Shameless plug/car insurance update

I have switched to Geico and it will save me over $400 a year on my car insurance!!

My patience pays off

not with women,
not with my career,
not with waiting behind Sunday drivers,

but with my hair stylist!!!!

I love my hair stylist Teresa. She is wonderful and it is hard to find a good hair stylist. I have been going to see her after work at 6:30. The shop closes at 7 so she doesn't have much time to chop my locks & kick me out the door before it's time to head home.

I was getting my hair cut by one of her co-worker Megan but Megan left to work else where (okay the whole story is Megan was cute and single and there was potential but she liked guys with money who golfed and I'm poor and only mini golf so it didn't work out). Since I have returned to Teresa to have my hair cut she has been running late. Not just once but every month I go in she is working with another client! I show up and Teresa is dying some woman's hair or doing something with curlers (I don't know what hair stylist do with curlers...they have always frightened me) and she can't see me for fifteen to twenty minutes. So after memorizing most of the product up front, browsing through all the fashion magaizines, and chatting with her co-workers I nap and right when I'm ready to fall asleep Teresa wakes me because she is free and ready for me.

Well this last time I was prepared with food so I could snack and then get some sleep after entering the store because Teresa is always running late and won't see me for twenty minutes. Routine visit, after my nap she is ready to cut my hair, after the hair cut we schedule the next appointment, after the scheduling I am ready to pay and Teresa told me it was free. She felt so awful for making me wait and I always wait pleasantly with out complaining. She wanted to give me a free cut and I was amazed.

I love Teresa, she is funny and loud and knows a lot about people and psychology (why is it bartenders and barbers know so much about human nature???). I have always had a great experience talking with her let alone getting the hair cut so I am hooked with the quality product & interaction but above and beyond treatment like a free haircut just for waiting for her…WOW.

I guess I will show up at her kids’ weddings and rave about how cool their mom is and all the great hair cuts she gives me…NOT!!! Currently she has no children and by the time she has children ready to marry I will be over 60 and bald.

Family news

My Father's mother has passed away this last weekend. She lived to be 93 and apparently was doing well the day she passed. Her sister, her nephew & his wife visited her the day she passed away. I know she was close to her sister and was glad they were able to spend some time together before Grandmother passed away.

I was able to see my Grand mother once a month or so for the last year and half. I would go have lunch with her, my grand father & my father at the assisted living home where they stayed. It was odd at times to be surrounded by a sea of older people characterized by white hair, glasses, wrinkles and wheel chairs or hearing aids. One day I hope to end up living in a place like that.

Every now and then after Dinner my father and I would accompany my grand parents to their room and sit to talk for a while. My grand father would fall asleep in his wheel chair and my grand mother would try to wake him. He would wake up for a moment to answer her question then fall asleep again. Many times he wouldn't wake up and I always thought he was pretending to be asleep because he wanted grand mother to leave him alone.

If you ever wonder where I get my boundless energy from it's from my grand mother. Up until last year she could walk almost as fast as I can and she was full of pep. She would always have questions or something to say and was always postive. I remember her reciting a verse from a poem during lunch many times last year "Don't fret my dear, the best is yet to come.". I never got the chance to ask her who the author was but I am sure grand mother was right, the best is yet to come.

My sister the alligator!!!

I can't imagine how much parents enjoy the firsts they experience with their new child. The first words, the first steps, and who can forget that first stinky diaper change??? (Have I mentioned I don't have kids?)

Last saturday was my nephew's first trip to the Art Museum. It really wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. Noah is only 15 months and had more fun running around the columns then looking at Art but then again he is only 15 months.

My sister, Denise, wanted to take him to a couple children's areas we heard about. We thought they would have events hosted by staff members and it would be bustling with parents and children...and we were dead wrong. The kids areas were empty on a free admission day. I think Denise and I spent more time playing in the kids section then anyone. Denise tried putting an alligator hat on Noah but he pulled it off before we could get a picture. I was able to get him to wear a pair of rabbit ears but once I set him down he ran away so I don't have a picture.

The day wasn't a total loss as I did get a photo of my sister with the alligator hat. Enjoy!