Yayyyyy it's bloggerstock day!!! If you havent heard of bloggerstock, go take a look and sign up for next month's list. It's basically a big blog swap, all writing about our version of a topic. Whoop!
And now, without further adooo... I present:
Hi there, I'm Jennifer Z from Fickle Kitsch, and I'm appearing here today for Bloggerstock, a great guest-blogging program!
Bloggerstock asked us to tell ghost stories, but I've never seen a ghost. To be honest, that's probably a good thing. For most of my life, I've been a giant wimp. When I was around seven or eight, I decided that I wanted go into the Haunted Barn at the apple orchard my family always went to. My dad knew this was a terrible idea, since I'd previously proven myself too delicate to watch Casper the Friendly Ghost, but I insisted. We waited in line for a good hour, and finally entered the silo. There was a big window that I happily scurried up to and pressed my nose against. There was water about up to my chest and long murky vines, a swamp.
"You might want to step back, honey," my dad said. He knew what was coming even if I didn't. I peered into the water, thinking This isn't so scary! And then a swamp monster burst from under the water, I screamed, and had to be carried sobbing out of the barn with my face buried in my dad's neck.
Obviously, I felt it would be best to avoid the a scarier parts of the holiday. I never watched scary movies, and when I volunteered at a haunted house in high school, I worked concessions (although that was pretty horrifying itself--the Monster Mash over and over again for five hours). I love Halloween because it's the only day of the year that everyone else seems to understand how awesome dressing up is. I'm all about dressing up and inappropriately elaborate costumes. Luckily, I find friends with the same kind of burning desire to look ridiculous in public.
I guess the point of the story is that Halloween is awesome. And even though it turns out I'm not scared of scary movies anymore (as long as there are people more scared than me that I can laugh at), I would still rather spend my afternoon taking a few hundred photos of me and my roommates locking each other up and staging elaborate fight scenes around campus (we were Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Batgirl, and Supergirl, for inquiring minds). You have to make the holidays work for you, in whatever way you have to.
If you care less about touching Halloween sentiments, and more about clothes, you're my kind of person! It's a bit late to give advice about picking costumes, but never forget how much awesome stuff you have in your own house. There are props, costumes, and accessories aplenty that can be found lying on the floor of your closet or in the back of a drawer. It's always fun to spend money on the things that would really make the outfit, and be creative with the rest. (in my own example, I cut up a dress I already owned to make my Poison Ivy costume, plus glove and boot accessories. The only thing I needed to buy were lime green tights).
Have a safe and happy Halloween!
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>>Also, be sure to check out where I posted today, over at Cerebral Lunchbox, and read about my spooky story. :)
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
I got orchids. Purple ones. WIN!!
So this past weekend, I got to meet S's baby sister who is 14. I couldn't believe how much she reminded me of my little sister. They are both super hyper and talkative and have to tell you every little detail of every story even when you have no idea who or what they are talking about... the only difference is that my sister is a little more bitchy and she's also 8 years older. Her sister was so cute though, I cut her hair and plucked her eyebrows and you could just tell she felt so pretty and I love seein young girls feel good about themselves.
We also made a trip to Walmart with their dad, and baby sister and their dad wrestled in the backseat on the way-so cute. I love her family, everyone gets along so well and they're so playful. :) After the walmart trip, we all 4 played texas holdem and then apples to apples... and it was so much fun. I love playing games!! I totally kicked ass in apples to apples and it was my first time playing MUAHAHAHA! I just loved that we were all laughing the whole time together, and most of all I love seeing S smile. Her face just takes on a whole new shape when she laughs really hard... and it gives me butterflies every time I see her laugh like that.
On Sunday, her older sister and her husband and 4 kids came over, and I did her daughter's highlights and haircut. She loved it hehe... could it be that I'm winning brownie points with the family? :) It was a really great weekend. We went and saw Hereafter that night though, and wow that was a waste of time and money. Don't see it.
Early Monday morning, I started feeling sick though, and ended up not feeling to well for the next two days. Trust me, you don't want details. But S came home early from work on Monday to take care of me. She went to the store to get me some fruit and soup (I was scared to try to eat anything else) and she came home with purple orchids too :). Seeeee??
Oh and she pulled out some of her old family home videos from when she was a kid... lol she was such a cute kid! My favorite video was her when she was maybe 3 or 4, singing all the songs that she had learned in preschool, but she was kinda hard to understand... but still kept singin hehe. PRECIOUSSSS.
It's raining tonight and I'm so happy about that... I've gotten spoiled when I'm with her, she has a fancy iphone... and she has this app on it called ambiance, and you can play different sounds to put you to sleep, and my favorite is the sound of rain with light thunder in the background... puts me right to sleep. I'm home on my own, and I think I'm gonna crack my bedroom window just so I can hear it better. Drinkin my sleepy-time strawberry tea, and gonna get ready for bed. :)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Best Lovey Weekend Part 2 (continued from my last post)
So yeah. I'm in love. Sooooo in loooooveee haha (seriously... I can hear the music in the background).
She told me she loved me, and it was perfect. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect moment. I cut her hair before we went out, and while I was cutting, she said 'I'm glad you said it back,' lol... as if I wouldn't have. But she said 'you never know!' While we were out that night with some friends, I just kept looking at her and swooning. I'm just so proud and lucky to have her next to me. She's just the cutest thing I've ever seen. Is this gushy enough for you??
So the next night, we went to her bosses work party at his house. Wow... this house was gorgeous. HUGE. The backyard was amazing, had this huge patio with a big open fireplace, a big pool, hot tub, huge detached garage, and even a little pool house. I got to meet all the crazy hilarious girls that she works with, and I really liked them. We all brought our own beer and snacks.. and whew it was some good eatin! Her boss and his wife were really nice too, they were all just a really welcoming group of people. Every now and then, S would put her hand on my back or on my leg if we were sitting down and every single time she did that I'd get little butterflies. At one point S went inside to use the potty, and one of her coworkers and I struck up a conversation. This girl was one of the really funny ones, who was crackin jokes all night, but she was so sweet when it was just her and me talking. She asked how long S and I had been together, and I said we'd only known each other for a couple months, and her jaw dropped. She said that we looked like we'd been together for a really long time, and that you can just tell when people are really 'in it' together, and she said we are. It was so cute! What a nice compliment :)
When we were leaving, her boss gave me a hug goodbye, and he's gotta be like at least 6'5 or something, cuz he had to bend over a lot to hug me lol (I'm 5'1). I had so much fun, and we'd both had our fair share of drinkies, so when we got home, I started seeing that S was a little drunk haha. We had a quick picture fest (but not before S took her pants off and I had to grab her before the shirt came off too so we could take pictures since we both looked so cute that night). Wanna see?
