Friday, August 1, 2014
Red Headed Happiness: Red Head Quotes
Red Headed Happiness: Red Head Quotes: Live your life!! Your a Red Head!!
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Curly Hair
When I was young it was said that I had a lot of body in my hair. It was very thick and my uncle even wrote a poem about a monkey when my mother sent home my newborn photos. I had a head full of thick black hair. As a teenager I got perms because I wanted the curls not just the waves. Gave up on that quick enough and just went around with a ponytail. Once right after getting married I got a boy-cut, was tired of my hair getting in the way. That was interesting, I once got called a dike, I kid you not. Ignorance sometimes runs rampant in these parts of the woods. Grew back out and back to ponytail status.
I have had 2 maybe 3 people cut my hair from the times I was born until the time I turned 30. I was back to the one who had cut my hair in a shag in the beginning and I decided I wanted short, sassy and professional. Boy did that go WRONG. Went back to her to fix it, I am guessing she was experiencing a mid-life crisis or something but she made it worse. Went and paid high dollar money to one of those famous chain hair stylist shops to have them fix it, they sort of fixed it enough for it to start growing out correctly but geez my short, sassy and professional turned out to be a bad after-school movie lesson and I was in my late 20's.
Once it grew out this time, I was going to keep it long. Ponytails kind of fit me. Tomboy, go-getter and low-maintenance. People would know me by the back of my head! I had to wear my ponytail on the top of my head because it was too heavy to hang and would give me a headache.
Fast forward 20 plus years and 3 more hair dressers and I found one I would trust with a new shorter cut again. Evette has been doing my hair since my 42nd birthday I think and I sent her some guidelines, suggestions and photos of somethings I was pondering. She immediately said she had a great idea for a new do for me and we were both excited. I also wanted to go redder-brighter red.
About a week after my new shorter, redder do I went to a local social event. I had read on Facebook that some people from Deva Curl or something to that effect were going to be there looking for curly haired people for a project they were working on. I had completely forgotten about it when I got there and had found a seat at the bar with friends having a great time when I realized I had forgotten my phone in my car.
Of course I had to have it! I had noticed a couple at the end of the bar eating Seaweed Salad and I knew they were not from around this neck of the woods. As I was walking out to get my phone they stopped me! I was like, I have been busted staring at them trying to figure out their story, eek! Instead they wanted to talk about my hair. WOW, I knew Evette was good, but what a compliment to us both. They asked if I had heard of their project Curly Girls Night Out and I mentioned I saw something on Facebook earlier that day and they asked me to audition. Well heck yeah, let's do this!
I immediately sent a text to Monica, Vel, Annie and a couple of my other curly friends to get in on the deal. This could be fun. And someone likes my hair!! Finally. My hair is worthy of STAGE TIME! Who are we kidding, I AM WORTHY OF STAGE TIME!
Jimmy Arber of Salon Verve, co-owned with Evette Tritt was there hanging with us that night and I made him be my stage manager. I introduced him to Jonathan and Shari as my stage manager. They immediately fell in love with us both. Who wouldn't!
Jonathan asked me some questions and I was to answer them on camera upstairs in the private bar at Jul's. I had just watched a young, beautiful, blazing-red, curly haired goddess do her audition. WOW. I got this.
Monica was cursing me because I didn't tell her why I wanted her to meet me, just meet me. She had no make-up on and her glasses on. She did great, I love that blonde head of curls to her toes and back. Annie declined due to scheduling conflicts as did Vel that night.
Jimmy stayed on Annie and Vel and got them to interview the next day, Annie by phone I think. Jonathan got back to New York and still needed one my curly gal to round out the set, I suggested Jasmine. Got them hooked up by e-mail and such and the line-up was set with Myself, Annie, Vel, Ashley Jo and Jasmine.
We then had to send in our curly stories based on the feedback Jonathan gave us from our interviews. He worked up a script for each of us and we scheduled rehearsals. We had less then 2 weeks from introduction to event. No pressure! The 5 of us got together on night and met each other. I knew everyone but Ashley Jo and Jasmine was new to everyone else I think. Vel, Annie and I see each other often.
I fell head-over-heels in love with Ashley Jo immediately. When I found out what she did for a living I got chills and thanked the Universe for putting her in my path. What a beautiful soul. We had a short meet and greet, then we called Jonathan in New York and conference with him and the lady from the local paper. We had dinner together and hung out for a bit.
