Tuesday, October 9, 2012

My Weekend!!

First order of business, I have to stop expecting people to do the right thing and having good consideration skills! That's where I mess up, I expect people that supposedly care about me or that I do business with to consider the things that I do and respect my hustle without me even having to say it! I expect that if u do something wrong to someone you go over and beyond to try to make it right if you care about them...that's a rule of thumb that I live by daily, my dad taught me as much! That's what I get for thinking. Thursday, was off work so I said "I am going to go ahead and get my hair done because I have two shows this weekend." mainly a breast cancer awareness benefit saturday night that I was extremely excited about and the show Friday I just happened to look on a flier on Facebook and saw my name to perform, shrugs shoulders. Mind you, I am really struggling on the money right now because my husband has been off work for medical leave and we have six kids put together...lol! However, I was still geeked to b performing anywhere. I LOVE IT! (back to Thursday) I had spoken to one of two stylist I deal with earlier in the week about doing my hair...she agreed Thursday was good about 3pm...side note I have to drive about 30 minutes to get to her place. So I get to her house and ring the door bell no answer, ring it again no answer, so I text her, no reply, and then I called her...so I tell her I am at her house she tells me that she is at school and she doesn't know why she told me 3 o'clock she was thinking about saturday. (rolls eyes) so knowing I can't call my second stylist short notice. I go home and come back to her place a few hours later! Side note she has two small children and I understand they can b a hand full but i am a client not a baby sitter...but out of consideration I bring my oldest daughter to try to help her with her kids. I got my hair done, got home, did my nightly duties had a night cap and went to bed. Friday, work as usually got off at 9:30 pm and rushed home to get ready for the show at club 256 rushing to get ready, me and my hubby arrive and its all good, chillin, watching the performances AND THEN all of a sudden everybody start leaving in the middle of this dude performance AND THEN the lights come on so we looking at each other like "what's going on" the word was they where shooting outside. WTF mane I go get my CD because they shutting down! IDIDNT PERFORM! Now, there was a guy that got shot and as I reflect on it I'm tripping on how these lil young dudes b willin....acting like they hard and they soft as a baby's ass...there is no reason to be trying to gangbangin in the Shoals area. There is a few projects a few "ghetto" spots but fareal Quad Cities is the suburbs compared to the real streets, that bullshit folks b playing with dope,hoes, and money ain't nothing but child's play go to New Orleans, go to Chicago, hell even go to Birmingham and see if u really hard!! Back to my weekend, I get home about 2 in the morning SATURDAY, and play rock a bye baby w my husband :-) I had to be at work at 7:30am, got off at 4:30 pm, go home get the children situated, get my clothes together leave out about 7pm planning to be at the show at 10 pm. (The breast cancer awareness benefit that I got pink streeks in my hair to support the cause and its a all lady rap show its not often that the women get to SHOW OUT the radio station was there and errrthang! I had to b supa fly. ) Me and hubby get to the makeup artist place about ten minutes before 8 pm...mind u I had already stressed to her how important this show was. So we are waiting for her and waiting she said she was down the street but she pulls in about 10 minutes til 9pm, OK fine. Go in her house and I get dressed AND THEN she ask what time u need to b there I said NO LATER than 11pm!! She then ask me to follow her to take her husband his truck at his job, immediately I think...WTF but I say "where he work at?" She said by the Decatur bridge she was acting like it was urgent so I look at my husband like OOOOOKK so we run this errand that takes about a hour. We get back and finally get started on my makeup (I should have said forget it I will just go on to the show and just do basic makeup but me thinking I GOT 2 B RIGHT) THEN she proceeds to tell me that her and her husband had went to Huntsville to see a movie ,wait, pump the fuckin breaks, I'm confused, she did WHAT and I text her several times early in the day to remind her of our confirmation. ( me coming to get my makeup done about 7pm) She Also telling me that she had to drop him off at work so he would not b late (SO U MEAN TO TELL ME U INCONVEINCED ME FOR A MUTHAFUCKIN MOVIE U COULD HAVE WENT AND PICKED HIS ASS UP FROM WORK WHEN HE GOT OFF NOT ASKING A CLIENT THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN WAITING ON YOU TO LONG TO GO DO IT) those where my thoughts I didn't say that I was just dumbfounded by her inconsideration! At this point I want her to shut up with the small talk and hurry up and get thru! 11:01pm, done, so me and hubby high tail it from her place to Huntsville to the club where I was performing eta 11:50 pm. I'm finally there, I check in at the door, I find the dude that is putting on the show and introduce myself and he says "u super late...super late...super late" I tried to explain "I've had a horrible day I came all the way from the shoals area I just need 4 min he was like "I can't do it" as my heart sunk down to my feet I sadly went and sat down and told my husband the situation he was like "WHAT" we come all the way up here with about $40 in our pockets and u can't do ONE song" I text my stylist and tell her what happened she replied "I'm truly sorry" and that infuriated me so I didn't respond! I went ahead and took a few pics but not able to enjoy myself because of my disappointment and watched Joseline from love and hip hop ATL parade around talking about bad bitches I even got a lil video w her (I might as well get something out of this bad deal!) We leave the club and take this sad trip back home. I was so exhausted but I could not sleep dosed off about 4am woke up Sunday morning about 7:30am just laying in bed reflecting on the recent events and trying to figure out why ME! Crying a river of silent tears as not to wake my husband. I thought well "I'm pretty sure my stylist is going to call me today and talk to me, better than that she will probably come by my house after church and give me a formal apology maybe even offer some of my money back for my services or maybe offer me a free service the next time I needed to get my stuff done, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE! (people that know about hair sew in are not cheap especially if you don't really have it because my husband has been off work for medical leave for four months I could have used that money for something else like groceries) THAT DIDNT HAPPEN! NO CALL NO VISIT NOT EVEN A FOLLOW UP TEXT, NOTHING! BAD BUSINESS, BAD ASSOCIATION, What would U Do? How should I feel?

2 comments:

  1. I hate that happened to you. I would get another stylist & make up artist. The music industry is hard & stressful. That's why I didn't fool with it.

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    1. But she is such a great Stylist she has my look exactly how I want of course it don't matter if I don't make it to my event and complete my purpose ....talent is only 40% professionalism is 110% in any success! ! Music IS hard especially when u juggle a family and a regular job but as long as I can write songs there is still hope 4 me!!

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