February 2012
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Leap Day
For something that happens once every four years, this is seeming like just another day.
However, IT’S ALMOST MARCH?!?! Where have the first 3 months of my year gone?
Seriously, it seems like only yesterday that I was on break from school, thinking I was dating (yet being ignored by while he slept with various & sundry others) a 27-year old guy who works at a car dealership, being...
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Behind the 8 Ball
I found this particularly funny, because I NEVER do just one thing at a time. I seem to be always multitasking because there’s always so much to do.
This weekend I decided that it was time to update my website. I wanted to at least get a basic theme and a little bit of information in place so that people would be able to get the information they need for my makeup artist biz. The only...
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Today's the Day
I have an announcement to make…
*Ahem*
Today I have OFFICIALLY paid 100% of my tuition IN FULL for Esthetician school! I paid the portion I owed to the school before I even started school. Then I began chipping away at my student loans until they were gone. Now I’m a little over halfway done with school (I graduate July 3rd) and I am PAID IN FULL BITCHES!!! Technically, the student...
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Manah Manah
And I completely forgot to mention the most amusing part of my Saturday evening.
I was out with a bunch of girlfriends and we were joined by my BBB “Between-Boyfriends-Boyfriend.” (What? You don’t have one?)
We’ve been on and off for the better part of 6 or so years now and seem to always find each other when we’re not otherwise occupied. I think we’re just...
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The Endless Day
I think I may have gotten a full-night’s sleep last night. It appears as if all my mental faculties have returned. Last night in the clinic I kept my fingers crossed that I wouldn’t be assigned a client. I was so tired, I felt certain that I would screw up something.
The only thing that sucks about being punctual and dependable when it comes to the MM clinic is that you’re...
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WatchI was up before the sun today. That’s right… ME… at 3:30AM to be precise. I flew right out of bed and into the shower. I think this is mainly because I used the most upbeat song on my phone as my alarm tone. I figured if it made me shake my ass, it would probably make me get my ass right outta bed in a hurry too. I was right.
Why was I up at this UNGODLY HOUR? I was called in to...
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Journalist at Heart
It never really occurred to me that the reason I get a little rush out of doing makeup for these “breaking news” stories is because of my background in journalism until just now.
I just wrapped a job for Fox News a little while ago. I’d seen some friends posting about it on Facebook as it unfolded, but when I walked in and started talking to the guest in my makeup chair…...
Loaner Cars
Why is every guy I let get close to me like a loaner car?
1. Somebody else owns the title.
2. They’re hardly ever parked at my house.
3. People don’t associate me as the actual driver when we’re seen out together.
But on the upside
4. I don’t have to do the maintenance…
Ugh
Seriously? Sick to death of this.
I should be someone’s ONE, not the OTHER...
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The Journey
In the past few years I set out on a quest to banish all negativity and drama from my life. It’s been quite a challenge, identifying the people who deserve to stay and those who need to be kicked off the island. People can fool you. Everyone puts on their most flattering face when they can, but when things get tough, most are nowhere to be found. It’s the ones who love you when you are...
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I'm a ROCK STAR!
I really didn’t say too much about first quarter, other than it was a big adjustment. There was a lot of book work and we learned the foundations of all procedures we’d soon be performing in the clinic. We even took a number of clients on Saturdays for Signature Facials and other procedures that we were comfortable with. I was the first to get a makeup application client… and we...
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Hamster in A Wheel
This is EXACTLY how I feel.
School started almost a month ago and it’s been an endless cycle of work, study, makeup, clinic… I’ve started coming home and passing out fairly quickly because my body just shuts down from exhaustion.
Most days I have 4 bags to pack.
Stuff for my day job
My makeup kit if I’m booked that day
My scrubs & everything that comes with them...
January 2012
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This is a significant number for me right now.
I just took the time to count the exact number of days I will have to suffer through nights and Saturdays putting in thankless hours of slave labor in the clinic where I’m going to Esthetician School until my next break. I think I’m going to make myself a little prison calendar and scratch them off one by one. Unfortunately, after that...
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2012 Resolutions
I shall resolve to:
Put myself first. Know when to say no… stay in… sever ties. I will trust my instincts and respect my body. I will figure out who is worth my time, my effort and the opening up of my heart. If they do not deserve it, they don’t get it. Period.
Stop allowing myself to be used. Get tough. Develop a thicker skin. This is completely unacceptable. If you...
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40 Lessons for Finding Strength in Hard Times
This is fantastic! Be strong Loves!
40 Lessons for Finding Strength in Hard Times
Sometimes you have to die a little on the inside first in order to be reborn and rise again as a stronger, smarter version of yourself.
Nobody gets through life without losing someone they love, someone they need, or something they thought was meant to be. But it is these losses that make us stronger and...
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20 Ways to Get Good Karma
20 Ways to Get Good Karma
By The Dalai Lama
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Follow the three R’s: - Respect for self, - Respect for others and - Responsibility for all your actions.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Learn the rules so you know how...
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A Brand New Year
And I’m already nonplussed.
At least the last few days of 2011 were stellar. (The ones in which I wasn’t hacking up a lung or taking medicine that made my body hate itself and not want to consume food for a week. Yes, I am the queen of strange ailments.)
As the above graphic states, “Never make somebody a priority if they only consider you an option.” But isn’t...
November 2011
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Last Looks
Because we have a moment here, let me tell you that I have recently become a secret connoisseur of ‘last looks’. You know the way people look at you when they believe it’s for the last time? I’ve started collecting these looks. ~ Drew Baylor (from the movie “Elizabethtown”)
Have you ever had a moment forever burned into your memory?
I have. And today...