Very Busy Day=Wash Day Delayed

I could have washed my hair yesterday but I was having some hitchawheniwanna kinda pain yesterday that threw me up under the bed it felt like.  And this morning I had to get up early to go be a good sorority girl.  We had our youth mentoring kick off and I'm glad we have bodies but I think we need a few more to make it a good year for everyone.  Even though I was surprised to see so many boys there when this is the first year we're doing a more intensive program with them.  Anyhoo, had to run a few errands and then headed home.  I'm debating making ice cream or taking a nap.  If I do the first the ice cream will be ready before I wake up from my nap.  If I don't I may break the machine cause I fall asleep while it's blending.  Sleep feels like it's going to win.

I also got my Zune back yesterday and had to spend SEVERAL hours reloading all the cds back on it but the hard drive isn't making that I'm struggling noise and it looks a little different without it's silver back.  As I was taking the photos to share with you I also saw my old cookie brownies that have since been absorbed by my stomach that I meant to show you too.  So after the jump you can look at my sugar fix and my adored mp3 player.  And just a note, pray that you never have to load 700 plus cds back onto a drive ever.  I hate hate hate that it crashed.  But I love ABC Zune Repair and highly recommend them.  The Zune shipped within an hour of them fixing it seems like.  And it was working and was ready to go out of the box.  Love love love them.  Okay sleepy mcsleepenstein is going to take a nap now.

Your Results May Vary

I am having a good day.  Didn't get to see all of my clients but it wasn't a wash of a day.  I feel like I'm making good connections with them and the social workers/directors of nursing in each facility.  I heard back from the private practice opportunity and will look forward to chatting with her sometime first week of October probably since we're both busy the next few weeks.  I have the interview out of town next weekend ish and still not sure that's what I want ultimately even though it would let me get somewhat closer to the family.  And this morning I got a call.  I get to teach a class next month and maybe in November too.  Either way I'm feeling better about my October than I was last week lol.  And to top it all off I heard back about my Zune and its ultimate fate.  It was the hard drive and it is nevermore.  But they can replace it easily and may have already done that if the shipping notice from Paypal is correct.  They tested everything else too to make sure it's working properly and while the down button that has been bonked for who knows how long is not working if you just scroll down with a light touch it works just fine.  They said they could fix the whole front panel where the button is but that seemed excessive if everything else is working fine.  Hundred bucks later and my red baby is headed back to me ready to be loaded with all of my music and help make my drives much more fun for me.  I may take a photo of it when it comes back since I've talked about it so much and it's coming back red and black instead of red and silver cause the back casing died a painful death in the repair.  Okay so I don't know if electronics feel pain but you get my point.  And I tried the steak and bacon flatbread melt at Sonic today.  It was quite tasty but I could probably scrap the bacon.  I think I'll make it home one day with a touch more barbecue sauce.

Overstressed and overtired

I have to start off with this, I LOVE the clients that I get to see on my new job.  I do not LOVE the company I'm working for.  There has been so much confusion and turnover since I started working or them in July (read it's still early September and I was only doing a day a week in July) that it's making my head hurt.  Then I get a frantic call about something two days ago that JUST resolved itself this afternoon and not in my favor.  All while trying to coerce me into driving several hours each day to cover an area that isn't covered for them.  Driving through town is enough when I'm covering several parts of town as it is, hitting the road for a trek and then trying to do what I do is not even on my radar.  I have a job interview later this month that I was feeling guilty about because as I stated before I LOVE my clients.  However, I also see why the turnover with this company has been what it is.  If I can find something else I'll probably take it.  After seven years of not getting what I needed out of my job, I can't do that again.  And I was feeling very good about everything last week.  It's amazing what a few days can do.  This could mess up my teaching options for a while but I have to trust that things will sort themselves out the way they need to.  Now off to nurse on this headache that had momentarily abated.


Edited to add: I need to be grateful that I'm still employed and have options for other employment.  I may not end up doing what I want to do what I can end up doing more than I am currently doing now.  I just have to stay focused and remember that this too shall pass.

Edited to add one more thing: my poor Zune has been received by the repair company.  They'll let me know if it can be salvaged over the next week.  Pray for my red buddy lol.

And finally it happens..

I thought yesterday when I came in from ripping and running would be wash day.  But after underestimating what it would cost to fill up my tank and my trips to pick up some from Lane Bryant and trips to two Wal-Marts I stopped to top off at the gas station closest to my place.  All was going along normally until I couldn't find a song I liked on the Zune and my precious red 120GB baby died on me.  Apparently, it happens after awhile because the hard drives aren't flash drives.  However, they don't make Zunes anymore, I hate ipods (like a burning searing hate of almost everything Apple) and no one is making any mp3 players with a hard drive that big.  Do I NEED 120GB?  Probably not but the biggest alternative I saw was 64GB and it was a yucky ipod.  So after some soul searching I decided to ship it to a Zune repair company lol.  For about a third of what the new smaller devices are running (or a fourth of what it would cost to replace my old Zune with a new replacement) I could have it repaired IF it's fixable.  If not expect serious morning here and then complaining because I may have to downgrade to a 30 or 80GB version if I can find one.  But none of the ones I saw were red.  Oh the trauma lol.

So since yesterday got me completely thrown off I waited and washed my hair today.  I was amazed at how great my hair felt during the wash process.  And this is the weirdest thing, it felt like I was using less product as my hair gets longer.  I used to remark on that to myself when I was watching women with much longer hair as it seemed like they were using about half of the amount of product I was using.  I kept the product routine pretty much the same except I did a prepoo and a deep condition today.  I prepoo'd as normal with my Strong Roots Red Pimento Oil and skipped the coconut oil.  Along with the Hair Therapy mask's yummy comforting heat I almost took a nap.  Wash went fine and I opted to deep condition so I got out and of the shower and applied my products.  I combined my Moroccan Oil Intense Hydrating Mask with the Organix Macadamia Oil Intensive Moisture Mask.  When I looked at both they have the same consistency and approximate color but product list is a wee bit different.  And their time for application was different but both probably went over cause I had to watch the end of the Novak/David Ferrer match at the US Open.  Washed out fine, hair still felt great.  I grabbed a two rowed comb yesterday that said it was good for detangling and pulling water out of your hair.  Didn't really care about that but I did want to see how it went on the detangling side.  Today it gets good reviews but I'm only two weeks post right now.  I lost next to know hair and there were no massive tangles at all today.  After being a lazy bum for probably 30 to almost 45 minutes and letting my hair dry a bit, I got up and applied my leave ins and then flexirod set my hair.  I've noticed that the left side of my hair tends to dry faster than the right.  Not a clue why but it does.  Even with all of that my hair set pretty easy and felt like it absorb the products more.  We'll see how it looks tomorrow.  But it's already been drying for two hours so if nothing else it better be dry lol.  Oh I've also tried using the Coco-Shea Spray from As I Am.  It's pricey for the size of the bottle but it's Shea Butter and Coconut oil in a liquid spray.  So far I like it.

Mom is allegedly finally willing to listen to me to see if we can get her hair growing.  I'll keep you updated on that too lol.  On that note I have to get back to tennis.  Serena is playing Azarekna so I have to scream at the tv.