Frustrations

This has been a WEIRD summer!

We started out in a drought. In June, we were flooded with rain. Now, we're in drought conditions again. *sigh*

July and most of August were beastly hot. By the time I'd get home from work, I was too sick from the heat to accomplish anything. We're hoping that we'll be able to complete our garage insulation project in September and October.

Conditions at work are nothing short of insane! Honest, reliable employees are impossible to find. The 2 new waitresses we're trying to train in for the afternoon shift just aren't getting it. They can't add $3.00 to $2.95 without a calculator! They think their only duty is to wait on customers. Cleaning and restocking aren't in their vocabulary. Between customers, they play on their cell phones. When those damnable phones ring, work comes to a standstill. Boss keeps threatening to ban cell phones at work. DUH! She should have banned them from the start!

Poor Z must be abused, by today's standards. He doesn't wear designer clothes, doesn't own a cell phone, and has never had his hair dyed. Feel free to turn us in to the authorities. Poor Z can intelligently discuss politics, world affairs, AND he can add $3.00 to $2.95, in his HEAD, without hesitation. He also doesn't approve of the skanky way most teen girls dress, and questions the self esteem of girls whose life is controlled by their promiscuity. He just shakes his head when these same girls question HIS maturity.

Our contractor will supposedly be replacing the roof on our house before winter. We haven't heard from him all summer. L talked to him last week, and he said he'll be over to take measurements soon. I hope we have enough money put away for this project.

We haven't done anything fun since SME was here. We need to escape from our frustrations. So, next weekend, we'll spend our long weekend in the Twin Cities. Hopefully, a little down-time will re-charge us enough to complete our projects before winter sets in....