And then, we remembered that we had cheesecake in the fridge downstairs, but our clothes were already off. SOOOOOO... we went downstairs half naked, her in only her underwear, and me in my bra and underwear, and ate our yummy cheesecake. I'm not sure that life can get any better than that, watching my naked girlfriend eat cheesecake, while I eat cheesecake lol. Is it possible??
I had to get up early the next morning to drive home (2 hour drive) since I had wedding clients to do at 11, and my sweetness got up and made me french toast, folded my clothes and packed my bags, got me all situated while I was in the shower. She is so good to me. She's my little dream come true. :)
She told me she loved me, and it was perfect. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect moment. I cut her hair before we went out, and while I was cutting, she said 'I'm glad you said it back,' lol... as if I wouldn't have. But she said 'you never know!' While we were out that night with some friends, I just kept looking at her and swooning. I'm just so proud and lucky to have her next to me. She's just the cutest thing I've ever seen. Is this gushy enough for you??
So the next night, we went to her bosses work party at his house. Wow... this house was gorgeous. HUGE. The backyard was amazing, had this huge patio with a big open fireplace, a big pool, hot tub, huge detached garage, and even a little pool house. I got to meet all the crazy hilarious girls that she works with, and I really liked them. We all brought our own beer and snacks.. and whew it was some good eatin! Her boss and his wife were really nice too, they were all just a really welcoming group of people. Every now and then, S would put her hand on my back or on my leg if we were sitting down and every single time she did that I'd get little butterflies. At one point S went inside to use the potty, and one of her coworkers and I struck up a conversation. This girl was one of the really funny ones, who was crackin jokes all night, but she was so sweet when it was just her and me talking. She asked how long S and I had been together, and I said we'd only known each other for a couple months, and her jaw dropped. She said that we looked like we'd been together for a really long time, and that you can just tell when people are really 'in it' together, and she said we are. It was so cute! What a nice compliment :)
When we were leaving, her boss gave me a hug goodbye, and he's gotta be like at least 6'5 or something, cuz he had to bend over a lot to hug me lol (I'm 5'1). I had so much fun, and we'd both had our fair share of drinkies, so when we got home, I started seeing that S was a little drunk haha. We had a quick picture fest (but not before S took her pants off and I had to grab her before the shirt came off too so we could take pictures since we both looked so cute that night). Wanna see?
I had to get up early the next morning to drive home (2 hour drive) since I had wedding clients to do at 11, and my sweetness got up and made me french toast, folded my clothes and packed my bags, got me all situated while I was in the shower. She is so good to me. She's my little dream come true. :)
Monday, October 18, 2010
Best lovey weekend so far :)
So I wasnt planning on going to visit S this past weekend, but all it took was a little whining on her end and I decided to plan a surprise trip. Her boss was planning an employee party at his home Saturday night, and everyone was going to be bringing their significant others but 'hers wasn't going to be there... mehhhh', so that made her not want to go. Well I knew that I could do a couple haircuts in the area if I went, and since she had to work all day Saturday, I thought I could get those done that day, so I made the calls to set those up. And then I started asking S inquiring questions about her other weekend plans to see when I should show up on her doorstep unexpected. Well, apparently I asked too much, and she figured it out that I was planning on coming up to see her, and once she said 'I know your surprise', I couldn't hide it anymore lol. But! I still got her anyway. I told her I wouldn't be able to get up there til late Friday night, after work, but I ended up calling in, and getting on the road at about 10am, so I was on her doorstep by 12. The timing was perfect because that's when I would usually be taking my lunch break, so I was able to call her and ask what she was doing, so I would know where she was in the house. She was cleaning her bathroom, and I said 'okay, well let me run in here and get some food, and I'll call you back'. I ended up running to her door, and rang the doorbell. Took her a minute to calm her bedhead down, not knowing who was gonna be on the other side of the door, but she was able to look through the peephole before slowly opening the door with one of the cutest faces I've seen yet on her-a half smile with a look of 'you tricked me' hehe. I don't know if this is possible, but she literally looks cuter and cuter everytime I see her. I jumped in the house and started laughing as I swallowed her up in my arms, and she fought to cover her lips with her shirt since she hadn't yet brushed her teeth for the day lol (baby just woke up like half an hour before!). "You tricked me. hmph," she kept saying, with a smile on her cute little face, and it was so worth the drive, just to see that face. Man... I'm just so smitten lol.
We've decided to be Danny and Sandy from Grease for Halloween, and since she had the day off, she was planning on going out to look for a leather jacket that day. So after she got ready, we went out for our shopping day. She treated me to Cheesecake Factory (which by the way is just ridiculously expensive, there's a reason I hardly ever eat there!) and then we walked around Short Pump Mall for the rest of the day. I can't even describe why, but it was just the most perfect day we'd had. We held hands, she rubbed my shoulders as we stood in line for starbucks, she laughed at me as this english woman in a tea shop ended up talking me into buying a new tea pot, loose leaf blooming tea, and a tea tin to keep my tea in (which by the way I'm in love with, and will be telling you about later) and she tried on different jackets (all of which she looked ridiculously hot in... seriously... how is this girl my girlfriend?? she's way too hot for me!) and as we walked around the mall, we were that couple that I used to joke but secretly be jealous of, the ones that walk with their arms around each other, the ones that just look so happy. That was finally me. I'm telling you, I've found her. I have never felt this happy. She'd put her arm around my shoulders and squeeze me close as hard as she could, and I'd have my arm around her hip, and we'd just love on each other, even when we were just looking at the directory to figure out where to go next. I just can't get enough of this girl, and I've never had that feeling be so mutual with someone.
We ran a few more errands before getting back home, and by then I was exhausted. We had made plans to meet up with SquirtyB and her gf and roommate that night, but we had about 2 hours to kill before doing that. I told S that I might need a cat nap, as I collapsed on her couch. She came over to me after dropping all our bags on the floor, and straddled my lap facing me. We loved on each other for a bit, this is definitely one of my favorite cuddle positions, when she just curls up her little body on top of me and wraps her whole body around me... and she took my face in her hands as she kissed me a bit, then she sat back up and placed her hands down on my legs and said 'wanna know a secret?' I knodded and smiled, I knew what was coming, I wasnt sure, but I thought maybe just maybe... and she said 'I love you' while looking at me with a half happy smile, half slightly scared smile, and I just melted. I literally felt this ZING go through my whole body, and I said 'I love you too' as my heart raced :). I just wrapped my arms around her and squeezed her so tightly, and then told her... 'I'm awake!' haha... I definitely didn't need a nap after that. It was so sweet and intimate and just perfect. I knew I was falling in love with her by at least the last time we hung out, but after that day together, there was no question. That's only the first half of our lovey weekend, but I have to get ready for work, so I'll finish this up later. I'm so happy and lucky!! :)
We've decided to be Danny and Sandy from Grease for Halloween, and since she had the day off, she was planning on going out to look for a leather jacket that day. So after she got ready, we went out for our shopping day. She treated me to Cheesecake Factory (which by the way is just ridiculously expensive, there's a reason I hardly ever eat there!) and then we walked around Short Pump Mall for the rest of the day. I can't even describe why, but it was just the most perfect day we'd had. We held hands, she rubbed my shoulders as we stood in line for starbucks, she laughed at me as this english woman in a tea shop ended up talking me into buying a new tea pot, loose leaf blooming tea, and a tea tin to keep my tea in (which by the way I'm in love with, and will be telling you about later) and she tried on different jackets (all of which she looked ridiculously hot in... seriously... how is this girl my girlfriend?? she's way too hot for me!) and as we walked around the mall, we were that couple that I used to joke but secretly be jealous of, the ones that walk with their arms around each other, the ones that just look so happy. That was finally me. I'm telling you, I've found her. I have never felt this happy. She'd put her arm around my shoulders and squeeze me close as hard as she could, and I'd have my arm around her hip, and we'd just love on each other, even when we were just looking at the directory to figure out where to go next. I just can't get enough of this girl, and I've never had that feeling be so mutual with someone.
