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Topic: My retrograde day!
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pixelpixie
Newflake Posts: 8
From: ON Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 01:09 AM
  
I just wanted to share this with you lovely people. I work different shifts during an average workweek, and the schedule is made up a few weeks in advance. For instance, the reason I am posting so late is that I just got home from work. ( I need some wind-down time!) I normally work 4-12 on Thursdays, and it has been that way for months. My in-laws watch my children in the time between when I have to be at work and my husband gets home from work. They have left me in many lunches before, so I am used to it ( I guess the word is jaded, though it affects me greatly .... GGGGGRRRRR!!!) Normally, my father-in-law will take me to work and get my son from school at the same time. Well, it was nearing 3:30, and I hadn't heard a word from them,so I grabbed my daughter and quickly put her in the stroller (complete with cookie on her face, as there was no time) I had to run to the school to get my son, so he'd know people loved him, and didn't forget him.... So at this point, I am steaming. The cold walk (run) to school kept the anger building....how could they leave me in a lurch? How dare they not even phone, so I could make other arrangements! I was fuming, and got my son, then ran with both my children to work. I grabbed the phone immediately, as I hadn't had a chance to let them know my intentions.... I left a message on their answering machine, that ran along the lines of....
" Hello. I am at work. It is three forty five, I should be punching in right now...*anger creeping in*.... The only problem is....*voice becomes cold* I have two children with me, as someone forgot that I had to work... * no kidding around voice* So, if you maybe want to get your ass *cringe* over here, that would be great."
Right after I hung up, my boss comes over and says...."You aren't scheduled until FIVE today." 
I raced around for at least twenty minutes, my stress level floating above my head somewhere, almost in tears ( I am a tad emotional.) Not knowing how to work this out, then proceeding to alienate the people who I happened to need in this situation. Why? because of a scheduling difference. When the fog of anger and stupidity faded, I was like "AHA!!!! Mercury!!!"
I phoned them, ate a huge helping of humble pie....luckily they understood. I may be a Scorpio, but I know how and when to apologize, even though I wanted to hide under a rock. That is my story.
You got any to share?
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Aphrodite
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posted December 19, 2003 09:16 AM
 I would have been seething too.Today is our moving day to another office building. I have most everything packed up except for the PC, pens and paper. It's suppose rain today. Hmm  IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 856
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 09:19 AM
Aw Pixel, {{{hugs}}} to you  Mine was just plain foolish  My advice, don`t get a hair cut during retro, well, I should say DON`T cut your own hair now Since I`m jobless, I thought I`d cut back  by being my own stylist. I have a long shag & my hairs pretty thick and full of body. I`ve watched Yvonne do it so how hard can it be  Um, now I have to walk around holding my Uranus head up saying how much I love all the spikey locks poking out all over my head. And oh yes,I just love the new sheep shorn bangs.  My Cancer, never one for tact, looked and said "What the hell did you do (while snickering mind you )". I do look like the 90`s punk rockers.... I, Aqua me, can pull the new look off, but any majick to make it grow faster? juniperb  ------------------
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
trillian
Newflake Posts: 0
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 09:35 AM
Awwww, pixel and juniperb... 
juniperb, wasn't it Linda who said trimming your hair on the new moon would make it grow faster? So perhaps if you can bear to make a few teeny tiny snips on the new moon....pixel, I have days like that myself, and like you, I can force myself to eat humble pie when necessary. But it tastes awful! I have no Mercury Rx story to tell...though it just occurred to me that I sort of won a new microwave the other night...LOL Hope I didn't throw out the old one too soon!! I was at our company Christmas party, my nephew also works for the co. and was sitting at my table. Each year prizes are given away by random drawing. Grand prize this year--a new microwave. I've been pricing them for a while...sooooo, as they started to draw names, over and over I repeated to myself "The winner of the microwave is trillian!" Made my table-mates wish it for me too!  Asked my 17 year old nephew if he won it, could I have it?? And lo, my nephew won it...and gave it to me! So it's now sitting on my counter...appliances and Mercury Rx...hmmmmm....
 to you all.
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pixelpixie
Newflake Posts: 8
From: ON Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 10:03 AM
AWWWWW!! Juniperb!
