Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

Sure looks like tomatoes, aren’t they?  :) Nope, they are sweet old persimmons.  They are so sweet and not too soft.  Just right.

I had Leong get me a case of persimmons from the Asian store or warehouse, I’m not sure where he bought it.  But he got me this case yesterday and it only cost $12.99 which he only charged me $12.  It sure beats the price of paying per fruit at Cub Foods.  At Cub, if I remember, it is 68 or 88 cents each.  It could be more.  I should have him get some of my Asian groceries soon.  He do get some really good prices when it comes to Asian groceries, well, from the warehouse, it’s definitely cheaper.

He even asked me if I want him to get some durians, if in season and durians from Thailand.  Hahaha, I don’t know about that.  DBs will go berserk if I bring that stinky king of the fruit home.  I said I might have to eat it at their house.

Yesterday was one of the days I have worked the longest hours  at Corrine’s; from 10:30 a.m. through 9:45 p.m.  She had no one to work the evening shift.  So I picked it up.  Earn extra pocket money.

Good thing I slept in on Saturday morning and didn’t walk the boys.  If I did, I would have konked out earlier than 9 p.m.  The day at Corrine’s was a busy day, from 11:00 a.m. through 8:10 p.m. we were on our feet.  It was good but tiring.  We started cleaning up the restaurant and closing every thing up after the last customer left at 8:35 p.m.  Last night was the second night I worked the evening shift.  There were more to do than I thought – all the cleaning.  And by the way, David, Corrine and Leong’s little boy, was sure happy to see me worked the whole day.  He asked me a few times if I was going to join them for dinner after work. Yeah, that kid and I play a lot together, read, play cards, jigsaw puzzles andpiggy back.

While we were cleaning up, we got a call from one of the customer Leong had delivered his order.  That guy called to asked for his change back.  When Leong hand the order to the customer, the customer handed Leong $40 (the total of the order was $34.11).  So Leong thought the balance was tips.  Leong left and came back to the restaurant.  The customer called saying the tip is only $1.80, he wants the balance back.  How stingy can you get and $1.80 for tips?  OMG!

By the time we got every thing cleaned up, put away stuff, we left the restaurant to Applebee’s for our dinner at 9:45 p.m.  Corrine said she could cook dinner but she was too tired, worn out.  It has been a very long time since I went out for dinner or drinks that late.  The wait for a table was 20 minutes.  After 10 minutes, we asked for a booth for 5 people.  We plopped down and ordered our appetizers and entrees right away and ate them up pretty quickly.

If I were to eat like what I did at Applebee’s I will be big fat slob in no time.   I would probably need diet pills to help me keep the shape I have now.  I might not need them unless I deligently take the boys out for their walks.

By the time I got home it was 11:15 p.m.  Wow, I just had “siew yeh” since I don’t remember when.  Took a shower right away.  My head was still pounding.  It was way passed my bed time.  I didn’t go to bed after midnight.  Dang, I’m old.  I can’t stay up late anymore.

This morning DBs let me sleep in till 8:30 a.m.  The boys didn’t bug me either.  SWEETHEARTS!