That game! That GAME!!! How many evenings have we sat around playing that GAAAAMMMEEE!!! Wait…wait..i got it, what’s that movie with that guy? You know the one….Damn. I lost it. It always happens that way, right when you figure out how to connect one of the Golden Girls, or Cousin It, the brain flops. Partially, well, mostly due to severe intake of anything alcohol…whatever.

I happen to love playing 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon. I love the initial theory. I always have. Now I love it even more. Kevin Bacon, who if I’m correct, didn’t initially have a lot of love for the game, has turned it around. 6 degrees of good begetting good. Go, check it out. It’s, in my opionion, the perfect use of celebrity.

no news on my sis. . . her dr.’s appointment isn’t till THURSDAY. duh.

That last post kind of gave the brush off to all of you that are NOT from my Saginaw days. Totally unintentional. For all of you, Happy Valentine’s Day! You are loved! Treat yourself to a little chocolate!
Oh, and these are for you too…

Today my sis goes to the high risk pregger doctor in Joplin. Send love and light that all will be well, she will be out of risk and whatever news we get, we will handle with grace.

Valentines is taking a backseat to this, for me anyway. I work until 8 tonight,it’s freezing cold snowing nasty stuff outside. Not nearly the amounts that most of the country’s seeing, but still, the windchill is something like 4 below. Single digits shouldn’t be allowed in weather. Ever. We’re still ‘oncall’ at work. The Big Guy from Vidal Sassoon didn’t show yesterday. Flight problems. I think he just looked at the weather and said “bite this if I’m leaveing 70 degrees for that crap” anyway, allegedly he’s here this afternoon. Over It. Officially.

Last night, I watched the last half of Shakespeare in Love.

I remember watching that first, by myself and then again with a group of friends in Saginaw. Funny how it brings it all back. Night before last, I caught Blast from the Past. Yet another Saginaw showing….is it the weather? Is there a full moon? Possibly, certainly, I’m just missing my friends. So to you, scattered all over, Happy Valentines Day. Have a big ass bite of chocolate and know that you are loved and missed!

You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die

Have lost 10 lbs as of this mornings WW weigh in.

Huzzaah.

A beautiful display last night. Five out of five. Sometimes it’s not just about right or wrong. Sometimes it’s not just about who has the biggest mouth. Sometimes it’s not about who gets kicked harder. Sometimes it’s not about anything, and then sometimes it’s about more.

As most or some of you know my sis is pregnant. This after two pretty awful miscarrages one of which resulted in the loss of a tube. She’s been doing ok, if you discount the horrendous morning sickness that lasts all day. Due in early July, so we’ve got a few more months of it. They did the ultrasound today to check “things” and determine the sex. When they got in, it was found that the amniotic fluid is low. So low that she’s going to a specialist in Joplin on Thursday. It’s usually problems with kidneys, but the kidneys are there. So we really don’t know what’s up.

It’s hard, this waiting. For those of you that pray, please do so. For those who don’t just send some light our way.

Good grief. Switched from Old Blogger to New Blogger and while I have relatively no experience with the OB version, and haven’t really posted with NB yet, I can’t get the sign in right!!! Tried to post a comment on Kizz’s blog and couldn’t sign in. . . forgot my password, forgot I had to use my complete email address. Oy Vey.

So, home from the BIG TRIP and last week was just a blur. Getting unpacked just sucks. Getting laundray done and groceries bought and cats fed and life back in order just didn’t happen in the 1 day I had after SuperBowl Sunday. GO COLTS! HUZZAH PAYTON!! So I spent the week just chasing my tail. Work was busy, thank goodness, but that left me wiped out. I’m trying to catch something. Some funk that is hovering over my body. Luckily I’ve been taking the vitamins and immune boosting stuff by the wee fistfull, so only bits are getting in on the attack. Itchy and scratchy eyes nose throat. Am allergic to my cats again. It’s as if I walked in and had 4 new pets…ugh. Hopefully it’ll just go away soon.

Yesterday the Movie Club conveened and we saw Notes on a Scandal. At 10:15 a.m. on a Sunday.

The acting…yes. Fine. Deliciously meaty roles for both women. Bill Nighy is spot on as usual. But let me just say, that if I’m getting up before 11am on a Sunday, and it doesn’t include mimosas or food with hollindaise sauce I’d better get to laugh. This is NOT that movie. And I still think Helen Mirren is taking the gold guy home.

That’s about it from me today. Must go weigh in, then head to work for about an hour to help clean the salon. The BIG GUY from Vidal Sassoon Adacemy is coming in for a visit. The way people are walking around all glassy eyed and stupid, one would think it was Vidal himself. Something big is going down with our company…I think it has something to do with our school. Time will Tell…

So happy to be home. Got in around 3:30pm yesterday. Getting up at 4am, getting to the airport, checked in, thru security and to our gate was still faster than getting thru 15 miles of Friday pm 401 traffic back up. Apparently there was a crane incident yesterday, and it took us an hour and a half to drive what took 15 minutes the week before. Carsick was an understatement…ugh. double and triple ugh.

Have so many things to write about, but getting ready for the BIG GAME today. Have to go to WalMart for foodstuffs for the bar then on to watch the Colts take home the shiney shiney. I’m hoping.

Glad to be home.

Let’s talk just a minute about customer service
We have been here for almost a full week, eaten lunch every day at a different place each day, paid too much for lunch that was, late, semi warm to cold, too expenxive AND we had shitty service from our waitstaff. I swear, we’re all so over it it’s not even funny. We pay way too much, 15-20 plus at lunch for crap. then we have to shovel it down our throats to get back to class on time. OVER IT.

The whole idea of going to a market getting stuff for eating cheap did NOT work out. there isn’t anything around this area, and if there is, it’s a cab ride and I just wasn’t prepared for this. Next time, and I’m already planning on a next time, I’ll do better. Live and learn.

Yeaterday’s class was awesome. I learned another haircut, two in fact, that I can come home and put directly on the heads of clients. happy happy joyjoy. So that was good. Maegen woke up feeling human again, thank goodness. No one else got the funk. She and I did some shopping after class. Went to the Gap, the Fossel shop, a few other places that were muy expensive and came upon a California Pizza Kitchen. So good. and our waiter Paul, was Fabulous. Happy Boy with great smile and great customer service. SO GOOD.

We wound up in the hotel lounge having a vodka and cranberry…or three and fell into a heavenly sleep that lasted until the sun came up. The first time anyone has slept thru to a normal hour. . . just in time to get back to central time zone, but whatever. we’re happy.

Today’s class, we think, holds two haircuts for us. but maybe not. We do get to meet a new teacher, who some people have met before, his name is John. Everyone says he’s fab. Someone may get their haircut, I’m voting for maegen to ge hers cut. Time will tell.

Tonight, we’re doing a group dinner at a “nice” place on the pier. The Lobster. Rachel Ray ate there on one of her travel shows. Then hopefuly to ride the feris wheel on the pier, buy some souviners and back to the room. Our room looks like we’ve been testing bombs in here. We are going to get our stuff together for tomorrow morning’s check out and be gone.

We’re all about ready to get home….not to the snow or the ice, but to home. I think Larissa (who is a newlywed) is dying to be with her husband, Maegen just about came out of the bed because her kid finally taked to her on the phone, Kasie is missing her cat and me…we’ll I’m justmissing all of you.

Till then…