Stressful Day

My husband dropped me off at work early morning. (Slightly before 9 am.) I was so anxious about how can I do the work without clippers. I quickly looked up my schedule sheet. I have four dogs, two small and two big dogs. Three of them are my regular costumers, and one was a new costumer. Two of the small dogs (one-eye black poodle & a bichon) are to be groomed. Two big dogs (a brown big dog and a white big dog--couldn't find the specific breed name!!?!!) are to be bath and brushed, though white one was matted which would take up time. Four dogs for the days sounds great, except for the clippers!

I talked with the worker named Konni Ford. --I liked her a lot, especially when it comes to communication.-- I explained the situation and asked her if she could call the two dogs to hold off a bit, to see if I can get the clipper to work again. Konni called the Boss Tres first. It turned out that Mindi (who works on Saturdays) wasn't coming. So I'm all on my own. (Her dogs are canceled, don't worry.) Tres said that he'll come over and see if he can get it to work. If not, then he'll take me to the shop.

The small dogs arrived and I got them bathed. Another small dog squeeze in, a black mini Schnauzer (with a tumor on the underside), just for bath and brush. Then a large dog (I forgotten or couldn't figure out the breed) came in. I got them all bathed. The last dog comes in later like at 2pm I think.

Then finally Tres took me into his Jeep and went over to PetSmart. I was slightly surprised how busy the store was. There was about 8 small varies of dogs for adoptions. Plus 8 or 12 Chihuahua for adoptions!! We went straight to dog grooming supplies. I found one clipper that was my preference and my type of clipper that stopped working. It cost like $186, almost $200. Because I do not have enough in my bank account that time, Tres was willing to pay for it, but he'll take that price out of my next paycheck. (Don't worry I got $606 paycheck today.) ♥It's a wonderful clippers colored blue with glitter sliver on/off button, including a #10 blade!!♥

I finally started grooming around 11:45 am. The schnauzer was done by noon. I was in the middle of working on the poodle when the owner start asking if it's done or when it'll be done. I was like hold on because the blades gets so hot that I had to slow down. I couldn't switch to other #7 blades because they're not working. I cannot remember when I finally finished Rocky, the owner give me a warm Merry Christmas & Thank-You & $10 tip.

By the time I was about to start working on a Bichon, the owner shows up. Grooming the body are fairly easy because it's fur were all fluffed up from the dryer, but there's other delay: she had a seizure out of blue. I quickly put her on the floor so she won't fell off the table. I asked Konni to call the owner about it. The owner said it's fine and don't worry. I was like um okay. So I waited till the Bichon return to normal and resumed the grooming. There's a lot of knots on the head, so it takes time to get it out, plus trying to avoid being bitten for doing that. The owner comes and goes which increase my stress trying to hurry but cannot make it perfect for doing that, especially when trying to get the knots out!

While I was trying to finish off a Bichon, my sister Katie and her family stopped by, whom I'm glad to see them all but it's all in a wrong time and day. I let them watch and play with the two little doggies of mine; Pepper and Yoda.

To top it off, Konni asked me about when the large brown dog. will be done---not just a bath and brush but to be GROOMED as well! Argh! The big white dog arrived sometime while I was in the middle of grooming the small dogs, so I haven't done anything with it yet, just simply trying to get small dogs done as much as I can.

I gave up trying to get the tiny knots out and just fix up the face in Bichon style with the sissor and call it done. I told the owner to bring her in again soon just for bath and brush so I can brush it out better.

I cleaned up the room by vacuuming up all those dog hairs then pull out the big brown dog. I grab the longest blade I have and tackled him. Most of the body aren't too bad, except for wrestling with him to shave the front legs. The owner called asking when it'll be done. I was like SIGH just gimme 30 mins! For the parts I cannot get the long blade to get through I simple grab the sisscor and chopped them off. I tidy up the face and paws and tail, then finally --after more than 30 mins-- SIGH all done! The owner repeatedly said thank-you and I think I got a $10 from her.

While I was grooming the brown dog, I was increasingly stressing out about the last dog which hasn't been touched. I asked Konni to bathe him for me, but then was reminded that he's matted which is better to be brushed out frist before having a bath. Timing wise I cannot do it at all. I was sending message to Scott begging him to come over to help me out. Not only I was stressing out, I was HUNGRY. I did not have any lunch.

Scott was busy volunteering to help a family with the moving into a house from New York. When he finally got my message, he was on the way. By the time he arrived, it was too late. As soon as I was going to start the white dog, the owner shows up. She wasn't happy. I had about 2 hours left till 6. I ask if I could just brush out as much as I can till 6 without a bath? I explained that I had similiar dog like it where it had to be brought back next time to finish off.... She was mumbling something about family coming home soon and such. She just took her dog home-- unfinished, untouched.

I was distressed. I couldn't help but hide in the bathroom and bawled my eyes out. When I got a hold of myself, I step out to start putting things away and clean up. Scott showed up and I bawled on his shoulder. At least I got $31 tip today...