Paradise Pizza

So, I broke the news to the staff at the facility during staff meeting. A couple of people knew of my leaving. However, the vast majority of them had no idea. I think by now it's pretty set it for most of them. One of my friends did call me to find out what was going on and I told him. He agreed that things have changed and that he was sorry to see me go. Like I told him, it was nothing personal, but I felt I needed something different. In the human service field, when you've lost passion for the job, it's time to leave.

On a totally different note, right after staff meeting, I went to work at the restaurant. It was a quiet night and a good way for me to slowly ease myself into my new job. Friday was a whole different ball game altogether. I was pretty much thrown into the deep end. I was to work with one of the partners who was going to host with me shadowing him. However, I ended up hosting by myself. I guess I did fine because when the night ended, the general manager commented that I did well. A number of the servers also said that I did well.

The best compliment came the next day when the owner told the partner that he was very happy with how well I did that evening. Hosting in and of itself is really not to difficult. It's really about remaining calm, keeping a smile on one's face and just making sure everyone had a good dining experience.

I was trained a little as a server on Saturday and Sunday, but I've yet to work by myself. I'm sure the time will come and that will probably be my biggest challenge. I'm sure I'll do fine, but it'll probably take me more than a couple of days to get it figured out. The new experience is more than exciting and I'm always learning. Oh, the general manager even commented that I'll probably end up helping out in the kitchen too which would be amazing.

I got off work at 3:30PM on Sunday and it was nice to sit and have dinner with Anna. I can't remember the last time we had dinner together on a Sunday. That was really nice. We even went out shopping a little after dinner since she needed to get some groceries.

That's pretty much the news from me. This week is Holy Week and I'll be busy with all the different things going on with the candidates. I've told Jim that I do not believe I'll return to lead the RCIA next year with the wedding plans etc., but I'll also let the new priest who will be starting in July know that too. This year's group has been tremendous and I like that I'll be going out on a high.