Erika

It’s Monday, I haven’t had a day off since last Monday…and it looks like I won’t have another day off until next Monday.

This week is going to kill me. We are getting a new computer system for the restaurant, they have been still using hand written checks this whole time, I have to train 2 new employees, and we just fired 2 others. Then add into all that the fact that we are launching the new menu on Wed, and it makes for one chaotic week.

Remember the guy I wrote about that was driving me crazy? Well, he was one of the ones to go!

It was his own fault…his arrogance and mouth finally caught up with him and he was fired.

Does it make me a bad person for being happy he’s gone?

On a happier note, I bought a car this weekend. Stressing the word I in that sentence. I bought a car, not Ethan and I bought a car…just me! Quite frankly, mine is nicer than his. It’s a dark teal green Buick LeSabre, with a tan interior and it’s mine!

I did a little experiment this week, and I found out that I should be able to make the payments on the tips I earn in about 2 weeks. Yeah me!

It has been a long time since I had an income of my own, and the ability to buy what I want without a debate, and I am loving it!

To be perfectly honest, Ethan fought me every step of the way about buying this car. I just assumed that I would have needed his name as a co-signer, but I tried it by myself and it went through. I guess I didn’t reason out that I only have a couple of  low balance credit cards in my name, so my income to debt ratio is actually better than Ethan’s.

Ha!

I guess he saw this car as just one more step of me reclaiming my independence, and thought if he made it difficult he could retain the control he had by keeping me dependent on him for transportation to and from work.

So that’s what is happening here, I hope you all are well.