Weekends

Just for the record - one day weekends are WAY too short to count as time off!!  I know that I have two days off per week, but when I work Saturdays (every other week) I have Friday & Sunday off - just isn't the same!

Friday was good though because my hair got its 6 week overhaul - including a much needed cut.  Hopefully it will last another 6 weeks without getting too shaggy - one can only hope.

Saturday was a quiet day - the economy has definitely affected our business - tourists just aren't coming in the numbers they have in the past.   Until, of course until the last hours of the day - when, once again, we had to call the police - SIGH.  This time it was some people out front yelling, cursing and threatening.  Of course, by the time the police got there (and they were quick!) the offenders had moved on - and they didn't come back (at least not before we closed).

Ok - I've whined about work, hair and weekends - Great Start to the Week!!

Thursday @ the Library

Well, it was an interesting end to a relatively quiet day - we had to have the police yet again - but for something new - at least for me.  Because of the nature of the event, the police asked the customers involved if they were willing to prosecute the offender - one was, one wasn't.  Because the customer was willing to go to the precinct (just down the street) and talk with the magistrate, the police took the offender in - and we banned him for a year (could be longer depending on the court case!).  SIGH 

Tomorrow is my day off - hair cut is definitely in order and overdue - silly stuff grows way too fast in the summer!  After that I'm planning to putz around the house and rest up for Saturday - always a fun time!  Hopefully the day will be as quiet as it's been all week - that would be fantastic!!

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

I say - Celebrate the Small Stuff!

Example 1: Yesterday, for the first time in 10 weeks, I used BOTH my hands to brush my hair, gather it (somewhat sloppily!) into a ponytail AND twist a scrunchy around it tight enough to last for 14 hours!!

Example 2: An early meeting (before the hand swells too much) called for more notes than my poor left hand could laboriously handle - so, with brace on and a stiff thumb requiring an awkward pen position, my right hand rose to the challenge! And in the chicken scratch that resulted I actually saw shadows of my former handwriting!

World peace is still a distant dream, cancer is still uncured and gas and fuel prices continue to soar but my optimistic glass got a few drops fuller and the dim flicker at the end of what seems like an endless tunnel of aching, stiff and somewhat useless wrist got a little bit brighter. So I'm going to Sweat and Celebrate the small stuff and, hopefully, the big stuff will follow along.

Diane - now feeling that sometime in 2008 my wrist will be back to its new normal!

Final (I Hope) Week

Next week at this time I'm very hopeful that I will no longer have a cast on my right arm - it's been a long time and I'm ready (I think!!).

It's kind of scary though! The other times the cast has been removed, my wrist has been very painful and I've babied it - so I'm sure it will be painful this time too. But I am getting more function back and I can't say that I will miss this thing! I'm looking forward to a real shower (I'm sure my hand is gross!!) and someday using the blowdryer again! In the meantime, I have to give credit to Donna (my stylist) who came up with a pretty good wash & wear 'do!!

And I know everyone will appreciate it if I can once again sign my name and have it look normal and not like a demented third-grader! I just can't get my left hand to do what I want it to do!Thank goodness I don't write many checks anymore!