We ran a few more errands before getting back home, and by then I was exhausted. We had made plans to meet up with SquirtyB and her gf and roommate that night, but we had about 2 hours to kill before doing that. I told S that I might need a cat nap, as I collapsed on her couch. She came over to me after dropping all our bags on the floor, and straddled my lap facing me. We loved on each other for a bit, this is definitely one of my favorite cuddle positions, when she just curls up her little body on top of me and wraps her whole body around me... and she took my face in her hands as she kissed me a bit, then she sat back up and placed her hands down on my legs and said 'wanna know a secret?' I knodded and smiled, I knew what was coming, I wasnt sure, but I thought maybe just maybe... and she said 'I love you' while looking at me with a half happy smile, half slightly scared smile, and I just melted. I literally felt this ZING go through my whole body, and I said 'I love you too' as my heart raced :). I just wrapped my arms around her and squeezed her so tightly, and then told her... 'I'm awake!' haha... I definitely didn't need a nap after that. It was so sweet and intimate and just perfect. I knew I was falling in love with her by at least the last time we hung out, but after that day together, there was no question. That's only the first half of our lovey weekend, but I have to get ready for work, so I'll finish this up later. I'm so happy and lucky!! :)
Thursday, October 14, 2010
100 Things About Me-2010
Ok here we go, I'm thinking I'm gonna try to do this every year. Here's a new list of 100 things about me, read my list from Sept 2009 HERE. I might end up repeating some things, but this is meant to be an update. I dunno, we'll just see what happens. :)
1. My last name is Jones. Yep... one of the many.
2. I hate that my name is so plain. I think no matter what my first and middle names were, my name would still sound plain and common.
3. I have a habit of using my middle name whenever I'm writing my name... I have my full name on my business cards. I never actually go by my middle name, or even both first and middle together, but my name just looks too short and plain to me without it.
4. I used to dream of the day I could get married just so I could change my name lol. I don't think like that anymore, I'm proud to be a member of my family, and take pride in my name. But the looks of it on paper just looks too plain for my taste. I think the only way I would change my name now, marriage or not, is if I had kids. I'd hyphenate my name with my partners, so that the baby could have the same last name as me. Or a variation of sorts. haha.
5. Speaking of babes, at this point in my life, I don't think it would be the worst thing if I didn't reproduce. I have friends now that have kids, and see how much they have changed and how much their lives have changed, it's all too much for me to consider to be a good thing. Maybe when I'm settled in a relationship, like EXTREMELY settled I might think otherwise, but right now I just can't see raising kids as being a part of my life.
6. anddddd thennnn I look at my baby pictures, and other peoples' babies and baby pictures... and I totally rethink everything lol. I think it will just depend on who I end up with. I would never consider having kids on my own.
7. I still daydream all the time, but it's much more about just finding my partner for life, rather than a partner and kids.
8. I zone out a lot. This is pretty much just daydreaming, but I've come to realize that I will zone out when I'm not interested in something, even if it's someone talking to me.
9. I probably do this the most with my sister, and she has made it very apparent that it pisses her off. But I can't help it. The girl does not shut up, and is often talking everyone's ears off about stuff that we don't care about, or about people that we don't know. It's turned into a family joke, but sometimes she makes it known how much my zoning gets to her.
10. I have also realized over the past year that my sister and I might never be as close as I'd hope to be with a sister. She and I are just too different.
11. She and I get along fine when we see each other, but we are not involved in each others' lives outside of family get togethers. I wonder if this will ever change. People used to tell me that we would become closer when we were older, but I just don't see it happening.
12. We got in such a major fight over christmas last year that we didn't even talk for the first few months of this year. During that time, it didn't even up feeling all that different than we usually do, since we don't ever really talk. My mom ended up paying for me to send my sister flowers to try to break the ice, even though it was clear that it was my sister's stubborn attitude that was the reason for us not talking. I guess I'll always be the one who is expected to be the mature one.
13. This year has become a really bad year for insomnia for me. I don't remember ever having this much trouble sleeping.
14. The insomnia got so bad at one point that I was literally up until I could hear the birds chirping outside before I could go to sleep. I am thinking that it has something to do with the stress of living back at home with my mom.
15. I am much more like my dad than I ever realized. I used to think that I was more like my mom, but my cousin pointed it out to me a few months ago, that he thinks I'm so much like my dad. I am starting to agree, we seem to both have the same outlook on life, a strong need to enjoy life for all that it's worth.
16. I have to use Q-tips after every shower. If I don't, I will feel like I have water in my ears all day. Ok maybe not all day, but enough to annoy the crap out of me for a while.
17. I have an obsession with Chelsea Handler. I have all 3 of her books, and think that she is an absolute genius when it comes to comedy. I have never read a book make me laugh OUT LOUD so hard.
18. If my dog Daisy is near me when I'm eating, I always give her the last bite of whatever I'm eating. She is the sweetest and most well behaved dog ever, but she knows I'm a sucker hehe.
19. I think that The Office and Friends are the two greatest comedy shows ever made. I have seen every episode of both shows, many times, and it will never get old.
20. As far as dramas, Six Feet Under is at the absolute top of my list. That is another show that I could repeatedly watch over and over. It's just amazing, and I was so sad when it ended. But, the ending was epic, and I cried like a baby.
21. My new favorite guilty pleasure show is Jerseylicious. I refuse to watch Jersey Shore, but Jerseylicious is reality gold lol.
22. I have a habit of leaving bobby pins wherever I go. They're like my fairy dust. :)
23. I decided to leave the salon I was working in for 4 years back in December of last year. It was my time to move on, but it was a very difficult decision to come to. I miss my salon family, but I don't miss the minimal compensation.
