Today
So last night I was up super late just searching on roomates.com and other sites for places to live, and Joe and I were talking for awhile. So this morning When I woke up I was SOOOOO tired, I have been Soo busy the last few days and waking up at 6:45 every morning. So when the alarm went off this morning I sooo did not want to get up and go to work! I was planning on just calling laurie and telling her I was just mentally and physically exausted and asking if I could have the day off since we had only five dogs coming in. But I got up, as I was walking down the hall my body was sooo tired and sore I was like stumbling like a drunk. I sat down on the couch with the lap top and checkd livejournal, myspace, and emails, and than I decided well, maybe I could go to work if I made myself a cup of coffee. So I made a cup of coffee drank that down and it gave me a litle buzz and I decied OKAY screw it I just going to Deal with it, I need this job and I like it, I will only feel tired for a little while. In the past that is something I could have NEVER EVER get myself to do. I mean I was SOOOOOOO freaking tired and sore almost felt like the flu!
As I got in my car I was just in shock, I kept thinking ohh I bet I will just go back home and go back to bed. But no I drove to work and got there and as SOON as I walked in I felt a million times better! Even though I have only gotten a total of like ten or tweleve hours the last two nights. Today at work went really smoothly it almost felt like I had been there a few weeks already but in reality it has been just THREE days. Well two before today. I bathed EVERYONE today and dried them all by myself with out lauries supervision and I did great! She did however help me puff dry this big standard black poodle cuz his hair was REALLY coarse and curly so it was REALLY hard to straighten out even Laurie had a hard time with it, it took the two of us actually to do it.
OHH and before washing him Laurie was showinng me how to groom a poodle, she wanted me to learn how to do just their paws. Cuz with poodles you shave all the hair off of there feet both top and bottom
Here is a pic of how it should look...
So, Laurie showed me how to do it on one of the front paws and wanted me to do the other three but to have her look it over after I did the first one to make sure I would be able to do all three with out screwing it up too bad.
So I do the paw and than was like okay I'm done come take a look. Laurie was like oh isnt that the pay I did? and I was like um no you did that one and showed her. She was just in SHOCK she just kept saying this is PERFECT it is SOOO PERFECT! and she just kept saying how great it looked and that she has seen soo many other groomers who have been grooming for years and they didnt even do that good of a job. Plus I didnt even cut him! : )
So after that she decided to have me do his face too! she started the face and just showed me the outline and what not to do and stuff. So I did most of the face and I guess I did really good with that too. SO it looks like I'm going to be starting grooming sooner than three months. Which means that will help laurie out a lot, AND I wil be making better money even sooner. So since we only had five dogs today and I got everything done so fast I was able to leave at two today.
So after work I went to sundance to pick up my checks and hang out for a bit with Alia and Sarah. It was soooo much fun seeing them. And I realized how GLAD I am to be not working there. I mean I miss the kids like crazy but I realized HOW stressed and just exaushted everyone looks and acts. And I realized since I stopped working there I havent felt like that in SOOO long. I mean that is a very physically and emotionally demanding job! People in childcre, especially ones taking care of infants and toddlers should be getting paid atleast DOULBLE what they make!
After that I went and cashed my checks than headed to the mall with Brit and Matt. I got some cute pj's that were half off at the bon and afterwards I went to a nail place and got my toenails painted and got some acrylic nails. I think they are ugly and tacky but HEY I figured I need to just be more girly and take care of myself I got them really short so they arent TOO horribly tacky looking, they actually look nice. And I am hoping they will help with my job. Like with scrubbing the dogs and stuff. I hope they DONT get in the way of cutting nails and grooming and brushing. I think it might be awkwward at first but I could get use to it. Laurie's nailes are pretty long but they are natural and very prety. If I could get my nails to grow out like that I would take better care of them but my nails are shitty and brittle. But if they end up getting too much in the way i will just have to chop them off or something.
OK well now I'm gonna go spend time with my doggies and than get to bed.
Two more days of work and than its my weekend, Sunday and Monday, and than one of those nights I will probably be starting at blockbuster!!
OH yeah I think it would be fun to go out on a friend date! with any of my friends male or female. I just want to get out and do something fun, nothing romantical or anything just something fun.
Oh and I'm also planning on taking Ben to see the Simpson's movie on Sunday if anyone would care to join us please let me know!!
thanks!
Love, Becca
As I got in my car I was just in shock, I kept thinking ohh I bet I will just go back home and go back to bed. But no I drove to work and got there and as SOON as I walked in I felt a million times better! Even though I have only gotten a total of like ten or tweleve hours the last two nights. Today at work went really smoothly it almost felt like I had been there a few weeks already but in reality it has been just THREE days. Well two before today. I bathed EVERYONE today and dried them all by myself with out lauries supervision and I did great! She did however help me puff dry this big standard black poodle cuz his hair was REALLY coarse and curly so it was REALLY hard to straighten out even Laurie had a hard time with it, it took the two of us actually to do it.
OHH and before washing him Laurie was showinng me how to groom a poodle, she wanted me to learn how to do just their paws. Cuz with poodles you shave all the hair off of there feet both top and bottom
Here is a pic of how it should look...
So, Laurie showed me how to do it on one of the front paws and wanted me to do the other three but to have her look it over after I did the first one to make sure I would be able to do all three with out screwing it up too bad.
So I do the paw and than was like okay I'm done come take a look. Laurie was like oh isnt that the pay I did? and I was like um no you did that one and showed her. She was just in SHOCK she just kept saying this is PERFECT it is SOOO PERFECT! and she just kept saying how great it looked and that she has seen soo many other groomers who have been grooming for years and they didnt even do that good of a job. Plus I didnt even cut him! : )
So after that she decided to have me do his face too! she started the face and just showed me the outline and what not to do and stuff. So I did most of the face and I guess I did really good with that too. SO it looks like I'm going to be starting grooming sooner than three months. Which means that will help laurie out a lot, AND I wil be making better money even sooner. So since we only had five dogs today and I got everything done so fast I was able to leave at two today.
So after work I went to sundance to pick up my checks and hang out for a bit with Alia and Sarah. It was soooo much fun seeing them. And I realized how GLAD I am to be not working there. I mean I miss the kids like crazy but I realized HOW stressed and just exaushted everyone looks and acts. And I realized since I stopped working there I havent felt like that in SOOO long. I mean that is a very physically and emotionally demanding job! People in childcre, especially ones taking care of infants and toddlers should be getting paid atleast DOULBLE what they make!
After that I went and cashed my checks than headed to the mall with Brit and Matt. I got some cute pj's that were half off at the bon and afterwards I went to a nail place and got my toenails painted and got some acrylic nails. I think they are ugly and tacky but HEY I figured I need to just be more girly and take care of myself I got them really short so they arent TOO horribly tacky looking, they actually look nice. And I am hoping they will help with my job. Like with scrubbing the dogs and stuff. I hope they DONT get in the way of cutting nails and grooming and brushing. I think it might be awkwward at first but I could get use to it. Laurie's nailes are pretty long but they are natural and very prety. If I could get my nails to grow out like that I would take better care of them but my nails are shitty and brittle. But if they end up getting too much in the way i will just have to chop them off or something.
OK well now I'm gonna go spend time with my doggies and than get to bed.
Two more days of work and than its my weekend, Sunday and Monday, and than one of those nights I will probably be starting at blockbuster!!
OH yeah I think it would be fun to go out on a friend date! with any of my friends male or female. I just want to get out and do something fun, nothing romantical or anything just something fun.
Oh and I'm also planning on taking Ben to see the Simpson's movie on Sunday if anyone would care to join us please let me know!!
thanks!
Love, Becca