You can keep your tons of friends. Blog 39

As for me I take the good ones. Scratch that, GREAT ones. More about them later,

So the week was an up and down week, wow it was crazy!!! So let’s start with Monday shall we. Monday was usual for me with going into work, doing the paper work, receiving orders, cleaning and getting sorted for the week. Luckily for me, Jake and I did not have to attend any meetings on Monday night so I got to go home early and have a family meal and Veg on the couch like a normal person. I also spent Monday dealing with my bookkeeper, trying to get my year end sorted so I could meet up with Jordan on Friday to do my Taxes. Tuesday, I was in at 9am getting ready. Tuesdays it’s just Kyla and I and with me not taking a pay cheque, it’s a good labour day. With Labour being high in March I also took over the schedule for the front of the house and cut like crazy. I was a little nervous that maybe I cut too much though and would later get smoked. But it proved to be the right decision as we were dead all week. In fact, the week was horrible. My only saving grace was that all the other Restos in the area were dead as well. I guess it’s just that time of year. So Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday were a wash. This did come at a really bad time for me as I needed to make some money to cover a few things. But it wasn’t meant to be. Wednesday night was also a sad night for me as Grace and I decided it was best for both parties to go our separate ways. Grace is a good girl and I think the world of her. But we weren’t a good match.  It’s kinda like a good race car driver and a good crew chief. Sometimes the pairing just isn’t right and they split up and move to different teams and excel. Grace does a lot with horses and that is where her heart is.  I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Grace for all her hard work. I’m not an easy person to work for and she did a splendid job. I wish her all the success in the future.

Thursday I woke to a new day. I don’t believe in living in the past and whatever happened yesterday happened yesterday. Let’s move on.  Thursday was a dead day as well and, of course, I really wanted a good day. But it didn’t happen. As a result, I couldn’t pick up my liquor order as I didn’t have enough cash to do so. Thursday was pay day as well and I needed the cash to pay the staff off first. Friday was good finally!!!! We had a good lunch and a great dinner. I received my Taboo Absinthe this week as well which made me a tad nervous. It cost a lot of money and I can’t afford to have high inventory. After all, inventory is also called DEAD MONEY. Why is it called that? Because it’s money sitting on the shelf when it could be in the bank making interest. But I’m glad to say the taboo has taken off like a rocket! We’re selling it on its own and in mixed drinks. Friday did come with a little disappointment however.  I was scheduled to meet Jordan for income taxes and he texted me the night before saying he hadn’t received anything from the bookkeeper yet. Well I called them and let them have it “Jimmy style”!!! It turns out the person doing my bookkeeping was not doing it right and had been fired. So his boss had to investigate all my stuff. It turns out that this guy hadn’t filed HST in 3 quarters and year end is not done.  Payroll debts which are due on the 15^th, aren’t even started.  Man it’s just like algebra. One thing gets screwed up at the beginning and by the time you get down the line, the problem is HUGE!!!. So she is working on my file all this weekend. I’m to go see her Monday morning and we should be good to see Jordan this week. HST should be caught up and we should be back on track. Should!!!.

So Saturday rolls around, and I can’t lie, I’m bloody tired. Kyla and I even joked that being tired is just as good as being drunk (and a lot cheaper). Amy was free Saturday to do a couple of errands for me such as picking up wine and Vodka for the night. We had a good lunch and we had 50 reservations for dinner. The first seating was completely booked! It felt kind of good telling people that the first seating was full.  But as luck would have it, I did not have enough staff to cover our busiest night.  My usual servers were either off or away. And with Grace gone, I had no choice but to ask friends for help. I started off by asking if they knew any servers that were available. But really, a server off on a Saturday evening is a tall order. So turning to friends it was. I asked my friends Katie and Amy for help. Neither had served before (well Kate use to help me in caterings) but these two ladies rocked it out for me as well as my server Blake.  I mean, two friends (one being an ex- girl friend) giving up their Sat. night to help me. Man, I tell you, I was very humbled. Blake has really stepped up to the plate as of late and is being very responsible. Thank-you Blake.

So, still not being a champion on the till and just being damn exhausted, I did make a few mistakes last night on the read. Since Sundays we are closed, I just packed up everything and brought it home to Jake to go through today. Turns out it wasn’t as bad as I thought and it only took him a few minutes to see where I went wrong and balance it out.

Now for the rest of the day, I’m taking it easy. Playing with the kids gives me a much needed chance to forget about work. Tomorrow morning, I go to the book keeper then into work to do my orders and payroll. Also, if time permits, I need to get my drawings over to city hall solicitor in order to get my permit for the patio. I also will need to make of my Brioche for Tuesday.  Tomorrow evening I have another meeting with Jake and then we tackle the week all over again.

Until we meet again!

This is Glenn Chemise signing off.