Hair: CWC's over the weekend. ACV rinse on Sunday just for the heck of it. Last night, I was supposed to oil before bed and didn't. I would like to do heavy EVOO treatments every other night and then do a WCC with an ACV rince the next morning. Then balance the other days with CWC's.
   This morning, I just did a WCC, which took bloody forever with the water temp & pressure freaking out all the time. Part of it was from the sprinklers...the rest I'm not sure about. But one minute, the water was scalding hot. The next, freezing cold. One minute, I had normal pressure. The next minute, pressure was a joke. Half of the time, I had to pretend that I was in a hotel with typically crappy water pressure. What should have taken about 50 minutes total was stretched to an hour and a half.    Really looking forward to the next water bill, I gotta say.

Aaanyway, after working the usual leave-in crème through the length, I rushed about with more of my morning routine for a few minutes, then worked a little EVOO into the ends and underside of my hair. After that, I left it to dry amid the freezing air and frenzied pace of morning.
   During my break, I combed my hair out and then realized that I'd once again forgotten to bring a hairtie to work. Funny, I could swear that I threw one in my purse this morning...    So now, it just has to be down, greasy and tangled all day. Fun.  


Health: I'm not sure if it was helpful, crazy or a little bit of both, but I got up early and power walked on both Satuday and Sunday mornings. Both times, the sky was deceptively cloudy and I thought it safe to venture out...and then 20 minutes later, the sun would come out and I could almost hear it singeing my flesh.    A necessary sacrifice, I'm afraid, for the plentitude of pure crap that I ingested over the rest of the weekend.  
   In any case, this morning, I am back on track. Breakfast this morning has been a tuna & cheese sandwich and a vegan açaí bowl...which may lead to a week-long junk food strike. Much needed, since the scale read 116.4 this morning. I blame an impending visit from Aunt Flo.  

Work: Insane. The phone is ringing off the hook and there are at least 3 pieces of mail that I have absolutely no idea what to do with.    Such is life. I guess whomever usually takes cancelled insurance forms will just have to wait a few weeks. *sigh* I can't [bleep]ing do this by myself.

Other: Missed a Silver Side show on Saturday since it was in the boonies and I had to stay home and take care of my mother. Despite her not wanting to be the reason that I couldn't go, she was in no condition to take care of herself. Her ice bags and gauze needed to be drained, refilled, changed, soaked and reapplied every half hour or so. And I had to keep track of her various medications. Alas, I did not get to meet Joan Jett    or (more importantly) see my beloved drummer boy play.
   The good news is that my mother is recovering well. There are stitches everywhere and she thought it was funny when I told her that she looked like Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas.    But she's coherent, talkative and able to do many things on her own now. Today, she's having the fluid drains removed from her face and her hair will be washed. Although...I don't really trust the spa that is doing her hair - they want to use a blowfryer    and heat of any sort is forbidden at this point.
   I told her that I would teach her "hippie haircare."    And even though my mother was a hippie in the '70's, she didn't know what that was. So I told her a little bit about "no heat" and aloe gel. hehe

A few good things that I was able to accomplish over the weekend were getting laundry done, getting dishes done, getting my shower poofs washed with the dishes, power walking (as I mentioned), an in-shower facial and a new pedicure: 1 coat of black, 1 coat of navy blue metallic and a sparsely glittered topcoat. Cute, but sleeping with socks on messed up the topcoat a little. Plus, I think another clear coat would help anyway. I'll get to that when I get home...maybe.

Jeez, this post is long enough and it's not even lunch time!

Trisha: This is how it always is. The pace was slower when I started working for this company 3 years ago, but...business is business. Its constant growth makes it a good company to invest in. 

Hair: The usual CWC today. Water pressure was consistent so my shower time was back down to under an hour. Yay.
    Leave-in's this morning were Restoratives Detangling Leave-In Crème on the length and VO5 shine spray toward the ends. And I brought a hairtie to work with me today so I can braid. Yay again.

Other: Nails remain the same. Toes haven't gotten another clear coat and fingers look dreadful. There just aren't enough hours in the day. 
   
Over the weekend, I exchanged my wireless router and I have a tech coming over tonight to hook everything up. My father is paying for it, thank God, but it's going to be a much costlier fix than he expects. He'll probably take that out on me. *sigh*
   
Day 2 of the junk food strike. I considered having frozen yogurt before bed last night, but...no. Been thinking about going off of my meds for 2 months to see if it would help to bring my weight down. But it's a huge risk that I don't know if I'm willing to take.

Aww, an applicant for the Fire division just walked in for an interview with the manager and the kid doesn't appear to be any older than my sister. heh Slowly but surely, the 20-somethings are taking over the company...

With that, I'm off to do more online shopping    er, I mean working. Yeah, that's it. 

Trisha: You have no idea. I've tried keeping them in my purse, in a desk drawer at work...it's hard enough just keeping them in my hair!    The problem is that no matter where they start out, at the end of the day, they all end up getting taken out before bed and I just tend to forget to bring more. lol I am hopeless.  

