Awesome quote

You have to start by changing the story you tell yourself about getting older...The minute you say to yourself, 'Time is everything, and I'm going to make sure that time is used the way I dream it should be used,' then you've got a whole different story.

—Diane Sawyer

Hair

I need to get my haircut and I just hate going. You would think that since I am from this area of industry it wouldn't be a big deal. But it is! I am willing to pay for a good stylist as long as they come with a good cut. They don't always. You can go to a budget salon sometimes and get a cut that is good as a high end salon. It all depends on the stylist, their communication skills, and their listening skills.
Somehow during my last cut my stylist was so caught up in being behind he didn't really pay attention to what I said. I asked for my hair to be layered all around and lots of texturizing. I also said that I wear it full and either curled or tosseled but never straight or smooth. I have tons of hair but it's fine so any excess weight will make it flat. I also explained that I blow dry and use an iron on it, what products I use. How could he go wrong?
Well the cut was not all that horrible but it wasn't fantastic either. I do believe in giving 2nd chances. I mean come on he didn't hack it up it just wasn't cut properly for me. So I go back for another try.
How do people that are not professionally trained in hair cope with the indifference, superiority and lack of listening skills?
He didn't do any better on the 2nd cut so I won't be going back. I did give him a chance to get it right and explained in more detail. Maybe that's where I am going wrong. I should just shut up and put up while I defer to his superiority.
Nah!
I will continue on this journey of discovering what most people are up against. It may inspire me to pick up my scissors again.

Houses

Why is house shopping/selling so stressful? Our offer we put in was countered. We expected this so it was no surprise. But the seller's realtor is over the top. Of course we countered the counter and now we wait to see what happens. There is so much inventory in Memphis that we could just walk away and find another house. I think realtors must play on our emotions. I mean I want THAT house otherwise I wouldn't have put in an offer. So we will wait......

It's been a long week!

It has been one of the longest weeks of my life. We met with a realtor on Monday. Took care of some business on Tuesday. Drove to Memphis on Wednesday. Met with Dave's new boss, toured around downtown and surrounding areas a bit. Had a great time together doing that. I really enjoy my time with my husband. We laugh, listen to good music and just relax with each other. Thursday we met the realtor in Memphis and toured about 30 some homes. Wow! Busy busy busy! After we toured all those homes got a call that Dave had been moved to a different garage in Memphis. Oh man! Just after we looked at all those homes. Friday met with realtor to take 2nd looks. We fell in love with a house so we put in an offer. Now the waiting begins...... We went to meet Dave's 2nd new boss. While he was completing some paperwork they received a call from a higher up. He requested that Dave, 2nd new boss and some other guy get on speaker phone. They wanted to move Dave again and left it up to him. The other guy there would have been bumped if Dave wouldn't have moved to 3rd location in Memphis. We got home very late Friday night. Spent Sat and Sun around house.......

Memphis

We have been waiting for ATT to decide what they are going to do. They announced awhile back some layoffs and the gov’t requested that they don’t lay off as many as planned. Well fortunately my husband is NOT getting laid off but transferred instead. To Memphis!
Now is Memphis as pretty as Chattanooga? Does it have the same laid back atmosphere? Is it clean? I have lots of questions.
But hey I’m gonna roll with it. After all what choice do I have right now?
So I need to ready my house (that I just bought in 7/08) to put on the market. Look for a new house while I am still here. Find someplace for my hubby to live there until we get a house. More than likely his job will start a week from Monday. How do you find a place to live in that amount of time? Fortunately again ATT will help with the move so all is not lost.

Did I mention ATT is laying off 12000 employees only to turn around and hire (vs offering to lay offs) 3000 cell sales employees?

I’ve got lots to do so if I don’t appear to be on it’s because of this......