What's Wrong With Thursday?

$$ For three Thursdays in a row this month of September, I do not have work at Dirty Johnson's Dog Wash. It is making me becoming concerned about my budget for the month. The three thousand dollars were deposit into my mom's account - a payment in buying her car - and my checking account appeared very low. Yup, I'm poor once again. Don't worry, I will get the Cleaning Maid check tomorrow and a Dog Wash paycheck this Saturday. Hopefully it will add up to $300, more or less. $$

Happy Labor Day

Monday, September 1, 2008
Happy Labor Day

 RABBIT RABBIT. Today is Labor Day and the first day of the month. On 4th of September shall be my 25th birthday. An age I’ve been looking forward to and not a bad age to be married. I have two jobs to enjoy while my husband attends Utah Valley of University. We have only been married for over a month since July 22. We love it so far, living together in a sweet simple home in a basement for $550 a month. We will have to pay $200 extra for September because we split the $400 deposit into half when we move-in at the beginning of August. We shall be pretty tight on budget for a while. I believe after September ends, the budget should become better, unless something happens with the Social Security Income. With my two steady jobs and one on-call job, it may not be enough for the month expense. However, it can be taken care of if I add a third day of work at Dirty Johnson’s Dog Wash in South Salt Lake City. I know that they wouldn’t mind having me working three times a week because I’ve heard that customers loved how I did my grooming skills with their dogs. 

 Last Saturday was a great day, even though I worked from 9am to 7pm. A groomer named Mini and I worked with our dogs then worked together with the last three dogs. I groomed five dogs and received $37 tip. I bought myself a strawberry/peach smoothie with protein from Blue Star café across the street with my tip. It was not very stressful and I was happy that things went well, unlike the other Saturday. That day was like a total breakdown. I had few customers asking when I’ll be done with their dog which adds more pressure with the timing while I was juggling with 4 or 5 dogs. Some had to wait because it was still wet or I was in the middle of grooming a dog. It was crazy. By the end of the day, by the time I was finally grooming on the last dog, my mind stopped working/thinking. I was ready to get out of the room and pass-out. It was not a very good day. When I got home from work; Scott surprised me with some new arrangement around the basement -- including a creative desk in the bedroom -- and with dinner ready to be served. He was very sweet! He made a “desk” by using a long flat wood on the two blue storage box and covered it with a sheet and topping it with my laptop, jar of pens, stack of notebooks and Ensigns. In fact, I’m using the desk as I am typing this “blog” in the word document. The two new desk lamps from IKEA today looks fabulous on this desk. Though I know I won’t be using this creative desk very long because mom’s bringing in the desk from grandma’s place on my birthday. 

 It’s almost 9 o’clock and I better join in with my husband in the living room to have a family home evening. I wish you all a good night and a happy labor day! 

Ruff House

I finally got called from Ruff House on Tuesday to groom three dogs. They're adorable and sweet and easy to groom. I was excited to get extra money from the three dogs -- instead of grooming only one or two dogs. Unfortunatly, there's an accident. I do not know how it happened. I assumed that I must have poked the eye and it jerked away but the clipper caught the bottom eyelid and made a deep cut. It was bleeding and had to be taken to the Vet to have surgery to get it stitch up. Because of that accident bad enough to be taken to the Vet, the Ruff House won't charge the owner and had to pay for the Vet. No check for me. *FROWN* 

Dirty Johnson's Dog Wash

I finally got a paycheck last Saturday, which is about $185! Imagine one month of work at Dog Wash, twice a week... it should be around $370. Actually, work is going slow right now, but things will be picking up by next month. I am thinking about adding an day into Dog Wash, working three times a week. I should be getting over $500 a month by then. $$$

I enjoyed working at Dog Wash so far. I groomed a dog on Thursday which the owner is pleased with it, then on Saturday she returned which made me freaked out for a second, asking "what's wrong?" She only returned to give me $10 tip and commented with my work. I was relief and impressed that she took her time to give me the tip. It was very sweet of her. So far, most of the customers liked me and were impressed with my talents. (That's what the boss told me.) Yay!