The lunchtime slow cooker hadn't been slow enough overnight, causing the whole restaurant to smell of burnt steak when Allen had got in this morning, so while I was opening the restaurant he was spraying about 3 cans of air freshener around, and getting Fernando (lunchtime head chef) to walk around with pans of garlic and onions. Alice had her first shift being bossed around by me (although the only thing I boss people around on when opening is when to go home)...

It was weird today as I had been put on opening and closing at lunch, but Emilie was also working, and normally I am under her charge whereas today it was the other way round, and so it made me feel a bit nervous about the decisions I was making in case she thought they were the wrong ones. I left myself a lot to do as I sent Brooke home at 2.15, despite the fact I could have done with her help resetting tables, etc. This left me with less time than I had wante...

Last week at Rusty's, a man who knows my name somehow (I think it's probably because I must have served him at Hog's Breath), told me about the Samoan stall that sells a plate with a trial size of every dish they do for $10, and how it was the best value food in town. He challenged me that I wouldn't be able to eat it all, so I told him I would come back and try it. Alice was well enough to accompany me, and although I didn't see him there, I had it anyway, and...

Hannah's mum had brought us bacon and eggs, so Jim was cooking it on the barbeque, which seemed to sort out the hung-over masses. Bella was working the lunchtime shift, so I got a lift back into town with her. Had a pretty relaxed day, before going to work in the evening. Hannah and Jim wanted people to go out again this evening, but since I was cleaning in the morning, I didn't go.

It was really busy at lunchtime today, and despite Allen calling in Josh to be barman at the last minute, we were still understaffed. I think this is probably because it is the school Easter holidays. The kitchen closes at 2.30, and me and Chante signed off at 3.30! Alice had text me to ask if I could buy her some oranges, chocolate and Aloe Vera juice, as she was feeling too poorly to go herself. Hannah, a waitress, and her boyfriend Jim are going travellin...