Hair: Did a WCC routine this morning after an overnight EVOO treatment. Oh, and I found out exactly how much it sucks to get even a single, diluted drop of Pantene Restoratives Breakage Defense shampoo in your eye. O-M-G. It still hurts a bit even now and I don't have eyedrops of any kind.
   Anyway, only one leave-in today. The usual. And hair is braided now.

Rant: Alright, I need to say... thank you, GEEK SQUAD for providing some of the worst customer service in the history of business!
   Less than 1 year ago, I requested their services for wireless access in my home. I know just enough about hardware to be dangerous, so I thought it best left to the pros. For the record, it costs about $200 just for an "agent" to visit your home. So the first one came out and hooked things up...or so I thought. The next day, we realized that the service had been incomplete (ie. botched), so that was $200 out the window.  So I called again and had another "agent" dispatched as soon as possible to fix the problem (another $200 ). And it worked...until recently.
   A few weeks ago, I noticed that the wireless router that Geek Squad had brought for the last service was no longer working...and it was less than a year old. So I called up Best Buy and said and they informed me that the warranty on the router was good for another 2 days. The router was exchanged free of charge...lucky for them.
   My next call was to Geek Squad to schedule yet another wireless hookup. My appointment window was yesterday between 6-8 pm. And no one showed up. In fact, the "agent" never even called to cancel.
   So I called Geek Squad again to find out just WTF was going on and (after 5-10 minutes of being on hold) they said that they had no idea. They didn't know why the "agent" didn't show up, where he was or why he never called to cancel. They tried contacting him, but he was not answering his phone, so they transferred my call to dispatch.
   After being on hold for 15 minutes, my call never made it through to dispatch and another representative picked up where the first (incompetent) one left off. . This one said that she would find out what was going on without putting me on hold for 15 minutes. So after she put me on hold for about 5 minutes, she came back and told me that she had no idea why the agent didn't show up or call to cancel. She then asked if I wanted to reschedule. Being that I had to go to bed early, I had no choice. So my new appointment is on Saturday, between noon and 4 pm.
   Unbelievable!

Other: Ahem. So yeah, while all of that was going on, I was able to put another clear coat on my toenails. One of them is still not perfect, but I'm not going to spend anymore time on a pedicure that no one's ever going to see anyway. Time to focus on my hands. Oh Lord, do they need it! I'm going to make them match my toes. Black + navy blue metallic + sparsely glittered topcoat.  
   This morning, I even had a little shaving time, which was nice and quite needed. With my time so short in the mornings, I can't just do everything at once like I used to (it takes awhile. Believe me, it's a process for many goths  ). So I've had to divide it into a schedule of certain areas on certain days. Kinda weird, but it saves time and "things" get tended to more often.  
   Only another week and a half of this left. Then, I can just be myself again. And oh, am I planning a comeback...  

Trisha: I'm trying. *hugz*

Hair: Another CWC + the usual leave-in + air drying + braid. I want so badly to do a conditioning treatment, but it will be another week yet before I can. My hair doesn't seem to have suffered from what I can tell.
   Only another week and a month before my next trim. I think I might like to make a ticker for that, since I'm not counting down to any other goals for awhile. It would give me something to look forward to. But of course I won't be able to do that until after the wireless problem at home is resolved. Tickerfactory.com is blocked by surf control software at work. Bugger.  

Angel Falls Off The Wagon: Yup, it's happened. Yeserday forcably put an end to the junk food strike, and as long as it was over, I figured that I'd have a little fun. Might as well. I also blew off my power walk last night. *sigh*
   For what it's worth, I did exercise a bit indoors. Today, I've not touched a stich of junk and I've already done my morning set of crunches.

Féroce Mode: Another fashion site has come to my attention which has me gleefully wringing my pallid hands for the many gothic styles that it offers: http://www.chicstar.com/. The selection is rather small, but the threads are pretty cute. It's not a gothic site by any means, so I don't mind passing the link off to any mundane fashionistas who might be looking for something new.  
   I personally am in love with one of the velvet jackets that they offer and may well buy it eventually.

Yesterday, I bought the lightest shade of Maybelline Shine Free loose powder and mixed it with Amphigory pure white. Actually, I accidentally dumped in a lot more of the white than I'd planned to so it might look a little ghastly (even for me) when worn. If that's the case, I'll just buy another Shine Free loose powder and mix it with the current concoction.
   Pressed powder will only be used for touch-ups henceforth. It really isn't suitable for initial makeup setting and the color cannot be adjusted.

Faux Pas: My hands need serious attention. Egad! My skin is dry and the remnants of my 2-week old manicure are an eyesore. I must address that tonight!

Other: Mother got an eye massage at the spa yesterday to discourage scar tissue and some of the stitches removed. Tomorrow, the clinic will take the pins out of her eyes. No, they're not actually in her eyes.    They are fixed at the outer corners to hold the skin in place while it heals.
   She looks great and is recovering really well. The surgery took at least 10 years off. I think she'll be very pleased when she's fully recovered.  
   She also wants me to relay this message to all of my friends: Never take your skin for granted!

Indeed, remember that it's not just your hair that is a reflection of your life. Your skin is too. You look like you live. Think about it.