The next weekend we started rehearsals on Sunday night and the show was on Tuesday. Jimmy opened up Salon Verve for us to rehearse and Jonathan flew in from New York to direct us. Bless his heart. 5 women with very different personalities. That's all I am saying about that.
I loved spending more time with Annie, Vel and Jasmine. We see each other but we don't get enough quality time together. We were together from Sunday night thru the wee hours of Wed morning it seems. We all took off work Tuesday for hair and make-up and dress rehearsals. I enjoyed getting to know Ashley Jo better. I am smitten with her aura, energy and ease.
Monday night and Tuesday day proved to me I was not made for show biz. I will take my 5 minutes of fame and move on. I am not a hurry up and wait kind of gal. I have work, school, more work and personal time I gave up for this and to be sitting around twiddling my thumbs in not my idea of a good time. On top of that, I like a schedule of where I need to be and when and I like that to be consistent. I am learning to roll with the flow and that I am not in charge of anything but just a bit player. Hard to swallow but I am a work in progress. The schedules kept changing as to where we needed to be and when. The hair appointment for myself and Vel almost did not happen at all. They moved up the rehearsal times Tuesday morning and so we rushed to get there to just sit and wait and then were told we could not leave until the whole walk-thru was done. Some of us had not eaten, some of us had not had our hair done with the Deva Curl stylists, some of us are just not that good at sitting still without a purpose. I called Jimmy and John for back-up! Bring me and Vel a drink, STAT! We sneaked out with Jimmy and went down to the salon. Finally Vel and I got our hair done. When we went back there was food for the the crew but none for us. Thought that was kind of rude, please don't leave but we aren't going to feed you. So we sneaked out again and went down to Jake's and they took good care of us. We got a sneak peek at what the after-party was going to be like and we did a few cheers to the Curly Monologues and went back to sit and wait.
It was funny to watch everyone's rehearsal style and their level of nervousness or anticipation. We have a couple of introverts and a couple of extroverts and some control-freaks and some followers and everyone of us was so different, yet here we are all together for a common cause. I think this is a bonding experience the 5 of us will never forget among ourselves.
Jonathan, director, friend, visionary, patient, encouraging, risk-taker, teacher, good-soul. I can not say enough about this man. He has left a lasting impression on us all in such a short time. I feel like we have been friends forever and the comfort level is there. He's a hugger, he will push you out on the ledge and make you jump, he will also be there to catch you. I watched him take Jasmine's note cards away from her, MINUTES before we went on stage live and said you can do this. I think I panicked more than Jasmine did, but he was right and she nailed it! Thank you for that Jonathan. He had to take wordy me and condense me down to about one minute. Originally we were each going to have 5 minutes and it was 1 minute by the time it got here. You all know I can go on.
The people we met thru Deva Curl and Stylist we met and even a Curl Psychologist were all so very impressive. Each person played their part and their part will forever be a part in my story.
The 5 local Curly Monologue gals got on stage and nailed our part as Jonathan knew we would.
The after-party at Jakes was a happening little place to be. I got to introduce my best friend's son to the lady who wrote and directed "The Kink In My Hair", he is all into stage and acting. (it is suppose to be coming here soon and I highly recommend everyone go see it) The roof-top was gorgeous with the perfect weather. And Jonathan introduced me to Jonni! I knew right then and there she had to be in my universe! What a beautiful soul inside and out.
Then there was the after-after party at Salon Verve, I mean where else would you have an after-after party for a bunch of stylists and product reps. Guess what happened at the after-after party? Guess you had to be there.
I am forever changed and I will forever embrace my curls and my girls and guys too.
It was all worth it!
I have had 2 maybe 3 people cut my hair from the times I was born until the time I turned 30. I was back to the one who had cut my hair in a shag in the beginning and I decided I wanted short, sassy and professional. Boy did that go WRONG. Went back to her to fix it, I am guessing she was experiencing a mid-life crisis or something but she made it worse. Went and paid high dollar money to one of those famous chain hair stylist shops to have them fix it, they sort of fixed it enough for it to start growing out correctly but geez my short, sassy and professional turned out to be a bad after-school movie lesson and I was in my late 20's.
