| Been busy... |
Aug 27, 2007 4:15 am
Mood: contemplative, 420 Views | ... but I'm not sure what I was doing. Work has been so-so. Really thinking I should look elsewhere but I have a couple of dilemas when it comes to that.
First of all, for the most part I really like the guy I work with. But I've been in this place since May and it just isn't working. He's doing ok because he's been established here for over 7 years and had a good clientele to follow on when he opened the new place. But it's in a bad location for me. Sigh. No foot traffic at all. I'm hesitant to spend alot on advertising right now. I suppose I've sunk enough money into supplies that moving to another place would be easy if I had clients that I knew would move with me. Hmmmmmmm. Decisions decisions.
No clients means working for wages. Working for wages means the owner tells me what products to use and what services to provide so I may not be able to use what I have purchased. Working for wages also means that out of a $40 pedicure I will only get $8. And I don't want to be the 'mani-pedi girl'.
I do damn good nails. I do unbelievable nail art. I am a kick-ass nail tech. But people around here are afraid of having their nails done because they've had bad experiences in discount salons HOWEVER they are still going to the discount salons. So I ask myself - are these the kind of people I want for clients anyway?????
I have to say I really enjoy doing the nails on the Dancers, but let's be honest. That isn't building my client base 'cause I hardly think the male customers that see their nails are going home and telling their wives about the wicked nails they saw on the naked women and sending them over to have the same.
I have some more thinking to do. | |
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| Just so ya know.... |
Aug 17, 2007 6:58 am
522 Views | Got the tooth out this morning. All went well. The dentist said, "whooooo, this must have been hurting for a long time."
One more thing................gotta love hydrocodone. | |
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| 26 hours and counting. |
Aug 16, 2007 4:01 am
538 Views |  | Went to the dentist yesterday. YAY!!! He would have pulled that mean old tooth yesterday as well but said he wasn't sure there would be quite enough time so I am going tomorrow morning. He's also going to recement the crown that broke off the same night I split this tooth in half. Gotta get a night guard.
I took yesterday off and babied the dogs for a while. Brought home all my stuff and did my own nails for a change. Spent a good part of the day on the computer as well. I have come to the conclusion that there is no good daytime television.
Going on the third day with antibiotics. I had forgotten that one little side effect that women get with these things. Any of you that have had it know what I am talking about so there's no need to go into detail. Remind me to stop by the pharmacy when I am out today.
My nails got alot of attention from the staff in the dental office. Always good to keep some extra business cards on hand. One of my favorite clients from years ago worked for a pediatric dentist and he paid for her nail services because we always made sure she was loaded up with nail art. I spent more hours painting Timmy the Tooth on her hands. The all time favorite at her office was Timmy the Tooth riding a rollercoaster with the tracks running across all her nails, various rides in the background like the ferris wheel, and Timmy riding in the first car with his hands up in the air.
The more I think about it, Nail Art is becoming my favorite part of this job. |
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| Having fun in spite of the toothache. |
Aug 15, 2007 12:01 pm
566 Views | Yesterday was a crack up. Praise be to the saints I now have antibiotics and have gotten a call from a dental office that will do an exam and x-rays today. But back to yesterday.....
Our salon has 3 clients that are exotic dancers. I adore them. They let me run wild in the nail art department. It's even more fun because all of them are Russian born and have only been in this country a couple of years so there are times when we don't quite understand some of the subtleties of our own conversations but again, it's just fun. I did some wickedly LONG and POINTED nails on one gal and covered them completely with glitter fading from dark to light. At first I thought she was asking for just a little bit much but when we got done even I was amazed. Did them with crystal clear acrylic so even from the underside they are just nothing but OUT THERE. The second gal wanted them LONG and cut at a slant. Then we did a glitter thing so that it looks like the tip is on fire with the flame licking up the side to the cuticle. I know I know. Sounds hideous. I tried to tell her that but I don't know the Russian word and the girl that translates for us was gone by then. Leave it to say after a couple of practice runs with the colors we found a combination that just rocked and off she went with her flaming nails and we were all happy. My bank account will also be happy.
Long time ago someone asked me if I would do what I do even if I was never paid for it. The answer is yes. Capital YES. Although the money is much appreciated. I have to remember to take my camera with me to work.
And last week we went to see "Hairspray" at the Maine State Music Theater in Brunswick. OMG. That was, I think, the best thing I have ever seen on stage. I don't even want to see the movie that's out now 'cause the musical was just so damn funny. Going to the theater is one of the things my Hubby and I like to do. He took me to see The Full Monty last year and I thought it was just something he was throwing in that I liked to do, but for Christmas he gave us both season tickets. That's when I realized he wasn't just faking it. He loves it as well. I found out that he had actually been in a MSMT production of Oliver when he was a kid so he has a real understanding of what stage performing is all about.
