Bye Bye Bakers

Bakers has been home to me for a year. It is my second home, my second family...it is wonderful and has been very good to me. Friday was my last day and honestly, I might actually miss it a little bit. It gave me the opportunity to meet some extremely wonderful people who will be in my life for the rest of my life.

If you have never worked in a restaurant, you need too. You need to become part of the service industry family. You need to reach out and hug the people in the "industry" and their desire but great dislike for providing an actual service. I absolutely loved having to not think, to listen to people actually struggle with their jobs. I felt like a genius, and we all know that is definitely a stretch for me. A person's true character comes out when they work in the "industry." Easy money comes in and easy money goes out. They don't even bat an eye until it is all gone and they look up with this puppy dog look like "what just happened?" It is actually rather cute to watch everyone do it. Majority of them don't have checking accounts, let alone savings accounts. They live an entire cash only life style and its amazing to see how they justify the things they do. I smile thinking back over the past year, listening to the stories of picking up shifts at the end of the month because they aren't going to make rent. I am glad that I got to meet the people I did, make the friends that have now become family, but most of all I am glad I got to live the life style. I got to appreciate the gifts that my parents gave me, but weren't really gifts (more like mandatory life obligations)...trust me I view them as gifts now.

I have such appreciation for the strength of women I worked with. All very different, but all brought something special to the table. They taught me some incredible life lessons...lessons that I hope I will be able to pass down to my children. I got off work on Friday and it was amazing to see the friends all come over and say things like "remember when..." Bubbles & Boo came up to partake in the fun and they got a few good laughs listening to the crazy things I would do at work to make people smile. I got one of the best compliments of my life, while working at Bakers..."you always have a smile, do you take happy pills or just smoke a lot?" I laughed and still laugh. They all know me and the lack of drugs I do...I might be one of the only people that worked in the "industry" and didn't pick up smoking. SMOKING anything that is! I did pick up a few tricks here and there. I am now one of the few that can carry three full 16 ounce pint glasses in one hand or 5 shot glasses in two hands. It isn't everyday that people can pull that off. I wonder if I could win a talent show for that?

The Bakers crew is my Colorado family and I wouldn't trade them for anything. They are all wonderful!