24. When I told my bosses that I was leaving, the wife (husband and wife team own the salon) burst into tears and had to leave the room. I balled like a baby, and could hardly get my words out to say why I had to go.
25. When I told them that I was going to be doing hair from home, going to my clients' homes to do their hair, the husband told me that it was completely tacky and rolled his eyes, and then I remembered immediately why I was leaving the salon. I will always love that man and appreciate everything that he taught me, but I will never be ok with a man putting me down, no matter how much he thinks I owe him.
26. The next day, the wife asked me to stay on at the salon for one day a week. I ended up doing that for the next few months, but eventually it just wasn't worth my while. Like I said, I miss the salon family, but I'm glad that I found the courage to move on and do what was best for me.
27. Since then, I have been a traveling hairstylist, and I've had a blast. I go to my clients' homes to do their hair, and they often feed me dinner and/or drinks. The money is so much better, and I've definitely spoiled myself with being able to work whenever I want.
28. I've been doing this for about 9 months now, and I do love it, but lately I've been going back and forth with wanting to be a part of a salon family again. I wouldn't go back to the salon where I was, but it would be nice to feel like I'm a part of something again, instead of just always riding solo. I think it has left me feeling more lonely than anything, but I wouldn't trade this experience.
29. I have been wanting to move away from my hometown for years, and I've recently decided that it's time to do that. The thought of it terrifies me, but not enough for the excitement of it to completely outweigh my fears.
30. I worry that I won't be able to fully do it on my own. I have had help from my parents in one way or another my whole life. But I think that this is the leap that I want and need to take. I want to feel self sufficient more than anything right now. I imagine that it will really be the best feeling ever.
31. I've decided to move to Richmond, Va. It's about 2 hours from where I am now. I think this is the perfect place for me. The art scene is huge there, and it just feels like an entirely different world. Plus I will be close enough to home that I can come stay for a few days each month and keep a lot of my clients, just get them all done back to back in a few days.
32. I am the opposite of a germ-a-phob.
33. If I don't have a toothbrush and need one, I will (and have) use a friend's toothbrush, even if it means I don't tell them lol.
34. I pick my nose, and you do too. Don't lie.
35. My natural hair color is dark blonde, and since I color my hair darker, I have to color my eyebrows too so they don't look too light.
36. I swear that I wished my hair curly. I've had straight hair all my life and I had always wanted curly hair, and just in the past couple years it started just curling by itself. totally stoked :)
37. I absolutely love being in my car. Driving with my music up really high is seriously the most therapeutic thing to me.
38. I take cat naps whenever I need some energy. Like just 20 minutes of a nap will totally energize me... and if I take it late in the day then it'll mess up my sleep schedule for the night... i'll be up really late.
39. I can fall asleep with the tv on, but I know it'll wake me up soon after, so I use that as an alarm clock whenever I'm taking a cat nap. I just leave the tv on with the volume on low, and I know it'll wake me back up soon.
40. I'm still obsessed with sudoku. I like it because it clears my head while I'm working on the grids.
41. I've probably had the craziest and worst dates of anyone I know.
42. I have had a girl stalk me for 6 months after only 2 dates.
43. Reading Chelsea Handler's books made me want to write my own book, making it about all of my horrible dates. I have sooooo many crazy dating stories. I could definitely write a book, and I'd probably ask some friends to give me their stories too and make it a collaboration book. Would be hilarious!
44. I've lived at the beach my whole life, but dream about living in the mountains.
45. I also prefer cooler weather, which is not the norm for someone who grew up at the beach haha.
46. Autumn is my favorite season, all the warm colors in the changing of the leaves literally fills me up inside.
47. I also love flowers. Flowers literally make me sooooo happy haha. It's a different thing then just that I like to get flowers... I just love flowers and am amazed that their beauty occurs naturally in nature.
48. I'm actually not a big fan of getting roses though. I prefer different and exotic types of flowers to traditional ones. Wild flowers are the best though. Just picked right out of a field :).
49. My favorite color is still purple.
50. I think it's funny how much of my stuff ends up being purple without me even planning on it. Like my shampoo and conditioner bottles are purple, my face wash bottle is purple, a lot of my make up packaging is purple, and I even tried out a new mascara because the bottle was purple. I didn't actually realize that until later, but it's funny how I'm just drawn to purple things.
I'm gonna go ahead and post this... took me forever just to get this far, but I'm gonna try to finish the 100 things soon.
1. My last name is Jones. Yep... one of the many.
2. I hate that my name is so plain. I think no matter what my first and middle names were, my name would still sound plain and common.
3. I have a habit of using my middle name whenever I'm writing my name... I have my full name on my business cards. I never actually go by my middle name, or even both first and middle together, but my name just looks too short and plain to me without it.
4. I used to dream of the day I could get married just so I could change my name lol. I don't think like that anymore, I'm proud to be a member of my family, and take pride in my name. But the looks of it on paper just looks too plain for my taste. I think the only way I would change my name now, marriage or not, is if I had kids. I'd hyphenate my name with my partners, so that the baby could have the same last name as me. Or a variation of sorts. haha.
5. Speaking of babes, at this point in my life, I don't think it would be the worst thing if I didn't reproduce. I have friends now that have kids, and see how much they have changed and how much their lives have changed, it's all too much for me to consider to be a good thing. Maybe when I'm settled in a relationship, like EXTREMELY settled I might think otherwise, but right now I just can't see raising kids as being a part of my life.
6. anddddd thennnn I look at my baby pictures, and other peoples' babies and baby pictures... and I totally rethink everything lol. I think it will just depend on who I end up with. I would never consider having kids on my own.
7. I still daydream all the time, but it's much more about just finding my partner for life, rather than a partner and kids.
8. I zone out a lot. This is pretty much just daydreaming, but I've come to realize that I will zone out when I'm not interested in something, even if it's someone talking to me.
9. I probably do this the most with my sister, and she has made it very apparent that it pisses her off. But I can't help it. The girl does not shut up, and is often talking everyone's ears off about stuff that we don't care about, or about people that we don't know. It's turned into a family joke, but sometimes she makes it known how much my zoning gets to her.
10. I have also realized over the past year that my sister and I might never be as close as I'd hope to be with a sister. She and I are just too different.
11. She and I get along fine when we see each other, but we are not involved in each others' lives outside of family get togethers. I wonder if this will ever change. People used to tell me that we would become closer when we were older, but I just don't see it happening.
12. We got in such a major fight over christmas last year that we didn't even talk for the first few months of this year. During that time, it didn't even up feeling all that different than we usually do, since we don't ever really talk. My mom ended up paying for me to send my sister flowers to try to break the ice, even though it was clear that it was my sister's stubborn attitude that was the reason for us not talking. I guess I'll always be the one who is expected to be the mature one.
