Oh Galveston...

When I got back from Amarillo I was transferred yet again to beloved Galveston Island. So I am now a manger there, and it is awesome. I get to meet all kinds of new people. ANd I have had experiences that I probably wouldn't ever get anywhere else. I've had a bum try to steal an armadillo from my bar, and had to ask him to give it back to me. He did. I've had to kick that same bum out of my restaurant because he was looking for free food and we don't do that. I've had to ask people to put clothes on over their swimsuits.... Never thought I would have to ask someone to put more clothes on, I thought it was a given when you go to a family restaurant. I had to tell a guy just the other night that we could no longer serve him alcohol. Luckily for me he was understanding and I didn't have to call the cops on him. I GET to have the privilege of the locals and BOI (born on the island) folks to come in to my store. They all think that if they bring that up when I go talk to them that they are going to get something from me... they're not. I don't care if you are a local or not, you are going to be treated just the same as everyone else that comes into the place. When I have people tell me that they are locals or BOI I want to say something to the effect of why? Like why did they stick around this awful place... If you read this and you are a local or BOI I apologize, however that is how I feel. Everyday I work I get to watch the ocean and hate my life for being stuck inside on beautiful days when the water looks so inviting.

On the plus side, I do have some great people that work with me that make the 45+ minute drive, and all the crap, some what worth it. They all like me, and work really hard. It may be a little scary at times there in Galveston, but it's really an ok place at the end of the day when I leave. I'm just ready to be done and move on to bigger and better places. And by bigger and better I mean anywhere besides Galveston. I tried to get pictures of the beloved place to upload but I couldn't for some reason. I will try again later.

Amarillo by Morning...

I have been shipped out to Amarillo as a member of the opening posse. No kidding thats what they call us here. A new Saltgrass opened about a week ago and they were a ton busier than they were expecting. In the first week they have done almost $190,000 in sales. That beats every record the company had. I worked 2 days last week and put in about 30 hours. A new week starts today and I am scheduled to work every day. It's going to be fun, and lots of money. This also is getting me seen by a lot of the higher up people in the company. They are learning who I am, how I work, and that I'm willing to do just about anything they need me to do. So this is going to be really good for me in the long run.

The drive here was long. Almost 12 hours of driving. It was so windy on the way here my poor little car was being blown all over the road. It's been worth it though. I am waiting tables since I've been here so far and it has been great. Yesterday I was asked to wait on the man that is 2nd in the company. It was pretty cool because he asked me if I would do wait on him and another guy. It went pretty well too. Got to talk about a lot of stuff with him and get to know him better, and he got to know me better.

I gotta go now and go to work now... another long week of making money. :)

My Car

So I got a new car the day after Thanksgiving. I have not been able to take any pictures of it yet, but I did find one just like it online. It is the same year and color. So without further ado...... Meet Kickapoo, my car.

Update...

Ok so it has been a while since I last blogged anything. Sadly I no longer have the teal hair. That lasted for about a week. My job would not let me work with it like that so I changed it back to brown. It was a very sad day for me.

I have started training to be a manager at Saltgrass. I really like it a lot. I get to talk to a lot more guests and if they are upset I get to try to make them happy again. It is such a good feeling when you are able to make them happy again. Sometimes all it takes is for them to know that you are one of the managers on duty, and they are put at ease. I work longer days now, and I am more tired than usual but I think it is going to be worth it.

I know a lot are thinking well what about school... well that is kinda on hold right now but not really. I wanted to go to culinary school and half the classes are about learning the business side of things, and I am going to be learning that as a manager. So I am going to look into some baking/cake decorating classes around town. I'll take a couple of those and then just practice so I can get better and master the techniques. Then I'll try to start to build cliental so I can eventually open my own store. So there is my plan for the next 5-10 years. I'm hoping a lot closer to the 5 years.

Oh I bought myself a new car! I love it. I don't have any pictures of it yet but I'll get some soon. It is a 2010 Toyota Yaris. It's the 4-door so it doesn't look retarded. I have to start getting ready for work now but I'll get pictures up soon.

