend, but I'll keep this journal brief and leave you here.
Another good thing that happened was that when I came home I had received information from the school I'm going to in January, and it was very useful information, along with the invoices for the education. I got my main questions about this course answered through that letter from the school. Such as what to do with computer, and internet, and other stuff.
However, also the moment I got home was told by my mom that our oldest cat Figaro, 'Figge', had died. :( They had taken him to the vet today for an examination because he hasn't been feeling well lately, and there the vet told them that he suffered kidney failure and had to be put down. :( And this is the reason why I feel torn between sadness and glee. While I'm gleeful for a good day at work, I'm also very depressed because of our cat. :( He has been with our family since I was six years old. That's when we got him as a kitten. A cute one at that. And I was the one who chose him from his litter and I was the one who named him. He was a good cat and had to endure all my mischiefs when I was a kid and took it with not too much of a fuss. And the fact that I didn't get the chance to say good bye or pet him one last time, saddens me deeply. :( He was my little fat cat blob. :(
So yeah... That's one depressing way to end this journal but this is kind of the order in which today's events took place.
In any case. It's very fun to be there. And also today, there was a very fun incident at the restaurant. Two elder women had come in, and instead of going for the lunch buffet, they ordered from the menu. And what they ordered were some dish with cooked vegetables and some grilled meat or something, and this was served on heated iron 'plates' that had been heated on the gas stove. Let's call them trays. These trays were placed onto some other serving trays that were made of wood because those iron trays were piping hot!
After the food had been placed onto the trays the cook poured some oil over the dish, and Holy fuck there was a lot of steam! Like "call the fire fighters" lot of steam! When the waitress went out with the women's still steaming trays of food I looked out the little window of the kitchen door, and you should have seen those ladies' faces! Their jaws almost literally hit the floor and their eyes were practically popping out of their sockets, it was just hilarious to watch! XD Both the waitress and I had a very good laugh at their reactions. XD
And I'm also finally starting to feel comfortable in the kitchen and with the staff and I now strike up a short conversation with at least two of them every now and then, which feels very good. Like I've taken a step forward. :) I still don't know their names, which I feel a little ashamed of, but it'll come I guess... ^^'
Plenty more stuff happened, such as that I cut myself on a pot for the first time today, since getting this job, and me asking for and taking a 10 minute break to try to cheer up my boyfriend, but I'll keep this journal brief and leave you here.
Another good thing that happened was that when I came home I had received information from the school I'm going to in January, and it was very useful information, along with the invoices for the education. I got my main questions about this course answered through that letter from the school. Such as what to do with computer, and internet, and other stuff.
However, also the moment I got home was told by my mom that our oldest cat Figaro, 'Figge', had died. :( They had taken him to the vet today for an examination because he hasn't been feeling well lately, and there the vet told them that he suffered kidney failure and had to be put down. :( And this is the reason why I feel torn between sadness and glee. While I'm gleeful for a good day at work, I'm also very depressed because of our cat. :( He has been with our family since I was six years old. That's when we got him as a kitten. A cute one at that. And I was the one who chose him from his litter and I was the one who named him. He was a good cat and had to endure all my mischiefs when I was a kid and took it with not too much of a fuss. And the fact that I didn't get the chance to say good bye or pet him one last time, saddens me deeply. :( He was my little fat cat blob. :(
So yeah... That's one depressing way to end this journal but this is kind of the order in which today's events took place.