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DECIDING TO SELL THE BUISNESS

IT WAS THREE YEARS OF PURE SLOG, THE FACT THAT THE LIFELONG DREAM I WAS ABOUT TO AMBARK ON WAS IN THE PIPELINE IT WAS NEAR..COMPLETION. THEN THE NEWS CAME BY TELEPHONE MY FATHER HAD DIED, SHOCK WASNT IN IT.WHAT COULD I DO ,HE HAD NO ONE BUT ME. I LEFT FOR ENGLAND AND STARTED THE PROCESS OF THE FUNERAL ARRANGMENTS, ALL OF WHICH WERE NEW TO ME. HIS FLAT WAS LIKE STEP TOES YARD. IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT THE FELLOW DID LIKE TO ROOT AROUND IN SKIPS, SO MOST OF THE ORNAMENTS HE HAD FOUND WERE GLUED TOGETHER, AND THE 10 BROKEN WATCHES AND CLOCKS, WERE ALSO A MISTERY TO ME, ANYWAY HE WAS BURIED AND I RETURNED BACK TO IRELAND TO CARRY ON RENOVATING THE BUISNESS.



I WAS FEELING STRANGE AND SICK, AND THE WEEK LATER I FOUND OUT I WAS PREGNANT. I HAD DECIDED TO NOT HAVE BABIES AFTER A INCEDENT OF GIVING BIRTH TO A BABY WITH ABNORMALITIES THE PREVIOUS YEAR.(MORE ABOUT THAT IN A LATER POST). BUT I WAS GUTTED FOR WANT OF A BETTER WORD, HOW CAN I GIVE THIS MY ALL NOW. WE HADNT ANY HELP OR FAMILY OVER HERE ,I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE. GET ON WITH IT I DID.

THE SHOP WAS COMPLETE AN ABSOLUTE BEAUTY.THE DECORE WAS FRESH AND MOST OF THE HAIR AND BEAUTY SHOPS IN THE AREA WERE TRYING THEIR BEST TO GET RID OF ME.ONE LOCAL WROTE TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND SAID THAT THE LANDLORD DIDNT HAVE ANY PERMISSSION TO OPEN A SALON, AND SO I WAS GIVEN 7 DAYS TO CLOSE UP SHOP AND PAY A PREVIOUS BILL FROM THE LAST TENENTS,AN INSURANCE COMPANY THE SUM OF 6000. THIS WOULD CERTAINLY WIPE ME OUT. YOU BASTARDS BETTER BEWARE,DONT FUCK WITH THE BIG DOG.

I KNEW ONCE IT WAS SORTED I WOULD WIPE THEM ALL OFF THE BLOCK. I AM A SHIT HOT HAIRDRESSER AND FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE MY FLAIR AND TALENTS. THAT I JUST DID.THE OTHER COMPETITION STARTED TO REVAMP THEIR DATED SALONS AND SO I SET THE TREND.IT GOT TO A STAGE WHERE I PHYICALLY COULD NOT FIT IN ANY MORE CLIENTS IN I WAS FULL TO THE RAFTERS AS WELL AS THE OTHER STAFF. BUT EVERYONE WANTED ME. I MADE THE MISTAKE OF TAKING ON EVERY CLIENT AS TO ENSURE THERE RETURN, AND SO ENDED UP WORKING 72 HOURS A WEEK PREGNANT.



I WORKED UP TO THE SATURDAY, TILL 6 OCLOCK. AND WENT IN ON THE SUNDAY TO GIVE BIRTH. I WAS LIKE A MACHINE BEFORE THE BABY CAME ,WHEN IT DID ARRIVE I TURNED INTO AN OLD WOMAN. I COULD HARDLY WALK UP THE STAIRS WITHOUT STOPPING HALFWAY. I RETURNED TO THE SALON 6 WKS LATER. MY FIGURE WAS BACK TO NORMAL, AND THE CHILD MINDER WAS FOUND. THEN THINGS STARTED TO TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORST.

I WAS HAVING STREPTACOCCI THROATS EVERY MONTH AND I EVEN ENDED UP WITH PNEMONIA 3 TIMES IN ONE YEAR. I WAS GETTING THIN DOWN TO 7 HALF STONE, AND DISINTERGRATING BY THE MINUTE. I WAS ALWAY CRYING AFTER THE ILLNESSES. I WAS TOLD I SHOULD BE IN HOSPITAL WHEN I WAS HAVING 3 DAYS OFF WITH PNEMONIA AND GOING BACK IN WORK, LIKE A ZOMBIE. I DID BURNE MYSELF OUT. I DIDNT KNOW MY CHILD FOR THREE YEARS AND DIDNT WANT TO KNOW. I COULDNT COPE. I DID DECIDE TO SELL .SHE WAS LIKE AN ANGEL SENT FROM HEAVEN.

I PUT A NOTE INTO MY DADS OLD WALLET AND ASKED FOR HIS HELP TO SELL THE BUISNESS, IT DID HAPPEN FOR ME AND I WAS 60 000 BETTER OFF. I TOOK IT EASY FOR A WHILE AND LANDED A TECHING JOB 2 DAYS PER WEEK. TEACHING THE TRAVELLING COMMUNITY, THEN I WAS TO EMBARK ON ANOTHER BUISNESS VENTURE (ANOTHER TIME TO WRITE ABOUT THAT). MY LIFE IS FULL AND HAPPY NOW, THE FACT THAT I ALWAYS HAD SPARE CASH ,AT LEAST 5 000 STASHED IN A COAT POCKET UPSTAIRS EVERY 2 WEEKS SPURED ME ON , MONEY TAKES OVER THE BRAIN .IT IS A TRUE SAYING THE MORE YOU HAVE THE MORE YOU WANT. IF YOU ARE READY TO OPEN A BUISNESS ,BE PREPARED TO HAVE A HEAD LIKE A TRAIN WRECK. FORWARD THINKING IS KEY ORGANISATION IS A MUST. HEALTH IS FIRST, AND ALWAYS REMEMBER TO DELIGATE.GOOD LUCK.

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