13. This year has become a really bad year for insomnia for me. I don't remember ever having this much trouble sleeping.
14. The insomnia got so bad at one point that I was literally up until I could hear the birds chirping outside before I could go to sleep. I am thinking that it has something to do with the stress of living back at home with my mom.
15. I am much more like my dad than I ever realized. I used to think that I was more like my mom, but my cousin pointed it out to me a few months ago, that he thinks I'm so much like my dad. I am starting to agree, we seem to both have the same outlook on life, a strong need to enjoy life for all that it's worth.
16. I have to use Q-tips after every shower. If I don't, I will feel like I have water in my ears all day. Ok maybe not all day, but enough to annoy the crap out of me for a while.
17. I have an obsession with Chelsea Handler. I have all 3 of her books, and think that she is an absolute genius when it comes to comedy. I have never read a book make me laugh OUT LOUD so hard.
18. If my dog Daisy is near me when I'm eating, I always give her the last bite of whatever I'm eating. She is the sweetest and most well behaved dog ever, but she knows I'm a sucker hehe.
19. I think that The Office and Friends are the two greatest comedy shows ever made. I have seen every episode of both shows, many times, and it will never get old.
20. As far as dramas, Six Feet Under is at the absolute top of my list. That is another show that I could repeatedly watch over and over. It's just amazing, and I was so sad when it ended. But, the ending was epic, and I cried like a baby.
21. My new favorite guilty pleasure show is Jerseylicious. I refuse to watch Jersey Shore, but Jerseylicious is reality gold lol.
22. I have a habit of leaving bobby pins wherever I go. They're like my fairy dust. :)
23. I decided to leave the salon I was working in for 4 years back in December of last year. It was my time to move on, but it was a very difficult decision to come to. I miss my salon family, but I don't miss the minimal compensation.
24. When I told my bosses that I was leaving, the wife (husband and wife team own the salon) burst into tears and had to leave the room. I balled like a baby, and could hardly get my words out to say why I had to go.
25. When I told them that I was going to be doing hair from home, going to my clients' homes to do their hair, the husband told me that it was completely tacky and rolled his eyes, and then I remembered immediately why I was leaving the salon. I will always love that man and appreciate everything that he taught me, but I will never be ok with a man putting me down, no matter how much he thinks I owe him.
26. The next day, the wife asked me to stay on at the salon for one day a week. I ended up doing that for the next few months, but eventually it just wasn't worth my while. Like I said, I miss the salon family, but I'm glad that I found the courage to move on and do what was best for me.
27. Since then, I have been a traveling hairstylist, and I've had a blast. I go to my clients' homes to do their hair, and they often feed me dinner and/or drinks. The money is so much better, and I've definitely spoiled myself with being able to work whenever I want.
28. I've been doing this for about 9 months now, and I do love it, but lately I've been going back and forth with wanting to be a part of a salon family again. I wouldn't go back to the salon where I was, but it would be nice to feel like I'm a part of something again, instead of just always riding solo. I think it has left me feeling more lonely than anything, but I wouldn't trade this experience.
29. I have been wanting to move away from my hometown for years, and I've recently decided that it's time to do that. The thought of it terrifies me, but not enough for the excitement of it to completely outweigh my fears.
30. I worry that I won't be able to fully do it on my own. I have had help from my parents in one way or another my whole life. But I think that this is the leap that I want and need to take. I want to feel self sufficient more than anything right now. I imagine that it will really be the best feeling ever.
31. I've decided to move to Richmond, Va. It's about 2 hours from where I am now. I think this is the perfect place for me. The art scene is huge there, and it just feels like an entirely different world. Plus I will be close enough to home that I can come stay for a few days each month and keep a lot of my clients, just get them all done back to back in a few days.
32. I am the opposite of a germ-a-phob.
33. If I don't have a toothbrush and need one, I will (and have) use a friend's toothbrush, even if it means I don't tell them lol.
34. I pick my nose, and you do too. Don't lie.
35. My natural hair color is dark blonde, and since I color my hair darker, I have to color my eyebrows too so they don't look too light.
36. I swear that I wished my hair curly. I've had straight hair all my life and I had always wanted curly hair, and just in the past couple years it started just curling by itself. totally stoked :)
37. I absolutely love being in my car. Driving with my music up really high is seriously the most therapeutic thing to me.
38. I take cat naps whenever I need some energy. Like just 20 minutes of a nap will totally energize me... and if I take it late in the day then it'll mess up my sleep schedule for the night... i'll be up really late.
39. I can fall asleep with the tv on, but I know it'll wake me up soon after, so I use that as an alarm clock whenever I'm taking a cat nap. I just leave the tv on with the volume on low, and I know it'll wake me back up soon.
40. I'm still obsessed with sudoku. I like it because it clears my head while I'm working on the grids.
41. I've probably had the craziest and worst dates of anyone I know.
42. I have had a girl stalk me for 6 months after only 2 dates.
43. Reading Chelsea Handler's books made me want to write my own book, making it about all of my horrible dates. I have sooooo many crazy dating stories. I could definitely write a book, and I'd probably ask some friends to give me their stories too and make it a collaboration book. Would be hilarious!
44. I've lived at the beach my whole life, but dream about living in the mountains.
45. I also prefer cooler weather, which is not the norm for someone who grew up at the beach haha.
46. Autumn is my favorite season, all the warm colors in the changing of the leaves literally fills me up inside.
47. I also love flowers. Flowers literally make me sooooo happy haha. It's a different thing then just that I like to get flowers... I just love flowers and am amazed that their beauty occurs naturally in nature.
48. I'm actually not a big fan of getting roses though. I prefer different and exotic types of flowers to traditional ones. Wild flowers are the best though. Just picked right out of a field :).
49. My favorite color is still purple.
50. I think it's funny how much of my stuff ends up being purple without me even planning on it. Like my shampoo and conditioner bottles are purple, my face wash bottle is purple, a lot of my make up packaging is purple, and I even tried out a new mascara because the bottle was purple. I didn't actually realize that until later, but it's funny how I'm just drawn to purple things.
I'm gonna go ahead and post this... took me forever just to get this far, but I'm gonna try to finish the 100 things soon.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
So as I was saying...
I'm totally smitten with S. I feel so lucky. I feel like this is what I've been waiting for. She is just the cutest little thing to ever creep into my heart.
A few weeks ago, we got a really cheap motel room for the weekend in Fredericksburg, VA. Yeah, we sure did stay at a Days Inn lol. It was a little scary, and I kept getting freaked out that someone was gonna break into our room and murder us, but she kept me calm and reassured me that no one was outside our door at 4am ready to attack us. She even got up in her little underwear to look out the window for me lol.