Once it grew out this time, I was going to keep it long. Ponytails kind of fit me. Tomboy, go-getter and low-maintenance. People would know me by the back of my head! I had to wear my ponytail on the top of my head because it was too heavy to hang and would give me a headache.
Fast forward 20 plus years and 3 more hair dressers and I found one I would trust with a new shorter cut again. Evette has been doing my hair since my 42nd birthday I think and I sent her some guidelines, suggestions and photos of somethings I was pondering. She immediately said she had a great idea for a new do for me and we were both excited. I also wanted to go redder-brighter red.
About a week after my new shorter, redder do I went to a local social event. I had read on Facebook that some people from Deva Curl or something to that effect were going to be there looking for curly haired people for a project they were working on. I had completely forgotten about it when I got there and had found a seat at the bar with friends having a great time when I realized I had forgotten my phone in my car.
Of course I had to have it! I had noticed a couple at the end of the bar eating Seaweed Salad and I knew they were not from around this neck of the woods. As I was walking out to get my phone they stopped me! I was like, I have been busted staring at them trying to figure out their story, eek! Instead they wanted to talk about my hair. WOW, I knew Evette was good, but what a compliment to us both. They asked if I had heard of their project Curly Girls Night Out and I mentioned I saw something on Facebook earlier that day and they asked me to audition. Well heck yeah, let's do this!
I immediately sent a text to Monica, Vel, Annie and a couple of my other curly friends to get in on the deal. This could be fun. And someone likes my hair!! Finally. My hair is worthy of STAGE TIME! Who are we kidding, I AM WORTHY OF STAGE TIME!
Jimmy Arber of Salon Verve, co-owned with Evette Tritt was there hanging with us that night and I made him be my stage manager. I introduced him to Jonathan and Shari as my stage manager. They immediately fell in love with us both. Who wouldn't!
Jonathan asked me some questions and I was to answer them on camera upstairs in the private bar at Jul's. I had just watched a young, beautiful, blazing-red, curly haired goddess do her audition. WOW. I got this.
Monica was cursing me because I didn't tell her why I wanted her to meet me, just meet me. She had no make-up on and her glasses on. She did great, I love that blonde head of curls to her toes and back. Annie declined due to scheduling conflicts as did Vel that night.
Jimmy stayed on Annie and Vel and got them to interview the next day, Annie by phone I think. Jonathan got back to New York and still needed one my curly gal to round out the set, I suggested Jasmine. Got them hooked up by e-mail and such and the line-up was set with Myself, Annie, Vel, Ashley Jo and Jasmine.
We then had to send in our curly stories based on the feedback Jonathan gave us from our interviews. He worked up a script for each of us and we scheduled rehearsals. We had less then 2 weeks from introduction to event. No pressure! The 5 of us got together on night and met each other. I knew everyone but Ashley Jo and Jasmine was new to everyone else I think. Vel, Annie and I see each other often.
I fell head-over-heels in love with Ashley Jo immediately. When I found out what she did for a living I got chills and thanked the Universe for putting her in my path. What a beautiful soul. We had a short meet and greet, then we called Jonathan in New York and conference with him and the lady from the local paper. We had dinner together and hung out for a bit.
The next weekend we started rehearsals on Sunday night and the show was on Tuesday. Jimmy opened up Salon Verve for us to rehearse and Jonathan flew in from New York to direct us. Bless his heart. 5 women with very different personalities. That's all I am saying about that.
I loved spending more time with Annie, Vel and Jasmine. We see each other but we don't get enough quality time together. We were together from Sunday night thru the wee hours of Wed morning it seems. We all took off work Tuesday for hair and make-up and dress rehearsals. I enjoyed getting to know Ashley Jo better. I am smitten with her aura, energy and ease.
