So I'm learning really fast that I already need to find another part time job. I've gotten two paychecks from the coffee shop and both of them were dramatically less than I had expected. After talking to a few of the girls there, they all said that they're all having paycheck issues, and when they try to talk to the boss lady about it, she gets really defensive and says that we must not be clocking in and out properly (bullshit). I'm already having trouble with scheduling... she always gives me pretty much the opposite of what we had originally discussed while I was being hired... so that is cutting into my hair client time. I'm just going to look for another job... my sole reason for taking this job is to make some extra money so that I can save up a good amount before moving. If I'm not even getting a paycheck for all of my hours working, then what's the point? I just don't want to have to deal with this shit every two weeks.
On the upside of my weekend :)... New Girl came to see me. My parents were out of town for 5 days, so New Girl (we'll call her S) and I looked at our work schedules and decided that she could come here on Sunday and stay through Monday. We hadn't even decided this until just the night before, so I was in a frenzy getting the place ready.. cleaning my room, washing my sheets, shaving my legs hehe... all the while she is laughing at me over the phone saying 'I hope you don't expect me to deep clean my place when you come here!! I'd rather you just see the real me, the slob.' She chuckled. She also sent me pictures of her room, and she's really not that bad, but again, I like that she's honest about who she is. And after dating someone who thought that even every bobby pin should have its place, I have much more in common with someone who is not so uptight. But I also can't wait to go to her place so that I can help her get organized. She just moved into this place a couple months ago, and she still has some stuff in boxes haha.
During the previous week, I had told S that she could earn a massage from me only by payment of kisses. Since we hadn't had a first kiss on the first date, I figured that was fair, and an excuse for her to kiss me. Yes, I have an agenda, lol. So when she got here, we both discovered that we were still just as nervous and giddy around each other as we had been during the first date, even after talking on the phone pretty constantly for almost 2 weeks since our first date. She already knew she was gonna be shy and nervous still, but I had actually thought that I'd be ok. Yeah... I was still nervous lol. It's such a good nervous though.
I surprised her by making avocado egg rolls from scratch (her favorite). I waited for her to get here before we went to the store to get the ingrediants together. We had both never actually bought avocados from the store, so she pulled out her iphone and looked up 'how to tell if an avocado is ripe'. It was pretty hilarious actually... it told us to put the avocado in the palm of your hand, and squeeze to see if it is firm or if the skin is loose. It told us that it should feel like you're pressing down on your own palm, so we both pressed on each others palms and squeezed a bunch of avocados while giggling uncontrollably like little girls. It probably was more fun for us than it is for you to read this, but it was pretty silly. She just makes me giggle :). We went back to my place and I started prepping the food while we both had a few beers. I was one ahead of her at first, but she caught up fast, and it turned into a game of 'I win.' We actually turn a lot of things into that haha. So when she had finished one of her beers before me, she started making her way to the fridge to pull out another one, but I stepped in front of her so I could try to finish mine so that we'd be even again. Wellllll.. my plan worked, even more so than I'd hoped. Instead of trying to get past me, she glided in for a kiss... and it was perfect. :) It was definitely the best first kiss I've had in a long time. I got instant butterflies all over.
I'll write more later, I need to get to sleep. But I'm really enjoying myself with her, and getting to know her. It feels like there's no pressure, and it feels natural. Good weekend :)
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Monday, August 2, 2010
New Job and Shark Week YES.
SHARK WEEK starts tonight on the discovery channel, and I'm SO excited lol.
So I started my new coffee shop job on Saturday. I have to say that I kinda have mixed feelings about it. I really love the atmosphere there, and I already really like the customers. Some of the regulars are already learning my name, and I think it's cute that customers are introducing themselves to me, 'Oh you must be new! Hi! It's nice to meet you!' It's pretty precious. This is why I love coffee shops though... you only get to see these customers for 5 minutes a day, but it's a part of their day that they look foward to, so they're always happy to see you. :)
But yeah, the thing I'm not too crazy about, is my coworkers. They're not the typical coffee shop crew, or the ones that I've met so far anyway. I've worked 2 shifts so far, and have worked with this one girl both times. She has been there for 4 years, and she has told me that she's flat out sick of this job, and that she's going to nursing school and can't wait to leave. So needless to say, she gets easily irritated with very small things, and this isnt exactly great for me, the new girl. She's kinda funny though. Sometimes she'll be irritable, and then she'll snap out of it quicker than I can do a double take, and starts getting all excited about the fact that I do hair, and how she wants me to do her hair, and just can't wait and oh my god. lol... I just don't know what to expect with her. So when she's all being nice and friendly, I milk it for all it's worth! I start getting excited too, and then bring up other topics that are friendly topics and that I can see she gets happy about. I'm just gonna have to kill her with kindness til we get used to each other lol.
I really think that it's just gonna be a period of adjustment, which there is in any job of course. But she is a manager there, and she just has no idea how to manage. She kinda just became manager because she's the one that's been there the longest, I'm guessing. So far, she's made 2 mistakes (one during each of my shifts) and has somehow tried to pin it on me, because I guess it's easy to blame things on the new girl that's still learning. I of course have made several mistakes, and forgotten some things, but I'm already getting better. I still have yet to make more than just a couple drinks, I've been spending most of my time there learning the register. This is no easy task ya'll... for real. I mean, this place is like a full cafe, with breakfast and lunch served all day, and hot drinks, cold drinks, smoothies, blended drinks, italian sodas that we make, and a full bakery. It's a lot to learn, and there are seperate screens for each one of those categories, and some of the items are misplaced... and it's just a lot to learn, when you have to meander around all these different screens to find what you're looking for, and the customer in front of you is going down their list of 3 sandwiches all prepared differently, and 6 drinks and different too.
