The Speed of Lint

Yes the fastest thing in the universe is not light, but lint. I have no idea if light is the fastest thing in the universe, but it's pretty damn fast. Not counting warp drive, hyperspeed, or ludicrous speed. Being a chiropractor makes lint your enemy. I swear I could just delint my pants all day long with one of those tape brushes. I mean my patients are pretty clean. I understand getting all dirty from my contractors and construction guys. That just goes with the territory. However the lint thing bother me. I feel like a bum with all this lint on me. I may have to for parachute pants to come back into style.

That Leads to the Dark Side

I find myself working/struggling with two things today. The first is that aspect of my perfectionism that deals with my finances. If I was only better I wouldn't have financial problems. While I have learned a lot about taking better care of my finances over the years, something I wasn't really taught as a child. Most of what I struggle with is feeling less than instead of feeling the part of the human race which is having the same troubles.

The other is with the Planner. It's 2 months today since we started dating and this is where I need to make sure I don't start letting unhealthy behaviors creep in. While I'm not giving up any of my stuff for her I have to make sure I still enjoy the things I like to do. Last night at comedy improv I enjoyed the show, but I missed having her with me. I seem to go through withdrawal after being with her. The years I was married to my ex I was very addicted to her and I don't want that for this relationship. I want to stay a whole person to keep it nice and healthy. We're are going along quite nicely and that's the way I want to keep it. I know that anything worth having is worth working on.

Business & Dating Part 2

Sandwiched between 2 poorly attended Singles events I ran around to try and find sheets for when I hire a massage therapist. I was pleasantly surprised to find a pedestal for the office that I'd been looking for. The Planner said metal and that's what I found. I was thinking wood, but they were all big and sharp angles. I dropped a wanted ad off at one massage school and I'll do another one tomorrow or Tuesday. Since Wednesday night is a standing date night for the Planner and myself I think I'm going to start closing the office on Thursday mornings since it's dead already and open for a few hours on Saturday. One to hopefully get a few extra patients in and two when I get a massage therapist people will want a massage more on the weekends than during the week.

I finally found some curtain holders/pull backs or whatever you call them. So I put them up yesterday to give my waiting room window a nicer look. I'll have to wait till I finish with Eric to find a plant or two for the office with the Planner.

The Planner and I were both hungry when we got together last night so we went to the Silver Diner for some food. She needed a drink since I was all hyped up. Plus when I'm with her I'm more relaxed and myself, so I bebop along a lot. She gets a big kick out of it, but after a long day at work she has a hard time taking it all in. Although when she was falling asleep she got a good laugh out of it. It was funny to hear her in a half dozing laugh to remember it all.

Boy do we relax together. Trying to get up in the morning and pull ourselves apart is a colossal event. It was hilarious when we were having breakfast relaxing on the couch and I laid my head on her shoulder and she was like "Oh gawd no!" She physically got herself off the couch so she wouldn't get all relaxed and comfy with me. The Planner stated that I spoiled her for all other men.

We're going try to get her over to meet Eric while he is here. We are both bummed that we'll miss 3 dates while he is here. Tomorrow is 2 months for us and it'll be the longest we've been apart since then. It's nice to be just cruising along together.

Paradox

I have to admit I enjoy the disagreements the Planner and I have. It's a joy to talk them out. Like last night I really wasn't thinking when wrote a message to the singles. Back before I was dating the Planner many people had commented that when I went to NY to see Eric for a weekend that they would love to share the ride and expenses since they had family and friends there too. Pretty good arrangement. Anyway I commented on that when I was asking for guest hosts while Eric is here. The Planner was a little disturbed about it. However she stated what I had did and how she felt. I immediately realized what I had done and apologized. Their was none of the nastiness that I'm use to.

The Massage Therapist offer was ludicrous. I would get $7.50/hour for use of my room. What am I working for McDonalds here. However as I'm very good at I take a good idea and run with it. I'll stop at both massage schools Monday to look to hire someone. I'll charge $40 for massages which is cheaper than most in the area. I'll split it 50-50 with the therapist. Although I'm still working on the numbers since then I'll be cleaning all the sheets and taking on all credit card charges. I'm looking to make at least $200 from the room a month.

I want to do 3 things with my office. The Planner has agreed to help me with the first 2. I want a plant or two in the office to bring a little more life to the office. Since she did horticulture for years she's the expert for me. Also I want to repaint the office and since I'm partially color blind I need her good fashion sense. The last thing is to get a counter built for my office. While I like the desk a counter would hide more of my stuff as I get busier.

Business & Dating

Yesterday was such a weird day in the office. All my appointments rescheduled. I'm use to 1 maybe 2, but all. It was really weird, although I have to admit I usually become even Steven with this stuff. So I got a call and had 2 new patients which was cool.

Today is almost all business meetings. First up is a massage therapist owner. I know she would like to use my office, but with her cheap prices I don't know how she is going to pay me. I'm wondering if she is even considering that since I'm not giving my space away for free.

As most people close to me know I usually move into positions of leadership in any organization I join. My vice president role in my networking group is coming to an end. So I'm taking that experience on the road and becoming an assistant director to get more exposure and hopefully more referrals. I'm going to try to shoot for 3-4 more meetings a month to maximize my marketing. And since I'm being paid for it I'm going to get the most out of it.

