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Tomorrow, I am going to wake up to my last day of duty in the kitchen. My parents are already a drive away! They are going to be here in the afternoon and I am going to give them a tour of the hotel. I’ll spend most of my free time with them, then mosey back to the kitchen, finish the night, and sleep for the last time on that bloody mattress. I can’t believe it is here. The end is about to begin.

Today I was devoted to celery root, carrot, and leek cutting into diamond shapes. I moved on to miniaturizing carrots then they ran out of things to do. I went down to pastry and helped fill cookies and dip them into chocolate. Left the kitchen around 1:30 and Maya and I walked down the Hill of Steepness in search of a hair cut. We had tried to make appointments here at Sonnenalp, but they were booked. Maya wanted to try the first one we saw… The outdated posters on the wall and the crabby looking woman on the phone waved enough red flag for me to walk out, but Maya waited patiently determined to get her trim. The woman was dressed in an ugly black shirt and not the greatest of pants. An old lady with a puffball of hair waited patiently in a chair while another sat in the hair cutting seat…. Not looking too terribly excited either… My thoughts, “Really Maya?”  The owner (?) who got off the phone about 10 minutes later looked us over and though she said she didn’t speak English, she clearly understood everything we said, and was too busy to see anyone else. She said a bunch of stuff and looked terribly annoyed that we bothered to attempt to get her business. I don’t understand much but I did get her complaining very loudly something about , “when you go to Germany you should speak German!”  I eagerly walked out of that place. Next try not only looked like a salon but smelled like one and all the ladies looked like they cared about their own hair. Good sign. I have an appointment tomorrow at 2. Maya went today and was happy.

Today was a total of seven reservations and 18 guests. It went well and I got into the action a little bit with the first two courses again. I got to leave little bit earlier since they were just waiting on one table… As for tonight… I’ve got some business to attend to since I was away for the afternoon… little packing and cleaning before I fall asleep :) So on that note… goodnight :) 1 hr and 20 minutes till my last official day is here!!!!