BUT! Overall, I think that once I actually get into the swing of things, I'm gonna feel a lot better about it all. It's really fast paced at times, and I love that part of it. Time flies by, and hey, I get free coffee :)
Oh and guess what else? She has an artist's paintings hanging on the walls, and she said I can bring in my paintings and hang them up to sell them. CHYEAHHH!
So I started my new coffee shop job on Saturday. I have to say that I kinda have mixed feelings about it. I really love the atmosphere there, and I already really like the customers. Some of the regulars are already learning my name, and I think it's cute that customers are introducing themselves to me, 'Oh you must be new! Hi! It's nice to meet you!' It's pretty precious. This is why I love coffee shops though... you only get to see these customers for 5 minutes a day, but it's a part of their day that they look foward to, so they're always happy to see you. :)
But yeah, the thing I'm not too crazy about, is my coworkers. They're not the typical coffee shop crew, or the ones that I've met so far anyway. I've worked 2 shifts so far, and have worked with this one girl both times. She has been there for 4 years, and she has told me that she's flat out sick of this job, and that she's going to nursing school and can't wait to leave. So needless to say, she gets easily irritated with very small things, and this isnt exactly great for me, the new girl. She's kinda funny though. Sometimes she'll be irritable, and then she'll snap out of it quicker than I can do a double take, and starts getting all excited about the fact that I do hair, and how she wants me to do her hair, and just can't wait and oh my god. lol... I just don't know what to expect with her. So when she's all being nice and friendly, I milk it for all it's worth! I start getting excited too, and then bring up other topics that are friendly topics and that I can see she gets happy about. I'm just gonna have to kill her with kindness til we get used to each other lol.
I really think that it's just gonna be a period of adjustment, which there is in any job of course. But she is a manager there, and she just has no idea how to manage. She kinda just became manager because she's the one that's been there the longest, I'm guessing. So far, she's made 2 mistakes (one during each of my shifts) and has somehow tried to pin it on me, because I guess it's easy to blame things on the new girl that's still learning. I of course have made several mistakes, and forgotten some things, but I'm already getting better. I still have yet to make more than just a couple drinks, I've been spending most of my time there learning the register. This is no easy task ya'll... for real. I mean, this place is like a full cafe, with breakfast and lunch served all day, and hot drinks, cold drinks, smoothies, blended drinks, italian sodas that we make, and a full bakery. It's a lot to learn, and there are seperate screens for each one of those categories, and some of the items are misplaced... and it's just a lot to learn, when you have to meander around all these different screens to find what you're looking for, and the customer in front of you is going down their list of 3 sandwiches all prepared differently, and 6 drinks and different too.
BUT! Overall, I think that once I actually get into the swing of things, I'm gonna feel a lot better about it all. It's really fast paced at times, and I love that part of it. Time flies by, and hey, I get free coffee :)
Oh and guess what else? She has an artist's paintings hanging on the walls, and she said I can bring in my paintings and hang them up to sell them. CHYEAHHH!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Coffee shop love :)
So I am really REALLY excited to say that I got a new job, and I'm starting tomorrow. :)
I had said that I was gonna start that other extrememly part time job previously this week. Well that didn't happen. I got ridiculously sick the night before I was about to start. Apparently my friends and I were passing around some kind of stomach virus, and it had me up getting sick all night, and some the next day. I was dizzy and weak for about 2 days. Yeah, was lots of fun. So anyway, Wed morning I had a client (that I definitely didn't wanna get outta bed for, was still not back to 100% awesomeness) but I did anyway. I love this guy. He's the CEO of the financial planning firm that I'm working with, he's absolutely hilarious, and he always wants me to come to his office to cut his hair. So 9am wed morning, that's where I was. Everytime I go to cut his hair, I go into this adorable little coffee shop that's a couple blocks away when I'm done. Everytime I've been in there, I've asked if they're hiring, and the girl working behind the counter would always say she didn't know but that the owner wasn't there, so I should come back in a couple weeks. Well THIS TIME! The owner was there, and she was this little asian lady who was up working with the girl, and she's pregnant. One of the customers who I assume is a regular said 'what are you doing working!! you should be off your feet!" and the owner said that she'd had 3 girls leave and that she's having to pick up the slack. Well I immediately yelled out "well are you hiring?????" with a big smile, and the girl handed me an application. I started filling it out right there while they made my coffee drink and breakfast sandwich. The girl brought me my drink with a smile, and as I finished up my application my sandwich was ready. I was originally going to get it to go, but I sat down and ate it there, just in case the owner wanted to talk to me then. When all the other customers had left, the owner looked over my app and started asking me questions from behind the counter. "So you've started your own business then?" and i told her about my hair and art stuff. She then came over and sat with me, we talked for about another 5 minutes, and she hired me on the spot :). "How soon can you start??" hehe... I start tomorrow morning.
