New job day! Husband gets to start his new job today! In fact, he's already left this morning. No more restaraunt, dock installing/building (i think). He is going to a place where he will be respected with no snide remarks and dirty looks.
Upside: He will be coming home happy. He will actually have a job he likes again.
Downside: I have to get up earlier. Get paid 8/hr instead of 11/hr. Not much to it here. Only real downside is mine, so who cares? His well being matters a whole hell of a lot more than my getting up a couple hours early. Yes, I was awake at 6am. I actually fell asleep at midnight last night instead of 2or4am. I got 6 hours of sleep, I should be wired!
Oh my, starting to make it about me. We can't have that today now can we? If I didn't think he'd roll his eyes and be embarassed, I'd be tempted to throw a party for him. It's been so long since he enjoyed his job. When I met him in July 1998, we married in October (we decided to get married in August. LMAO), He loved his job. He loved to cook. He loved to be on the line. Even though he knew he would never make great money at it, he still did it because he loved it so much. Well, it's 2005, I think that's 7 years and a few restaraunts later, he hates to cook. So much so, that this last one, he wasn't even trying. Nor was he bothering to make the plates look nice. He no longer cared. I feel so bad for him. He had a passion for cooking for others. Every (mexican) restaraunt he would go to he was hired on the spot always for a high price. Everywhere he went he had some customers follow. Some didn't realize he was there until their food tasted and looked better. Amazingly enough, they went back to the kitchen to say hi to Bill. Yes, they could tell from the food on their plate that he was there. There was this one couple I remember. We used to fix their food and go out and chat with them at the table. My husband worked at that restaraunt longer than I. (I stay home with my kids, other reasons too.) This same couple still is excited to see him even if it's at the store. When we went to the Chiefs game last year, we had to stop for gas on the way. The husband of the couple was at the same gas station, out of town, he was very excited to see my husband. The wife of the couple used to order rellenos. She didn't like the outer coating. So, Bill is always the one to make this kind of thing, when he made his four cans, he stuffed them with the cheese and laid 2 or 3 off to the side. Depending on what time of year it was. Just for her. It's not like they were daily customers, just good ones, regulars. She drinks rum and coke with a lime twist, I still remember. One of the restaraunts begged him to come back, the cook he trained for them had left to go to KC, he asked what was to be paid. They said same as before, 600/wk salary, year round. They fired him after 1 paycheck. He 'screwed' up their kitchen. Yeah even the customers, purveyors, distributor reps knew better. Even the guy who services all the dishwashers in the area was shocked. He was angered on Bill's behalf. This guy, we've met a few times, is very funny, hyper, but fairly laid back; like hard to piss off. I found that one funny. We figured they just didn't want to pay him 600/wk. Hell they could have paid him 500. Idiots. So, now he doesn't enjoy cooking. This saddens me. I hope I gave you a look inside of who he is. At least as far as work goes. This way you can understand why I feel like there should be a celebration today. |