Service Providers...

No matter what industry you're in, if you provide a service, there's at least one person out there that appreciates you, depends on you, looks forward to seeing you or getting what service it is that you offer.

This week it's been pretty evident that I have come to depend on certain people being in my life and when they're not, my week just doesn't function as well. And from my lips to my hips to my toes, all of my service providers have decided to go on vacation on the same week! ARGH!

My lips: My favorite barista, Coral, up at Starbuck's is on vacation this week in Florida. People, love your barista and they will love you back! Every morning after boot camp, M-F like clockwork I am there around 6:40am. No longer does she ask what my order is, just rings it up, and 4 out of 5 times, she's noticed me walking up and has started my drink before I even get to the counter! She's priceless I tell you!

I can always count on Coral to razz me about how crazy I am for getting up at 5am to go workout and to tell me about her morning or how her previous evening went. Funny, funny lady and always has a story to tell. I've come to count on this girl - without my daily venti caramel machiatto w/ 4 shots and extra caramel, I simply could not make it throughout the day.

My hips: My boot camp instructor Chris for some odd reason thinks HE needs a vacation! Seriously? And while he's left an equally narcissistic replacement who's a mini-nazi such as himself in charge (her name is Diane and I love/hate her by the way) it's just not the same. I like goofing off with Diane at boot camp, challenging each other, giving Chris a daily dose of crap together...but when he's gone like this and she's in charge, it's a much different story.

My toes: I need a pedicure. And guess what? Even my nail guy (yes, mine is a guy LOL) is on vacation! What the heck? Tony is ALWAYS working. I know he hasn't seen his family in Vietnam in 2 years but he took a whole month off of work to go home! I mean, seriously? A whole month? You don't understand - this man is amazing - my nails never break, the designs he paints on my toes are THE coolest ever... Pfft, I can have one of "the girls" do my mani/pedi...but it's just not the same. Plus, Tony is always humming and singing along to the tunes on the radio - I keep telling him I'm going to put his butt on American Idol and he just laughs.

So there you go - from my lips to my hips to my toes, this week, I'm missing my people! A lot!

And in the future, if you all could coordinate your vacation schedules to NOT be on vacation at the same time, it would save me a lot of grief! :) Miss ya'll!