Yes I know this might not sound like a huge deal to you, but you just don't understand my love of coffee shops. I eventually want to open my own coffee shop in some small town somewhere, so I've been wanting to get back into a coffee shop to get around it again, so I can start relearning the business of it. And this place is so cute... I'll have to post pictures. My most favorite job ever was working in a coffee shop. I'm. Just. So. Excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On an even better note, this week has been really good for my hair business. Even with my sickyness, I got a total of 5 new clients this week. This is huge! I had 4 new clients last week. All of my new clients have loved their hair, I've even gotten a couple of emails thanking me for such a good job, and how much they just love it. A few are passing out flyers for me, and everyone's just been really supportive. I really feel like things are finally on the way up, and life is just getting better and better. Maybe that tarot card reading was right! Or maybe it just gave me the boost that I needed :) yay!!!
I had said that I was gonna start that other extrememly part time job previously this week. Well that didn't happen. I got ridiculously sick the night before I was about to start. Apparently my friends and I were passing around some kind of stomach virus, and it had me up getting sick all night, and some the next day. I was dizzy and weak for about 2 days. Yeah, was lots of fun. So anyway, Wed morning I had a client (that I definitely didn't wanna get outta bed for, was still not back to 100% awesomeness) but I did anyway. I love this guy. He's the CEO of the financial planning firm that I'm working with, he's absolutely hilarious, and he always wants me to come to his office to cut his hair. So 9am wed morning, that's where I was. Everytime I go to cut his hair, I go into this adorable little coffee shop that's a couple blocks away when I'm done. Everytime I've been in there, I've asked if they're hiring, and the girl working behind the counter would always say she didn't know but that the owner wasn't there, so I should come back in a couple weeks. Well THIS TIME! The owner was there, and she was this little asian lady who was up working with the girl, and she's pregnant. One of the customers who I assume is a regular said 'what are you doing working!! you should be off your feet!" and the owner said that she'd had 3 girls leave and that she's having to pick up the slack. Well I immediately yelled out "well are you hiring?????" with a big smile, and the girl handed me an application. I started filling it out right there while they made my coffee drink and breakfast sandwich. The girl brought me my drink with a smile, and as I finished up my application my sandwich was ready. I was originally going to get it to go, but I sat down and ate it there, just in case the owner wanted to talk to me then. When all the other customers had left, the owner looked over my app and started asking me questions from behind the counter. "So you've started your own business then?" and i told her about my hair and art stuff. She then came over and sat with me, we talked for about another 5 minutes, and she hired me on the spot :). "How soon can you start??" hehe... I start tomorrow morning.
Yes I know this might not sound like a huge deal to you, but you just don't understand my love of coffee shops. I eventually want to open my own coffee shop in some small town somewhere, so I've been wanting to get back into a coffee shop to get around it again, so I can start relearning the business of it. And this place is so cute... I'll have to post pictures. My most favorite job ever was working in a coffee shop. I'm. Just. So. Excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On an even better note, this week has been really good for my hair business. Even with my sickyness, I got a total of 5 new clients this week. This is huge! I had 4 new clients last week. All of my new clients have loved their hair, I've even gotten a couple of emails thanking me for such a good job, and how much they just love it. A few are passing out flyers for me, and everyone's just been really supportive. I really feel like things are finally on the way up, and life is just getting better and better. Maybe that tarot card reading was right! Or maybe it just gave me the boost that I needed :) yay!!!
Monday, July 26, 2010
ok ok ok.
I know I haven't been keeping up very well with writing in here. To be honest, I just haven't felt like it lately.
I'm starting a new EXTREMELY part time job this tuesday. I signed on with a temp agency, and they found me the job. It's only one day a week, but the girl that I'm working with at the agency is looking for other things to fill up my other days. I guess it's a start haha. But I have been getting busier with hair clients too.. had a good week last week, and having another good one this week.
Oh yeah I got a tarot card reading done.. there was a girl giving them at this event that i was involved in, I was a vendor in it, showing off my artwork and advertising my hair services. The event was a total flop.. hardly anyone showed up and we had been working on this thing for almost 2 months. We had 11 vendors... and maybe 15 guests came? It was horrible, but luckily I did make some good contacts with the other vendors, and got a few clients out of it. Hey... I'll take what I can get! And one of the girls that I met there, I already did her hair and she LOVED it... seriously the girl went a little crazy she loved it so much haha... and I'm doing her sister's and mom's hair this week, and possibly her aunt in the near future as well. So you just never know what doors will open. ANYWAY, about the tarot card reading... the girl tells you to think about something that has been bothering you, or something that you feel lost about, or just something that you're wanting an answer for. So I think about my career path. And then I question myself and wonder if I should be thinking about my love life? And then I flip back and forth between the two like 8 times in a matter of like 3 seconds, and decide to settle on the career path, while keeping the love life in a close second for questioning haha. She puts all the cards face down on the table and tells me to pick out 3 cards and place them down in front of me in the order that i pick them. These represent the past, present, and future of whatever it is that I'm thinking about. She turns the first card over, and then she explains to me that the card means that in the past, I had let something go for the greater good of my future, something that I wanted to work out, and that did help me, but that I bravely let it go, and that this was a good idea (I'm immediately thinking of how I left my salon job to go into business for myself, and if I'm thinking about love.. of course that means my exes lol). The second card is for the present time, and she turns it over and tells me that it means I'm sitting in idle, and that I need to be patient (which is true of both things again.. my career path is kinda sitting still right now.. i mean it's going in the right direction, but just more slowly than I'd like; and also my love life is definitely in idle right now... there is absolutely no one that has my eye right now, and I'm jsut kinda waiting for the right one to come along). And then for the whopper: the future card. She flips it over, and the girl actually lost her breathe and said 'wow... that is a very powerful card.' It was the empress card, and basically it means that big things are coming my way in the future. She said that hardly anyone has ever picked this card out of her deck in all the years she's been doing this. I just stood there and couldn't help but get really excited, and also exhaled and just calmed down inside. Maybe it's all in fun... but it's fun to think about and consider!