A few weeks ago, we got a really cheap motel room for the weekend in Fredericksburg, VA. Yeah, we sure did stay at a Days Inn lol. It was a little scary, and I kept getting freaked out that someone was gonna break into our room and murder us, but she kept me calm and reassured me that no one was outside our door at 4am ready to attack us. She even got up in her little underwear to look out the window for me lol. 
We have also started taking every single shower together when we are together lol. I didn't even realize it until this past weekend, but I said 'do you realize that we never take seperate showers now? Not ONE??' haha. She makes shampoo mohawks that make me laugh hysterically and she pinches my nips while my eyes are closed with soap or water and I pinch her butt to make her jump and squirm and smile and we switch back and forth to share the hot water<3. But while we were in the motel room, I heard something and swore up and down that someone was in our room while we were in the shower, and again, she had to save the day and reassure me in her towel that no one was in there lol. 
So during the days on our cheap motel weekend, we spent one day going to the DC Zoo, and the next day going to a Nationals Baseball Game before we headed back home to her house late Sunday night. We had a photo-fest while at the game... all these pics are my favs :)
So during the days on our cheap motel weekend, we spent one day going to the DC Zoo, and the next day going to a Nationals Baseball Game before we headed back home to her house late Sunday night. We had a photo-fest while at the game... all these pics are my favs :)
But my favorite part of that whole weekend was Saturday night. We know nothing about Fredericksburg, and there is really nothing to do there at night, so after a late night shower since we were gross from being at the zoo, we decided to go to Walmart there lol. Oh yeah, we shoooo did go to walmart on our vacay weekend lol. While we were there, we came upon the arts and crafts section (which is of course my favorite section in ANY store lol) and she suggested we get something to take back to the motel room to work on as like an art project. I said... "are you just saying this to try to make me happy?" Or maybe I was thinking that lol... but no... she really wanted to do something artsy. Which FLIPPIN made my day lol. So we decided on getting some puff paint and some canvas bags that you can paint, and said we'd paint the bags for each other. We sat up on the bed for like 3 hours and painted our bags. She was just in a tank top and her underwear... and I kept catching myself just staring at her while she painted. She makes this really cute face when she's concentrating on something, like painting my bag, I can see the little tip of her tongue stick out sometimes and her eyes are big and bright and focused. Whew... just soooo cute.
So our next project was that we took the leftover blank bags home, and we were supposed to paint them for each other and bring them to each other next time we got together (which was 2 weeks later, this past weekend). Buttttt... she couldnt wait that long lol. She has no patience. She made my bag and then HAD to send me a picture of it immediately lol. I wanted to wait and surprise each other, but she wasnt havin it haha. So she sent me a picture... and I almost started crying. It was the cutest thing ever. She drew out our faces right next to each other, put 'K+S' underneath our faces, and put a big red heart around all of it. How precious is that?????? So I had already made plans of what to do with her bag. We already have a lot of inside jokes, so I was going to write out our 'phrases' on her bag. So I did... and it turned out awesome... and she loved it :). and we are definitely planning on using these bags. We are so corny! And I love it!
This past weekend, she introduced me to her family. I had already met her dad, but I also got to meet her sweet Mama, and her sister and neice and nephews. I had a blast with them. They are for realll country folk, live out in the boonies, and we drank beers in the front yard while the kids ran wild, I watched S play basketball with her mom and the others, and she is a baller, she's got some skillz let me tell you (and i laughed to myself as she tried to get me to play with them. I am NOT a sports girl at all lol. I coware when the ball comes near me hahaha) and finished the night off with a bonfire and chairs wrapped around it right next to the woods. It was like a little slice of heaven, totally the life I'd like to have (maybe minus a few kids lol). But it was just great. Her mom is so sweet, and S looks just like her. They both have big pretty blue eyes and the same sweet soft spoken voice :). So cute!
So yeah, things are going really well. I'm aware that we've only been dating for a short time, but wow. I'm just astonished at how well we get along. How there is no fighting, just cuddling. How we can talk about anything. So this is what a normal functioning relationship feels like! I'm a lucky girl :)
Irritants, but I'm still smiling.
Ok so may I just say that I have never been so happy with someone, as I am with S. I know I have been slacking in writing in here lately... but don't worry... it's cuz I've been too busy swooning over her lol. But I'll write more about her later. Her cuteness can wait.
So I recently got really super irritated with an old friend of mine, D. D and I have known each other since middle school, and were best friends all through high school. During our senior year, her mom had to move, and so she had to go with her. She only ended up moving about 30 minutes away, but with that move, we slowly fell out of contact. I had a boyfriend that I spent most of my time with (he was actually my last boyfriend) and she was busy dating and making new friends out that way too. Well, after high school, we didn't talk for about a year. She called me out of the blue one night, and totally rocked my world. She told me that 1-she had gotten married. 2-she had had a baby, and 3-she had moved to Florida. (we're in VA). So over the past 7 years, we have seen each other maybe 3 times, usually quick dinners while she was in town here visiting her mom, and I'd gotten to meet her baby and husband during those dinners too. Other than that, we'd just occassionally talk through myspace. Well she recently moved back here and they bought a house and she had another baby a year ago, so we've been getting closer and spending time together.
Well, D is a completely different person now than she was in high school. I mean I know that happens to us all, we all grow up and change... but she is just SOOOOOOOO different. In high school, she was the class clown (I was the quiet shy girl) and she was outgoing and outspoken and vulgar and hilarious. Now... all she can talk about are her kids, and her husband who is an asshole half the time, and just AMAZING the other time... but I'm realizing that married life has made her... well... 'spoken for'. She doesn't seem to have her own opinion about anything anymore. I remember we had been talking about something pretty unimportant a few weeks ago, while I was at her house before her husband got home... and she said that she was gonna have to ask him when he got home what he thought about it. It totally made me wince for a second.. it was such a simple subject that she and I were talking about... and she couldn't even have this conversation with me unless she know how he felt about it. Maybe I'm looking too much into it but it's just so weird. She's just totally not the same person.
Which brings me to the part where I got really irritated. A couple weeks ago, when they put the block on getting rid of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Lady Gaga had spoken out about it. She had said somthing to the effect of she is on our side, wants equal rights for us, and that she thinks that if the straight soldiers in the military have an issue with gay soldiers, then they should just go home. I didn't actually watch the video of this myself, but heard about it from what D wrote on her facebook page. She said "I think that Lady Gaga should stick to perfoming songs & stop saying that straight soldiers should leave the military for not wanting gays in it. She really should think before opening her diarrhea mouth. The reason she can speak at all is because of the straight & gay soldiers in the military.....Shut uP Gaga ur a politcal idiot. We know u love ur gays, but stay away from politics!"
