Miss Elly

I massaged this sweet old lady tonight named Eleanor. Her body was slouched. Her shoulders were completely uneven. She has Parkinson's and many other ailments. I felt like I was going to break her. She could hardly hear and her hearing aid kept squealing every time I got anywhere near it. As I was massaging her, I thought of how darling this elderly lady was despite all of her problems. How I wish we all could have such positive attitudes. Heaven knows I come across some grumps that don't have to deal with any of the same issues but have the worst attitudes. I tried to give her the best massage that I could and at the end of it, she looked right at me and told me to remember her! She said, "You do wonderful work. Don't ever forget it no matter what. Even if you have bad days and wonder why you do this sometimes, remember me! You have made me feel so good. I am sore everyday but I'm not sore right now. I may be sore tomorrow but I feel amazing right this minute. Thank you so much for doing what you do and making people feel better. It is very important!" Afterwards, she gave me a big hug while I tried hard not to tear up. I will remember you Miss Elly. I will!!

Didn't realize how bad it was....

Today, I got to go to work. I have only worked three days this month which is crazy!! January is normally very slow so I wasn't too worried about it until I got there today. I first noticed the parking garage had about half as many cars in it. And for a Saturday at a hotel on Super Bowl weekend, that is bad!! It seemed even worse as I walked through the halls to get to the spa. It was eerily empty. And to top it off, my manager said that they told her to cut all the part timers (ME) but she is fighting against it so she can call me in when she needs me like on days like this. I think (HOPE) it will get better once the warmer weather comes but who knows. I will have to start praying because I have no idea what else I would do. I had no idea it had gotten this bad. It wasn't even like this just a month ago. Crazy!

Doofus of the week

I was at work today and had to do a deep tissue on this old guy. He was very hard to talk to because he mumbled really bad and I just couldn't understand him. I had to keep asking him to repeat it. It was one of the times where I wished he was just quiet. So anyway, he starts fidgeting because he is having a hard time putting his face in the face cradle. I give him a rolled up towel to let him lay on thinking that would make him happy. Nope. He keeps lifting his whole upper back up while I'm trying to massage it. So annoying. Then he asks me probably the stupidest question I've heard in a long time.

Ron: Could you massage my back with me laying on my other side?
Me: What? (thinking that I had to have heard him wrong since it was hard to understand him)
Ron: Could you massage my back with me laying on my other side?
Me: While you are laying on your back?
Ron: Yeah.
Me: Massage your back while you are laying on your back?
Ron: Yeah.
Me: Um.....no. (Me thinking.....What the.....?)

Seriously??? How are you supposed to massage the back while the person is laying on it. Let me just crawl under the table and with my super human strength massage you through it.

On a cuter note:
(Makenna and Travis watching Misty May and Kerri Walsh playing beach volleyball in tiny swim suits in the olympics)

Makenna: Daddy....What are they wearing?
Travis: Um...those are swim suits honey.
Makenna: Nu uh......those are bras!!