Ok so I was just reading through the best of craigslist. Have ya'll read any of these? I'm picking out some of my favorites.. the ones that had me actually laughing out loud while reading them... and putting them on here for you to read. Some people are so crazy and ridiculous... and they're all on craigslist!! I'll warn you though... some of these are extremely X rated... but still SO worth reading! The first one is my favorite!! So just read these if you're looking for a good laugh :)
No More Sex With Fruit
Orange Popsicles
Litter Box Cleaning for Pancakes
To Every Male Employee at the Diner haha... this is pretty hilarious too.
Penis Caught In Zipper---Oh dear god! You are kidding me.
ok that's enough for now! Goodnight!
I'm starting a new EXTREMELY part time job this tuesday. I signed on with a temp agency, and they found me the job. It's only one day a week, but the girl that I'm working with at the agency is looking for other things to fill up my other days. I guess it's a start haha. But I have been getting busier with hair clients too.. had a good week last week, and having another good one this week.
Oh yeah I got a tarot card reading done.. there was a girl giving them at this event that i was involved in, I was a vendor in it, showing off my artwork and advertising my hair services. The event was a total flop.. hardly anyone showed up and we had been working on this thing for almost 2 months. We had 11 vendors... and maybe 15 guests came? It was horrible, but luckily I did make some good contacts with the other vendors, and got a few clients out of it. Hey... I'll take what I can get! And one of the girls that I met there, I already did her hair and she LOVED it... seriously the girl went a little crazy she loved it so much haha... and I'm doing her sister's and mom's hair this week, and possibly her aunt in the near future as well. So you just never know what doors will open. ANYWAY, about the tarot card reading... the girl tells you to think about something that has been bothering you, or something that you feel lost about, or just something that you're wanting an answer for. So I think about my career path. And then I question myself and wonder if I should be thinking about my love life? And then I flip back and forth between the two like 8 times in a matter of like 3 seconds, and decide to settle on the career path, while keeping the love life in a close second for questioning haha. She puts all the cards face down on the table and tells me to pick out 3 cards and place them down in front of me in the order that i pick them. These represent the past, present, and future of whatever it is that I'm thinking about. She turns the first card over, and then she explains to me that the card means that in the past, I had let something go for the greater good of my future, something that I wanted to work out, and that did help me, but that I bravely let it go, and that this was a good idea (I'm immediately thinking of how I left my salon job to go into business for myself, and if I'm thinking about love.. of course that means my exes lol). The second card is for the present time, and she turns it over and tells me that it means I'm sitting in idle, and that I need to be patient (which is true of both things again.. my career path is kinda sitting still right now.. i mean it's going in the right direction, but just more slowly than I'd like; and also my love life is definitely in idle right now... there is absolutely no one that has my eye right now, and I'm jsut kinda waiting for the right one to come along). And then for the whopper: the future card. She flips it over, and the girl actually lost her breathe and said 'wow... that is a very powerful card.' It was the empress card, and basically it means that big things are coming my way in the future. She said that hardly anyone has ever picked this card out of her deck in all the years she's been doing this. I just stood there and couldn't help but get really excited, and also exhaled and just calmed down inside. Maybe it's all in fun... but it's fun to think about and consider!
Ok so I was just reading through the best of craigslist. Have ya'll read any of these? I'm picking out some of my favorites.. the ones that had me actually laughing out loud while reading them... and putting them on here for you to read. Some people are so crazy and ridiculous... and they're all on craigslist!! I'll warn you though... some of these are extremely X rated... but still SO worth reading! The first one is my favorite!! So just read these if you're looking for a good laugh :)
No More Sex With Fruit
Orange Popsicles
Litter Box Cleaning for Pancakes
To Every Male Employee at the Diner haha... this is pretty hilarious too.
Penis Caught In Zipper---Oh dear god! You are kidding me.
ok that's enough for now! Goodnight!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Changed it all up again haha
Ok so I had way too much fun designing the new blog look. I swear... I could spend all day doing this stuff.
I got new eyeball glasses today, for the first time! I love them. I got a ton of compliments already. They're so cute, and yes, they're even purple-ish.
I've been meeting with a financial planner, and it's just really great. I feel like I'm headed in the right direction!! The head of the company even asked me to do his hair (he's been sitting in on my meetings and giving me marketing ideas). His assistant called me this morning before our meeting to ask if I could bring my hairstuff with me to cut his hair. I brought my bag of goodies, and a sheet to lay down since we'd be doing it in his office. (haha.. that last line sounded dirty lol.) Anyway, he loved his hair, and told me that he's going on a cruise with his wife tomorrow with 10 other couples who are local friends of his, and he's going to tell all of them about me.
I just feel so lucky lately. Everyone I've met has been so supportive, and just so full of ideas. :-)
I got new eyeball glasses today, for the first time! I love them. I got a ton of compliments already. They're so cute, and yes, they're even purple-ish.
