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Windfalls

I had an awesome long weekend, y’all. Got some rest, cooked my ass off Thursday, pigged out with the kid, did some Christmas shopping sans kid (the only way), worked and made some money, found some money (at work), got a “new” phone - old to LaSean, new to me - check it:

It is mine! MIIIIIIIIIINE!

Can I just tell you how much I love this phone? Can I just tell you how much I love having friends that have more gadgets than most of us have undies whom are the source of such lovely hand-me-downs? With not one, but TWO batteries? Ya know, in case I mess one up and need another or decide to make some extra cash on eBay?

Back to the finding money thing. I’ve already said the bar I work at is really dark, right? Darkest bar in Phoenix is (one of) our claim(s) to fame. This lends itself to money being lost on a pretty regular enough basis and while I believe in Karma like a mofo, you can’t exactly go around asking people if they lost cash cause guess what their answer would be? YES! Knowing the only money they came in with was left with the doorman for cover charge. Lose a debit card, a phone, purse, earrings - we put those in the back but money? MINE!

Friday, I found a $150. Yes, you heard me. A Benjie and a Uly all folded up tight. It’s pretty funny because whenever I’ve found bills previously, it’s always been singles. Always. So when I grabbed what I thought was paper under one of the tables and realized it was MONEY, I thought it was probably two bucks. WRONG! I tipped the bartenders part of my “winnings” called it a night around 1 and had my shift drink early. THE LIFE.

Saturday? I had a nice table, 3 couples and right off - one dude tipped me $40. Doesn’t happen often, someone tipping that much but it’s usually people that really want to drink, really want to be taken care of and trust me, I was at that table like we were family. The party stayed for a couple of hours, had left and I went to clean the table about 10 minutes later. I was really getting my clean on, I just had a FEELING. I moved the table (which I never do) and there underneath were 3 twenty dollar bills! Are you shitting me? R says maybe stop waiting tables and sweep the floor all night. HA! HA! Not a bad idea. (Honestly, if anyone would come up to me and told me they lost some cash, I’d give it back. I’m serious about that Karma thing, but no one did. So yay! Christmas shopping! YAY!)

The girls and I stayed pretty late last night after we closed. We got some new caramel sauce in sorta like what they have Crackbux (© Golden) so we test drove some Caramel Apple Martinis. Yum, okay? YUM. I was feeling very worse for the wear this morning so I laid in bed and watched the Millions DVD I borrowed from my brother - cah-uuuute movie, I recommend it. Since I’m on a “Keeping Shit That Ain’t Exactly Mine” kick - J, you’re gonna have to get yourself a new copy because this one? MINE!

I forced myself to get up and go grocery shopping but I stopped by Zia first. My new favorite place. I had a yen for some Destiny’s Child and Michael McDonald. I know, I’m weird. See, when we clean after the bar closes we sing a bunch of random shit and M, the hottie Lance Armstrong-looking doorman, kept singing I Keep Forgettin’ and well, Writing’s on the Wall is the only Destiny album I like and I had lost it eons ago - got that used for cheap. Michael (Ultimate Collection) was new but worth the extra money because it also has some Doobie classics on there. I also nabbed Season 1 of Rescue Me, used, for twenty bucks! Good deal. All that Christmas shopping for other peeps you know I had to hook my own self up, working HARD and all. Heh.

Say My Name and Yah Mo B There (James Ingram is so my next purchase at Zia) got me so motivated, I organized my entire house - okay, except for the kid’s “wing” - I ain’t touching none of that. Everything else, though, clean as a whistle. Threw a bunch of crap out and taking a bunch more to Buffalo. Right now, I’m enjoying a Grasshopper (the bomb) and telling myself to hit the hay. The office beckons. I hope everyone had a great holiday and a wonderful weekend. HAPPY MONDAY!