Warp speed!!

Holy crap!! I know I wrote about this earlier but man have I been B U S Y!! It's wonderful really. I'm don't wan to complain. But damn!! Tomorrow is a JAM PACKED day. I'm doing a wedding party and I'm starting an hour earlier than most days. Then three more clients after that one jammed into the other. I think about where I was six years ago and it amazes me how far I've come.

I consider myself very dedicated to my job. I study, research, learn from mistakes, learn other techniques, update myself, change my views. I know I still have things to learn. In this industry you always do. But there are something that I struggle to learn. I have not yet figured out how to accept certain things. When a client leaves and goes somewhere else, I hate that a part of me feels hurt. I have always said and I truly always believe that I'm not everyones taste. I'm not perfect in any way, shape or form. But I sit back and wonder ... more so drive myself crazy, trying to figure out what I did to make them want to leave. Was it my personality? Was it the way I did their hair? Was it the actual salon they didn't like? What? I should just let it go. Accept it and move on, but a part of me can't. When I see a former client out and about I almost want to say, "What gives?" Now don't get me wrong, I never would. I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable. But a part of me really wants to know. Mainly because if I did something or said something wrong I want to fix it. Did I say something offensive? Did I truly jack up their hair? Is it even me? It's the wondering that makes me crazy.

Now to counter that, I have MANY MANY wonderful amazing clients who are highly dedicated and come to me faithful. I am in no way under playing what these clients mean to me. I cannot express in words how I feel about these people. It's not about the money, although I am happy that I have a job I love that pays the bills. It's about the fact that I have made some amazing connections with people in my time doing hair. I have seem women change the way they see themselves. People open up about things they never would. And I've grown too. This job has allowed me to express myself and grow my confidence in not only my abilities, but myself as well. I'm so happy that I get to do this every day :)

Wowwy wow wow

Holy crap am I BUSY!!! As I said before Amy is gone now at work. It's just Neil and I. We are so so busy. Yes this is a very good thing and I don't want to sound ungrateful, but it's a hard balance. It's hard to keep everyone happy. There are the clients who book their appointments way in advance and get everything set. Then there are the clients that wait until the last minute to get in. Either way, if I have the space open on my book it's all yours. The hard thing is that I've always been able to squeeze people in, and yes occasionally I still can. But for the most part my clients have got to start booking their appointments in advance if they are specific about when they want to get in.

The work outs are going well. Chad KILLED me this past Monday, which is good but it's almost three days later and my calves are still on fire!! I got on the treadmill tonight to work them out a little more and that helped. Of course it hasn't stopped me from wearing my heels. I mean come on! But I'm thinking of caving in and taking a zumba class at the fitness center. I miss dancing so much and I know at 28 there is nothing I can do with dancing so zumba just seems like fun. I do dance kinect at home and that's great but I need to DANCE. I wish there were places to dance in Terre Haute besides the Bally. But alas there is not. I have thought about making a trip to Indy with my friend Lori to the Vogue simply so I can dance. I'm one of the few women who like to go out to dance not to get attention but to simply cut lose!!!

Liam seems to be leveling out a little on his tantrums (knock on wood) I understand he is two and he is going to be moody. Totally understandable but sometimes he is down right hateful! But they don't know how to vocalize frustration so they just scream instead. The night terrors appear to be somewhat dwindling. We had three nights of uninterrupted sleep and that was glorious. Here is hoping.

I'm so completely elated that spring is in full effect. The sunshine is much needed and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. I want to be outside every day. I love taking Liam to the park and breathing in the fresh air. Josh is enjoying having his motorcycle out again. He loves it. I always feel like it's a new beginning.

Catching Up

Hello all. Things are going pretty well for the Andreas family right now. Josh is still trying to adjust to his new schedule at work. The overnight shifts are particularly tough on him, as well as us. Liam doesn't like going to bed without giving daddy goodnight kisses. But it's a good step in the right direction with his job. Liam is still waking up in the middle of the night crying. I think this is the hardest thing we have ever dealt with. He usually doesn't give us any trouble outside of typical two year old stuff. But this waking up four or five times a night is really getting old. I know it's (hopefully) a phase and we will look back on this and think it was no big deal, but it's so frustrating. I get so upset because I know if he could get a full nights sleep that he would feel so much better and be in a better mood throughout the day. Some nights he will only get up once around an hour after he goes to bed and he is in such a good mood the next day. But most nights he's up at least four three times and he's grumpy the next morning. Sigh ... this too shall pass.

Work is sooooo busy!!! Amy is gone and now it's just Neil and I. It's hard trying to accommodate all of your own clients and taking on Amy's clients. I have better luck getting clients in during the day but most people work during the day. It's hard to convince people that they should book their next four or five appointments but really it's for their own benefit. I'm not in a position anymore to squeeze people in here and there. As much as I would love to, what's there is what's there. I have a very hard time saying no, but I'm learning that I have to.

I'm starting to get spring cleaning fever really bad. I going to try to pick a project a week to work on. Go through the house room by room, really clean, organize and de-clutter everything. I desperately want to repaint Liam's room, the bathroom and our back living room. I hope by the time my vacation comes up in June I can save up enough to paint them and get some other accessories. All I can say is yay for yard sale season :)

I'm having my makeup and hair parties at the beginning of May and I'm really looking forward to them :) I'm excited to having some of my clients over and teach them new things. But I generally just like throwing a party. I am trying to put a small menu together and drinks but mainly I have to get my house organized. I hope everyone that's coming will have a great time!