I've been meeting with a financial planner, and it's just really great. I feel like I'm headed in the right direction!! The head of the company even asked me to do his hair (he's been sitting in on my meetings and giving me marketing ideas). His assistant called me this morning before our meeting to ask if I could bring my hairstuff with me to cut his hair. I brought my bag of goodies, and a sheet to lay down since we'd be doing it in his office. (haha.. that last line sounded dirty lol.) Anyway, he loved his hair, and told me that he's going on a cruise with his wife tomorrow with 10 other couples who are local friends of his, and he's going to tell all of them about me.
I just feel so lucky lately. Everyone I've met has been so supportive, and just so full of ideas. :-)
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Ok, time for a smile.
So I promised details on new events a couple posts ago, so here we are. The first thing was that I was talking to someone new who was peeking my interest. Well my peek flat out dropped hahaha. Had a date with her last sunday, and we had fun meeting up in a city that was between us, went to a couple museums, walked under a bridge and explored, and then out of no where before we're about to head to the dinner restaurant, she seriously attacks me with a really inappropriate first kiss. With all the messes of my past, I'm really just realizing that there are things that I want, and that I shouldnt settle for less. And damnit, I want to have a really romantic and amazing first kiss. I've had one really great first kiss. We'd had a good share of drinks between us, and decided to go down to the beach at night to sit on a blanket that I always keep in the back of my car, and listen to the waves. I remember rambling on and on because I was tipsy and nervous, and she just put her hand on the back of my neck, caught my attention, looked me right in the eyes, and said "honey, shush, why don't you just kiss me?" and I fell right into it, and it was passionate and soft and magical and delicious and sexy and perfect. I want another moment like that. So when I'm getting settled in my driver's seat after walking in the rain, looking down to put my seatbelt on, and you pretty much bump my head as you swallow my face with no warning... that's just not gonna cut it. Sorry babe. At 34, you should know by now how to go in for a kiss. And then the rest of the evening was just awkward.. and then the next day I was bombarded with texts saying that I'm rude and that I'm being short with her. And I even ended up blowing off a friend that night when she was going to a concert that I would have really enjoyed.
So ya know what? I've decided that this summer is going to be mine. I stayed single all through last summer, and it was the best summer I'd had in years. I just had fun with my friends, and it was everything I could have needed or wanted. I've made some new friends over the past year, reconnected with older ones, and I've already had a few crazy random nights of fun this summer. When something is meant to happen, it will.
And more importantly, I really just need to concentrate on building up my business. I met with a financial planner last week, and it was honestly the best meeting of my life. I have never felt more like I'm on the right track. I'm excited to see my progression in the next year, even just this summer. I'm really getting my shit together, and it's making me really happy and proud of myself. Things are even getting better at home, and I'm not feeling as hounded lately. I had to have a serious talk with my mom about how she needs to just back off instead of wanting to control and 'help' me every minute. I'm a big girl, and I can handle it, but no one flourishes while being micro-managed by their mother. The stepdad is learning to shut it too, and is being much more respectful of me. Good things.
I'm ecstatic that it's summer. It's just a whole new feeling in the air, and I'm really feeling good about life right now. Here's to a great summer!!!
So ya know what? I've decided that this summer is going to be mine. I stayed single all through last summer, and it was the best summer I'd had in years. I just had fun with my friends, and it was everything I could have needed or wanted. I've made some new friends over the past year, reconnected with older ones, and I've already had a few crazy random nights of fun this summer. When something is meant to happen, it will.
And more importantly, I really just need to concentrate on building up my business. I met with a financial planner last week, and it was honestly the best meeting of my life. I have never felt more like I'm on the right track. I'm excited to see my progression in the next year, even just this summer. I'm really getting my shit together, and it's making me really happy and proud of myself. Things are even getting better at home, and I'm not feeling as hounded lately. I had to have a serious talk with my mom about how she needs to just back off instead of wanting to control and 'help' me every minute. I'm a big girl, and I can handle it, but no one flourishes while being micro-managed by their mother. The stepdad is learning to shut it too, and is being much more respectful of me. Good things.
I'm ecstatic that it's summer. It's just a whole new feeling in the air, and I'm really feeling good about life right now. Here's to a great summer!!!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Bigger and better things.
I had a really great week this week. I have been so busy! I've met quite a few amazing women, made a couple new friends, and have gotten a lot of new ideas for my business. I'm really excited! I feel like I'm on the brink of something great, something that I'm creating all on my own, something that is really me, and something that is going to create my future.
I had met with a woman, Allison, for lunch about a month ago. She and my mom had met at a networking function, and my mom had been tooting my horn to her haha. (what are mama's for??) She is starting her own business, basically she's wanting to help other small business owners get on their feet, and help with marketing and such. So I met with her for lunch, she gave me a ton of great ideas, and also put me in touch with this woman's group in the area. They're called the "Geekettes Club" and basically, they are just all about promoting and helping each other, no matter what business we are in. There's over 300 women in the group! They meet once every month, and I went to my first meeting this past week. Sonya, the creator of the group, is such a doll. I latched onto her so fast! She has the cutest australian accent, so of course I'm hanging on her every word as she's giving me tips for my business. She does online marketing, so she had so many great ideas for me. I had made a brochure (instead of the flyer I was using) using Microsoft Publisher, and brought a copy of it with me to the meeting, so I could get some input on it. Sonya had said that the whole thing ended up looking to corporate, and that she thought that since I'm an artist, I should use my creativity to make the whole thing stand out. I was scared to go too overboard with it originally, not wanting to make it look too out there, but now I'm really having fun with it and I think it's definitely gonna catch some people's eyes. I even singled in on a logo. I have literally made like 40 of them and finally made one that I love (a lot better than the one I was going to use, that I simply didn't hate, but didn't love haha). Here it is:
Pretty cute eh? I love it. I did make the mistake of ordering new business cards with a different design, but it's ok, they're still really cute, and they look a lot better than my old ones, and most importantly, they have my new website on them.
