I know you're all wondering....

Ok, I know everyone wants to know where I am and what I'm doing. RIGHT!!! Well, if you look at my profile you can see I'm back in Ruston, moved into a small house and living by my lonesome, which has it's good points and bad. Whenever I get lonely I just start talking to one of my personalities, then it's all gravy ; ) No seriously, right now it's not so bad because I'm hardly ever there. I'm working at the Lincoln Parish Sheriff's Office m-f 8a to 5p, then I go to the Lambright Sports Center from like 6p- 9 or 10p and do massage. Yes, I am licensed and official. However, some of you may be wondering why I'm working at the sheriff's dept. full time and doing massage in the evenings. A couple of reasons: 1) massage is not a reliable career 2) no insurance or benefits (anywhere you work, you are considered a self-contractor) 3) if you work at a spa that advertises outrageous prices for massage, don't think that the therapist is getting anywhere close to that amount. Case in point: I worked at a spa in a casino in S'port the prices were $55 for 30 min., $90 for 60min., and $120 for 90min. The spa made 60% of everything I made...you do the math. Now, you may say that's still alot of money, but that is pre-taxed and there are no set hours...I could have 15-20 hours of work (might have happened once) or no hours of work (happened more than I care to count). Lastly 4) although massage seems very glamorous and wonderful, which it is if you are receiving it, emphasis on RECEIVING. It is not so glamorous giving, and I have a few examples of that too, and yes there were a few opportunities for me to make some "extra money"...if you know what I mean (I passed on those, FYI) .
So that's where I am (in a nutshell) and if any of you happened to be in Ruston look me up and try a massage or maybe we'll do lunch!!!