Well... I didn't even know what to make of this. I mean.. she was contradicting herself in so many ways in this statement. Her friends from Florida were all agreeing with her in their comments, so I wrote "Politics affect us all babe, she has just as much a right to make her opinion known as the rest of us. xoxo"
D: okay, but she's an idiot. she needs to pick her words...or only open her mouth to sing :)
(I'm thinking... ummm... she DID pick her words lol. The point she was making was a heavy one... she picked her words pretty well I'd say.)
I wrote: So just because you don't agree with her opinion, she shouldnt be allowed to say it?
D: She said "straight soldiers should go home" for being prejudice....if that happens, who is goingto fight for us?? She's retarded :)
I wrote: well maybe it wouldn't be an issue if there wasnt so much prejudice. She is acknowledging how ridiculous it is to be prejudice over gays who are doing the same damn thing, fighting for our rights. She isn't retarded. (by now I was really getting fed up.)
She started trying to just be funny I think after that.. which infuriated me even more. I don't want to sound 'prejudice' against house wives... but what it has done to her is just ridiculous. I know that her husband doesnt agree with gays being out in the military, so that has become her opinion as well. Instead of forming her own opinion, or keeping the backbone she used to have, she's basically just become a second voice for his opinions. He and I have gotten into it before when I was over there for dinner. He and I get along just fine, but I think he was taken aback when his wife's friend stood up to him. Probably didn't know what to do with himself lol. But I finally just ended up writing her an email cuz I was tired of going back and forth about it on her page for everyone to see. I wrote:
So I recently got really super irritated with an old friend of mine, D. D and I have known each other since middle school, and were best friends all through high school. During our senior year, her mom had to move, and so she had to go with her. She only ended up moving about 30 minutes away, but with that move, we slowly fell out of contact. I had a boyfriend that I spent most of my time with (he was actually my last boyfriend) and she was busy dating and making new friends out that way too. Well, after high school, we didn't talk for about a year. She called me out of the blue one night, and totally rocked my world. She told me that 1-she had gotten married. 2-she had had a baby, and 3-she had moved to Florida. (we're in VA). So over the past 7 years, we have seen each other maybe 3 times, usually quick dinners while she was in town here visiting her mom, and I'd gotten to meet her baby and husband during those dinners too. Other than that, we'd just occassionally talk through myspace. Well she recently moved back here and they bought a house and she had another baby a year ago, so we've been getting closer and spending time together.
Well, D is a completely different person now than she was in high school. I mean I know that happens to us all, we all grow up and change... but she is just SOOOOOOOO different. In high school, she was the class clown (I was the quiet shy girl) and she was outgoing and outspoken and vulgar and hilarious. Now... all she can talk about are her kids, and her husband who is an asshole half the time, and just AMAZING the other time... but I'm realizing that married life has made her... well... 'spoken for'. She doesn't seem to have her own opinion about anything anymore. I remember we had been talking about something pretty unimportant a few weeks ago, while I was at her house before her husband got home... and she said that she was gonna have to ask him when he got home what he thought about it. It totally made me wince for a second.. it was such a simple subject that she and I were talking about... and she couldn't even have this conversation with me unless she know how he felt about it. Maybe I'm looking too much into it but it's just so weird. She's just totally not the same person.
Which brings me to the part where I got really irritated. A couple weeks ago, when they put the block on getting rid of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Lady Gaga had spoken out about it. She had said somthing to the effect of she is on our side, wants equal rights for us, and that she thinks that if the straight soldiers in the military have an issue with gay soldiers, then they should just go home. I didn't actually watch the video of this myself, but heard about it from what D wrote on her facebook page. She said "I think that Lady Gaga should stick to perfoming songs & stop saying that straight soldiers should leave the military for not wanting gays in it. She really should think before opening her diarrhea mouth. The reason she can speak at all is because of the straight & gay soldiers in the military.....Shut uP Gaga ur a politcal idiot. We know u love ur gays, but stay away from politics!"
Well... I didn't even know what to make of this. I mean.. she was contradicting herself in so many ways in this statement. Her friends from Florida were all agreeing with her in their comments, so I wrote "Politics affect us all babe, she has just as much a right to make her opinion known as the rest of us. xoxo"
D: okay, but she's an idiot. she needs to pick her words...or only open her mouth to sing :)
(I'm thinking... ummm... she DID pick her words lol. The point she was making was a heavy one... she picked her words pretty well I'd say.)
I wrote: So just because you don't agree with her opinion, she shouldnt be allowed to say it?
D: She said "straight soldiers should go home" for being prejudice....if that happens, who is goingto fight for us?? She's retarded :)
I wrote: well maybe it wouldn't be an issue if there wasnt so much prejudice. She is acknowledging how ridiculous it is to be prejudice over gays who are doing the same damn thing, fighting for our rights. She isn't retarded. (by now I was really getting fed up.)
She started trying to just be funny I think after that.. which infuriated me even more. I don't want to sound 'prejudice' against house wives... but what it has done to her is just ridiculous. I know that her husband doesnt agree with gays being out in the military, so that has become her opinion as well. Instead of forming her own opinion, or keeping the backbone she used to have, she's basically just become a second voice for his opinions. He and I have gotten into it before when I was over there for dinner. He and I get along just fine, but I think he was taken aback when his wife's friend stood up to him. Probably didn't know what to do with himself lol. But I finally just ended up writing her an email cuz I was tired of going back and forth about it on her page for everyone to see. I wrote:
I can't discuss that anymore with you babe, you'll never understand the struggle and stress that comes with fighting for our rights as humans. You're married, and have a husband who can be open about who he is and what he loves in the military. I am not allowed those same basic human rights. You just don't understand the fight going on right now. I welcome anyone fighting for our rights, including Lady Gaga.
She wrote back "talk at me later. Still luv you!"
Ugh. I'm realizing that I have very little in common with this person who used to be my best friend. But I guess that's ok... I heard once that we all change our friends about every 7 years... and that's because we are always constantly growing and evolving who we are. I just wish that I could get through to her. It's not even something that she cares about... but she chooses to downplay the importance of it for other people. Meh.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
Bitch-face. New job.
So I finally quit the dreadful coffee shop. I'm not even sure if I've talked much about how ridiculous that place was on here very much... but here's a quickie catch up.
The owner is filipino. She has lived here for most of her life, yet I still can't understand most of what comes out of her mouth. Now I'm all for different cultures finding a home here, but when you're trying to boss me around, it'd be best if I can understand you. And when you're yelling at me in front of customers because I'm doing something wrong because you didn't teach me how in the first place, please use proper english. Great, thanks.
