Today is Christmas Eve (well, for me anyway)! My family will be getting in tonight at roughly 10:30 PM (just in time for some late night tea), and then I have all day off tomorrow for “Christmas”. My Aunt Nancy who lives in town even stopped by early this morning before her show and dropped off some Christmas cards for everyone (and I gave her a plate of baking).
I am a little bit ticked off though. Today my shift wasn’t supposed to start two – so I had set aside the morning to finish the dishes and tidy up because, lets face it, Tre and I are not tidy people. However, that didn’t exactly work out because one of the other locations in town for our company was severely understaffed today, so they pulled the employee from my store and had me come in early. So, my sink is still spilling over with dishes from baking, and my 7 and a half hour shift turned into a ten hours one – with no break. Ughhhhh…
Anyway, I woke up this morning with a scratchy throat – so the plan was always to have a lemon tea, probably Lemon Chiffon. However, since I realized I was REALLY going to need the extra energy, I decided on this one instead because it hit the energy and lemon criteria.
I’ve discovered I actually like this a lot better watered down – it just seems a bit creamier and smoother that way. So, I actually only used 2 tsp. of leaf for about 18 oz. of water – steeped in boiling water for six minutes. Despite being significantly watered down, I think this still packs quite a punch.
Also, since this was partly for an achy throat I added about a teaspoon and a half of honey (just generic store brand, because I don’t use it enough to make use of a higher quality kind). The honey adds another dimension to the tea, and actually is sort of reminding me of meringue? So – basically lemon pie filling complete with the meringue topping.
Also – my landlord just stopped at my store to wish me a Merry Christmas, thank me for the baking I brought him, and to ask if I’d hire his daughter…
Well, that was an awkward conversation. I feel like, maybe, that qualifies as a conflict of interest? Anyway – I can’t do it either way: we’re not busy enough to warrant my hiring another employee – she’d get next to no hours. I did recommend applying at one of our other locations (namely the one that was so busy it resulted in my having to work extra hours today) because that seemed like a happy medium to not pissing off my landlord but not hiring someone I can’t justify (morally and financially) hiring.
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That is awkwardly forward of your landlord. Nice handling of that awkward situation though.
Part of what makes it awkward is that, even though I don’t know her super well, I’ve developed an impression of her just from living under her. And, while she’s incredibly nice I don’t get the impression that she’s exactly responsible. Every time her Dad is out of town she has parties or her boyfriend sleeps over, and as another example when I dropped the baking off last night I’m about 90% sure she was totally stoned… So, knowing that makes it a little hard to see her as an employee? It’d just be an odd work dynamic regardless, though…
That is awkwardly forward of your landlord. Nice handling of that awkward situation though.
Part of what makes it awkward is that, even though I don’t know her super well, I’ve developed an impression of her just from living under her. And, while she’s incredibly nice I don’t get the impression that she’s exactly responsible. Every time her Dad is out of town she has parties or her boyfriend sleeps over, and as another example when I dropped the baking off last night I’m about 90% sure she was totally stoned… So, knowing that makes it a little hard to see her as an employee? It’d just be an odd work dynamic regardless, though…