8 posts tagged “pedicure”
3rd person, in as many days, asked that today. VERY strange. Well, not this one since it was a dealer trying to get me to trade in. But the other 2 were strange. My car has 130k miles and lots of body damage (I put off cosmetic repairs because as soon as they're done, I get hit again)... why the sudden interest?
So... major tuneup and "best as we could" re-attachment of the front bumper = $562. Actually less than I expected. Brakes didn't need replacement so I don't know why I had it in my head that they did. I asked about a random interior part - a little door for a little compartment (the hinge broke off one side of the door and it sits all wonky & drives me nuts)... $47!! No thanks! Afterward I drove over to PepBoys and picked up a new super-dooper $21 driver-side wiper ($21 for ONE blade and, puhleeeze, it's gonna streak right at eye line - they ALL do!) and window sunshade (who else was looking for the ones that fold up into a little circle? I found them at PepBoys.).
On the way home, I decided to stop for an impulse purchase of my fav pumpkin shampoo (which made my hair feel great but I ran out of ages ago) and misc hair accessories. I also found a new drycleaners/alterations shop. And, pissed that my last 3 pedi's have chipped or broken, tried out a new salon. I finally got to try OPI's "Pompeii Purple" and I LOVE it!
There's a free all night event in Santa Monica tonight - art & light installation plus DJs (from KCRW), right at the pier. I keep thinking about going to that (at 1am or so) but probably won't.
Tomorrow is planned for another day of household chores (dishes, laundry, rehang the curtain rod MeowMeow took down, etc). And maybe some pole practice. LeAnne got me to do 2 more moves and I'd like to work on them a bit. Oh... forgot to mention: She has a professional strip tease artist (former member of SassyMynx) teaching burlesque now. Classes are late (9:30p) but on Tuesdays. I want to take them but it would mean leaving work early on a 2nd night of the week. But we'll see... I really want to be a burlesque performer!
Okay... off to do watering. Then maybe watch "ET" because, believe it or not, I've never seen that film. And scrub the bathroom tub and order a seat to The Who (done & done).
Emotional/mental stability has finally returned (aka: PMS has left - and I'm now 90% certain I'm going back on the Depo just to avoid going through that again).
My 2-hr private pole class with Yannori went really, really well! I got some good practice exercises and a great technique for doing a GRACEFUL on-pole leg switch which, just maybe, will lead to me being able to climb on a regular basis. That would be "teh awesum". She also taught me a really simple, but strength-building (for me), transition she calls "the bounce". We did "hook", forward, and reverse spins and were able to work well together to figure out my screw ups and modifications that work well for me. I slipped a few times, causing me to land the moves wrong (on the side of my foot) and now have a super annoying bruise just below my big toe, right over the bone (Ouchie!). But, otherwise, am no worse for the wear.
We also did a bunch of other stuff that, with luck, will come back to me later cause I can't remember any of it now. It was an EXPENSIVE session but money well spent. I really got a lot of good out of it. Yannori is an impressive instructor and I hope I can see her again soon. (many thanks to Fachowna for introducing me to her!)
After Yannori, I headed off to get a pedicure, couldn't decide what I wanted, and ended up having pink nails with white polka dots. I know the dots tend to come off faster than regular designs (cause they do them with hobby paint instead of nail polish) - but what the heck, they're fun:
At home, I let the cats out front for a bit - despite the fact that Boo's 3 days of SCREAMING at me means she really didn't deserve it. Last night she pulled an attitude with ME on the bed, not happy that my arm was too close to her, and found herself thrown on the floor (my patience was ZERO). Damn, she tries my nerves. (the other two are pure sweetness.) My hope was that some front-yard time would mellow her out but no such luck - she already resumed the random annoying crying.
By the end of outdoor play time, it was early evening so I started some more laundry, went out back to water plants, and found the first ripe blueberries of the season!! Seems kind of early but everything seems like it's blooming early, so maybe it's me that's out of sync:
Does tomorrow HAVE to be Monday? I'm sooo not in the mood for everything that comes with that. How annoying that I'm already stressing about it so it's invading my Sun night too.
I'll pay you $1 to put fresh linens on my bed for me. Kthx?
Friday Night - Newport Beach Film Fest:
Dunno what to say about "The Tracey Fragments" without giving things away. I liked it. I liked it a LOT. It will definitely strike a chord with most women. I found the visual style - the multitude of images playing at once - to be very "current". Videos, commercials, intro sequences for TV shows are all done that way - so why not a movie? The style also fit the them of the film ... the fragments.
