Haida Gwaii day 12?

So whats new today? Well getting breakfast out this morning was no problem..had everything prepped. My plan for today was to get ahead for fridays change over by getting a bunch of prep finished. Unfortunately my day did not go that way. Today is the night time dishwashers day off, so my daytime dish washer is working tonight. Myself and the baker were washing dishes, pots, etc...that slowed things down. Was left some duties by the night crew to finish up for them so they took up some more of my time...roasting off beef for sandwiches, trimming duck legs for confit, caramelizing onions and a few other pesky tasks. I was able to turn a case of yukon gold potatoes into hashbrowns before the morning rush came through. 5am come and a massive swarm of guests arrive to mow down the buffet and harrass me into making them omelettes and waffles.damn them all. 6am they have made their way through destroying my buffet and off I go into the kitchen to replenish the supply. From this time on it's difficult to get prep done, you start a task and then find yourself being called into the dining room to make and omelette or waffle for a guest. Big fake smile and over polite greetings for everyone. Back into the kitchen *grumble grumble* start new task, wash dishes, stretch out your back that's starting to tingle with pain. I'm finally able to break down the buffet at 8:30am, put away the induction burners and waffle iron, clear down the left over food and clean the line. Im able to prep my fruit platters for tomorrow, I start to wrap my omelette garnish mise and as I'm turning I knock it off my work table onto the floor. A confetti of peppers, ham, onion, mushrooms,tomatoes and so on covering the floor. LAst straw, I'm dead tired and decide to take a much deserved break after I clean the mess up off the floor. This being my first break so far...I've been working 10+ hour days without any form of a break for the past 12 days. The chef says to take breaks when I can but for the most part all I have in the kitchen is my dishwasher and the baker. Neither are trained cooks, I can't expect them to cook while I go sit down...so I just work. I prefer to just get it done and be left alone, I find I work best that way. I believe in team work as a line brigade, but I am a one man breakfast team...leave me alone and
let me do my thing....it would be a big help to have someone working along with me but this is how it is. Super zack, pumping out breakfast to feed hung over rich ass fishermen. Speaking of hung over, I learnt today that alcohol is not included in the trip pricing. This place is more expenisve than I thought...3 day trips start at $4100. Apparently there is a friend and family price, but you dont get to choose the days. If a trip is not fully booked they will sell the empty spot at a cheap price..cheap being around $1000..which is cheap compared to $4000. Still an expensive price for 3 days..maybe its the same price for the 4 day trips. Trips run friday to monday and monday to friday, threes and fours.

So what else is new? Well as I was walking back to my room after my shift I saw a float plane take off from our dock. Then my next door neighbour tells me he no longer has a roommate. His roommate, the staff bartender, was fired this morning after apparently getting very drunk the previous night and violent with a girl who shot him down. Thats all I know..either way it was bad enough for him to be fired and shipped out this afternoon. HAHA no staff bar until further notice.
My boss asked me if I wanted his boat reservation to take out another staff member this afternoon...but I still havent taken my boat licence exam. d'oh! I will once I have a chance to get familiar with the study guide. Would really like to catch a fish up here..but I have an entire summer to do that. I'm still trying to get used to sleeping by 6pm and waking up at 12:30am. Typing up this blog post is effort to be honest, my eyes feel heavy beyond belief until I lay down in bed of course and then Im wide awake.
Time to upload this from my flas drive onto my blog