The Planner and I had a great night last night. It's like a mini vacation for both of us. A nice little oasis where we can relax together. I have to admit she is a lot better sleeping in bed now. She's come along pretty far in a short period of time. I really expected her to take longer to get use to sharing her bed with me.

This morning after stating a bunch of things she loved about me she said, "I think I love you." It was very cute and a big step for her. The Planner still jokes about marrying me in different context. I'm always like sure which I think throws her. I think she expects me to get flustered. I'm no where near to truly wanting to marry her, but everything I have experienced so far has been good. At least all this positive stuff is no where after sex when she's agreeing to anything. LOL.

Well That's a First

I see now that porn sites have invaded the blog realm. Today I had to delete a person's comment that really didn't say anything. As always I go back to see if they have a blog. What do I find, but a porn site. I guess they weren't happy with just MySpace.

Action Tuesday

Doing a lot today and taking a lot of actions about my business. So I'm flying high today and the worries of unpaid bills is forgotten. It was nice to get some very positive compliments on my work as vice president for my networking group. I think it's like drawing. If you can't do it your impressed even more by people who can. Since that was the follow up sentence that they couldn't do what I do. Hey I have an iron fist what can I say. Michael Corleone is my hero.

Looking at what I want to focus on getting in the office: children or seniors. I'm going with children. The pay is the same cash wise since I give them a discount. However kids usually gets more of the family in and its a investment in the future. While seniors are pretty single in coming in and die off at some point, sorry to say.

A little bummed that my lecture tonight is down to 1 person since I had some cancellations. I'll still have it since it's important to educate everyone. I was thinking about having the event again later in the month and this solidified it for me.

After my last patient I'm off to training. I'm taking on a new position in networking. One of being an assistant director. This will allow me to travel to 3-4 other groups like mine and it should increase my business 2-3 times. So some extra work with good payoffs.

Then it'll be back here for my lecture. Hopefully I'll get a walk in or two.

I think I finally got it into the Planner's head last night that she is more important to me than the singles. I enjoy them, but she is an investment in my future. With that we set up our weekly dates of Wednesday and Saturday nights with whatever else we can fit in. This helps me set up my calender of events. It was nice to hear her say how much she misses me.

Zen and the Art of Watch Repair

I'm really enjoying my office today. I mentally figured the lecture would work in the office, but I finally physically set it up today and went through a dry run. It worked out very well and I was happy with my office. It's not a big place less than 500 sq. ft. I believe, but it works out just nice.

Having managed a electronic store a long time ago and in a galaxy far, far away. (Yes I know it's an old joke, but I like it.) I forget most people don't know how to change watch batteries and pay exorbitant fees for jewelers to do it for them. The Planner loves watches and she had a box full of them. All dead. She looked at me with uncertainty about being an easy job to open and pop the batteries out. So you know all backings have a little lip along one part that you just pop open. I use my pocket knife, but you can get a fancy tool if you'd like. Anyway 2 minutes later and a bunch of watches later we had a nice row of dead batteries for her to pick up. She did have 2 watches which needed a wrench to open, that I had to order off of Ebay. Batteries are usually less than $5 instead of the $15 a jeweler is going to charge you. When you put the backing back on just push in the center so it burps when you close it and your good to go.

Happy Monday to All

Mondays are rough now a days. I'm usually still really relaxed from my Saturday sleepover at the Planner's. She joked that I would take a nap yesterday after I left which I did. She worries that I'm not sleeping well enough at her place, but I explained that I'm just relaxing. If it was a work day I would be okay, but it's Sunday and hey I can nap so I do.

The Planner finally did something new. She fell asleep in my arms and I got to tell her something all women love to hear. "You snore." We had a good laugh at that and the point that 5 weeks ago she was adamant about not having someone sleep in her bed.

This morning at work has been a lot of phone work. Making appointments, tracking down money, and just plain old business. I'll start practicing and getting everything ready for my lecture tomorrow night after lunch.

Going through a little regret today about not taking care of my finances when I was married instead of taking care of my ex. Happy to say I'm not that type of person anymore, but in not taking care of myself I've set myself up for a lot more hurt than I needed.

Friday Fun

I always love opening my doors to someone wanting to give me money. Hey what can I say I'm easy to please. Anyway my collection letters are working so I'm happy.

The Planner came down with her mom today so she could get some preliminary test done before her surgery later this month. So it was great to see her during the day. We grabbed lunch in the cafeteria. My next patient cancelled so I was able to hang with her longer. We talked and played games on her computer. She knows I won't just let her win since I kick her butt when we play games. We make a nice couple.

Not much happening this weekend which is weird. The singles have a dinner event tomorrow night. I'm passing on it. It's a great Peruvian restaurant, but if I had to go back I would want to do it with the Planner. I looked for other activities, but most everything is outdoors and it's suppose to be in the 90's and humid. Not my idea of fun. So I think I'll go see Wanted tomorrow before my Mom. Then tomorrow night I'll head over to the Planner's for my Saturday night sleep over.