I had one of the best galley days today that I've had since I've arrived. We just got everything done, and a bunch of things done for tomorrow; we even got things done for the day after tomorrow, which practically never happens. We were so ahead that we actually had to stop prepping things, otherwise they'd just rot and go to waste. We're usually scrambling around like mad men, but I feel like our galley team has really been hitting our stride recently: for example, we actually had the time to make cookies today. Cookies. If you cross the cookie line, you definitely know for a fact that you're ahead, because you have to make around 600 cookies for the entire crew... and 600 cookies take a long time. I think I've worked in the galley for too long when I can say that there's nothing more satisfying than looking in our refrigerators and seeing seven pans of lettuce sitting there. I know that makes no sense to anyone, but trust me... feels great.
As hard (and sometimes disgusting) as the work is in the galley, I was just really hit by the fact today that there are so many things I'm going to miss about working here. I'm really really going to miss singing and dancing with complete abandon to Beyoncé with my day workers in the galley. They love Beyoncé, and I love them for that. It's just too funny to watch 'em shake it and sing along to "Single Ladies" in their Liberian/Ghanaian/Togolese/Beninese accents. It's even funnier when we dance while we're washing dishes, because we wear these huge clear trash bags over our clothes to keep us from getting wet, and those heavy duty yellow dish washing gloves. Needless to say, we look absolutely ridiculous. And I love it.
... But I will not miss the sardines. No, will definitely not miss that.
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