Beauty School Days.....

I remember,once Larry and I got back into town,  looking for a beauty School to transfer to from Los Angeles.  I ended up in an  Arlington, Va.  Beauty Academy.  My hair was a scary ,Orantang orange.. in fact when Larry was looking for a brunette at the airport,in L.A, he said he 'freaked' when he saw it was me with this funky orange hair..screaming his name out .. but he was so shakin' from his first 'Airplane ride' that he did 'nt care what I looked like at that moment... he was so scared.. the Flight Attendants gave him free beer, and a little set of wings, and even let him sit in the cockpit with the Pilots... that would not happen today!! So, then we drove home in my souped up Pick-up truck..and it was here that I finally found a blond color to tone that horrible color down.. I was drinking pretty heavy at the time, Diet cokes and Rum-( A Qebra-le bra? They called it in the 80's.. I met my new drinking buddy  Mary. We would meet early in the morning and start drinking..the bottle we had,at like 10 am.. on my days off.. and then end up at the local Bar. Continue till the am hours.. go home and get up and do it again.. I fit my School in , and a morning -afternoon shift at the Holiday Inn as a waitress . I remember being in Theory, and reading my Cosmetology book, downing little bottles of Jack Daniels. (hee-hee) I passed all my tests.. Then I would meet Mary and we would drink, and dance and party!! Until,  I started another job waitressing at night , Too.. At the Golf and Country club of Fairfax, Va. I was in 5th gear!!! and in my early 20's. I can even remember sending lots of those people off with a To-go cup!! with whatever they were drinking.. , I would 'nt  be able to get away with that today either... So, I was getting to my am job at 5;30 am start the coffee pots, and get ready for a breakfast crew.. which by the way this is the restaurant I served the Redskins, and Steelers at.. I would then clean up, and get ready for the lunch rush.. and run home, right around the corner, and change into my white uniform, and go to Beauty school, some 45 minutes towards D.C and get out of there and go to my other waitressing job, till around midnight most of the week.. . Somewhere in there Larry and I were having problems.. and I ended up  with a DUI.. 2.6 bal.(blood, alcohol level) I don't remember even getting punished,  harshly for it... So, then I got another one ..that was a mess.. I had a wad of green apple gum in my mouth, and the cop was taking the glass case off of the breathing machine on his desk( that's how old the machine was..) he removed the glass, and moved the needle ..I was like wut the hell are you doing..? Needless to say, when court day came.. he could not even find my paper work.. and the Judge dismissed it.. The cop was so frazzled.. I left.. I still see him looking through his papers. just bewildered... ..lol.. I was then stalked by  the Herndon Police.. I mean I would be on my way to K-mart, and be pulled over.. and for ridiculous stuff.. like having a object dangling on my rear view mirror, like speeding 3miles per hr. over the speed limit. I had a list so long,,and one day I was on my way to K-mart, and this one cop.. comes up be hind me, and he has done this like 3 times.. and I wrote those times down,, and  this time I am not even a 1/4 of a mile form home, and he uses his speaker and says 'PULL OVER MISS DIDONATO-- NOW!!  I believe he said it 2-3 times.. I had to find a place to pull over  off the road, and he comes up screaming at me.. and asks for my name..duh.. and my license.. and he grabs it from my hand, and says if your license is suspended You know I know where you F'n live... and he walks away to go check it again for the forth time that 3-4 month period.. of my life.. Then he hands it back to me calling me names.. and makes me sign my tickets which were so bogus!!  See my house was right on a border of 2 towns... Loudon, and Fairfax.. and they knew the house was a party house.. but I would leave the property to go to the shopping center.. , innocently.. and get pulled over, that year I was in and out of court 26 times!!! That cop gave me a ticket ,for something.. but I went in and defended my self..I was so pissed reading everything I documented, and that Judge knew I was truthful, and said 'Waht is going on here? to the cop.. and told me I was free to go, and I found out later that cop was reprimanded,.. and on  review.. Man he just exhausted me.. that year. Well, then  I in my beauty school, struggling to make ends meet, looking around I seen all the Vietnamese, and Spanish girls with these new Uniforms, and gold dripping from them.. and at lunch time they would bring lil' ovens and crock-pots filled with food, for a feast.. and here I was in  thrift store used uniform... Well, I made friends with these 2 girls.. and one day, the one girls asked me to 'get' her a perm.. and in my white uniform I put one in my pocket, and the girl told on me !!!! I was caught!!!  I tried to say I was going to pay for it, but the girl already told them  she saw mw steal it... I was literally Expelled.. there was No-way I could go back.. that lil' B... I ended up.. working full-time.. and having to pay that School, for the months I had remaing.. in order to get my hours. I was stuck. see if I did n't give them the 3500.00 hundred, I would not recieve my credit hours.. What a mess..  I remeber saying a 10 month course , turned into a 2 year nightmare!! So, I worked my azz off.. I also sold my Pretty Black FOrd, PU Truck... and paid that school off, and enrolled in another School, closer to D.C then the other one..I borrowed, some money from my Dad..again, and found a little ford pu truck.. and paid $2,000.00 bucks for it.. now remeber I have had driven, all kinds of cars and ran heavy Equipment.. I knew about engines.. and so forth.. and this one time I put that much on a vehicle.. and it stops working after a few weeks, that just pissed me off to the max!! Some  'older'  guy seemed  like he could be anyones Dad.... ripped me off !!! So, I bought a new engine from Blue-chip , and I had a friend put it in, and I drove that for a round 30 days, because when it stopped running.. I called the Engine people up, and and they said my 30 day warranty was up....   a day ago!!! So, I sold that to  the mechanic.. and he got it running. and drove it for a long time afterwards.. I would see it in the church parking lot.. many years.. We have since left that church.. I see his wife on Facebook.. and they left around the same time I did.(thats a whole nother chapter.. So, I began that new Beauty Acedemy, and I was flying through the chapters, and the Practical work.. my Instructors were real fun, and not so uptight... I have  a well kept secret.. I may reveal later.. about  the ending of my School Dramas.., and the beginning of  a new Job in the Hair Industry.. I will put it this way the President of the Acedemy. was arrested  a month later for stealing &4,000.00 and trying to make it look like a robbery, when she got out of her car at the 7-11.. leaving the bank bag in her car.. but it all came around, and pointed to her... So, I read about it in the Washington Post... Let's just say I am glad to have gotten my Diploma, and so I began working..for Salon in Sterling,Va. It was there that I would really learn how to cut and design Hair!!!..REally..okay later!!