Glow in the dark golf and a 3 dollar cleaning lady

I went out with my daughter last night. (It was her turn for a date with Mom) She took about an hour attempting to do my hair for me before we left. We went to the mall and played glow in the dark mini putt and had a lot of fun. There was a group of teenagers ahead of us who were friendly and complimenting my daughter on her golf game. After that, we browsed the mall for a while. She wouldn't let me look at anything for myself. This date was all about her and she wasn't going to let me forget it. I bought her a bag for school. She's so excited about it and has been wearing it over her shoulder since last night. We finished the night off at McDonalds. I love dating my kids. It's nice to spend one on one time with each of them without the distraction of the rest of the family. I'd like to make this a monthly tradition. I think that Hubby should really try to do the same with his daughter. She needs to feel special too.

So that's the warm and fuzzy for today. Here's what pisses me off today:

I have to go into work a half hour early both today and tomorrow. Why? To clean. It seems that they can't afford to pay the cleaning lady to come in Monday and Tuesday nights so they're expecting me to pick up her slack. Now, I don't mind cleaning while I'm there and not busy serving tables. I see that as part of my job, but to come in early and vacuum and mop floors....I think I need a raise for that. I make minimum wage for a tipped employee which is only $6.20 an hour. I'm not getting tipped for the half hour that I'm mopping floors before the restaurant is opened. Why is my time and effort less valuable than the cleaning lady's? I'm sure she makes more than $6.00 /hr. Maybe I'm making too much of this. Maybe it's just the hormones, but I'm ticked! I don't think that I got paid for labour day either and it seems that the boss took two new uniforms off of one cheque. I know I've joked about it, but I really don't enjoy my job enough to work for free. I'm this close to telling the man where to shove his job.