I met with a client today, and asked her for her input on my website (take a look at it, click on the picture on the right under my bio), and she gave me some different ideas too, so I think my website will continually be a work in progress. I have at least gotten the look of it to be something that I don't hate. I have literally been working on it everyday and night of this week, whenever I wasn't with clients. I haven't been able to sleep! I'm just so excited about everything, and I want to make sure that I'm making the most of all of the new ideas. I really think that all of this is going to make a difference, and I'll actually be able to hand out my business card proudly, with a nice brochure and website to back it up.
The Geekettes Club is planning on having workshops that I'm going to attend. They bring in business specialists to teach us the ins and outs of starting your own business. I'm so excited! They are also planning a vendor event, and Sonya said that I could bring my paintings to show and also do live hairstyling right there in the show. Luckily I've been 'on stage' before, my old salon used to do stage shows and I got to help.
I'm just so excited. I feel like so many opportunities are opening up for me, and they couldn't have come sooner. I'm in a good place emotionally, and just ready to grab everything that comes towards me.
I am thinking that I'm going to hold off on moving out of mom's house. I have so many things that are coming together, and I realize I need to have a bigger base before I take all of those expenses back on. I'm lucky to be able to not have to pay rent, and things really are calming down around here. No reason to rock the boat at this point. I was always thinking that living here would just completely diminish my social and dating life, but who cares at this point? That's not what my focus is right now. I really want to establish my business, and essentially establish myself. I'm feeling great!
Sunday, April 18, 2010
What a week.
Last week was a busy one. Keeping busy helps after just going through a breakup. It was good for me to not have time to just sit and think about MJ. This weekend has been slower, and it started off with a jolt that got me right back into the breakup mindset. But I'm ok. Been through much worse than this. I mean I know I wasn't in love. I know that. I guess my heart will just always be a little more tender than I would like for it to be. There's just no way around that. I've thought that it would get easier, the more that I had experienced, but it always stings just the same. Guess I'll just have to live with that! It's ok I guess, in the end it's not gonna hurt to care too much, not in a way that I can't be proud of anyway.
My new part time job doesn't leave ANY room for thinking about anything else but it while I'm there. My friend Sandra owns a preschool, and I've started working there a few days a week. So many of my hair appts end up being in the evening so I wanted to do something that would take up some of my daytime, and some extra money doesn't hurt either. I'm working with the babies of the school, the two year olds. I have fallen madly in love with this one little girl, from the first day she latched onto me and stole my heart. Her name is Madyson. Whenever I get there, she sees me and her face lights up with a big smile and yells 'HIIIII!!!' It's just the cutest thing. She always wants me to hold her or carry her or hug me or sit in my lap. And then there's Kloey, and Jasmine, and Grayson and Gavin (twins) and the youngest baby is Richard, who is just the sweetest little blonde quiet boy. We have up to 16 kids in the 'twos' class at one time, and it's just me and one other girl who are with them. I originally went in there thinking I would just try it and I didn't think that I'd have the patience to be with a bunch of kids all day, but I just love it. It's trying at times, but even the little problem child terrors make me smile sometimes.
For a while now, I've been questioning if I'd even want to have kids of my own. This never used to be a question for me, it was always certain in my mind that I did, but doubts about my wanting it have surfaced. But now, after spending time with these babies, there's no question anymore. I still don't want them now, but I do know I want to have kids in the future. Just need to find me a baby mama first haha. The twins, Grayson and Gavin, they actually have lesbian moms. The birth mom drops them off in the morning, and 'Mimi', their other mom, picks them up in the afternoon. I think it's cute that they call her Mimi. :-)
We also lost a friend last week. It was actually last Saturday. Shae Buchanan lost his battle with cancer. He made it to his 23rd birthday. His service was Thursday night and it was beautiful. Sandra, my friend who owns the preschool, is his cousin. I did Sandra and her gf's hair on Wednesday night before the service. We all drank together that night, and looked through photo albums as they told me funny stories about things that Shae would do. He was quite a character! I only got to meet him a handful of times, but even from the first time I met him, he was someone that would stand out without even trying. What a great smile that kid had... I still just can't believe he's gone. Watch this video, the local news station got an interview with him after he had originally learned that he was sick, and we were all thinking that he was going to be fine, he was beating it. He worked at the preschool too, and it's been hard when all the kids are asking 'where is Mr. Shae?'
I'm having dinner with a friend tonight. I don't think it's a date, maybe it is haha... but I don't think it is. We've actually only met once, and it was back in December of last year. We've been saying we needed to get coffee again for a long time, but then I started dating MJ and so we lost touch. So anyway, it'll be nice to see her again, she was good company the first time around.
