my brain thinks strange thoughts

Today was an amazingly gorgeous and hot day. I wish every day could be warm like today. Seriously. I am meant for hot climates. I went to the lake after work and lay on my towel in the sun and I think I felt a little bit of heaven. There were lots of kids with their parents at the beach - there was this one mom and her little 4 year old boy who were together. The little boy was splashing in the shallows an arms-length away, and the mom who was obviously very pregnant was talking to him in typical kid sing-song. And I started thinking about how all of these moments they are having together, he will remember none of them. The whole first 5-6ish years he won't remember anything of (or very small snapshots). And yet she will. It was just very strange to me to watch that moment, which the kid will never know existed.

After the lake, we went for some dinner and the service I think was the worst I'd ever had!! We sat down and I was famished, so I decided what I wanted to eat straight away. She brought us some drinks and then never came back. I flagged her down, told her we wanted to order, she said she'd be back in a minute which ended up being 10 minutes (no, it was not busy either)! We ate our food (she was very quick to clear our plates though!), left us for a while, then asked if we wanted anything else (yes, the bill!!). It took her another 15 minutes I swear, then she came back to ask if we wanted anything else! Um, we just told you we wanted the bill!!! She finally produced the bill, and I waited a couple mins for her to come collect my Visa which she never did, so I ended up taking it to the bar and the bartender made her ring it through. I left her a $2 tip. Hah. And I should have left nothing! But is leaving some ridiculously small amount worse than leaving nothing? I don't know. Seriously though, bad service = baaaad tip!! You suck!

I am now mentally preparing myself for a busy, busy, very understaffed work day tomorrow! TGIF!

posted by Maresa @ 1:55 AM