I hate Monday mornings, nothing ever seems to go right. Of course I was up half night with a child who couldn’t get comfortable and I had homework to do. So homework hasn’t changed, at 32 I still hate it as much as I did when I was a kid. Only this time it’s ten times as much. I have to keep my eye on the prize. I’m getting this degree, not only for me but my boys. Alex is three and Keith is one.
Thank god my neighbor runs a home daycare and watches the boys cheap for me. Daycare is so damn expensive. Most of my paycheck would go to daycare, how do they expect parents to get ahead in this world? After getting the boys ready and over to Josie’s house for the day, I need to go to the store, the shop needs supplies. I head to the shop real quick to make sure I have everything on my list. I have no idea as to what I am walking into. Another reason I hate Mondays, I don’t work weekends. That means there isn’t a female on staff all weekend. And let’s face it men can be pigs. I know I will have a ton of stuff to do once I get back from the store run.
Just as I expected the bathrooms are gross, that is it they are getting a damn chore chart. Dishes in the sink, the kitchen is a disaster. The only areas that are clean are their workstations. How in the world can those areas be spotless yet the other areas look like a slob lives there. These men are going to be pissed today. I make a quick note on my list. I head to the local Walmart so I can stock up on all the items on my list. I pray that Walmart is empty and no stupid people are there otherwise my best friend Dawn is going to have to bail me out jail.
After returning from my supply run I stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a hot chocolate, I can’t stand coffee. First thing I am doing when I get to the shop is looking at the schedule and making a cleaning chore chart. I am not their maid or mother. Then I am tackling the bathrooms and kitchen all before they get here. I can straighten out the lobby area just before we open.
I swear to God if I find one more used condom on one of the bathroom floors I am going to quit. That’s just so gross. I am calling a staff meeting. I go to my phone and send out a group text message that I want a staff meeting this morning before we open. Doug the shop manager calls me and asks if everything is ok. I end up laughing like one of those hysterical ladies you see in the movies. Once I have tears streaming down my face I proceed to tell him what I walked into. He says nothing but that he will make sure everyone is present. I finish the kitchen and start a pot of coffee for the meeting. I text Doug and tell him he better bring them food. Just as I finish restocking our merchandise Jax the owner walks in pissed as f**k. Well this should make for an interesting meeting.