Party Canceled

  I guess it wasn't the best week to start blogging..it's been a tough week and I've had a hard time finding something positive to share. Vern and I both had to work through the weekend and life outside of work has been just as busy. I can't say anything earth shaking has happen but it's been a week of much change at work. My manager left to pursue a better job and I am so happy for her BUT that means we get a new manager. Now I don't know how many of you have worked in a salon full of women but whenever there is change...things get strange. Kinda like they do when there is a full moon.I like change less than most. Cara likes her comfort zone,please don't rock the boat!haha
  The last week we have had NO manager and as my previous blog mentioned there were some tense moments.The lack of leadership left a ton of responsibility to my co-workers and I! I feel I have been tested in so many ways but I am happy because I learned about parts of my job that I was oblivious to. I struggled,I survived and I came out a stronger person. Ok so maybe change isn't so bad?  I think back to my day..the woman who is retired and raising her 3 teenage grand kids.The youngest 2 are twin boys in the 6th grade,one bi polar and the other ADHD.The oldest, a 16 year old girl who just got her license. Wow,not exactly what her and her husband had planned on their 47th year of marriage! Maybe I need to stop complaining that the ink and the paper ran out on the register...Ant then there was another woman this afternoon, one of my routine questions "Do you have kids?" brought her to tears. She lost her son 2 weeks ago. What do you say besides "I am so sorry"? As for me,after much sympathy and a brief pause I asked if she was married...she lost her husband 2 years ago. Strike 2 for me,I FELT HORRIBLE! She understood my fumble of questions and timing.We had both experienced times in our lives when we felt too heartbroken to go on and then we remembered those who suffer daily tenfold what we were...I think that's when the healing starts? She and I just began to click and the mood changed around in a positive direction!We chatted nonstop through the haircut and when she left,she was smiling :) A haircut can be such a pick me up! I think those are the times that keep my addicted to what I do-I love the high that comes with brightening someone's day. Alright,alright Cara's Pity Party is canceled. I'm done feeling sorry for myself now and done airing my petty complaints. Tomorrow is  a new day and our new manager starts...more change,another test. This time I hope I will pass a little easier while reminding myself that changes promotes growth. Right? This could be very good or very bad. I'm voting for good..or at  least tolerable. Stay tuned...