Monday night and Tuesday day proved to me I was not made for show biz. I will take my 5 minutes of fame and move on. I am not a hurry up and wait kind of gal. I have work, school, more work and personal time I gave up for this and to be sitting around twiddling my thumbs in not my idea of a good time. On top of that, I like a schedule of where I need to be and when and I like that to be consistent. I am learning to roll with the flow and that I am not in charge of anything but just a bit player. Hard to swallow but I am a work in progress. The schedules kept changing as to where we needed to be and when. The hair appointment for myself and Vel almost did not happen at all. They moved up the rehearsal times Tuesday morning and so we rushed to get there to just sit and wait and then were told we could not leave until the whole walk-thru was done. Some of us had not eaten, some of us had not had our hair done with the Deva Curl stylists, some of us are just not that good at sitting still without a purpose. I called Jimmy and John for back-up! Bring me and Vel a drink, STAT! We sneaked out with Jimmy and went down to the salon. Finally Vel and I got our hair done. When we went back there was food for the the crew but none for us. Thought that was kind of rude, please don't leave but we aren't going to feed you. So we sneaked out again and went down to Jake's and they took good care of us. We got a sneak peek at what the after-party was going to be like and we did a few cheers to the Curly Monologues and went back to sit and wait.
It was funny to watch everyone's rehearsal style and their level of nervousness or anticipation. We have a couple of introverts and a couple of extroverts and some control-freaks and some followers and everyone of us was so different, yet here we are all together for a common cause. I think this is a bonding experience the 5 of us will never forget among ourselves.
Jonathan, director, friend, visionary, patient, encouraging, risk-taker, teacher, good-soul. I can not say enough about this man. He has left a lasting impression on us all in such a short time. I feel like we have been friends forever and the comfort level is there. He's a hugger, he will push you out on the ledge and make you jump, he will also be there to catch you. I watched him take Jasmine's note cards away from her, MINUTES before we went on stage live and said you can do this. I think I panicked more than Jasmine did, but he was right and she nailed it! Thank you for that Jonathan. He had to take wordy me and condense me down to about one minute. Originally we were each going to have 5 minutes and it was 1 minute by the time it got here. You all know I can go on.
The people we met thru Deva Curl and Stylist we met and even a Curl Psychologist were all so very impressive. Each person played their part and their part will forever be a part in my story.
The 5 local Curly Monologue gals got on stage and nailed our part as Jonathan knew we would.
The after-party at Jakes was a happening little place to be. I got to introduce my best friend's son to the lady who wrote and directed "The Kink In My Hair", he is all into stage and acting. (it is suppose to be coming here soon and I highly recommend everyone go see it) The roof-top was gorgeous with the perfect weather. And Jonathan introduced me to Jonni! I knew right then and there she had to be in my universe! What a beautiful soul inside and out.
Then there was the after-after party at Salon Verve, I mean where else would you have an after-after party for a bunch of stylists and product reps. Guess what happened at the after-after party? Guess you had to be there.
I am forever changed and I will forever embrace my curls and my girls and guys too.
It was all worth it!
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Green Stuff
Jason made me some of his Green Stuff. I call it Stuff instead of juice because it is really thick! I am picking chia and flax seeds out of my teeth! He said it had fruits and veggies but most importantly it had all kinds of greens in it. I am to drink it and it only until I run out of my 2 GALLONS and not eat or consume anything else. Water and Tea or okay if I want to but he said I probably won't want to because I am drinking so much green stuff. Well I have had some water, just because the green stuff is so thick.
I started drinking it around 8:30am Tuesday morning and kept my cup full all day drinking when I thought about it or felt a little hungry. I really didn't feel hungry often and when I did I think it was more from the habit than the actual hunger. Lunch time came and I missed taking that lunch break to prepare something to eat and maybe I missed the actual chewing or ritual of eating a meal. Feel good.
3pm is always that time of day when most of us get those snack-time cravings, I will have to say I did feel hungry at that point and I will increase my water intake as I think that is probably the culprit. We will see if that helps because most of the time when you feel hungry, you are really thirsty instead. By the time you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated. Drink more water! I am use to drinking a gallon a day so this will be something different that my body will need to adjust.
He asked me to keep a journal of my feelings during and after the 2 gallons of green stuff is consumed.
We all know how hard that will be for me, LOL. I don't like to talk about my feelings or really talk at all. ;-).
