Started a blog last Friday but just deleted it. I didn't really have anything to say. My 55 hours/week in tax season has been officially replaced with 40 hours/week and 12 massages per week. This is the home stretch and there's no looking back. The next 3 to 4 months will be spent entirely in preparation for my 6-month journey (1 month in the Philippines and 5 months in Mysore, India). So many things need to happen before I can set sail. I think I've saved enough for the trip but you can never have enough. That explains the extra 12 massages a week. I also need the extra money when I get back from the trip. I hope that I had just gotten through my last tax season. I don't know what I'm going to do when I get back and I think that's part of my journey.
My weekend massage shift was not all that great. My first massage on Saturday was a 90-minute massage on a recently divorced 37-year-old lady with 2 kids. It was a gift certificate from her mother for her birthday. I somehow had a bad feeling about it from the very start but I still did my best to give a kick ass massage. Her back was a solid as a rock and she was a tense as hell. Anyway, after all my work she walked out seemingly happy, unfortunately she walked to fast. I know that my massage was not that bad, but she did not leave a tip. It's always bad when a client does not tip on a 60-minute massage, it's worst when they don't tip on a 90. You can always argue that she might not have had the money but when you live in the Pacific Palisades, there are no excuses. That was not a good way to start a shift. Thank God, my last 2 massages tipped above average, which made up for the first one. I don't think people realize how much goes on in a massage. It's not only physically draining but emotionally draining as well. I put my heart behind my hands on every massage. I think I should stop whining.
I skipped yoga this morning. I slept weird last night. Woke up a couple of times and just didn't feel like going and then when I decided to go it was too late. I decided to swim instead later today. I can't seem to sleep early enough to get up early. I'll try to get the get to bed early today.