No worries, pick up some pommade or wax and do the messy sexy look on purpose! My guess is that you have the confidence to pull anything off convincingly and with grace. ( Or, on the cheap side, mix a bunch of sea-salt with water, in a spray bottle, add a bit of olive oil and some essential oils for scent, shake it up immediately before, and spray it on for a textured, piecey look)Aphrodite....good luck to you, at least you have a leg-up on others, that you can share. You can anticipate, or at least understand if anything goes wrong! Trillian~ Good luck on the microwave... did you win it before the 17th? Besides, one that fizzles out (safely) eventually, is still better than none to break! Can't beat the price, too! Thanks all for your responses, boy, did I feel stooooooooopid! I hate that my immediate reaction was to assume they screwed me, but unfortunately, our relationship is strained at best, and they ALWAYS phone me 9:00 the night before I have to work in the morning to cancel on me. Whenever they've cancelled, it has been last minute, and they lie about it. OOOOOOOoohhhhhhh!!!! I hate that, so inconsiderate. But really, She ( mom-in-law) has said before that She'd pay ME for the chance to b/sit and spend time with her grandchildren, then she'll act all put out and send mixed signals, martyr/woe is me/guilty statements. Sorry, this is turning into a rant. Just know that the mother in law jokes are usually common for a reason! Two mother hens in one situation, is one too many. Feathers get ruffled. IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 856
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 10:04 AM
thanks Trillian, there`s lots of places I can take a snip Congrats on the microwave  The only thing I ever won in my life was an orange maternity dress... I`m a redhead at least I was pg tho. Jupiter has a good sense of humor.  juniperb ------------------
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
Ariesrocks!
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posted December 19, 2003 02:32 PM
Does cutting your hair during the new moon really make it grow faster.... I mean REALLY?IP: Logged |
pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 67
From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 02:42 PM
Hi Pixie, WOW, sounds like you had a hell of a day. I would have been ticked off as well - but what can you do in retrograde day????? Juni, Ohhhhhhh, you cut your hair...LOL..sorry - I am not laughing at you - It just reminded me of the goofy things I do. Everytime before my school picture, I either cut my bangs so short they didn't exist, or would play until my neatly tied back hair was lumpy and bumpy. Hee hee. I am banned from cutting my own hair because I suck!! I think you can make it look cool - like Pixie said...messy / sexy looks are in. My retro is more like...Pidaua is already running 10 minutes late....gets to car...warms up...forgets lunch...runs back to apt...gets lunch..gets in car...forgets paperwork....goes back to apt..gets paperwork...and gets back in car...drives to work with her coat hanging out the car door..
Arrives at works, realizes that she has on blue trouser socks and she's wearing black...and has a meeting, that she had no notice about...and one curled hair keeps sticking out. hee hee...it makes me laugh in a weirdo sort of way. IP: Logged |
Ariesrocks!
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posted December 19, 2003 02:54 PM
I haven't had any problems yet, except my boss got me to work a different schedule.
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juniperb
Moderator Posts: 856
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 03:00 PM
Pix, thanks for the advice I have mousse and a styling gel... hopefully But Pid, you weren`t an adult who has done this before and thinks next time... live & learn, maybe. Aphrodite, how did the rainy move go . juniperb ------------------
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
trillian
Newflake Posts: 0
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Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 03:38 PM
Aphrodite, hope you stayed dry running through the raindrops. Pid, I seem to have days like that every week or so! juniperb, a redhead, I should have known. I love red hair, if I were gonna color my hair I'd want it red. Ariesrocks, no guarantees about your hair growning faster if cut on the new moon. I've never, to my recollection, had my hair cut on the new moon. BUT, I got that either from Star Signs, or a book by astrologer Debbi Kempton-Smith. Can't recall for sure...
