Old friends and new

What can I say? Not sure really, it just seems that my endless

fountain of news, gossip, wit, and unusual things occasionally

somehow run on the borderline of dry. Does that mean that

my restaurant cast of characters or gal pals have suddenly

become run of the mill? uuummmm......NOT!!! I have one

waitress fretting over her son being arrested AGAIN, another

waitress who is supposedly attending classes as to how to lead

a drug-free life testing positive with a random drug test she was

subjected to, and a cook whose automobile-related run ins with

the police continue to accumulate. As far as my friends go, Lola

is back in Alaska, Michelle claims that this time she is DONE 

with the ex-loser boyfriend, Sandra is less than impressed with 

my matchmaking efforts for her, and Francesca is, well, simply

Francesca, her drama filled life confounding all who know her!

And I have a couple of new gal pals to add to the crew, a married 

mom of 3 that I will call Hillary here (no, NOT Clinton!), and a

chick I'll call Carly here, who brings her blind dates to the

restaurant in order to feel safe and be surrounded by folks she

knows in case the situation needs a quick remedy! Hillary, who is

not just a soccer mom, but has 2 other sports to deal with as well,

 is living proof of why I decided against having kids, she averages

about 3 hours of sleep a day due to all a life revolving around 

not 1, not 2, but 3 preteens. Carly, after 4 failed adventures, seems

to have hit the mother lode with date #5.....they are officially a

couple now, so good luck to her....and to our the soccer mom!