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Bakery Day 38: the day that doesn’t end



Tomorrow is the busy day... so I have a lot of prep to do. It’s now 10:00pm while I am writing this from the bakery. I have made a few things and hoping to remember to do the rest first thing tomorrow. With any luck I will be in bed by 11 or so as I need to be here at 5 in the morning. Luckily it’s a 3 minute walk.   Also, Sandy will not be here tomorrow she is in a training class. My lovely family friend Sophie will come and help me and the super happy Alberto as well. One more person would make things smooth since Alberto must leave right when we are super busy but any time is better than no time for sure .

On Wednesday’s we close the bakery at 1pm. So, I came back to start baking at 5 and people started asking for this and that and the next thing I knew I was six people deep and my croissant dough was sitting in the machine. That was stressful. I also didn’t have change so one couple got a discount to round to the 5 euro note they had. Another was kind enough to use a credit card. One got my tip change to make things equal.

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i just burnt my hand quite well with the 200c tray of ensaimadas ... it stings and does not feel great for sure.

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Some days I am so tired I wonder why I am doing this. I know it is not nice to say but I really do wonder. I am stressed because we do not have a lot of business which worries me, the menu worries me because I want things to be nice for the customers, and not getting proper rest worries me.

Its normal right?!?!?!

ok.. I keep this short so I can finish and go home. Thank you so much for reading this. Please, if you have comments you can share them here instead of private messages. That is just more work for me, and right now, every moment is precious 10000%



 

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