So today was my second day training at the bar. To be completely honest, I really didn't go. My day didn't start off to well. First I was woken up against my will, since my niece slept over and when she wakes up, you basically don't have a choice...you have to wake up too. I didn't mind too much since I am a morning person but I kind of had a slight headache. I stayed in bed for about 20 minutes or so playing around with my niece. When I get up and walk out I see my mom with her clothes on, on her way out of the door. I thought I would be able to relax a little more before I had to leave but she had to run a few errands, leaving me with Nyla. My mom left and I made my baby some cereal, since she is such a busy body of course feeding her wasn't easy. I had to chase behind her, making sure she didn't put anything in her mouth that didn't belong there. Screaming "Nyla" over and over again got tiring so I went into my bedroom with her and closed the door hoping she would keep her little butt inside, which she did. Though she wouldn't sit still long enough for me to feed her, she would walk off, do whatever then come back wanting me to feed her. Yes, she is the boss of me. Some where in between the deeding sessions, the frame to my laptop which holds the screen together, broke! I swear I don't know how the hell that part popped off, I didn't pull on it, I didn't push it in or anything like that...That totally fucked up my mood; mind you I wasn't in such a great mood to begin with. For some reason when things seem out of order; when things are a mess, I get overwhelmed and it can effect my whole day. With my computer breaking so sudden and my side of the room being a complete mess and the fact that I couldn't remember anything I learned from the bar and the thing that I hate the most, I was going to be late!!!!! That totally threw me off my game and I definitely was not looking forward to going downtown to train at the bar. I looked like a slacker, like someone who wasn't serious about what they're doing and just want to waste people time. It's definitely not like that. I was expecting my mood to be all messed up, and once I got there all that I would be doing is looking at the time, anticipating 4:00 PM; so that I can go home. It was a different story once I got there. My mood totally changed. Instead of being irate and frustrated, I was calm, borderline happy. Everything that seems to had bothered me earlier today somewhat disappeared when I was behind the bar. I'm not sure what did it but I found peace and I totally loved that.
At the bar we pretty much went over what I've learned from the pervious lessons, of course I didn't remember much at first but as the day went on things started to come back to me. Like the long island ice tea. I should document the recipe on my blog so I can come back and study it.
2 ounces of vodka
1/2 of rum
1/2 tequila
1/2 of tripe sec
splash some sour mix
splash of pepsi.
bam that is the long island ice tea. He, (he being my coworker who is training me) broke down all the kind of liquors to me. Where it came from, what's strong and what's light...a lot of details about the liquors itself. The background information that most people couldn't tell you. I asked him if most bar tenders knew this much about each liquor and his answer was no, so that means I will have something extra to bring when I decide to become a bar tender. I want to advance in this lesson, so hopefully I'll be able to pick up a few books and study. I'll even give myself a quiz after each lesson I learn myself. I want to show him that he is not wasting his time and that he is a good teacher because he really is. I'm going to get my study on tomorrow night if I'm not too tired.
Now I'm sitting in the living room watching Noggin with my niece, well she is watching it I'm on the computer and just thinking about how great life is at this moment. I've been doing research about becoming a landlord and flipping houses, dealing with real estate, I have found this pretty damn interesting and definitely want to invest when I get to that point in my where where I'm financially straight to do so. I have a good location where I want my first apartment to be and since I know people who own their apartment, I've been asking about their mortgage payment and whatnot...I've also downloaded a book about becoming a landlord, I can't wait until I get some time off so I can do some more research on it. I have so many things I want to do. Study liquor, read more about investing in real estate, take my photos...So many things, simply not enough time. It's CNN time now, I'm off to watch what's going on in the world. I'll check back tomorrow.
Over and out, O!
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