Monkey + Banana + Chair = My New Salon

So about a million years ago I remember some teacher of some subject at some school somewhere relaying a little story about a research project about cognitive thinking.

If you put a monkey in a room with a banana hanging from the ceiling just out of its reach and then the only other thing in the room is a chair off to the side, that monkey will jump and jump and jump for the banana and never think to move the chair over and climb up on it to get the banana UNTIL the monkey manages to walk around the room enough that the chair and the banana line up just right in his line of vision. Then the monkey has this "ah-ha!" moment when he realizes all he has to do is drag the chair under the banana and climb up and munch away.

Since then, I have noticed that that little anecdote serves quite well as an analogy to a great many real-life revelations for me. It's not unusual at all for me to completely miss the most obvious solutions to my problems just because they haven't all lined up just right in my vision. Usually one of the things that needs to get in line is my noticing that there's even a problem to begin with.

And so it is that somehow or other I find myself on the brink of becoming a salon owner once again.

For those who have been following the blog — like the BF— it may not be news to you that for the last several months maybe things in my current salon situation haven't been coming together in the most satisfying manner for me. I make a lot of observations, but I don't always notice how I fit into those observations myself. Which is why I have a BF to listen to me and thoughtfully say, "Hmmm. Have you considered that maybe what you really want is to run your own show again?"

Oh. Well. No. Actually, that hadn't occurred to me at all.

And so began the snowball effect that led to my making the phone call to the property manager of our historic downtown Bank of Italy building when rumor reached me that due to the recession, office space in the building was both plentiful and affordable. Not to mention that I just plain freaking love that building and the opportunity to rent a small private office on the 4th floor with an eastward view of Main Street and the Sierra Nevada (on a clear day) was just more than I could pass up!

I signed a two-year lease and gave notice to my salon owner last week. Which, I am thrilled to report, has been met with support and well-wishes from everyone at Attitudes.

Hopefully soon I'll be settled in and looking for someone to share my space. It's just big enough for two nail techs who both love the biz to work side by side sharing talents and techniques.

And I'll have a DSL line so I can finally blog from work!