Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Becoming a sisterlock Consultant?

Gospel Fest in Albuquerque, New Mexico





Gospel Fest

This past weekend I saw Israel Houghton live!!! Actually I really didn't know who he was at first; all I knew was that he was a gospel artist. I had no idea what he sang. See the City of Albuquerque sponsored it's first annual Gospel Fest on Sunday, and he was the main act, along with a group called the covenant messengers and a local 300 voice mass choir. It was a nice event and sooooo many people showed up; a lot more than I expected. So when Israel (a native of New Mexico!! Woo Woo!!) started singing, I was like, "ooh, I know that song, and that song too. I didn't know he sang that!!" So crazy. But it was live and I had a good time.



Hair

On to other things, hair things, I got my hair retightened this past weekend and it has grown sooooo much. But it seems to be growing outward like a fro instead of downward, whatever, growth is growth and I can definitely tell. My stylist only took 3 hours too!!! Amazing. Usually she takes 4 1/2 to 5 hours. Part of that was because I had retightened the front portion myself, and the other part is because home girl is getting quicker. Amen!! Not that she was slow, it's just now I can save two hours worth of money.



Sisterlock Consultant? Me?

Now about employment opportunities. Just to give you a little history, I've been employed with the city for three years. I was first hired under the terms of as long as I was a student in high school or college, I could work part-time under the "student status". Two years ago, the city decided to do away with that policy and changed it to a "two year temporary status". So basically my two years will be up in December and they're getting rid of me. so I've had the option to get around that rule by quitting for 3 weeks before my December termination date and then starting my two years over. I've also been offered another job by my hair stylist. She's going to be moving to China in March for two years and needs someone to be a sisterlock consultant until she gets back; seeing that she's the only sisterlock consultant in Albuquerque and she has 13 clients that need they hair did. I have a few other options but these are the two that I'm considering. So both opportunities have pros and cons. When it comes to the city, I know how it works, I've met invaluable connections, they're super flexible with my school schedule, and my job duties are minor. But there's a lot of pettiness, I can only work between mon-fri 8-5, I have to schedule my school schedule around office hours, and I don't see myself aqcuiring many skills within the department. With becoming a sisterlock consultant, I can pretty much schedule clients around my school schedule, it's an opportunity to learn more about natural hair care, and the atmosphere isn't so uptight. But I have a lot of uncertainty and reservations about how professional she is sense it is an independent business. That's pretty much my biggest and only concern with working for her. I'm pretty much uncomfortable with stepping into the "unknown." But I pretty much know what my decision will be, but I need to get confirmation from myself. (If that makes any sense.)

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