So yeah. This is hard.

Since I have decided to pursue this dream, it has honestly been one of the hardest things I've probably ever taken on. Saving money is no easy task. And not because I blow it on random shit, but just because of the sheer fact that bills need to be paid and I have 2 people to support as well. Things come up of course, as usual. And there are the set backs left and right.

It's summer. New Orleans slows down to a snail's pace in the summer. You see people walking through the Quarter, slowly, just to keep themselves at a level of dampness that is tolerable as opposed to full on sweating like a farm animal. People drive slower. Nothing opens on time. Some business don't even open for the summer because it's so slow.

Stripping in the slow season is a whole other animal. I'm naturally a sweaty girl and when I dance, I sweat. Mix that with dry humping another human, that makes for even more body heat. You get the picture. It's hard enough to maintain an acceptable odor much less adding the humidity and heat of a typical New Orleans summer. Just doing the short 3 block walk makes my butt cheeks sweat. Wednesdays have been pretty dead the last few times I have worked. I think that I'm going to do a switch and work Mondays. Working for 8 hours and coming home with enough money to pay the babysitter and a few cups of coffee for the next 2 days is pretty draining. And you certainly can't get blood from a rock...if there are no customers, then there's no money.

I've certainly had the wind taken out of my sails a few times and I know that I need to make a change before I get too bitter about it. 3 weeks ago I got cut-throated (that means a girl takes your customer and makes the money) on a $6000 room which would have paid me $2000. It was all I could do not to leave that night and just quit all together. I totally had a "woe is me moment," cried, took some deep breaths, and decided to just stick it out. I worked till 6am and ended up having a pretty decent night and having a really nice customer. It's so hard sometimes though when things like that happen.

So, Mondays will be my new weeknight. I don't typically work weekends because I usually have burlesque gigs. It obviously would make more sense to work weekends (and I do when I don't have anything booked), but I am not aiming towards being a career stripper. My burlesque takes precedent and after all, the whole reason I am even stripping is to fund my burlesque dream. Last time I worked on a Monday, I made a little over $800....

Maybe Mondays aren't a bitch after all. I'll let you know.