Week 20 - I’m Tired and I Don’t Wanna Go to School Today!
After three and a half weeks on the salon floor I’m starting to get a little more pep in my step. Still, the schedule and the work wears me out by the end of the day. It’s been years since I’ve had a stand-up-all-day job. A lot of years. It’s good though, because now that I’m not smoking any longer I’ve managed to gain nearly 20 pounds. If I was still working in a cubicle sitting in a high-backed chair all day I’d run the risk of getting even softer around the edges than I can feel comfortable with. So getting a little more physical with my job will be better for me. That is, once my body has gotten accustomed to it. At the present I’m not quite there yet.
I’m not a spry eighteen-year-old striking out, I’m a good bit older than that. My brain feels sharp and young but my body needs a little convincing these days! I spend the day standing on hard tile floors. There is no sitting down in a hair salon, and add to that the amount of leaning and squatting and bending and holding of awkward positions I do in a day and I’m just plain wore-out proper by the end of the day.
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