Tuesday, March 1, 2011

My new phone.. new guy.. apps.. car.. apartment.. stop steering....

This is the most exciting thing happening in my life right now... My new phone.. The Optimus V.. Virgin mobile's second droid... I went to radio shack with someone before and the guy there told me that the other droid wasn't that great... I would have believed him if he didn't work on commission. So no more than a week later and as my tax return nears, virgin mobile released the newer droid and I bought it.

What do I do with it?? I download a bunch of apps i think i need and do I?? nope.. I download em play them or use them once then delete it.. But right now the best app that i've found to keep me thoroughly entertained since Twitter is "vampires live" it's kinda like mafia wars but with vampires.. It's a good time. The other one I get, like i don't complain about it enough, is the restaurant app.. And you set up food and let it go and blah blah blah.. Yup. it's like setting up my own little virtual restaurant.

I guess it could be worse if that's the most exciting thing going on in my life... I met a new guy and just my luck he lives in Boston and works for JetBlue.. His name is Jon and he's kinda cool. He's a year older than me and he's kinda fun to chill with.. For the next few weeks he'll be here for a day or two every week.. usually monday and tuesday..

Today though was international pancake day.. and from what I remembered about it last year, there were 10 servers on the floor and 8 cooks.. today we worked with 7 servers on the floor and 6 cooks.. I thought we were gonna die. Not only were we the only restaurant in the area and mostly well known but since last years international pancake day we were down two full restaurants as well. Today went smoothly.. Halfway through the shift one of the servers had to go home but it kind of coincided with the next server that was coming in so it all worked out. right around 1 when school was letting out there were kids showing up to get free pancakes and drink water. My tips went down to nothing but there were a few that still surprised me and left a few bucks... Made me feel better about the world... That some parents have enough sense to teach their children to tip when they go into a restaurant.. I've had to text my family and tell them how much to leave their servers when their waited on. I almost always leave an excellent tip when i go out.. The only controversy is when I go to a buffet.. How much to leave then..? Well I try to leave 3 per person if they never let the drinks empty and stay empty.. If my drink was empty and stayed that way for a considerable amount of time then it's a dollar per person.. If they were good about drinks and empty plates then totally 3.. 4 per person if they were friendly and talked to me. I guess I had a little more to talk about than I thought I did.

Oh and one last thing it's been brought to my attention that I should buy a new car... Do I want to?? yes.... My biggest problem is that I don't want it to mess with my financial security... What that means to you?? I can't buy all the fun things I like to buy on ebay.. That's it... Serious consideration is at hand.. Ok no not really. but I am trying to see how the budget will work with all of it.. taking ebay expenses out of the equation will I be able to handle rent, bills, phone, insurance, gas, and food, with summer coming up the bills will get lower.. plus i think we may be moving into a smaller apartment.. The one roommate I've lived with for 3 years now is kind of on the same wavelength too. We'll see in the next few months how this all pans out..

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