Today I worked all day in Marin. First in Ross and then Mill Valley right off the main road to Stinson Beach. It was a good day but, one of my clients was very matted and needed extra time and attention and another that had not been hand stripped for four months. This just adds a little more stress. (I will feature that dog in another post this week) The volume of hair that I extracted was amazing! I forgot my delicious lunch on my kitchen table which was homemade Gazpacho and a salad of fresh steamed vegetables as I dashed out the door. I realized I had left it just as I was about to get on the Golden Gate Bridge to go to Marin this morning; had no time to go back home and get my lovely soup. So, I stopped and picked up a quick salad and shoved it down as I was driving to my last appointment at 2PM. I hate doing that, not eating a healthy lunch and then racing to finish it. Then a long drive home, thankfully not too much traffic and proceeded to gobble down the Gazpacho I had put in my insulated thermos that I had left on my kitchen counter. Dinner.

All in all it was a good day. But, it proved to be a lovely ending to my hectic day. When I went to my mailbox an hour later, I saw a hand addressed letter with hand writing I recognized but, really couldn’t put the handwriting with the person. Upon opening the sweet little light blue colored small envelope, there was a light blue thank you note from a long standing client of mine whose dog had recently died. I had groomed this dog for the entire 10 years she had Mayzie; she was adopted when she was 7.

I have scanned the note for your perusal. The most amazing thing is that there was a check included as a gift of gratitude. I was just so touched. I had a long stressful day and to come home to hand written note and a check expressing her thankfulness to me really was a lovely surprise.

My clients are fantastic!