Never Seen Before
Work is blowing up. If my experience is any indication, the economy should be starting to recover.
Tonight after a ridiculously long day at work when I was staffed on a new emergency fast track deal at 1:30 AM, I came home for a quick dinner before making myself available for additional document review and disclosure, if necessary.
E asked for Sushi. I obliged, because I'm trying to be a good wife (especially when I know I've been slipping on that front lately).
Our local Sushi joint is close. Good. Relatively reasonably priced. And tonight, there was a female sushi chef dressed in a red tunic with wide black color trim behind the sushi boat "U".
It really shocked me.
I don't think I've ever seen a female sushi chef before (but I can't be sure).
Anyone else? Am I just forgetting other encounters I must have had, or is this one of those things that doesn't usually happen?
Regardless, I like this place just a little bit more for bucking what is at a minimum a cultural norm, and may be, for all I know, a sexist prohibition.
E, of course, got no end of enjoyment out of accusing me of being sexist for liking the place more simply because it had a female chef...
I'm thinking of doing my own post on bucking cultural norms. I am proud to be able to handle most "manly" tasks, but I will confess that I am sad to find a few callouses on my hands that were never there before. I'm feeling a need to assert my femininity, but I don't know how. I certainly can't wear dresses or skirts. I can't even wear shoes that aren't boots. I can't wear too much jewelry because I work with my hands. All I can do is wear pretty underwear, but no one but me knows it's there!
ReplyDeleteA friend gave me an amazon.com gift certificate for my birthday, and after looking at silk pajamas and some simple, pretty jewelry, I settled on a maul and an axe sharpener. And I can't wait until they arrive! Silk pajamas will have to wait!
LOL! I hear you. I have fleeting thoughts around wanting to assert my femininity, but whenever it comes to follow-through I manage to find other, more interesting things to do with my time.
ReplyDeleteThe only place where I succeed is pedicures.
Some day...
-bt