My new part time job doesn't leave ANY room for thinking about anything else but it while I'm there. My friend Sandra owns a preschool, and I've started working there a few days a week. So many of my hair appts end up being in the evening so I wanted to do something that would take up some of my daytime, and some extra money doesn't hurt either. I'm working with the babies of the school, the two year olds. I have fallen madly in love with this one little girl, from the first day she latched onto me and stole my heart. Her name is Madyson. Whenever I get there, she sees me and her face lights up with a big smile and yells 'HIIIII!!!' It's just the cutest thing. She always wants me to hold her or carry her or hug me or sit in my lap. And then there's Kloey, and Jasmine, and Grayson and Gavin (twins) and the youngest baby is Richard, who is just the sweetest little blonde quiet boy. We have up to 16 kids in the 'twos' class at one time, and it's just me and one other girl who are with them. I originally went in there thinking I would just try it and I didn't think that I'd have the patience to be with a bunch of kids all day, but I just love it. It's trying at times, but even the little problem child terrors make me smile sometimes.
For a while now, I've been questioning if I'd even want to have kids of my own. This never used to be a question for me, it was always certain in my mind that I did, but doubts about my wanting it have surfaced. But now, after spending time with these babies, there's no question anymore. I still don't want them now, but I do know I want to have kids in the future. Just need to find me a baby mama first haha. The twins, Grayson and Gavin, they actually have lesbian moms. The birth mom drops them off in the morning, and 'Mimi', their other mom, picks them up in the afternoon. I think it's cute that they call her Mimi. :-)
We also lost a friend last week. It was actually last Saturday. Shae Buchanan lost his battle with cancer. He made it to his 23rd birthday. His service was Thursday night and it was beautiful. Sandra, my friend who owns the preschool, is his cousin. I did Sandra and her gf's hair on Wednesday night before the service. We all drank together that night, and looked through photo albums as they told me funny stories about things that Shae would do. He was quite a character! I only got to meet him a handful of times, but even from the first time I met him, he was someone that would stand out without even trying. What a great smile that kid had... I still just can't believe he's gone. Watch this video, the local news station got an interview with him after he had originally learned that he was sick, and we were all thinking that he was going to be fine, he was beating it. He worked at the preschool too, and it's been hard when all the kids are asking 'where is Mr. Shae?'
I'm having dinner with a friend tonight. I don't think it's a date, maybe it is haha... but I don't think it is. We've actually only met once, and it was back in December of last year. We've been saying we needed to get coffee again for a long time, but then I started dating MJ and so we lost touch. So anyway, it'll be nice to see her again, she was good company the first time around.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wondering...
I'm wondering if I'm just freaking out because it's in me to do that, or if this is actually meaning something...
Something doesn't feel right. I've been feeling something slightly uneasy since she told me that we needed to take a step back. I respected her for saying so, but it feels like it also took some of the excitement out of it.
Why does every new thing in life end up feeling like a new experiment? I've been trying to cover up these uneasy feelings since that incident, and just enjoying the good things about us, but it seems like these feelings are coming to the surface again. I'm just so scared to make a wrong decision, and it scares me that I feel like I can't trust my own judgement right now, because I'm still in it. Yes, I know this is kinda heavy talk for someone I've only been dating for 2 months, and maybe I should just ignore all this, but I just still feel like I'm searching for something.
I'll be 26 next month. I know I'm not supposed to have all of the answers right now, but it'd be nice to have a couple. At least my business seems to be picking up right now. I'm feeling like maybe I should just concentrate on that, on bettering myself right now, of making something of myself, getting stable. That is very important to me, and I'd probably start to feel a lot better about myself. I recently sent out a promotion flyer to all of my clients, and it's definitely been working. I've been getting phone calls everyday to make new appointments. I sent them a flyer saying that I'd give them a 25% discount if they're able to refer one new client to me before the end of April. I even made up these cute little coupons that my clients can hand out to the people they're refering, they just have to write their name on it as the referring client. It's been exciting to see how many of my clients have called to tell me that I'll be hearing from their friends/coworkers/family members, and it's been a reminder for them too, to book their next appt with me, so I'm filling up faster than I ever have before. Go me! It was a good idea. Even if it means I'm promoting myself in a town where I don't want to be. I am creating a business there, sinking my roots in even deeper, but that's ok. It's my only option right now.
I don't think I even wrote in here my big offer. I have this client, Sandra. I have been doing her hair for almost 3 years, and we've gotten to be good friends outside of just her hairdos. She's in her late 30s, and she owns a couple businesses. I've partied hard with her, confided in her about my ridiculous relationships, we've done fundraisers together, and she has become somewhat of a mentor in my life. She's always been very supportive of me, she's purchased a couple of my paintings and has always been willing to lend a helping hand when I've been lost and in need of some kind words. I've done the same for her, and seen her through a couple silly girlfriends. I absolutely love her current lady, and have become close with her as well. I do both of their hairdos, and now do the gf's kids' hairs too. Anyway, the last time I did their hair, after a couple cocktails in S's kitchen, they sat me down and told me that they have been doing a lot of thinking. Sandra absolutely loves the business world, and has been 'itching' to open up a new one. She and her gf 'Little One' came up with the idea of opening up a salon, and they want me to run it. Neither one of them know anything about the salon industry, but they believe in me and my talent, and think it would be a fun adventure. They know that I don't have any money to put into the business, and they're not asking for anything. They said that I would be able to take home 100% of my profits in return for being their manager. I would be able to hire whoever I wanted, use whatever products I wanted, basically make all the decisions, and they would handle all on the business end. Can you imagine someone just laying that opportunity at your feet?