Day 2, my tongue is green! I was a little hungry a couple of times last night but I drank more green stuff and more water and seemed to be fine. I had some sinus drainage but that could be from all that yellow stuff in the air and on the car and just about everything else it can land on. I have not taken any sinus medicine as I want to be as pure as I can on the green stuff and green stuff only. I did have my water though, not a gallon but water all the same. I stayed home to do homework and when I got home I washed the dishes and cleaned up some, unusual for me. Fed the dogs then went to pick up John and get him some Chick-Fil-A. At the time I was hungry and did not have my green stuff handy and really wanted some of those fries, but I drank some water and when I got home got some more green stuff and the CFA never crossed my mind again. Went to bed early-ish after doing some home work and got up early and did some more homework. I still want to eat, not because I am hungry but because I like the act of actually eating. Chewing, savoring, hand to mouth, all that. Drank some water before I started back on the green juice this morning after I did the oil pulling. Had to find a restroom this morning for a pit stop on the way to work! Still cleaning out my system I guess. It hasn't been too bad because I eat pretty clean probably 80% of the time and I don't eat a lot at a time. I went to the chiropractor again today because I had time and I could use an extra adjustment, neck is a little stiff. I am a little itchy every now and then but I started that Monday before the green stuff but after I had started eating vegetarian. Might be some detox or something I am a tad allergic to in the greens. I feel good and I probably have a little less then a gallon to go and it is 3pm on day 2. Might be a day 3, lol.
Day 3, I still have a little less then half a gallon left and continue to drink it and water. Went to a surprise birthday party at a BBQ joint last night, smelled good but I was full from green stuff and BBQ is not my favorite meal, so I was good to go. John had Whataburger last night, I took a long bubble bath while he ate and didn't miss it. I did ask him to keep his peach cobbler on his side of the room when he ate it. Didn't have as many hungry times yesterday because I increased my water I think. I still wanted to go through the act of eating though. I wanted to chew something, LOL. I am not drinking as much as often today and I am not hungry. I feel good, I am a little tired but that could be from getting up early all this week. I do need to find a gym home again and start back or at least walk my dogs.
I started drinking it around 8:30am Tuesday morning and kept my cup full all day drinking when I thought about it or felt a little hungry. I really didn't feel hungry often and when I did I think it was more from the habit than the actual hunger. Lunch time came and I missed taking that lunch break to prepare something to eat and maybe I missed the actual chewing or ritual of eating a meal. Feel good.
3pm is always that time of day when most of us get those snack-time cravings, I will have to say I did feel hungry at that point and I will increase my water intake as I think that is probably the culprit. We will see if that helps because most of the time when you feel hungry, you are really thirsty instead. By the time you feel thirsty, you are already dehydrated. Drink more water! I am use to drinking a gallon a day so this will be something different that my body will need to adjust.
He asked me to keep a journal of my feelings during and after the 2 gallons of green stuff is consumed.
We all know how hard that will be for me, LOL. I don't like to talk about my feelings or really talk at all. ;-).
Day 2, my tongue is green! I was a little hungry a couple of times last night but I drank more green stuff and more water and seemed to be fine. I had some sinus drainage but that could be from all that yellow stuff in the air and on the car and just about everything else it can land on. I have not taken any sinus medicine as I want to be as pure as I can on the green stuff and green stuff only. I did have my water though, not a gallon but water all the same. I stayed home to do homework and when I got home I washed the dishes and cleaned up some, unusual for me. Fed the dogs then went to pick up John and get him some Chick-Fil-A. At the time I was hungry and did not have my green stuff handy and really wanted some of those fries, but I drank some water and when I got home got some more green stuff and the CFA never crossed my mind again. Went to bed early-ish after doing some home work and got up early and did some more homework. I still want to eat, not because I am hungry but because I like the act of actually eating. Chewing, savoring, hand to mouth, all that. Drank some water before I started back on the green juice this morning after I did the oil pulling. Had to find a restroom this morning for a pit stop on the way to work! Still cleaning out my system I guess. It hasn't been too bad because I eat pretty clean probably 80% of the time and I don't eat a lot at a time. I went to the chiropractor again today because I had time and I could use an extra adjustment, neck is a little stiff. I am a little itchy every now and then but I started that Monday before the green stuff but after I had started eating vegetarian. Might be some detox or something I am a tad allergic to in the greens. I feel good and I probably have a little less then a gallon to go and it is 3pm on day 2. Might be a day 3, lol.
