11/11/2025
I sent this via Vagaro but I am making sure all my clients know!
Important News from Marlene
Hello there, my friends. I know it has been a long time since I sent a long, rambling, email so I guess it's your lucky day! I'm here to ramble! I think the last time I waxed rhapsodic to you was during the pandemic. So much has changed since then, hasn't it? I'm definitely feeling older (aka decrepit) which brings me to the reason for this this email.
Many of you know I've been struggling with my back and the best solution at this point is surgery. I will be having a fusion on December 19th which means I'm really making it tough on your hair (and you) for the holidays and the beginning of the year. It isn't ideal but it's the best thing I can do for myself. I will be out of the salon from December 18th until February 4th. Of course I am hoping to be back as soon as I can but I am not going to jeopardize my fancy, newly bedazzled spine. There's always a chance it will take me longer to recover but I'm definitely an optimist when it comes to my ability to recover. When I come back I will be dipping my toe in with dry haircuts (no twisting and bending at the shampoo bowl.) Once I feel I can move on to the shampoo bowl then I'll be back in business but please understand that I might have to cancel on you last minute if I feel like I need to rest so consider February and March appointments to be slightly tentative. If you've already made appointments during the time I am taking off I cannot apologize enough for leaving you high and dry but I promise, it's a necessity. My sweet co-workers, Maryjane and Angie, can definitely tackle your grey roots and my former co-worker Allen Harrell has also been willing to step in to help if you need a men's or women's haircut or color. I will make sure I give you their info at the bottom of this email.
Many of you have asked if there is something you can do or how you can help and let me just say I'm honestly still amazed at how lucky I am to have such kind and amazing people in my life and in my chair (and it has been way too long since I told all of you that!) So far there have been discussions of a food chain at some point which might run out of the salon and lord knows, Dave will be too busy listening to me whine as well as taking care of me and 5 animals to cook for us. We will also never turn down DoorDash, GrubHub or UberEats credit. As you can also imagine, this is going to have a financial impact as a self-employed person. I've decided to do what I did during the pandemic to help supplement my time off and offer gift certificates which can be purchased through Square (I'll share that link, too) or Venmo or you can pre-tip me for future services. There will be one caveat to the gift certificates and that is that they cannot be used until April. It might take me a bit to officially and literally get back on my feet and I'll need to be doing a little financial catch-up for a couple of months or so and every dollar will count. I hope that makes sense. I found out the hard way during the pandemic that selling gift certificates helps so very much in the moment but then you go back to work and make no money! (I'm pretty sure we all know that I do NOT have a mind for business but I do have a wealth of Netflix recommendations so hey, there's that! I'm good fer sumthin'!)
I really do feel terrible for doing this at the busiest time of year and I will miss each and every one of you and our fun conversations! I'm probably going to drive Dave and the animals insane by talking their ears off. Then again, I actually already do that to them. Truly though, I really will miss
all of you terribly. I'm not going to lie and say that I don't need a vacay but this isn't exactly the kind of vacay I wanted but this will mean I'll feel so much better and will be in a much better mood at work! I'm sure my clients and co-workers alike will be pleased and you never know, once I feel like myself again I might dance behind the chair while we talk. 'Cause that wouldn't be awkward at all.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for being the best people on the planet. I really have neglected you all by not telling you lately how much you mean to me. Even when I'm in the foulest of the foul moods, you guys always manage to shake me out of it. And if you don't believe how much you mean to me, just ask Dave. Every day when I come home he asks "Who'd we see today?" And he asks with genuine interest because in some ways he feels like he knows all of you, just like you feel like you know him. (But don't worry, my room is still the vault of secrets-- he just gets to hear the fun daily stuff.) I truly do look forward to being the best me again so I can be the best me for each of you. And be sure and take notes of what fun stuff has happened so you can fill me in when I get back!
Much love to all of you,
Marlene
P.S. I hate Vagaro as much as you do. They bought Schedulicity so I swear it isn't my fault!
Links
Angie Baker - Please text only at 205.381.6340
Maryjane - [email protected] or DM her on IG at
Allen Harrell - https://www.vagaro.com/gldtlc
Square Gift Certificate - https://app.squareup.com/gift/72D6KTXJD5M08/order.
Purchasing or tipping on Venmo - -Glaser (please put GC as the descriptor)
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