But give it a try and let us know! IP: Logged |
pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 67
From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 19, 2003 06:44 PM
Trillian..LOL..yeah they are pretty adventurous aren't they Juni,
I am sure you will look great!! I still make some goofy mistakes as an adult and hair styles. Hee hee.. IP: Logged |
Tuesday
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posted December 19, 2003 10:36 PM
I usually trim or experiment on my own hair and only go get it cut when I 'm tired of doing it by myself. But when I get home from the salon I usually make some adjustments on my own. People always ask where I get it cut but I skirt around it because I don't want to tell them I do it myself. I trimmed the back yesterday morning and it looks good. But my hair's short and very layered, and that kind of cut is sometimes cut unevenly on purpose. I like the suggestion of using texturizer or wax to mess it up. I don't know how it looks but from your description your hair sounds cool! I razor the ends of my hair for wispiness, and that disguises unevenness too, so you could try that if you feel your pieces stick out too much.IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 856
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 20, 2003 09:48 AM
PIXIE omg , you never said what the ratio of olive oil and essential oils were and now I`m a flaming grease monkey. This slickery goop better wash out . Even the llamas sniffed and snorted my head. The dogs want to lick me and my Cancer is rofl- his -ao waiting for the kitties to try & bury me. Off to use some pine tar shampoo. Geez, mom was right, I am a goofball juniperb ------------------
If having a soul means being able to feel love and loyalty and gratitude, then animals are better off than a lot of humans. ~James Herriot IP: Logged |
pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 67
From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 20, 2003 10:55 AM
Juni, LOL>....you are so funny. One time my brother and I (two saggie kids ='s big trouble) we wanted to be like the characters on Grease. So when my Cancer mom and Leo granny went out one night and my Cappy dad was babysitting us (translation - as long as there was no blood he left us to our own devices) my bro and I decided to put on our own play. We broke out the Vaseline jar and each took a huge handfull. I proceeded to put it into my waist length hair..all of it and little bro put it in his shaggy kind of bowl cut doo. LOL...we were sooooooo greasy. Then we sang and jumped up and down on the beds. It was Saturday night and we were having fun. Then mom and granny come home. Their eyes were bugging out of their heads. Next thing I knew, mom had me under the shower and granny was taking care of my bro. My father was laughing so hard. The ladies didn't find it funny as we had Church in the am....couldn't get the vaseline out too well....so there we sat, grease and all. We still laugh about it all the time. IP: Logged |
pixelpixie
Newflake Posts: 8
From: ON Canada
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 21, 2003 03:24 AM
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!! What a funny story!
Juni~ Sorry! But look at it this way, olive oil is excellent for your hair! It'll be wonderfully conditioned after you shampoo. (Try a clarifying shampoo)
I would say to about 8 oz of water, I'd add one part oil, and 10+ drops essential oil.... as for salt? depends on how texturized you want it. More= 'ropey' look, might feel kinda' straw-ish, but if you shake up the oil part right before you spray, it should work well. Nice shine, but not a greaseball. Ha ha, this is so funny, I am picturing a choppy haircut, all greased up..... Sorry for the incomplete advice! IP: Logged |
juniperb
Moderator Posts: 856
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 21, 2003 08:33 AM
*bows* happy to play goofball for the day It washed out and my hair is as sleek and shiney as a fresh groomed kittys. Soft too. Must say tho, this was one tough way to get it here from there! I used 1/4 cup of olive oil and a 1 ounce cheap bottle of lavender essence oil to an eight ounce bottle. Um it wouldn`t spray, so I just dumped it all on.
Never trust an Aqua with less than explicit instructions, preferably drawn out in black & white. juniperb ------------------
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juniperb
Moderator Posts: 856
From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 24, 2003 12:23 PM
How`s everyone else pulling thru ------------------
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pidaua
Knowflake Posts: 67
From: Back in AZ with Bear the Leo
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 24, 2003 12:33 PM
I tried to post this yesterday and put out a long e-mail that subsequently disappeared into thin air.Okay here it goes...again....LOL Well, on Sunday my shuttle dude showed up about 20 minutes early (THEY ARE ALWAYS LATE!!) I am not a morning person and there he was at 7:10 am. So, I jammed the rest of my stuff into my bags and thank goodness I didn't start to curl my hair, because I only would have had time for one and would have look WAY goofy. Then I get through BWI security and onto the plane with a GREAT seat...lot of leg room....and right next to a Schizophrenic that was hearing voices and even answering them at times. While in the air, they issued the new HIGH terror alert. TSA also searched one of my two bags...the one with the frilly panties and Cheetah bra. LOL When we got to Phoenix I had just enough time to make it to the next flight, board, and then sit...for a long time....at the gate...because they needed to fix a FUEL SENSOR..AHHHHHH.....scary..then they made us switch planes. Finally, I got into Vegas....and that was my retrograde day. hee hee IP: Logged |
juniperb
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From: Blue Star Kachina
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted December 24, 2003 01:56 PM
Ha ha ha, ho ho tee hee. That makes my goofy hair look lame. Aw Pid, hugs.. but a self answering Schizo .......... juniperb ------------------
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