I enjoyed that I wasn't able to piece the entire story together until they provided the pieces. So often, it's easy to see where something is going. Looking back, I can see that all the info was there - but it didn't come together until the writer/director wanted it to. And kudos to Ellen Page. This is the first movie I've seen her in. She was really good.
I recommend it - but won't be offended if everyone tells me I'm crazy. I have uncommon tastes in movies. But, insider tip: Watch the cigarette smoke when Billy Zero is in the upper right portion of the screen. A lot of people missed that little effect - which was a gem.
Some guy behind me gave me a pass for the pre-screening of "17 Again" - basically Matthew Perry does "Big" / "ViceVersa" / "Freaky Friday" / any other film about an adults suddenly becoming a teen. Don't know if I'll go.
After the film, I bought a festival tshirt then headed over to RedRobin (next to the theater) for a late dinner at the bar and to scan the festival program for other pics. And I ended up sitting next to Jim Killeen, star/writer/director of "Google Me". He was a nice guy - cuter in real life than in the video clip I just watched. You can watch the entire movie (96 min) on YouTube (that's a link to the movie). I'll watch/review it later.
Odd thing at RedRobin (besides the fact that the bartender(ess) clearly had ADHD): ALL of the waitresses' had f-ed up nail polish on. 50% chipped off and should have been removed or redone days ago. I don't what that was about. One chick, I'd understand.. but ALL of them??!
Went home and crashed after that.
Today:
Got the windshield replaced ($261). Not supposed to wash the car for at least 48 hrs... oh, darn. Though the windshield is a perfect match, I was super annoyed that something was different about the mirror - but I think I've finally moved past that. As I expected, since I had something repaired, I immediately had 3 near-miss accidents. That's why I put off my car repairs - cause it always leads to me being hit again.
Ran some errands then got a mani/pedi with salt scrubs and a shoulder massage - all of which felt insanely good. So good that I got annoyed that it felt that good - cause I couldn't stop thinking that I am significantly lacking in physical contact. The pedi turned out very well (and, hopefully, won't immediately chip - as the last 3 have).
Now, at 3:30p - earlier than I usually make it out of the house - it's hot, I'm lazy, and can't figure out what (if anything) to do with the rest of my day/night. Guess I'll go read my neighbors.
Saw the endocrinologist this morn. It went fairly well. She's gonna run a gabillion blood tests on me... hormones, pituitary function, full thyroid panel, fasting glucose, insulin (to see if my glucose is norm because my insulin is high), and a bunch of other stuff that I already forgot. She clearly thinks I'm diabetic or pre-diabetic - but only because I'm fat and, in most people, the two run together. I don't agree with the suspicion but there's no harm in checking.
I'll probably have the blood drawn on Tues. I have to take some kind of prescription pill the night before (something that will provide a definite yes/no result for Cushing's, which she thought was a long shot but wants to rule out) and she implied that tomorrow was not a good time to go in. I was gonna do it Mon but remembered that Sun is brunch - so there's a 50/50 chance of mass alcohol consumption 24 hrs before the tests and that didn't seem wise. I'll be PISSED if, once again, everything comes back "you're fine". But, if nothing else, for now it was nice just to be listened to. Follow up appt is in 3 or 4 weeks.
After that appt, I rushed 15 miles to my chiro and got cracked up one side and down the other. He spent a lot of time adjusting my knee - enough that I was cussing at him. But when all was said and done, it could bear weight again - so he did good. He recommended heat therapy which made me happy cause everyone else has said cold (to reduce inflammation) but that was completely counterintuitive to me because cold causes the whole joint to lock up and feel worse. He also confirmed my guess that feeling like I keep hyper-extending the back of the knee joint is probably due to favoring the leg for so long that the muscles have shortened/tightened up a bit and get pissy when they're suddenly forced to stretch. Dr. Sal is helping me find a GOOD knee brace to wear during the day (the one I bought is CRAP). He also said no more pole climbing - but I said I wasn't going to follow that advice (just yet) cause it's taken me 21 months to get here and I'm not ready to stop.
Dr. Sal was supposed to give me a referral to some holistic practitioner in Laguna, someone to do mumbo-jumbo treatments for all that ails me, but we both forgot. I'll have to email him about that.
On the way home, I stopped for coffee & a sandwich and noticed a nice nail salon with no customers. So I got a pedicure. I'm not thrilled about my color choice - but I think that would have applied no matter color what I got. The designs came out really nice though and I liked the salon. Too bad it's about 8 miles from home.