Day 3, I still have a little less then half a gallon left and continue to drink it and water. Went to a surprise birthday party at a BBQ joint last night, smelled good but I was full from green stuff and BBQ is not my favorite meal, so I was good to go. John had Whataburger last night, I took a long bubble bath while he ate and didn't miss it. I did ask him to keep his peach cobbler on his side of the room when he ate it. Didn't have as many hungry times yesterday because I increased my water I think. I still wanted to go through the act of eating though. I wanted to chew something, LOL. I am not drinking as much as often today and I am not hungry. I feel good, I am a little tired but that could be from getting up early all this week. I do need to find a gym home again and start back or at least walk my dogs.
Day 4 I will have the last little bit of green stuff for breakfast. I did have half a vegetarian quesadilla last night for dinner and the other half I will eat for lunch. 5 days of being vegetarian hasn't been hard, have actually enjoyed discovering new vegetarian food. I really don't eat a lot of meat anyway and I eat pretty raw daily, so this wasn't a big stretch. Vegan is a bit of a stretch for me as I love cheese and local honey.
I have more energy doing the green juice than I did with the green stuff. The green stuff was too sweet for me and I felt like I introduced way more sugar than my body is use to consuming. All natural occurring sugar, but sugar.
I feel a sense of accomplishment but I am not ready to conquer the world anymore than I am any other day I wake up. I did lose 4 pounds and back at my maintenance weight from 3 years ago.
Peace, Love and Greens!
I had more than I thought left on Day 4, around 24 ounces in the jug at work. I down a couple of bottles of water and then had the rest of the green stuff for breakfast as planned. After drinking the first 8 ounces my body was thankful for it. I felt a bit of tingly euphoria while sitting at my desk going about my morning routine of running reports. It is a beautiful day and I sit in front of a wall of windows looking out on gorgeous east Texas countryside. Will be hard to contain myself to my desk today. As I reminisce on why I may be feeling the euphoria I recall last night with good friends at a charity function and think that might have something to do with it as well. Friends and being Charitable do the soul good! I keep pondering what I am passionate about and that might be my answer! Now, how to get paid for hanging out with friends and being charitable, over good food of course!
I had more than I thought left on Day 4, around 24 ounces in the jug at work. I down a couple of bottles of water and then had the rest of the green stuff for breakfast as planned. After drinking the first 8 ounces my body was thankful for it. I felt a bit of tingly euphoria while sitting at my desk going about my morning routine of running reports. It is a beautiful day and I sit in front of a wall of windows looking out on gorgeous east Texas countryside. Will be hard to contain myself to my desk today. As I reminisce on why I may be feeling the euphoria I recall last night with good friends at a charity function and think that might have something to do with it as well. Friends and being Charitable do the soul good! I keep pondering what I am passionate about and that might be my answer! Now, how to get paid for hanging out with friends and being charitable, over good food of course!
Monday, April 21, 2014
Vegan Homework
It was recommended we try to go Vegan for a week as homework in Module 5. I had already committed to Meatless Mondays and had started that this morning. So I thought ok, I will go Vegetarian today and see how that goes. Enjoyed a Greengo juice from Juls with a shot of turmeric for breakfast, a salad with veggies only and balsamic vinaigrette and croutons for lunch and I have not figured out dinner yet. I had mixed salted nuts, a bite of almond butter and a banana so far for snack.
Before I even got to my lunch a friend of mine contacted me about being a test subject and drink his green juices for 2 days and journal how I feel. We had been talking about doing something for about a month so this was perfect timing. I will start the experiment tomorrow morning. He is providing 2 gallons of green juice, I am paying for the supplies and will journal my journey for two or more days on just drinking the green juice when I get hungry until it runs out. Suppose to be around two days and I will keep journaling into the 3rd day I suppose.
I will tell you that after lunch on my Meatless Monday I was beginning to clear out.
Had already committed last week to yoga class Monday night as well. Looking forward to that.
I love how things all line up like they are meant to be!
More later...
Before I even got to my lunch a friend of mine contacted me about being a test subject and drink his green juices for 2 days and journal how I feel. We had been talking about doing something for about a month so this was perfect timing. I will start the experiment tomorrow morning. He is providing 2 gallons of green juice, I am paying for the supplies and will journal my journey for two or more days on just drinking the green juice when I get hungry until it runs out. Suppose to be around two days and I will keep journaling into the 3rd day I suppose.
