Well I can truly be a smuck and there has been so much going on and I have been so bad with keeping up with this and blogging. So let me catch you up a little in our lives and all the has been happening.
Matt and I went to Alberta for Christmas and we had a great time with my family, Dad was very sick the hole time we were out there and that made it so hard at times. We got there on December 21 and back to Toronto on the 27th, a very short trip and all about family. Mom is doing better with her health but still sick and she has lost a lot of weight which scares me a lot. We had three great dinners, first with my brother James and his wife Adrienne and Mom and Dad. Christmas eve was spent with Cindy and Dennis and their family and Mom and us. And then we have Christmas day which was spent at Cheryl and Lornes and the whole family. It was a great time. We had a lot of laughs and fun and tears. My father for the first time in forever said he loved me and was proud of me and it just made me so god damn happy in every way.
We got back to Toronto on the 27th at 6am and then I had to go back to work that night and back to the bar life. Dad ended up in the hospital on the 28th and things just weren't good at all. On New Years Eve, I had this whole party planned at the bar and it turned out to be a great success and a lot of fun. After I got the bar all decorated and everything set up to go, the phone rang and things just went from bad to worse and it was Mom, my father was bleeding to death internally and had to be run into emergency surgery and more blood transfusions to safe his life. He was in surgery for hours and we expected the worst and I worked all night tried to keep my mind off of it and get through everything. He was in the hospital for a couple weeks and several blood transfusions later, he is now home and still not so well. But at least he is home and still around and with Mom.
I have left my job at WAYLA Bar and am happy about leaving and not being there anymore because in the end it just wasn't worth it and certain people there were just so petty and backstabbing and accusatory of certain things that would never be true. I really enjoyed my time at the bar but was truly over worked and underpayed as so many of us are. I worked my ass off every day and was there a lot of day for more than 12 hours with little or no thanks and definitely no extra compensation. The owner of the bar also seemed to be very nice most of the time and was a true gentleman , or at least I thought, guess I am still easily fooled by men. The one bartender Paul was a sweetheart and so nice and caring in so many ways and yet maybe not so trusting, a man that can make you believe anything. Chris one of the other bartenders was just a complete douche in every way and a thankless little bastard. He was so unthankful with with everything. Lets just cut to the chase and explain this in detail to you all. I worked behind the bar every busy night and every special event helping the bartenders in every way I could and pouring drinks just like everyone else. I usually was given 20 or 40 dollars for working my ass off and helping them to make money. Not worth it at all. On Saturday the 14th I truly worked my ass off and at the end of the night, not even a fucking thank you from either Paul or Chris and not one sheckle. I felt honestly used by both of them. I decided to say nothing but the owner of the bar , Stephane that he should rectify this and say something and he did a week later aft er another very busy night on the Friday. Heather and paul agreed that I should be compensated appropriately for my help and hard work to help them make money, Chris on the other hand resorted to dirty pool and siad if I wanted tips to become a bartender and then I would make them, He also accused me of stealing from him when I did change drops, what an ass. I don't steal and never have and never would.
I say good bye to my friends at the bar, Heather, you are an amazing women and a great friend, Michelle you a spectacular human being and I am so glad I had the pleasure to work with both of you. Paul you are sweet and hopefully a man of your word. To Stephane and Chris, karma is a bitch and she is coming your way.
Also in this time and on January 15th, I lost a very dear friend and just want to say I miss you a great deal and thank you for all the great times. Thank you Lori and I love you. Rest well beautiful girl and thank you for all the great times we shared.
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