[Given the tone of the day so far, he kind of assumed there was a little less care put into today. But, if the person in charge is so busy, that must be pretty rough.]

Hopefully she can sneak out more often. [Responsibilities. vv] Working all the time sounds awfully lonely. [He knows he'd go stir-crazy without some kind of time off, not that he can particularly remember what kinds of stuff he would be doing. Hm.]

Yeah, if we aren't getting set up with everything right, at least they have good food for us. [It's a good enough compromise for him.] Try it!