March 31, 2010

So, I'm lying in bed this morning, around 11 o'clock, when the phone rings and caller ID says it's the Big Man. Against my better judgment - phone calls for work are rarely a good thing, in my experience - I answer the phone to find out that Dread's under the weather and can I work tonight. Of course, I say yes, because what else am I going to do. Actually, I had planned to go to the Wednesday In The Square, even though it was Cowboy Mouth, and watch In The Mouth Of Madness with a spaghetti supper. But the best laid plans gang aft agley. Big Man said Dread would work either Friday or Saturday for me, but all three of us are scheduled to work both days anyway. I may just ride it out for the hours.

In any event, I go in and it is deader than disco. We might've had five tables all night, and I'm probably being generous. I worked with Junior, but we spent most of the time after we got our prep done hanging out in the front of the house with Young Queen and Sis. It was one of those ridiculously slow nights like we had before Mardi Gras.

After work, I went to Finnegan's, a bar across the street, with Sis and Young Queen for a rather enjoyable evening. Sis's dad was there and he was a fairly cool character, and there was much bitching about work to be done. Sis holds the bosses in much contempt and I can't say that I blame her, even if I'm able to get myself in a work position that suits me. Ah, well, that's work for you.

I also managed to get my taxes done today and not only do I not have to worry about Louisiana state tax, I'm getting back something like $1,200 from the federal. That can't be right, but we'll see. I also talked to Momma for a bit and she's doing well. The weather was beautiful and that's about the long and short of it.