Friday, July 27, 2012

If You Get A Perm, You Get A Shower

So listen, it's been a while since I have posted anything and a lot has happened. So here are my updates:

Home:
Frank and I got the job managing a storage unit in Mapleton Utah, down the street from Larry and Lisa. The property is small but nice. The down stairs is a small office, and the upstairs is a 2 bedroom apartment about 900 sq ft. It's kind of in the middle of no where so we are only surrounded by a few other businesses, and it's in a court, so it's very quiet and safe. I will be home 24/7 to manage the units from 10am-5:30pm and be a mommy. The best part is you can be upstairs in your house until a customer comes. After Frank gets home from school he can help watch Madison and a few nights a week I will help assist my current school instructor. Stephanie, my instructor, lives around the corner from Larry and Lisa and has a big salon in her house. She offers the works; hair, nails, spray tans, make-up, styles...ect. All I have to do is supply my own chair and be a great assistant. I will be making money helping, but the perks of managing a storage unit it free rent and free utilities.

School:
Frank starts his MBA program at BYU august 14th. He is nervous because he hasn't been in school for a while and knows the two years are going to be a challenge. I know he is a hard worker, quick learner, and very dedicated so he will not only do just fine, he will kill it. I'm sure all he will do is study and do home work, which will make him totes boring, so this is the perfect time to have a baby.
As for me, I graduate august 28th!! I started last august on the 9th, I am one of the very few who will actually graduate in a year. The rest of my class is graduating a month or two behind me. I have learned so much in this last year, and I think I can officially say I have seen it AND done it all.
You see, I thought I was going to get away with graduating without doing a single perm. So far I have never had to do one, until yesterday. Of all the little old ladies to perm, I got the privilege of giving my great grandma Dungan a perm. The perm was going great, it was wrapped and she was processing. Then grandma started crying when we talked about the arrival of Madison, not wanting to cry I said, "don't do that grandma, it's fine. Stop crying." A little harsh but this was no time to sit and cry. Later on I had asked her if the water from my squirt bottle was making her head cold. Her response was, "oh yeah, I'll take a water." I laughed and handed her a water.
Then the worst thing happened. It was time to rinse the perm. Perms have to be rinsed twice, both for 5 minutes using warm water. Well grandma had a towel around her neck, a cape, another towel, then another towel on the back of the neck rest of the shampoo bowl. So you can imagine how surprised I was when I noticed water everywhere. I knew that some water would get on her shirt because it absorbs towel water, but this was something else. The amount of water that her clothes absorbed made school history. When she finally stood up there was literally a puddle on the chair. Wide eyed I looked at her back side and noticed she was soaked from her shoulders to her knees!  I felt so terrible, I don't know how that even happened, my poor grandma.
As we walked back to my chair everyone left and right looked shocked and was asking me what on earth had happened. Not wanting to take the blame I used every excuse that popped into my head. I pointed to grandma and said "oh yeah, my grandma has all these back problems and couldn't lean back all the way, she kept moving, and her head is so small water just leaked out from the sides of her neck." I mean ugh, worst moment of my life.
Don't worry it got worse. Never having done a perm before I was unaware that the older ladies like a roller set after a perm. So grandma asked me if I was going to curl her hair. I couldn't understand why you would perm your hair, if you just wanted it curled. Feeling bad about giving her a shower, I just wanted her to leave so I told her she looked better without a roller set. I can tell that it was only out of the kindness of her heart that she left without a roller set. Until Linda arrived to pick up grandma I stood there blow drying her butt. Luckily Linda had just bought her a pair of pants, so she was able to change.
Grandma ended up being my worst client experience ever. Luckily she loves me so much and was willing to stay positive even though I was obviously ruining her experience. Even when the water was running down her back she laughed and said, "I can feel water down my shirt but at least it's warm water." We laughed, we cried, we got soaked, and we had an overall crazy experience but it was worth it. It's a memory/learning experience I will never forget.
As grandma was leaving she gave me a very very generous tip of $20. After everything that had just happened I told her to keep the money because I was not worthy of such a tip. She told me to keep it, so obviously I did. I now realize I think she wants me to add it onto my tuition so I can stay longer and get more practice!

Work:
I am happy to say I have quit In-N-Out Burger, after an awesome four years with them. Being off my feet after school is a dream come true. Frank just put in his two weeks at One Main Financial where he is an assistant manager. Yay for no more work! With free rent and free utilities, plus getting paid $400 a month from the storage unit we will survive off of my hair money and student loans. The first year of your MBA program you are not allowed to work at all, because of how hard the courses are. However the second year you may work part time, but we will see if that is necessary.

Madison:
Madison and I had our 34 week check up last monday. She is a little over 5 pounds, but is measuring in the 90th percentile for how long she is. She is already 20 inches long. So they decided she is about 36 weeks, but won't move my due date, we will just wait for her arrival. She looks beautiful and healthy. We haven't noticed any signs of retardation so I'm assuming she has Frank's brain. lol. We got some cool 3D pictures of her face though. It looks gorgeous so obviously she got that part from me. Can't wait for her to be here!!!

Our Plans:
Frank starts school August 14th.
We move to Mapleton August 25th.
Ashley graduates August 28th.
August 29th the storage unit is under my management.
September 5th Madison is due!

So no breaks around here. It's all work and no play! Except not too much work because Madison needs to stay inside me at least until the 29th!

35 Weeks






The onsie we will bring Maddie home in




Sexiest Swollen Foot



Before I soaked her clothes



Totes didn't fit into my uniform at 33 weeks. The shirt is an XXL, yikes!



Madison's Face



More of her beautiful Face 



Her face, arms, and chest (kinda creepy looking)