I've been exhausted since I woke up, increased by the relief of the back cracking, so now (at only 7p) I'm headed for a crash & burn for the rest of the night. Peace out.
Saw the endocrinologist this morn. It went fairly well. She's gonna run a gabillion blood tests on me... hormones, pituitary function, full thyroid panel, fasting glucose, insulin (to see if my glucose is norm because my insulin is high), and a bunch of other stuff that I already forgot. She clearly thinks I'm diabetic or pre-diabetic - but only because I'm fat and, in most people, the two run together. I don't agree with the suspicion but there's no harm in checking.
I'll probably have the blood drawn on Tues. I have to take some kind of prescription pill the night before (something that will provide a definite yes/no result for Cushing's, which she thought was a long shot but wants to rule out) and she implied that tomorrow was not a good time to go in. I was gonna do it Mon but remembered that Sun is brunch - so there's a 50/50 chance of mass alcohol consumption 24 hrs before the tests and that didn't seem wise. I'll be PISSED if, once again, everything comes back "you're fine". But, if nothing else, for now it was nice just to be listened to. Follow up appt is in 3 or 4 weeks.
After that appt, I rushed 15 miles to my chiro and got cracked up one side and down the other. He spent a lot of time adjusting my knee - enough that I was cussing at him. But when all was said and done, it could bear weight again - so he did good. He recommended heat therapy which made me happy cause everyone else has said cold (to reduce inflammation) but that was completely counterintuitive to me because cold causes the whole joint to lock up and feel worse. He also confirmed my guess that feeling like I keep hyper-extending the back of the knee joint is probably due to favoring the leg for so long that the muscles have shortened/tightened up a bit and get pissy when they're suddenly forced to stretch. Dr. Sal is helping me find a GOOD knee brace to wear during the day (the one I bought is CRAP). He also said no more pole climbing - but I said I wasn't going to follow that advice (just yet) cause it's taken me 21 months to get here and I'm not ready to stop.
Dr. Sal was supposed to give me a referral to some holistic practitioner in Laguna, someone to do mumbo-jumbo treatments for all that ails me, but we both forgot. I'll have to email him about that.
On the way home, I stopped for coffee & a sandwich and noticed a nice nail salon with no customers. So I got a pedicure. I'm not thrilled about my color choice - but I think that would have applied no matter color what I got. The designs came out really nice though and I liked the salon. Too bad it's about 8 miles from home.
I've been exhausted since I woke up, increased by the relief of the back cracking, so now (at only 7p) I'm headed for a crash & burn for the rest of the night. Peace out.
Scary thing is that this is just my Opi collection. I have more by Zoya, Channel (very old - they look good but I should probably throw them away), and some crap brands I picked up just cause they were cute (I'm still trying to replace the cheapie blue that went through the drier - cause it was the "perfect" shade).
Since I already did black, I'm leaning toward the dark reds today.
I decided getting a toenail polish change and manicure (cut/buff only - no color) was far more important that getting to the office "on time" today - since I didn't have any work to do and Eban commented on my fingernails last week (nothing negative, just commented - which made me decide to get them manicured before our next session [tonight])..
These definitely fit my mood better than the prior, baby doll pink with HUGE flowers (but that served my mood last week very well).
Bonus: I was really happy with the quality of the work by the girl who took care of me (and tipped her accordingly). She used a LOT of polish - which means it will either last for ages or pop off really quickly - but it looks great right now (especially in the office elevator - something about the lighting). And she was super-anal about her design (you can't see it in the pic but there are itty bitty pink dots parallel to the white dots), which I always appreciate. I hope to get her again!!.
Other than improved solitude at the office, finding out that Carlos is a Doctor, and that his ringtone is the theme to "Sex In The City" (when I teased him about it not fitting his manly exterior he replied, "I'm confident in who I am!"), my toes have been the highlight of my day.
But, hey... a boring day is better than a bad one! Tomorrow's Friday... and Miss Kitty's theme is "Porn" - with appearances by some porn stars - so I just might find myself out and about at night. If so, I plan to make a distinct effort NOT to dress up... to just go as I am. We'll see how that holds up.
Very tired feet* with new design. I also got hand/arm and leg massages.
*Had another bad fatigue day. Went to workout anyway... which was very intense/hard. I've had practically zero energy since then. The brain is still on but the body was done about 8 hrs ago.
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