Yeah, Man!

1.  The Owner got totally ripped off this week.  He had a little work to be done at the spa so he went out for a quote and hired a general contractor to do it.  Well, the general contractor underestimated the job.  As in waaaaayyyyy underestimated.  So, they just worked up to the estimate, got paid, and disappeared.  Not only did they not complete the job, they dropped paint cans, damaging some of the pedicure chairs, and denting several of the wood structures in the room.  The Owner is beyond upset.  He is now completing the work himself - I've done some sanding for him when my clients didn't show up.  He kept saying, "I can't have this room like this.  White people come in here and they picky, man.  Not like me.  I'm easy, man!"

2.  The Owner's Brother was playing on his iPad while "researching" spa layouts.  He called me over to explain some words to him.  Then, he clicked on a page that brought up a pedicure chair where the foot bath looked like a small cattle trough.  I told The Owner's Brother what I thought about it.  He just giggled and then said, "Yeah, man!  It's like, what the shit, man!"  He doesn't know what "conscious" means, but he'll use a swear word in the wrong context.

3.  I am finally certified in hot stone massage.  I went to a class in Houston.  And yes, just like in every other class I've ever been to, there was someone asking tons of questions that everyone else already knew the answers to.  And that person was me.  But, there was also super-annoying Mario, the only male in the class.  After we came back from lunch, he had a joke for everyone that he repeated at least fifteen times.  It went like this, "Yeah, I was on the phone with my friend just now and he asked what I was doing this afternoon.  And guess what I told him.  Just guess.  I told him I was getting stoned with ten other people.  Get it?  Getting stoned?!"  Then, he slapped his knee like he was the funniest person on the planet.

4.  There was also a woman in the class who, before and after giving her hot stone massage, washed her hands from the elbows down. It took like seven minutes. I just wanted to yell at her, "Oh, good grief, yes, hygiene is important, but we're not scrubbing up for surgery or anything.  Now get out of the way of the sink."

5.  And speaking of hot stone massages, I'm almost completely set up.  My stones should arrive next Wednesday or Thursday.  After that, I plan to offer a special deal so I can practice up.  I actually put a lady on the table and borrowed some of The Owner's stones yesterday to use to ease her migraine.  It totally worked.  She might have called me a genius.  And given me a big tip.  Which I promptly spent buying stuff for root beer floats.

6.  Boaz and Boaz Jr. have made their reappearance today.  Boaz may have overstepped his boundaries by landing in my strawberry plants.  Of course, I think it was mostly because he was chasing another lizard either trying to fight or get a little action - I'm not sure which.

7.  The shellac lasted until this afternoon - it would have lasted longer, but I started picking at it.  If you didn't have to do a single thing with your hands, I'm pretty sure it would have lasted three weeks.  My nails underneath look normal and actually even feel stronger.  Looks like Shellac is the real deal.

8.  The Virgin Mary statue-havers are having a yard sale today and tomorrow.  Carolyn and I stopped for a little bit on our walk but the only thing we found that we wanted was a big, fat, fluffy, orange cat.  Unfortunately, the orange cat didn't feel the same way about us.

9.  Today is my brother's 36th birthday.  He's the brother that's just older than me.  I honestly can't believe how old we're all getting.  When we were little, I don't think anyone of us ever thought we'd be turning 36.

10.  I'm tired of all this government shut down talk.  Everyone is blaming everyone else, no one is telling the truth, and there are many things being blown out of proportion.  Why can't everyone stop acting like 15-year-old girls and get serious?