About Me

I’m living life in the weeds - Financial Weeds that is. The Glossary of Restaurant Industry Terms defines In the Weeds as follows: “A colloquial expression used when persons are near or beyond their capacity to handle a situation or cannot catch up. Struggling. Very busy.“

In a restaurant the only way out of the weeds is to slow down, move and think deliberately, ask for help, and sometimes pray (quickly). At the end of the day weeds or not, the shift is over. You either triumphed heroically through the battlefield of a busy night or you went down in flames. Either way, you formulate the battle plan for tomorrow on your way home (how to do it better, do it right, keep the guest happy). Go to bed and start over the next day.

About me:: Formerly Fabulous Successful Full - Time Salesperson (salary, benefits, etc) Now Presently Part Time want(need)-to-be Full Time Chain Restaurant Server. In short, Like so many others I have harshly fallen from the Great Middle Class and joined the growing ranks of the barely surviving.

Long on time, but short on resources, I am learning what our Grandmothers and Great-Grandmothers already knew. Vinegar cleans just about anything, food cooked from scratch tastes better, and making/doing things yourself has it’s own rewards.

Armed with an income lower than most states unemployment checks, a room mate that needs child care and laundry service more than rent, internet access, and an inquisitive nature I am learning to live well with less - alot less.