He'a a beautiful man. I am lucky to have him and he's lucky to have me. Despite our beginnings which sometimes haunt me, I know we are right for each other. He says that he can finally be the kind of man he is but that no one else ever allowed him to be. He's a big hulking kind of guy with a shaved head. Most assume on first glance that he's a harley-riding, fist-pounding sort. I get comments from people that can be kind of rude cause he just looks like a tough guy. But he's about as tender inside as a man can be. We spent the first year of knowing each other just being friends online. And each of us thinking 'there's no way someone like that would ever see anything in me.' Maybe that's why in the beginning the things that happened, happened. I dunno. | |
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| Today I am just griping. |
Aug 14, 2007 4:18 am
570 Views | Freaking jeepers. Just try to get a dental appointment these days.
Not taking new patients.
Not taking new patients.
Not taking new patients.
Not taking your insurance.
Next opening for an emergency is in November.
Can't take care of an emergency til you have had a basic exam (sometime in October)
Can't do an extraction till abcess is cleared up.
Can't write a script for antibiotics cause you're not a patient yet.
Regular physician won't write a script til he is positive there is an abcess.
And what really fries me is that my Doctor's nurse said "Well you need to be agressive with finding a dentist."
What constitutes 'being agressive' enough to get an appointment around here? Being non-english speaking is agressive enough. So is being unemployed and on state assistance. So is having no insurance at all.
I guess if I want to be healthy and have happy teeth I have to quit working and be an illegal alien. The U.S. is my country and God help her I love her - but this is messed up.
Does anyone but me see this as ridiculous????? | |
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| And one more thing.... |
Aug 13, 2007 4:33 am
535 Views | On average, how long does it take someone to get over a betrayal????
HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING...let's say if someone found out there was some cheating going on in a relationship but the mutual decision was that the parties involved wanted to fix it and get back on track how long should it take to really get over it?
We have a couple of acquaintances that tried for a year and a half but in the end she couldn't get over it and they are divorcing. This is scary cause the same thing happened here and though it's been 9 months I feel like my true anger is just starting to boil up inside. I don't wanna throw it all down the toilet but I am afraid I will say something the wrong way at the wrong time and I won't be able to take back words that I don't mean. No I don't have friends that I can talk to about this - I have my blog and that's about it.
I said something kinda cruel this weekend but I think I believe what I said. When all this was uncovered and he had to make a decision I think he chose me over her because I was footing the entire bill for all our living expenses 100%. In my heart I think he chose me because of that. I don't doubt he loves me now the way he always said he did, even back when he was cheating on me, but this doubt about why he chose me and not her tears me apart inside when I am alone and it's dark. I can't believe I said it out loud to him. We now have a joint checking account for household bills and make our deposits one for one, but it's still there.
9 months. I could have given birth in this amount of time. Shouldn't I be over it by now? Or am I doomed like our friends are? | |
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| Time to see the dentist. |
Aug 13, 2007 4:15 am
462 Views | Gotta get to the dentist this morning. I have a tooth I just want extracted but they INSIST they can reconstruct it enough with pins and such that they can give it a root canal and a crown and collect as much money from the insurance company as is humanly possible. It's not worth it, I tell ya. Three years ago it split down the middle cause I'm a wicked night grinder, but no one would take me as a new patient cause I wanted to pay cash up front - no insurance. Now I have insurance and lo and behold an opening for a new patient has popped up, but I don't have time in my schedule to see the dentist 6 times to try to save a tooth that should just be extracted in one visit.
Did I mention I used to be a dental assistant? They ain't fooling me.
I had to give up dental assisting after a very short time because I developed a latex allergy and my hands went to pieces with a reaction. What was really kind of funny is that even years later when I am inadvertently exposed I react at the site of exposure AND my hands just as if I am wearing latex gloves again. The reason this is funny is that it is how I found out one of my ex-husbands was cheating on me. I guess I should be pleased he had the good sense to wear a condom, but he didn't clean himself up well enough and let's just say I 'reacted' in a 'sensitive' area and my hands swelled up and blistered. Being as I had had a hysterectomy many years before I knew he wasn't wearing rubbers with me and he had no choice but to confess. LOLOL! CAUGHT YA!!!! | |
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| It goes without saying................... |
Aug 8, 2007 4:24 am
448 Views | .............that my granddaughter is the most beautiful babby in the world right now. I mean, really - did you expect me to say anything else right now? I'd post a picture of her in a bubble bath but I was warned that I could get pervs and pedos checking her out and I don't want that. The visit went very very very well. Considering I hadn't seen my son in 5 years I expected a little tension between us. More like discomfort. There was none. As they were leaving he said he had forgotten how much fun I used to be. We talked about old funny funny stuff. Had his wife rolling with laughter. Hubby fell right into the role of Grandpa without flinching. He's a big kinda scary looking guy and most babies and small kids are kind of afraid of him, but this one could not get enough of him. Each morning when he was getting ready for work she would stand in her playpen and stick her arms up for him. The last morning I didn't even notice he had gotten out of bed. When I got up I found him sitting at the table with the baby on his knee sharing toast with her. All he had to do was walk past her and she was burning up the rug trying to get where he was. I think she liked him.
