Shaved… and it felt GREAT!!!

Ok, this post might be more for women, but that is sexist and a generalization, so anyone who shaves and/or likes to stay groomed, this is for you! Now, the more for women is I am talking about areas other than the face…

There was a great image on Facebook a while back “I don’t shave for my boyfriend/husband, I shave for the woman who does my pedicure!” This is SO true!

In the summer, we, women, are more inclined to shave our legs and armpits and probably, you know…because we are wearing shorts, skirts and getting our toes done, don’t forget tank tops, dresses and bathing suits!

If you are a person who does not shave, more power to you, I am not of that mindset and I like to have clean parts and, this may be TMI [Too Much Information, for those of you not in the know] and I am ok with that, I need to shave almost every day. There, I have said it!

I remember when my mom was going through chemo, she was so excited because all her body hair fell out and she didn’t have to shave again!

Now, I admit, in the winter I don’t always shave my legs, I’m wearing pants and if I wear skirts, I wear tights and boots, you are not going to see my legs. Now, if I am going on a date, of course I am shaving my legs, I might want to wear a skirt and look cute and when I was married or involved in an intimate relationship, I kept my legs shaved, someone might touch them and I don’t want anyone to get hurt! That is all I am going to say on that.

Now, as you know, I went to Atlanta the week of Christmas and I took all my toiletries with me and unfortunately, after a few days, my razor decided to quit on me. Now, everyone I stayed with gave me what I needed, toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, depending on what I needed, some things I just couldn’t find. Well, that was the one thing I kept forgetting to ask if anyone had extras and every time I went to the store, I forgot and then would get to wherever I was going/staying and say “crap! I forgot razors again!” then one thing leads to another and one day leads to another and…I give up!

I got to Boston Sunday night and let me tell you, this morning’s shower was AWESOME! I almost started singing “Everything is awesome!”. Now I can run around in a tank top, short and a bathing suit! Uh, no! It’s freezing out, but I could if I wanted to! Ok, maybe just a pedi, who wants to go with me?

Ahhh,.,,

Have you ever been in so many meetings you wondered…

“How can I get any work done if I’m in all these meetings?

Don’t get me wrong, the meetings are important; working with the client, fact gathering, spreadsheets, whatever it takes to have a successful project, although sometimes it feels like you’re in a meeting to talk about more meetings and planning a meeting for the next meeting, they all serve a purpose.It just feels like you never have time to get anything done because you are always in a meeting.

Ever been there?

I know I’ve talked about how much I love traveling for work.

And I do, don’t doubt it, but some days on the road are just lonely. A few years ago I was on a project that had me in different cities around the country, sometimes for just a night or two. I didn’t travel with anyone, so I was always on my own.

When I started with Deloitte in February, I was put in with a large group and became friends with quite a few, I hope you remember me talking about some of them. KLS and KNOB to name just two. We would go out almost every night and had a wonderful time, it made the time pass quickly.

When I was transitioned to Louisville, PM was transferred as well and we went to dinner almost every night together. Then we came to Chicago and we have gone to dinner a lot of nights, we are only here three nights a week and we get done about six, so not always up for dinner, but we’ve done alright so far.

Last week, I worked remotely and PM was here two days on his own, and this week, he is working remotely, might be next week as well. One thing most of the team does not do is go out to dinner after work. It is back to the hotel and tonight, I did the same, back to the hotel and order room service.

Every once in a while it’s ok, but I like going out, seeing the city or town and trying something new to eat, help to relax and detox from the day. This week, as I am on my own, it hasn’t been bad, I went out, but tonight, it was hotel and room service, it felt kind of lonely.

Not having a pity party, so don’t feel bad for me, just melancholy. Heading to Boston tomorrow for the holiday. Can’t wait!

I didn’t think you could still smoke in hotels, especially the bigger chains.

I came back to the hotel today and walked into my room and smelled smoke, what? I thought all hotels were smoke free. I have stayed at a few smaller hotel chains that allow smoking, but that was a few years years ago, I don’t know if the same holds true today but I still didn’t think you could smoke inside any more.

I came back to my room at the hotel and it smelled like smoke, which I thought was odd, so I called down to the front desk and they sent someone up to spray, which helped. I also found out that they allow smoking on the fifth floor, the entire floor, what?

I went down to the front desk and talked to the woman working, it turns out that since they have a lot of flight attendants, especially from Asia, the hotel got permission to allow smoking on the fifth floor. Neither one of us liked the idea, but oh well.

The really unfortunate part is that smoke rises, it comes in through the vents, the balcony, the windows, ick, the point is, it comes up and makes the rooms above smell, very unfortunate.

So…while I am thrilled with the size of my room, the smoke kind of killed the illusion, oh well. It does smell better now.