Another week passed, and I was growing more confident in my serving ability. I was exhausted from working two jobs though. The money I was saving up made it worth it. I cherished my days off, especially when the two schedules synced up. The first week of November I walked into the kitchen to see two new hand drawn posters taped to the office door. One was announcing the Thanksgiving potluck that would take place in a couple of weeks with lines at the bottom for people to write in what they planned to bring. The other was for people to sign up for Secret Santa, with a small announcement that names would be drawn at the potluck. That was interesting to me. I had never worked somewhere that had a Secret Santa, and, to me, it spoke volumes about the camaraderie the Stella Cucina crew had with
