Merry Christmas to all! I hope everyone enjoyed their time off, hopefully spent with family and friends! I had quite a nice Christmas, though this nasty flu or whatever I have decided that I shouldn't get to taste or smell any of my favorite foods this year! As a result, I think I may be the first woman in history to actually lose weight over the holidays! Since everything tasted like cardboard, even my beloved mashed potatoes got passed over this year, and I am still dropping pounds like you wouldn't believe! Aside from that bit of trauma, my Christmas was lovely and low-key, which is how we all like it, right?

The restaurant has been crazy the last few days- boxing week shoppers are taking advantage of their time off to drop immense amounts of money in the stores, and then our restaurant. We servers are all used to a nice lull in the afternoons from about 2 to 3 30 during which we can relax and hopefully grab a bite to eat, but these past few days we have enjoyed no such thing! Instead, our days seem never ending, filled with a continous rush of people flooding our sections, arms overflowing with shopping bags and small children.

Today I had a different sort of table- rather than a group of chatty women, I found myself greeting two youngish men who ordered quickly and severely- they looked very serious and had lots of paperwork spread all over the table. I read their vibe quickly- on a short lunch hour, no time for small talk from their waitress, just want to order and eat and get some work done. That was fine with me- more time for other tables. So I grabbed their drinks and wrote down their order, then, out of habit, asked if they would like to start with an appetizer. The man on the right shook his head brusquely, eyes already back down on his work. The man on the left leaned back and studied me, then smiled for the first time. "Not unless you're on the list" he finally said. I laughed and informed him that no I was not, and left them to their Very Important Business.

Original? Not really. Funny? Not especially. But it was a nice change in pace from my hectic day and really, what girl can claim to hate a reminder that someone finds her a little bit desirable?