And then... all of my paychecks were under, except for one. That's one, out of 5, and they were under by at least $50. All of the other girls that worked there had the same issue, which just led me to think... why in the hell are you still working here you idiots?? When we tried to talk to the dragon-lady-boss, she told us that we must not be clocking in and out correctly, and that it's our fault. Next, she had hired me to work during the day, since I do my hair clients at night. I had a great schedule for the first week, and then after that she started giving me all night shifts. Like seriously, every single one. I'd get an opening shift like once a week. So I'd have to dispute my schedule with her on a weekly basis. Oh and our schedule was from Sunday through Saturday, and she wouldn't make the schedule for the following week until Saturday night. That works out really well when I have to make appts for my clients, and she keeps messing up my schedule. After all of the disputing, her 'fix it' was then only scheduling me for 9 hours a week. Ok, now... what is the fucking point?
So this past week, I had asked her the week before to let me know what my schedule would be as soon as she could because I had to get back to like 4 different clients about scheduling their appts. I texted her that on friday, and she didn't get back to me until the following Monday (of last week). Well by then, I was over it and my clients were blowin up my phone, so I had to just go ahead and schedule them. I mean they are more important anyway. So when she finally gets back to me, it's too late. I text her a couple days later that I'm gonna have to leave the coffee shop, and she then goes off on me and tries to give me like 8 guilt trips. Says that I'm totally screwing her over. And her texts were all in completely broken english, which just irritated me more. I jsut had to shake my head, I never did respond.
So I'm done there. Well, the same day that this all went down, I got a call from my girl at the temp agency where I had applied a bit before I started at the coffee shop, asking me if I was interested in working on an assignment for them. I said... UMMMM YEAH! Perfect timing :). So she set me up with a short term job, it's only 2 weeks, but it's paying $10 an hour, so it'll be a nice little chunk of monayyy. I'm working for the American Heart Association (have been now for 2 days starting last week on Thursday) helping them raise money for a fundraiser walk that they have coming up. I'm basically just making warm calls all day to people that have already signed up to help, and asking them if they'd be willing to ask their contacts for help or donations through an email that I jsut fwd to them. Easiest job, and everyone there is sooooo nice. And I feel like I'm working for a good cause, so that makes me feel great :). So anyway, on my second day there, my boss Julie came up behind me and gave me a hug and told me that I'm doing such a great job and that she wishes she could keep me! Unfortunately they don't have an opening for a fulltimer there, but that they do have an office in Richmond (where I'm moving in a couple months) that always has openings and she'd love to refer me there. She's actually from there so we'd been talking about my move. So I'm thinking that might actually be a good idea. That way I could do the same thing I've been doing here. I'd have to work on building a clientel, so making money in a salon right from the start would be slow. So if I had a steady reasonable income to start with in an office, I could work on getting a clientel at home at night, and then maybe I'd go into a salon later with a clientel. I think this sounds like a great idea, and I really like the idea of working for a non profit organization too. I'm really good at marketing and fundraising, and getting people involved in things, so this could be great. We'll see what happens, but I'm getting more excited about moving with this idea. I've been scared that i'd be struggling financially for a long time after I move there, but this could be my way around that. yay!
The owner is filipino. She has lived here for most of her life, yet I still can't understand most of what comes out of her mouth. Now I'm all for different cultures finding a home here, but when you're trying to boss me around, it'd be best if I can understand you. And when you're yelling at me in front of customers because I'm doing something wrong because you didn't teach me how in the first place, please use proper english. Great, thanks.
And then... all of my paychecks were under, except for one. That's one, out of 5, and they were under by at least $50. All of the other girls that worked there had the same issue, which just led me to think... why in the hell are you still working here you idiots?? When we tried to talk to the dragon-lady-boss, she told us that we must not be clocking in and out correctly, and that it's our fault. Next, she had hired me to work during the day, since I do my hair clients at night. I had a great schedule for the first week, and then after that she started giving me all night shifts. Like seriously, every single one. I'd get an opening shift like once a week. So I'd have to dispute my schedule with her on a weekly basis. Oh and our schedule was from Sunday through Saturday, and she wouldn't make the schedule for the following week until Saturday night. That works out really well when I have to make appts for my clients, and she keeps messing up my schedule. After all of the disputing, her 'fix it' was then only scheduling me for 9 hours a week. Ok, now... what is the fucking point?
So this past week, I had asked her the week before to let me know what my schedule would be as soon as she could because I had to get back to like 4 different clients about scheduling their appts. I texted her that on friday, and she didn't get back to me until the following Monday (of last week). Well by then, I was over it and my clients were blowin up my phone, so I had to just go ahead and schedule them. I mean they are more important anyway. So when she finally gets back to me, it's too late. I text her a couple days later that I'm gonna have to leave the coffee shop, and she then goes off on me and tries to give me like 8 guilt trips. Says that I'm totally screwing her over. And her texts were all in completely broken english, which just irritated me more. I jsut had to shake my head, I never did respond.
So I'm done there. Well, the same day that this all went down, I got a call from my girl at the temp agency where I had applied a bit before I started at the coffee shop, asking me if I was interested in working on an assignment for them. I said... UMMMM YEAH! Perfect timing :). So she set me up with a short term job, it's only 2 weeks, but it's paying $10 an hour, so it'll be a nice little chunk of monayyy. I'm working for the American Heart Association (have been now for 2 days starting last week on Thursday) helping them raise money for a fundraiser walk that they have coming up. I'm basically just making warm calls all day to people that have already signed up to help, and asking them if they'd be willing to ask their contacts for help or donations through an email that I jsut fwd to them. Easiest job, and everyone there is sooooo nice. And I feel like I'm working for a good cause, so that makes me feel great :). So anyway, on my second day there, my boss Julie came up behind me and gave me a hug and told me that I'm doing such a great job and that she wishes she could keep me! Unfortunately they don't have an opening for a fulltimer there, but that they do have an office in Richmond (where I'm moving in a couple months) that always has openings and she'd love to refer me there. She's actually from there so we'd been talking about my move. So I'm thinking that might actually be a good idea. That way I could do the same thing I've been doing here. I'd have to work on building a clientel, so making money in a salon right from the start would be slow. So if I had a steady reasonable income to start with in an office, I could work on getting a clientel at home at night, and then maybe I'd go into a salon later with a clientel. I think this sounds like a great idea, and I really like the idea of working for a non profit organization too. I'm really good at marketing and fundraising, and getting people involved in things, so this could be great. We'll see what happens, but I'm getting more excited about moving with this idea. I've been scared that i'd be struggling financially for a long time after I move there, but this could be my way around that. yay!
Oh I forgot: Bloggerstock
I totally forgot to post on my bloggerstock post (the last post on here) where I was going to be posting. And that ya'll should definitely sign up for next month too. I posted on Sara Swears A Lot's blog. She is HIGHHHH-larious! And that's the point... is that signing up for bloggerstock exposes you to other blogs that you would have never read before. I'm so glad I got to post on Sara's! Anyway, here's the link to my post on her blog, and here's the link to sign up for bloggerstock for October. DOOOO ITTT!!
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