My Favorite Color...

One of my favorite colors is teal.....

And well if you look at me now you sure will know that it is because.....

Yep. I colored the underneath part of my hair teal and I love it!

Visit from the babies and the baby mama's

It was so much fun having the babies and the baby mama's come visit. Here are some of my favorite pictures of them all.

Showin off some teeth. I just love her little smile. It is so precious.

My artsy shot. I am not the best picture taker but I did get this one and basically I love it. It is probably one of my most favorite pictures I have ever taken.

I just love this picture. I think it totally shows her little personality.

Proof that Charlotte can hold her own. Yeah she is knocking over Hailey. I don't really think that was her intention but she did.

Pretty much I just love this picture of the bug.

The almost twinners. I love Charlottes face in this one. It cracks me up.

Charlotte being pulled on her blanket. She pretty much had a blast.

Charlotte loved the water at the beach.

OK so really all of the pictures are my favorite but that would be about 200+ pictures and I just really don't have the time to put them all up.

Adventure at Kelsey-Seybold Main Campus.....

When you hit a certain age , you are to go in periodically to get your colon checked out..... Unfortunately my dad has reached said age. Since mom could not get off of work, I went in her place. Once they called dad back for the procedure to be done I was rather bored. I had my ipod to listen to but it was not doing a very good job keeping me entertained. About an hour later, they call the family of Daniel Nelson to come back. I get up and head on back there to see him. He was sleeping when I got there. I had no idea if I was supposed to try to wake him up or just chill until he decided to wake up. I chose the latter. After about ten minutes of waiting and the little machine saying he had no blood pressure, which he really did because he had a strong pulse, I decided I would try to wake him up. So I call his name a couple times and he opens his eyes and looks at me and says, "Oh, well I guess I already had everything done." I told him that he had. He was asleep again already. I say his name again and then I'm talking to him a little bit trying to see how he was feeling and everything. The nurse comes in and checks everything. She leaves again and dad is going in and out the whole time. Then he kinda wakes up a little bit and is telling me about how the nurse missed his vein when she was putting the IV in and then he started to doze a little bit. He opened his eyes a little and then he started chuckling to himself a little bit. I was real confused about what he was laughing at, but he went on to tell me that he was relaxed and he opened his eyes just in time to see a little penguin dance across the foot of his bed. I was dying laughing!
Then, he asks to see the little print out of the pictures they took of his They took a picture of a polyp that they found, don't worry the biopsy came back alright, and he goes on to say "Hmm I have a little breast inside me." I was trying so hard to keep my laughter in, and asked him what he was talking about. He then showed me the picture and low and behold he was right. That is what it looked like in the picture.
He got up to use the bathroom. The nurse helped him up and everything, and helped in there and closed the door behind her and then she was getting everything ready for him to see the doctor again. She and I were chatting a little bit and she noticed she hadn't heard anything in the bathroom for a little while. (They pump your stomach and intestines with air when they do the prosedure so it has to get out somehow.) So, she being a knowledgeable nurse yells out, "Mr. Nelson, keep your eyes open, and take long slow breaths." Then you here from the bathroom, "Can you like see me in here?" I once again started laughing.
We get to talk to the doctor eventually and while we are waiting I hear about how the nurse messed up on his IV about another 5 times.
On the way home, it is about 2pm, and dad insists on getting the GPS out and using it to see if there is any traffic to avoid..... There was not any traffic.... the whole way.... and he was still trying to do it.... while telling me about the nurse missing his vein. It finally started working when we were almost home. And the GPS let me know there was no traffic to avoid. Oh and we are about 2 minutes from the house and he tells me that I better get home quick because he was feeling nauseous. I stepped on that gas like nobodies business and got him home fast. I was not going to be cleaning out that car. Then we arrived home and he went to sleep again.
That is my adventure at the Kelsey- Seybold Main Campus clinic.