I woke up this morning knowing I could no longer live my life with my hair looking a hot mess. So I decided to go to my local African hair braiding salon to get my hair tamed until I figure out my next move with my natural tresses. I get to the place and there was a bit of a line. Walk-ins are always welcome but appointments usually are better. I said I wanted the crochet braids and she said well you have to go buy your own hair. UGH... so I traipse out to the beauty supply store and figure this is going to be an extra 50 bucks... UGH again : l I go back to the salon and I think they thought I wasn't coming back. I had a 1/2 a thought to, not but my hair looking the way it did I needed to go back. Nothing really major happened except these women found some topic to "talk" to each other at a very loud volume. Nothing unusual there but I thought of my headphones in the car once she started real goo. I took a little snooze, read my book then she was pretty much done. I looked down at my toes knowing that I needed to get a pedicure but I keep cheating on Jenny who I have to make an appointment with and squeezing folks in is not her strong suit. Across the way is a nail salon, the same nail salon that 3 years before I decided didn't look right and found another one to go take my mom. You know you should always listen to our gut. And like Olivia Pope my gut said NAH GIRL!! But alls I needed was a color change, how hard could that be. VERY apparently! I go in the shop the lady was absorbed in one of the Fast and Furious she finally sees me and I tell her what I want. She asked if I wanted my nails clipped down I said yes. BUT THEN she starts cutting hang nails **loud sigh** I don't have hang nails on my toes and when nail techs starts clipping them, I get a little nervous. Then my big toe start bleeding. Uhhhh... lady my toes is bleeding. She puts alcohol on it and pats it dry. EXCUSE ME... you are not fixing to put polish on the bleeding toe. She then gets some 'solution' put that on it I swear I think it's super glue!! NOPE still bleeding and I am beyond pissed. ALL YOU HAD TO FUCKING DO WAS CHANGE THE COLOR ON MY TOES!!!! HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO MESS THAT UP??? It finally stops but kinda not really I pay her the 10 dollars and she had nerve to look baffled that I didn't tip her. Da hell you think you deserve 2 extra dollars for?!?!? I need to mention that every few seconds she looked up to see what Vin Diesel was doing. No ma'am I need your full and undivided attention. I get why this shop is empty. Even though it is a random Tuesday in the morning I get it!!
I have a new spot at the library. the quiet room has the perk of being, well quiet, but the room itself is quite chilly. There are a bank of desks in front of the windows that give a little heat; you know cause you need the ac but you don't want to freeze. The down side to this spot is it is right next to the kids section. I can usually drown out the play and screams laughter and sometimes wailing with my dope ass ear buds, but today it was EXTRA. I usually try and catch up on my podcasts but this amount of noise needed loud music which can be tricky at the library. I am old school meaning I think it should be silent at all times, but libraries today have toys, and video games and story time and just a whole lot of non-quiet activities. But it's free so yeah if I had a gaggle of kids I would be at the library too. The problem with me and the music is I feel compelled to sing along! There is a couple to the left of me researching something (I was low key trying to see what they were doing LOL). A little girl on her phone talking to the right of me who then left and a little boy in a shirt and tie sat there. I was wondering what he was doing too. He looked to young to be trying to get an office job, but then again, I can't judge age real well. But then he to got up and left. Then I got distracted by the birds! It was a good day though.
I have 2 1/2 regular caregivers; 1/2 cause 1 lady even though she is regular she occasionally gets on my nerves. My 1 regular says all the time that most of the job is common sense. But common sense is NOT common. This would be the one who is on, well not really holiday because she is attending a funeral and we all know how I feel about those. The way they do it in West Africa is a major celebration. Like biblical several weeks worth of celebration. I would love to attend just to see how they do it. So the woman they left me with is getting on my nerves pretty much daily!!! I still do like her but ma'am if you put my cast iron skillet in the dishwasher again I AM gonna fight you!! it's funny cause all the stuff she said she did today like dust and vacuum were the EXACT things I did yesterday. But WHATEVER...
Currently I am on a quest to make the potato salad I remember as a child. There are several meals that I still am trying to perfect, like who knows what my grandmother put to make the fried chicken taste so good, NOBODY makes it like she did. I'm not looking to win any medals I just want that taste. Store bought never does the trick usually because the potatoes are too hard and I can only think of 2 people who's tater salad I have liked. I guess I could call either of them, but they are more like a little this a little of that kinda cooks. I made some last week with the skin on with olive oil mayo which and Dijon mustard. It was aiight but it was too wet. What I needed was regular mayo, yellow mustard and peeled potatoes. I am almost there!! I gave some to my mom and sugar was the trick!!
I've been watching the Olympics with the roommate and some of her comments have been straight comedy!! I don't take this time for granted. These games make me an emotional basket case every time they are on. I can't take but so many feel good stories. Even when they are not from the USA. Like the woman who came in last from Saudi Arabia I think... TEARS cause this is the 1st time women have been allowed to compete from there. Or the refugees who don't even have a country to claim. damn I need a tissue now.... Then the shot put DIVA (that is her IG name) who looks like me!! Big girl, dark skin, BEAUTIFUL with a beat face won gold!!! And medals are great but the fact that all those people made it there are Olympians something most of us can never claim to be. There are so many firsts. We won't even get into the Simones and Gabby; I might need the whole box. I refuse to read anything negative about them I just keep on scrolling with even the suggestion.
I have nursed my toe with hydrogen peroxide so I don't think it will fall off!
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