No we did not tell the kids we are married but said we are planning a wedding in Las Vegas in November. We are. But we are waiting for my other son to return from Iraq first. At some point the conversation turned to my daughter and how we have all been shocked by her evolution from clean cut girl next door into a head-to-toe tattooed, pierced foul mouthed, ANGRY young woman. I guess she's really disappointed that she had a happy healthy childhood. My son and I also talked about how she likes to cause trouble now and if you have something you want kept in confidence you do not tell her. Which brought up a touchy subject - the fact that when my husband filed for divorce he did not tell me but he did tell her and two days before the divorce was final she let the cat out of the bag. My son was totally unaware of that. That's okay. When I also told him that I thought his current wife was a good woman and that when I met her it was very friendly and civil and I gave them my blessing and moved back to Maine. My son says to me "when did you ever meet her????" I told him about going to Texas, finding out about her and meeting her for a drink in a local restaurant and then inviting my husband over as well. The look on his face was priceless when he saw she and I sitting there together. My son was shocked to say the least. The official story they have told my kids was that they met in church a month or so after the divorce was final. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I told him the truth. That my husband developed an online thing with her and that is why he moved to Texas - not for a job, and that I was unaware till the last minute that he had filed for divorce.
Did you know that in the state of Texas if one party files for divorce and the other party does not respond then no support is required? He told the courts that he had no idea of my whereabouts. Poo head. In actuality I was in surgery and he went to the courthouse and filed and was back by the time I was in the recovery room. I stayed with him through the six week recovery period and still not one word about filing for divorce. Do I feel bad for not telling anyone I am remarried? No. He sent me an email that said if I go ahead and marry my current husband he would continue alimony till the end of the year because that would let him off the hook two years early. I don't trust that. But I kept the email and will announce in November. He will stop alimony immediately. So by doing this I am keeping him to his word -sort of.
The salon opened in it's new location yesterday. The place is gorgeous. I just wish Boss Guy would put his stuff away. Or at least put it all back in the basement till he has storage space for it. His side of the room looks like crap. Just saying....
THe owners of the previous salon where we were working have been treating us like crap for about a month now. They always knew we were temporary so the problem is not that we were moving. THe problem as it turns out is that they are devout Christians and disagree with his lifestyle. They disagree with me in general because I too am a Christian but I am working with a gay man. Hmmm. Let's see - they can take his rent money and let him operate in HER salon but I am not allowed to work WITH him. I don't get it. They got me in a private place and told me that they feel he has put the fear of God in me and that because THEY have God I avoid them. Not so. I avoid them because they are harsh and judgemental and make assumptions about everyone. They get a client in their chair and immediately begin to pound the client about finding Jesus and how the Client will go to hell if he/she doesn't immediately start attending their church. Needless to say people don't come back. They had the nerve to stand before us and say that their business was doing fine till Boss Guy started working there but the reason they failed and will be closing their doors in a month is because of him. THey spent the majority of their day yesterday standing at the window and glaring at every one of OUR clients as they came into our salon. Creeped everyone out. I say this - Jesus did not sit in the synagogue and wait for the sinners and thieves to enter and ask for help. He was out and among them and showed God's love by example. Now I presume I will go to hell as well. Which I have to say sounds better than finding the kind of God that they have. | |
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| Babyproofing the house. |
Aug 3, 2007 7:23 am
593 Views | I have forgotten what it takes to make a house really safe. My granddaughter will be here tomorrow. She's a year old. Suddenly I am looking around the place and realizing there is a ton of stuff laying around that a small child could and most likely will put in her mouth. I have plants and I can't remember if any of them are poisonous. Better put everything up high just to be safe. What if she trips on a rug? What if she falls off a chair or sofa? The dog, what about the dog, what if he jumps on her? That's it. The only safe thing is to put all the plants on top of the fridge, put the furniture out on the front lawn and lock the dog in the basement. Uh oh, the toilet. The lid could slam on her little fingers. Better get out the screw drivers and remove the seat. Better yet, I should shut off the valve as well and make sure there's no water in there for her to splash in. Heaven forbid she should get weater on the floor and slip or something. While I'm at it I might as well get some plywood out and cover the tub. Wouldn't want her to get hurt falling over the edge or something. Oh know. She could get her little fingers caught in a door so I better take all those off the hinges as well.
Ok. Looks good so far. Nope. Electrical cords. Unplugging everything and taping over the sockets. Hmmm. THis carpet looks bad. This is a rental so who knows what sorts of things may be lurking in the carpet fibers. Yep. Better pull that all out. Whew. Got that done. And now I've got another problem. There are stains on the subflooring. I think I'll have a contractor run over and replace all that. Hmmm. Maybe while he's here I can ask him to go ahead and remove and replace all the sheetrock on the walls on the off chance there is some mold or something.
This is really exciting!!!!! I can't wait to see the baby!!!! But I hope they don't stay too long cause for some reason I just feel so exhausted. | |
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