I will tell you that after lunch on my Meatless Monday I was beginning to clear out.
Had already committed last week to yoga class Monday night as well. Looking forward to that.
I love how things all line up like they are meant to be!
More later...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
The Step
I contacted IIN and signed up and gave them my down payment not having a clue how the rest was going to come to me. But if I didn't commit now, I would over analyze and talk myself into waiting until I could afford it, time and money wise. So I took that step not seeing the rest of the staircase.
I tried to let go and let God as they say. I tried to visualize that money being in my account as it was needed. I tried working out a budget where I could make the payments. I tried to see the rest of the staircase.
I had 4 days until my full payment or the first of 3 large payments were coming due...
So I put on my big girl panties and sucked it up and called my Uncle and asked for help. Yes it was a hard decision for me. I tried every scenario I could come up with to pay for school all on my own and each one was a bad decision, period. The phone call went without a hitch. I called and asked for a small investment in me as a low-interest school loan that I fully intend to pay back. Told him about what I wanted to do, he asked some questions and put the check in the mail.
NOW WHAT! I am fully committed and have someone to answer to if I don't use the money wisely, by getting certified and doing something good. Sit and wait.
Once IIN received my tuition I started receiving my supplies in the mail. The Integrative Nutrition book by Joseph Rosenthal, a journal to write in, a metal water bottle, a work book and a scented heart-shaped sachet. I had already purchased the IN book but had not read it yet. An abundance of welcome e-mails started arriving and an encouragement to read the book. I had it on Kindle and there was an option for it to be read to me, so I started listening to it on my commute. REALLY DIGGING IT! You also receive a PDF file of the same book, lol, now I have 4 copies.
There is something about Fundamentals I am suppose to be doing to get accustom to how the class modules were going to be before the actual classes start. Pre-work, like homework but different. I had no clue what the Fundamentals were, where I could find them or anything and I thought goodness gracious if I can not even figure out how to do the practice round I am thoroughly screwed. Received my IPad Mini (it came with the tuition) and went to find Wi-Fi to set it up and could not figure out how to get any of that done either. OH BOY what have I gotten myself into. (so some negative self-talk started, and then I saw a post from Amy P about her boys and gave that up quickly-didn't want them sitting on my head!)
Finally hooked the IPad to the computer at work to get it set-up and found the Fundamentals!! Tried it again on a public Wi-Fi and it worked like a gem. I did not have Wi-Fi at home at this time so I was going to have to do all my school work in public (read in your best Ron White voice, I did). Ok I have got this!
A trip I had scheduled BEFORE taking the step was coming up quickly and I did not have my book finished and I did not have my Fundamentals finished and when I come back there are only 2 weeks before my first Module started-EEK! I downloaded as many of the Fundamentals as I could on my IPad and my book was on my Kindle Fire, made sure everything was charged up and made sure all my chargers and earbuds were packed where they were handy. All seemed to be going according to plan B. Then I realized I had only downloaded parts of the Fundamentals and not all of them early on in the trip. Thank goodness I was traveling with someone who had a hot spot on their phone that I could use. Take a moment to be thankful. Got half of the Fundamentals knocked out and most of the book on my trip. The rest would have to be sped through once I got home and caught up with all the other stuff.
The night before I left on my trip we finally got the Wi-Fi up and running at home!! This made me very thankful and HAPPY! I could now do homework at home, where is should be done.
Now all I had to do was finish the book and the other 2 Fundamentals in two weeks and get ready for my first Module!
I tried to let go and let God as they say. I tried to visualize that money being in my account as it was needed. I tried working out a budget where I could make the payments. I tried to see the rest of the staircase.
I had 4 days until my full payment or the first of 3 large payments were coming due...
So I put on my big girl panties and sucked it up and called my Uncle and asked for help. Yes it was a hard decision for me. I tried every scenario I could come up with to pay for school all on my own and each one was a bad decision, period. The phone call went without a hitch. I called and asked for a small investment in me as a low-interest school loan that I fully intend to pay back. Told him about what I wanted to do, he asked some questions and put the check in the mail.
NOW WHAT! I am fully committed and have someone to answer to if I don't use the money wisely, by getting certified and doing something good. Sit and wait.