They offered me this about a month after MJ and I started talking. I did some thinking about it, talked to MJ about it, talked to both of my parents about it, and came to the conclusion that I didn't want to take this offer because of the fact that I didn't want to get tied down in that area. I'll admit that one of the bigger factors was also that I knew MJ wouldn't be able to move to my city based on her job. So I didn't want to be tied there, and she couldn't move there. I'm now wondering if I should reconsider. It now sounds like an awful lot to pass up at this point. I may be open to rethinking that decision. I'm going to think about it for a while. It could be just the thing that I need to make me feel great right now. MJ was supportive of the idea when it was offered to me. She said that if we're meant to be then we'll make it work. Maybe I need to just do it. How many times is an offer like that going to pop up in my life?
Oh geez... here I go again. Thinking thinking thinking.
Something doesn't feel right. I've been feeling something slightly uneasy since she told me that we needed to take a step back. I respected her for saying so, but it feels like it also took some of the excitement out of it.
Why does every new thing in life end up feeling like a new experiment? I've been trying to cover up these uneasy feelings since that incident, and just enjoying the good things about us, but it seems like these feelings are coming to the surface again. I'm just so scared to make a wrong decision, and it scares me that I feel like I can't trust my own judgement right now, because I'm still in it. Yes, I know this is kinda heavy talk for someone I've only been dating for 2 months, and maybe I should just ignore all this, but I just still feel like I'm searching for something.
I'll be 26 next month. I know I'm not supposed to have all of the answers right now, but it'd be nice to have a couple. At least my business seems to be picking up right now. I'm feeling like maybe I should just concentrate on that, on bettering myself right now, of making something of myself, getting stable. That is very important to me, and I'd probably start to feel a lot better about myself. I recently sent out a promotion flyer to all of my clients, and it's definitely been working. I've been getting phone calls everyday to make new appointments. I sent them a flyer saying that I'd give them a 25% discount if they're able to refer one new client to me before the end of April. I even made up these cute little coupons that my clients can hand out to the people they're refering, they just have to write their name on it as the referring client. It's been exciting to see how many of my clients have called to tell me that I'll be hearing from their friends/coworkers/family members, and it's been a reminder for them too, to book their next appt with me, so I'm filling up faster than I ever have before. Go me! It was a good idea. Even if it means I'm promoting myself in a town where I don't want to be. I am creating a business there, sinking my roots in even deeper, but that's ok. It's my only option right now.
I don't think I even wrote in here my big offer. I have this client, Sandra. I have been doing her hair for almost 3 years, and we've gotten to be good friends outside of just her hairdos. She's in her late 30s, and she owns a couple businesses. I've partied hard with her, confided in her about my ridiculous relationships, we've done fundraisers together, and she has become somewhat of a mentor in my life. She's always been very supportive of me, she's purchased a couple of my paintings and has always been willing to lend a helping hand when I've been lost and in need of some kind words. I've done the same for her, and seen her through a couple silly girlfriends. I absolutely love her current lady, and have become close with her as well. I do both of their hairdos, and now do the gf's kids' hairs too. Anyway, the last time I did their hair, after a couple cocktails in S's kitchen, they sat me down and told me that they have been doing a lot of thinking. Sandra absolutely loves the business world, and has been 'itching' to open up a new one. She and her gf 'Little One' came up with the idea of opening up a salon, and they want me to run it. Neither one of them know anything about the salon industry, but they believe in me and my talent, and think it would be a fun adventure. They know that I don't have any money to put into the business, and they're not asking for anything. They said that I would be able to take home 100% of my profits in return for being their manager. I would be able to hire whoever I wanted, use whatever products I wanted, basically make all the decisions, and they would handle all on the business end. Can you imagine someone just laying that opportunity at your feet?
They offered me this about a month after MJ and I started talking. I did some thinking about it, talked to MJ about it, talked to both of my parents about it, and came to the conclusion that I didn't want to take this offer because of the fact that I didn't want to get tied down in that area. I'll admit that one of the bigger factors was also that I knew MJ wouldn't be able to move to my city based on her job. So I didn't want to be tied there, and she couldn't move there. I'm now wondering if I should reconsider. It now sounds like an awful lot to pass up at this point. I may be open to rethinking that decision. I'm going to think about it for a while. It could be just the thing that I need to make me feel great right now. MJ was supportive of the idea when it was offered to me. She said that if we're meant to be then we'll make it work. Maybe I need to just do it. How many times is an offer like that going to pop up in my life?
Oh geez... here I go again. Thinking thinking thinking.
Friday, March 26, 2010
New website!
Instead of writing in my blog like I should have been, and I always feel guilty when I don't (why I wonder?), I made myself a new website that has all of my art information and my hair information. Go check it out!
http://makeitartsy.com/
Let me know what ya'll think and if there are any things you would change or just do differently. Thanks!
Update post coming soon... I really just need to make the time to sit down and blog again, on an actual usual basis. I loved it when I did!
http://makeitartsy.com/
Let me know what ya'll think and if there are any things you would change or just do differently. Thanks!
Update post coming soon... I really just need to make the time to sit down and blog again, on an actual usual basis. I loved it when I did!
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