Sugar Sugar

You can now all consider yourselves friends/family/acquaintances/admirers of Leah Alexander: bartender and waitress extraordinaire. I know what you're thinking: is she qualified for this position? And in response to your reservations, I must pose a parallel question: was I qualified to teach English? No. But I can speak English, and have been successful. Therefore, by some kind of transitive property, I will be a successful bartender thanks to my ability to drink. Pretty sound logic if you ask me.

I started last week at Sugar Bar in Palermo and I'll be working Friday and Saturday nights from 9 pm til 6 or 7 am. This pretty much eliminates social options on the weekend, but it's nice to be making money instead of spending it. It is extremely painful and hurts my back and legs and feet like nothing I've ever done. The pay is minimal, but we all got bonuses today since it was apparently the best night we've ever had (I like to draw a correlation to me joining the team recently, but I somehow doubt that's the only factor). But the music is excellent, I get to dance and socialize all night, practice my Spanish, drink and eat for free, and hang out with my coworkers who are all awesome and fun.

I'm still teaching English during the week and enjoying that. It's difficult because the hours are so haphazard, it's always part-time so I never have a regular income. But we're moving next week to a shared house in a cheaper neighborhood, so that should benefit me.