Holding Back

We had a wonderful day at The Little Brick House today.  It was crazy busy for lunch and I had to pull mom in for a little help.  She did great helping me with our Lunch Bunch ladies.  Oh my, they are a great group and keep me on my toes.  I actually had to wait tables, I've never done that but I think I managed to pull it off.  There were 20 or so of them and they were in the middle of our normal lunch rush.  It was a good time for sure.  I was missing Amy who handled these groups in the past.  We made it through and hopefully they were aware of how busy we were and how hard we worked to take care of their needs which happened to quite different from our business model.  I don't think people understand the challenges that these kinds of things can present to a very busy establishment that does things a certain way.  Throwing a wrench in the middle of your business model can cause delays and challenges with every other aspect of the business.  Oh well, we got them taken care of.  Hopefully they will come back.  I did my very best to have fun with them and keep them happy.  I guess we'll see if I was at all successful. 

Okay, holding back.  Well, that has nothing to do with The Lunch Bunch or how busy we were for lunch today.  It actually had to do with a chat I had with a different customer, my neighbor Betty Rosenberg.  Betty and Bob came in for dinner tonight, they are so wonderful.  I was talking to Betty and we were discussing the kids coming home.  She asked how long they had been gone and I told her and she replied something along the lines of "You have missed them" and at that moment I thought I was going cry.  Yes I have missed them.  These are my children and my closest companions.  As a single parent I am busy, I don't do a lot of dating, don't really have time.  My time away from work is spent with my kids.  They are all I have in my life and I have missed them tremendously.  I am excited to have them returning home this weekend.  I managed to get through my conversation without getting emotional but I was definitely holding back the tears.  It is hard to have them gone.