Once IIN received my tuition I started receiving my supplies in the mail. The Integrative Nutrition book by Joseph Rosenthal, a journal to write in, a metal water bottle, a work book and a scented heart-shaped sachet. I had already purchased the IN book but had not read it yet. An abundance of welcome e-mails started arriving and an encouragement to read the book. I had it on Kindle and there was an option for it to be read to me, so I started listening to it on my commute. REALLY DIGGING IT! You also receive a PDF file of the same book, lol, now I have 4 copies.
There is something about Fundamentals I am suppose to be doing to get accustom to how the class modules were going to be before the actual classes start. Pre-work, like homework but different. I had no clue what the Fundamentals were, where I could find them or anything and I thought goodness gracious if I can not even figure out how to do the practice round I am thoroughly screwed. Received my IPad Mini (it came with the tuition) and went to find Wi-Fi to set it up and could not figure out how to get any of that done either. OH BOY what have I gotten myself into. (so some negative self-talk started, and then I saw a post from Amy P about her boys and gave that up quickly-didn't want them sitting on my head!)
Finally hooked the IPad to the computer at work to get it set-up and found the Fundamentals!! Tried it again on a public Wi-Fi and it worked like a gem. I did not have Wi-Fi at home at this time so I was going to have to do all my school work in public (read in your best Ron White voice, I did). Ok I have got this!
A trip I had scheduled BEFORE taking the step was coming up quickly and I did not have my book finished and I did not have my Fundamentals finished and when I come back there are only 2 weeks before my first Module started-EEK! I downloaded as many of the Fundamentals as I could on my IPad and my book was on my Kindle Fire, made sure everything was charged up and made sure all my chargers and earbuds were packed where they were handy. All seemed to be going according to plan B. Then I realized I had only downloaded parts of the Fundamentals and not all of them early on in the trip. Thank goodness I was traveling with someone who had a hot spot on their phone that I could use. Take a moment to be thankful. Got half of the Fundamentals knocked out and most of the book on my trip. The rest would have to be sped through once I got home and caught up with all the other stuff.
The night before I left on my trip we finally got the Wi-Fi up and running at home!! This made me very thankful and HAPPY! I could now do homework at home, where is should be done.
Now all I had to do was finish the book and the other 2 Fundamentals in two weeks and get ready for my first Module!
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
School
In the last year or so I have been struggling with what I want to be when I grow up. Or boredom. Either way, I tried to fill my time with extra jobs and that didn't fill the void and then I went back to volunteering and remembered why I stopped.
So I took an online test that asked like 127 questions and was suppose to tell me what I would be good at as a productive member of society. I received equally high marks in psychology and nutrition. I naturally gravitated toward psych because in middle school I wanted to be a middle school counselor and that remained my career choice until my 2nd semester of junior college .
A day at the zoo in between finals broke me of that dream when I saw how 5th grade girls acted in public. NO THANK YOU! Really haven't been a huge fan of children since.
John was not a fan of psychology because he knew people who had degrees in the field but were not working in it. I'm thinking, it's medical related, how could you not have a job.
I did the research, asked some that are practicing and looked at my school/time/financial options. AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FOR THAT!
So I kind of put all that on a back burner not even giving nutrition a thought, I certainly did not want to be a dietician in a hospital or nursing home. I wanted to help people before that point.
I quit going to the gym in August 2013 and started eating and drinking any and everything I wanted. Oct-Dec I was down in my back, sinus problems and over-all feel bad. I missed work and social obligations. My own little experiment if you will on what poor nutrition will do to a perfectly healthy body.
I wanted to help people find their HAPPINESS. There is positive psychology now and you have to have a degree in Psychology to take the positive psych courses. It would take me 8 years to just get the psych degree and another 4 to get the positive degree. Did I mention I am already 44? That would make me 56 before being of use to anyone and BROKE.
I saw something on Integrative Nutrition, I don't recall if I googled something and it came up or if it popped up on my Facebook radar or what but I clicked on it and was intrigued. Then the price scared me away.
Well since I clicked on it I kept getting Emails and pop-ups. I normally ignore or unsubscribe but I didn't.
I spoke with a recent acquaintance I admire a lot about making people happy and the correlation to nutrition and she shared her struggles and goals with me which were similar. She wanted to help her people become healthier as a whole.
That encouraged me to do more research on this Institute of Integrative Nutrition.
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