Hot Breakfast & A Nap

Teddy, the usual "Breakfast Room Attendant" went to Hawaii for a week over Easter break & I was put in charge while he was gone.  He showed me how to do everything before he left & it wasn't a very demanding job, but after clocking in at 6AM ten days in a row, I needed a hot breakfast & a nap.

That Sunday during that stretch, I went with Kate to a friend's Easter egg hunt & found myself on the wrong end of a bottle of whiskey.  Sure, fatigue played a role but poor judgement won out.  In the end, I left the get-together under my own power & wandered my way back to my apartment.

My alarm buzzed as usual at 5:25AM & I reluctantly put myself under a hot shower & pedaled my way over the hill to the hotel in Point Loma.  With a splitting headache, I managed to get through a stampede of out-of-towners hot on the trail for morning nourishment without any major slip-ups.  

When the corral died down I was able to pour myself into a little known restroom next to the exercise room, hit the lights & lock the door behind me.  I'm not sure how long I was in there, but when I emerged back into the light of the hallway, I ran into Zack, who as fortune would have it was also at the Easter party the day before.

"There you are!" he said & brought his voice down to an almost whisper, "When, I got here at eight I saw your bike locked up outside & I was like, 'There's no friggin' way!'"

"The struggle is real," I said & he laughed.  I tried to smile.

"Were you in the gym bathroom?  I was looking all over for ya."

"Yeah.  I needed a minute or two to recoup."

"Hahaha- it's all good.  Anna just said you've been great in the breakfast room," he said in a low tone & reached into his pocket.  "But, hold onto this if you wanna get outta there."

He handed me my driver's license.  I didn't even realize it was missing.  "I found it on the ground outside the party.  You might need that if you wanna drive the shuttle."

"Wow, thanks, man.  I owe ya one."  I grabbed it & put it in my wallet.  

"Well, I better get back.  I'm taking this old couple to the airport.  They gave me a twenty yesterday to drop 'em off at Old Town.  Easy money!"

"Nice.  I gotta go do the dishes in the hundred-degree laundry room.  See ya later!"