Since two traveling ladies paid me for a massage on a primitive table on the beach, the beginning of a new chapter in the life of Lulu on Playa El Coyote in Baja de Concepcion, Mexico had began. Now I had yet another reason to stay longer! I was so excited to have something new to do and a major bonus that I could make money at it.
Inspired, I immediately started the project of setting up a proper massage salon. I cleaned out a space in the nearest group of palm trees for my salon. I felt like a kid that was building a fort! It was so fun!
There was a LOT of trash to pick up, dirty sand to shovel up and move out and fresh, clean sand that needed to be moved into the space. A big hole to be filled. I finally got to use the little hand-held saw from the toolbox on the back of the Honey, hacking out the dead palm leaves. OUCH! Everything in the desert is pokey, including scorpions (see future post). I made it into a partial shade space, just warm enough but not too directly sunny.
A friend who was heading to Cabo San Lucas airport agreed to bring me a real massage table from the big city which was ten hours south of here. I was even happy to have a reason to buy another ten-dollar wool mexican blanket from my newest, best-friends -the beach vendors! I hung it up for privacy on the one, open side of the salon. I didn't want to feel like I was competing with the vendors, after all, I might be working illegally, I thought uncomfortably, so I offered to give their families free massages if they had any injuries or pain.
Now the salon was ready and I wondered if anyone would actually hire me or if I would just end up giving away massages for something to do. I hoped I would be able to make enough money to at least cover the cost of the table that had been so kindly delivered to me.
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