Labor Day weekend

Stella here.
Well, it's Labor Day weekend and I ain't had a minute t' write to y' since more'n a week ago. Listen t' this...

I been working over t' the Bait Barrell! 'Member, I tol' about how Cheryl, their summer waitress, run off with th' yoga instructor? Well, it seems they couldn't find nobody with ex-perience t' fill in, an' so fin'lly I took pity on 'em an said if they was desperate enough t' hire me till somethin' better turned up, they c'd have me f'r a couple o' days.

Well, I shoulda known better... I been runnin' my feet off an' ain't had a second t' set down an' write cuz ev'ry time I'd set, I'd fall asleep!
I ain't as young as I usta be.

Still though, I been havin' a grand time! Harvey says he ain't seen me s' perky in a long while - at least when I ain't sleepin', or soakin' my feet!
I'd kinda forgot how much downright fun it c'n be, waitin' tables!
'Course it ain't ALL fun! I tell y', some folks just ain't got no more manners 'n a flounder!
There's th' locals - they're pretty OK. But some o' them folks from away! I'll admit that I come close a couple o' times t' "accidentally" spillin' their food right down their backs, they made me s' ugly!

Y'd think, bein' from away an' bein' on vacation an' all, that they'd be on their best behavior, but it seems that either they ain't GOT no best behavior, or else they left it settin' t' home when they packed up th' car!
'Specially th' kids! Why, I ain't NEVER seen such out o' control children in all my LIFE!
An' their folks seem t' think it's just cunnin' what some o' them little so an'so's do!

But be that as it may, I been havin' a grand time... AND I been comin' home with tips that I'm saltin' away f'r Christmas shoppin'!

First couple o' days, though, I was like t' die, my feet ached s' bad! Swole up like somethin' y' find lyin' above th' high tide line after a storm!
But I got me some o' them gel things t' put inside m' shoes (I borrowed a pair o' Deb's cuz she's two sizes bigger'n me), an' tried out some salve from th' health food store, an' it all helped enough I was able t' keep goin'.
Now I'm kinda back in th' swing o' things.
Who'd ever 'a thought!

I'm gonna write a whole lot more about th' last week, but it may take me a while. First I gotta make it through t'morrow which is Labor Day.
Wish me luck!
Love,
Stella