Ugh, it's early.

Yesterday was the craziest day I've had in a long while. All I wanted was a new manicure...and just when I'd all but succeeded, chaos.

There I was, touching up the edges of my nails with acetone for a perfect outline when my sister's bf appeared and asked if he could get into the bathroom (which is where I was). I said sure, figuring that he'd only be in there for a few seconds and I could get right back to what I was doing, so I left everything as it was - polish remover, Q-tips, etc.

After quite a long while, my sister decided that she needed in there also, since she had to get ready for work, so I waited and waited. That was when I heard the crash.

Apparently in a moment of clumsiness, my sis had knocked the bottle of acetone over, spilling almost all of its contents onto the floor. She immediately grabbed the rugs and rinsed them in the bathtub and grabbed a towel for the floor...but the damage there was already done. The acetone had bleached and dissolved the vinyl facing on 2 of the tiles and every sweep of the towel made it worse. My sis panicked, knowing our parents would skin her alive if they found out.
    Then I remembered that my father still had a few tiles leftover somewhere, and since they were the peel & stick variety, I could pull the damaged ones up and replace them. I found the leftover tiles in my father's shed out back...so after my sis left for work, I retrieved a few while my father was busy cleaning the garage and my mother was out running errands.

Grabbing a steak knife from the kitchen, I then locked myself in the bathroom for about an hour and went to work on the tiles which was no easy task! After much sweat and pretty much destroying the steak knife, my hair towel and a few freshly-manicured nails, the new tiles were in place.

That and I'd thrown the rugs and towel in the wash, along with a few other things, so once they were done, our bathroom was complete again. My parents never found out what had happened. And they never will.

My sister hugged me when she came home and saw my handiwork and even gave me money to go out and get frozen yogurt.

My nails also survived the fiasco with some repair work. They've been shellacked enough by now to withstand a 3rd world war and possibly a natural disaster.

Of course, because chaos is a self-indulgent thing and you can never have too much craziness at once, one of our neighbours went away in an ambulance last night for reasons unknown...and we also had 2 earthquakes: a 5.9 and a 5.7, both in the Mexicali area. Also, 2 people called yesterday wanting to arrange interviews with me. When it rains, it pours, as they say.

So I have a live interview and a phone interview to look forward to today...we'll see what else fate decides to throw at me. Good thing I thrive in chaos.

Anyway, as for the hair, at least there's nothing crazy to report there. Same old routine and I'm even liking the new Suave Pro shampoo.

This morning I should be clarifying but since I have an interview, I'm just going to do the usual CWC, etc. so styling will be easier. I'll likely do the funky, twisted updo...or something.

For now however, I'm going to take my time, have breakfast, go through my morning routine and put myself together properly. By this afternoon, I'll be ready to interview with corp goth style. Wish me luck!

Much luck, dear, as usual.  Let us know what happens.

Hair: Yesterday I did a CWC, applied the usual leave-ins, air dried, then styled my signature funky, twisted updo. Used Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly spray gel to pull the numerous strays into formation.

This morning my hair's a right mess as it always is the day after a twisted updo. I'm going to just do a WCC with Tousle Me Softly S&C + TRESemmé anti-breakage conditioner. Not sure about leave-ins yet. I'll definitely use the spray conditioner...dunno about the ELOO. Style will be simple - just a single braid probably.

Etc.: Well, I put myself together yesterday and was just about ready to leave for the interview when they called to tell me it was canceled and the position is on hold.

So I ended up doing sod-all yesterday...I'm not sure I even went out of the house.

But it's a new day and it's going to be a better one, darnit. I refuse to be stifled by unemployed ennui or anything else. There's just too much to be seen and done.

Has anyone noticed all of the summer/semi-annual sales cropping up hither and yon? That only means one thing, darklings. Fall stuff is coming!

Up until you posted this message, I had avoided Lady Gaga like the plague.  And then you had to go and pique my curiosity.     Now I can't stop watching the dad-gummed video.  The song is...meh, okay.  The video itself is what makes the song worthwhile, I think.  I've always been a sucker for that sort of sharp, tight choreography.