Good conquers evil. Do you know how wonderful it is to sit back and read so many incredibly supportive comments from our regulars ,Gay and straight, round and square, hairy and bald, short and tall. This one sad, angry person through her act of complete dishonesty has actually brought so many of our current employees and former employees together today. Old regulars and current regulars have texted me and emailed me. I am truly blessed !
Today I will give gratitude to the angry woman . Honestly, thanks to her, today has been filled with so much love , joy, and affirmation about how incredibly diverse and unified our Coyote Ugly Family is all over the world. Thanks! And let freedom reign.

I am laughing so hard. A lesbian couple has tried to malign us on Facebook saying we are against the gay community. All of our lesbian bartenders and customers are defending us. It’s a Facebook battle! LOL I love this!! It’s so ridiculous it’s funny!!! To all our gay/lesbian customers and staff unite against this injustice. By the way I was a lesbian for 1 night in my 20s and if I don’t find a decent man soon who knows I may go back.

I woke up to this email “Next time I see you… I am motorboating the shit out of you!!” Thanks Chandler . We made some changes at the Vegas bar. Happy that the staff is happy.
Ok let’s make some miracles happen

My gratitude goes out to Kevin today. He has built the “new” NYC bar in his garage. I told him I wanted to be closed as little as possible so why not build the new bar offsite? So cool. I am trying to get him to take a picture. So many people have asked for a small piece of the bar as a remembrance so we were thinking of bringing it to Atlanta and having him make frames from the wood as souvenirs.
So last night as I writhed in pain from another procedure I decided to text the doctor and say no more. It’s been such a weight off my shoulders knowing I don’t have to go back for anymore of these surgeries. This morning the nurse called me and said ” Lil its only a few more procedures lets schedule you.” My response verbatim ” I would rather tattoo my eyelids then get anymore procedures.” It was so freeing. Hopefully by weekend I will be able to get back to my normal routine.
Ready for our move to SD.

My friend and her 3 kids are staying over. I put her son, who is 8, on the elliptical machine. Jackson survived so will he.
What the hell Gretchen from SD is moving! God damn it the jinx of the calendar. I swear we pick these girls and by the time the calendar comes out they either quit or get fired. I need to get back to work. I am going nuts.

Today they started the right leg. I want to thank the universe for my downstairs neighbor. When I was returning home she saw me unsteady and a little emotional . Very painful day today . She has brought me food. Made me laugh . She even brought some weird syringe filled with naseau medicine that her late husband would rub on his wrists when he was very ill . ( I think my pain level probably doesn’t compare to dying of cancer. ) but she has been so kind to me today . Please universe , thank you so much for Susan .
Haven’t worked at all today. Rough day

On the record , its 1:40 am. This week has been awful. My surgeries have left me in pain and depressed. Today I woke up seriously depressed. I put on some christmas music and everything turned around, Chantel , Judy and I had a wonderful lunch. Then I received a text from Daniel. He made a sneak visit to the New Orleans bar. I told him I was hurt so lets meet close to my apartment. We ended up going to this dive bar. We talked. Played the jukebox. And drank Paddy’s cinnamon whisky all night. Oh god I needed that. Such a good time. I have some wonderful friends. And yes Daniel I remember our bet. I will beat you!

Last Night our boxing team hosted a kids boxing match. The kids are anywhere from 6/7- 18 yrs old. Kenner Boxing Club rocked. We won 5 out of 7 matches. Jackson, Leslie, and I were supporting the team. I can’t say enough about how wonderful Axil Murillo is as a coach to these kids!! Some of the kids are from struggling families and that gym is like a home for them. I am going to help get them their uniforms! So proud of them.Quincy

Kevin, Chantel, and I decided to switch and now we are doing the Cozumel Half Ironman on September 21st.
3 surgeries left. NO THIS IS NOT COSMETIC. I wish it was. The veins they are killing are deep veins that were diagnosed as insufficient or aneurystic. Going to be a long week!

I am thankful today for my health and the health of my son. We are very fortunate. One of my Keywest bartender’s son passed away the other night. 9 months old. So sad.I feel such sorrow for her. Life can be wonderful and cruel.
I read a story today that seemed so incredible. I wonderful way to spend a short life.
https://shine.yahoo.com/author-blog-posts/terminally-ill-teen-accomplishes-1-goal-bucket-list-200200894.html

San Diego sucked last night. URGH

Professional cheerleaders make no money. We all know this. The cheerleaders know this. Anyone wanting to become a professional cheerleader knows this. Reading about the lawsuit that 5 of the Buffalo Jills Cheerleaders have filed against their management company is comical. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/buffalo-bills-cheerleaders-halt-season-202235251–nfl.html
Lee is scouting Atlantic City again. Let’s see.

I showed up for my appointment. (Let’s preface this by saying that I have thrown up multiple times in the last 36 hours and I just feel very emotional.) The receptionist welcomed me in and said ” can I take your picture?” Let’s just say I flipped out. When I finally got into the procedure room I was close to tears and the doctor came in and hugged me. As he pulled away he said ” I will blame you if my receptionist quits.”
After the second procedure the doctor said please call me if you continue to be this sick or any other issues.” The nurses turned to him and said that I am not the calling type. After he left I heard the gossip. My doctor is handsome. He’s the bodybuilder type. The nurses told me that female patients will text him sexual messages. ” Doctor, every time I raise my leg up I think of you.”

” Ashton , am I getting punked?” I just read all the managers’ logs. Abysmal.It must be some cruel prank. Thank you San Antonio. They were the only bar that did well.
I feel like complete and utter shit. ” No jeff I haven’t gotten the paperwork notarized yet. ”
I would like to say that I couldn’t feel more miserable but in a few hours after my second procedure I have a feeling that how I feel now will be like heaven in comparison.
Dinesti, Mac, Tommy, Lee, Jeremy, and myself are all signed up for the San Diego International Triathlon. Fun!!

Today was my first laser vein ablative procedure. It wasn’t
that bad. They numb the leg then stick a laser inside the faulty vein and kill it. ” So this is both medical and cosmetic?” ” Miss Lovell the veins are insufficient veins and they are deep so while you will still have veins on your legs , you are getting chances to stop any blod clots from killing you with the insufficient veins” 4 more of these procedures over the next two weeks. I heard the word aneuristic and I took it seriously.I have a feeling tomorrow will be painful. urgh

I was going to speak about how incredible the Calendar shoot has been so far until I read ” rapper severed penis then jump off building”. http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/16/showbiz/rapper-severed-penis/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
That just lured me in. He lived. ” Dumbass perhaps go from a building higher then 2 floors.” All the news in the world: the ferry capsizing, avalanche on everest, Putin is unstable, yet this drew me in. Now I will be captivated. Did they reattach his penis? What drugs was he on? Did he do something with that penis that made him feel a huge burden of guilt that was the catalyst to sever his penis? It’s fascinating .
The photoshoot was spectacular today. Every girl was incredible. I say it every year and unfortunately it is true but the more anorexic a girl is the better the shot. I think its that the angles of her body are more visible.On another note, I would like to give Kim Kardashian kudos for something. She has helped make the big butt popular. Do you know how incredibly secure I would be if in high school I thought my big latin butt was fashionable? Answer is I would be very secure.
Very positive day. Namaste

Gretchen ! Bam start of the calendar