The bonus of having my husband as my
business partner is that I see him so much.
The downfall of having my husband as my
business partner is that I see him so much.
See the dilemma? I’m sure you do.
It’s more good than bad, working alongside
my husband, but there are times where our relationship is tested and things are
taken a bit more on a sensitive note because of us being married. He is my husband, best friend, business
partner and this past week he officially become my new coach. Wearing so many labels is bound to create a
bit of dilemma and today was one of those days when sensitive buttons were
pushed.
It all stemmed from a casual conversation
we had the other day. I was dozing off
in bed when Snickers mentioned that he wanted to hire WOW Motors President’s
son. I agreed it was a good idea but
noted that he should be hired to help us clean the club. No sooner do I finish cleaning the club’s
floor but then I instantly dread having to clean it again; it’s a brutally long
and back-aching task. And then of course
there is the fact that we have an excessive amount of mirrors that get touched,
splashed with sweat and leaned against.
Those are so much fun too to clean!!! Note the sarcasm there.
Anyways, so yesterday Snickers tells WOW’s
son he’s been hired – a decision I thought was just a mere late night casual conversation
piece. No sooner did he hire him but I
fired him, well not exactly. It was more
like me telling him to get out from around the juice bar, put the blender bowl
down and that I’d talk to him tomorrow.
Today is the tomorrow I said yesterday so I
knew I’d have to deal with yesterday’s uncomfortable situation but I didn’t
know what to say. I mean, what could I
say, “We want you but can’t afford you”?!
It’s true but there’s more to it.
We need a cleaner but he wants to work the juice bar during our busy
times – what he wants and what we need are two distinctly different things.
Trying to discuss this before WOW's son
showed up was one thing but then we had to continue the discussion once he
arrived and Trainer Stark randomly showed up too. Thankfully WOW's son didn’t recognize me
without his glasses on because of my drastic hair cut so he never approached me
about the verdict of the discussion I had promised I’d have with Snickers.
One comment lead to another and, mixed with
us both being overly stubborn, sensitive buttons were pushed, neither wanted to
back down, so I headed to the office to escape what should have been a simple
discussion.
Next thing I knew it, Trainer Stark spotted
me curled up on the couch upset so he joined me in the office. He didn’t know what to say – what to say in
English or Korean – so he apologized and then he tried to cheer me up. His small talk went somewhat like this: “Amy cry? No. Can't do that...hmmm...You
new hair so pretty… ahhh… Amy hate pretty…. Hmmm…. Amy punch so strong, yes! Amy so strong punch.”
Trainer Stark is such a good friend to both
Snickers and I and I’m really looking forward to working with him. He tried to cheer me up and then talk to
Snickers but he knew to just give us space.
Snickers and I don’t really fight much, it’s more like random clashes of
stubbornness – silly spats – and they’re very short lived. Snickers beholds a super power over me – he’s
just too darn cute to me so I can’t look at him with an angry face. I end up smiling and, well, that definitely shortens such silly spats. It’s
hard to stay mad at someone you love so much… and are attracted to so much, it’s
the truth.
Today I chopped my hair and I learned that
perhaps that upped my “super power” over Snickers. Initially I thought Snickers wouldn’t like my
short cut but he loves it!!! Boy could not keep his lips off mine at work
today! I’m talking about me talking to
members and him swooping in for a kiss, me warming up for training and him
stealing a little peck, and so on. Snickers
may have a gorgeous smile and sweet charm as his super hero power over me but
now I’m rocking the chopped cut and it’s released a higher power.
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