July 29, 2003
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HOTTER THAN HOLY HELL!!
Which is why I spent the whole day indoors where it was nice and air-conditioned! This morning we had one of those in-home demonstrations. On the phone, they told us it was for an Air Purifier. Which is was, partly, but mostly it was for a vacume cleaner. One that my mom already has one of, so we can borrow anytime we want. DOH! The gal who did the demo was not very old, maybe 21 or so, and was a musician/composer. She was very nice, and I kept apologizing to her for coming all the way out to our house and giving us the big presentation when we knew we weren't going to buy anything (especially not for the $2200.00 she was asking). She was really nice about the whole thing. She understood that nobody really knew what they were getting into when they agreed to the demo. It was nice to have someone honest about the whole thing for a change! I mean, really, we just did it to get some free stuff. Cause we don't have money to buy stuff! (duh! if they really wanted to sell those things, they'd be targeting a different population, right?)
A Minor Career crisis is handily averted.....
...when I left work Saturday, I had spoken with a woman, who had her hair cut at our salon, on the phone about the hair cut she had gotten. She didn't like it and wanted to come back in and get it changed a little. I said no prob, come on in. After I hung up, I got all paranoid about whether it had been one of MY clients and whether I had screwed up the cut. THEN I got a re-do sheet for one of my OTHER clients, who came back in because "one side was 2 inches linger than the other side". TWO INCHES!!!!!???? HOly shit! I mean, I've been a little off, but I remembered that lady and I didn't think we had taken more than about a half an inch of of ANY of her hair. DAMN. Did I do that? Could it be true? I was racking my brain trying to think about it. A couple of things could have happened that aren't necessarily _my_ fault. But still...it's on my record. And that is a big mistake.
So there I was freaking out about how I thought that I was doing so great at this hair thing and now I find out that I SUCK and what the hell am I going to do NOW??? I still owe money for the goddamned student loan...etc. And when I came into work today, one of the gals that I work with had put a small, dicreet note in my station saying that it had NOT been one of my clients that came in for the re-do. *WHEW*!!!I was very relieved. I mean there is still the whole 2 inch thing, but, what are you going to do? I guess, since that is the only lady to come back in the two years that I've been working for the company, then I'm doing okay. And how thoughtful for my co-worker to think of letting me know, quietly, that it wasn't my error! She rules! I think she understood my fears about it. That means a lot. Make me feel more normal, anyway!
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~*~*~*~**~air conditioning*~*~*~*~ *swoon*
i myself spent the day crabbing about the heat. then we ate bbq with anj and co. and went out to fred meyers to buy a pool, only to find they're DONE CARRYING POOLS for the SEASON. if you can fucking believe it.
so we went to toys backward R us to buy The. Last. Pool. in portland, probably. it was being held for another customer 'until close' and we walked in Just After Close, so they happily sold it to us. ONLY! it is the permanent, steel-sided kind. and by the look of the instructions, it will take us all fucking week to get it set up right. holy shit, i had no idea what i was getting into. i just want some relief from hell, here. that's all. and water makes me so happy.
then we have a wedding - oh god, how i wish i were kidding - tomorrow, at sliver falls park in salem. a lot of hot, non-A/C driving, and a fucking wedding. oh my god, life is suddenly hell for me.
but it will get better, right? right???
i'll stop taking over your blog, now. really i will.
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