wow time is certainly flying past. i figure i should update this since zach has gone to work & i have a few hours all to myself... well reichael is with me, but she is content just laying by my side for now. okay so let's start with my birthday.
my birthday was great. uncle devin invited zach to go help brand some calves. zach asked if i could tag along too. so we all went up to the ranch, reichael too, and i got to help round up the cows and watch zach wrestle them down to brand. it was a lot of fun. i had to leave early though cause i had to go to work. i actually did get a nice $40 tip from one client. i told him it was my birthday & he said that it was also his mother's birthday. i am not sure if he tipped well because of my awesome massage or if it was kinda a birthday present ish. i also had another client give me a "sweet tooth fairy" cupcake coupon. it was really yummy (i brought it home & shared with zach cause it was way too sweet to eat alone)
well i didn't have a full schedule, so they let me off first at work cause it was my birthday. anyway, i came home to reichael loving me again (she got a bath when we came back from the ranch cause she smelled like cow poop) and zach had made a wonderful dinner. he also made me a cheesecake. it was yummy! esp for it being his first cheesecake ever. and he got me dominion seaside for my birthday as well as a cute pair of sunglasses. it was a terrific birthday!
our anniversary wasn't what i had planned, but it was still fun. we both had to work the saturday before, and our anniversary landed on sunday this year. we spent the day with mom & dad (smith) and kendra & golden's family and miah was in & out. it was a good day though. and we did end up getting each other backpacking packs. i am so excited for havasupi! we also got hiking boots, but that came a bit later than our anniversary.
we haven't been mountain biking as much lately. mostly because over the 4th of july we almost killed reichael. we went for a bike ride to goosebury white trail on the 4th and mom (smith) even came with us! it was an amazing trail, and i can't wait to do it again. we didn't get to the end of the trail though cause the thunder & lightening were starting to scare me a bit. then we had a great lunch and dinner with mom & dad (smith) and we watched the hurricane fireworks from the church ball field. and then zach set off a bunch of fireworks i've had forever.
then on july 5th we decided we were going to go biking again. just 3 of us went plus reichael (she always comes with us). we did the jem trail. well, about half way or maybe 3/4 of the way reichael decided she was done. she laid down in the middle of the trail and wouldn't move. she wouldn't stand up. she wouldn't wag her tail. she wouldn't do anything but lay there and pant really hard. zach picked her up and carried her to a little stream. we laid her in it and started pouring water all over her. it wasn't cold water, but it was something to help cool her down. thankfully just around the bend was a quarry road so dad (smith) & zach took off to go get the truck while i stayed with reichael to keep pouring water on her. i tried to get her to walk just a few more steps to be closer to the road, but she wouldn't budge at all. i ended up carrying her a little bit farther down the trail.
when we got home, i gave her a bath in cooler water. she still wouldn't do hardly anything but lay there. it took almost 3 days for her to finally be back to her happy, bouncing self. we haven't been biking since. mostly because we don't want to push her. i think she will have to stay home if we go on longer trails. she won't be happy about staying home, but she will be alive. zach says she is more of a sprinting dog and not distance runner. he also says she will have to stay home on longer trails. if we could just get up early in the morning, maybe it would be cool enough for her to still come, but we will have to make sure we have even more water for her than we have been packing.
work is coming along. i had 1 saturday completely booked with all requests. it was awesome! some of the therapists have started to call me the "resident rockstar" just because i've only been there for 4 months and already have had quite the requests. i don't want to get an ego, but i know i do massage a lot different than other therapists. i have my own style and my own pressure and my own flow. granted every therapist is unique, but i have had 4-5 clients tell me i am the most unique they have ever experienced. one of them has been all over the world and had massage and he was so impressed by my style that he came to me even with his usual therapist working. (i don't think he knew she was there or he wouldn't have come to me, but it was a nice thought)
anyway the management still sucks, and on my last check i was not only shorted hours, and bonuses, but also my tips were missing. some of the other therapists think that management is stealing from us. one therapist went to deposit her check & it bounced. another thinks that they are stealing cash tips from us as well. for instance a client will leave a 10 & a 5 but when we go to pick it up it is only a 10. or when they leave 1's that a couple of them disappear. it isn't easy to prove the cash side, but the check side is plain as day. i think it should be reported, but i have no idea where to start or how to prove it in the system, because they can change the computer schedule system. they can even remote log in from home & change it.
i have to work today and oh yeah, i still don't have a uniform. all of the 5 people that have been hired after me have massage envy shirts, but i still don't. i asked about it again the other day and the manager said, "i am not going to order the old shirts because we are getting the new ones in july" i said, "it is july" and he said, "well you can just wear whatever black or white shirt you want until then, but i think you look good in that (my school uniform)"
it is so frustrating. on saturday one new girl didn't even bother showing up for her shift. i don't really blame her. if i didn't need the money, i wouldn't be there either. i want to press sexual harassment charges too because my manager towel whipped me one day. i tried to tell him that wasn't appropriate, but he had turned around and ran away laughing before i could say anything. he usually isn't around when i come in for work and if he is, i don't hardly acknowledge him. i don't want to give him the opportunity to try anything else. if he does, i will not even hesitate to put my knee in his groin and walk out. then i will go to the officials for certain.
well, i have a house that won't clean itself, so i should get going. until next time :)
