I've got a few clients in the next couple of days, and I've been rearranging things in the salon a bit, but that's about it really. I've got a big weekend, so I'm just enjoying the quiet week while I can.
Speaking of the salon, some new things have been going on, and it's all very exciting.
My custom restored 1940's duchess arrived this week, and it looks fantastic. It's just housing my retail products at the moment, and acting as a display cabinate, but when I finish my makeup course in May and start offering makeup services in the salon, it will be the makeup station.
And I also purchased a massage table, so I can now sit/lay my clients on that when I do their gel toenails. Their feet are much higher this way (they were previously sitting on a chair), which saves my back/neck a lot of pain! It's amazing how much more you enjoy doing something when it doesn't hurt you!
I've also been working on perfecting some new designs for my gel toenails, and I'm paticularly loving the new 'Galaxy' range that I'm now offering. And my clients seems to be loving it as well.
I've also completed my enrollment for my makeup course. Enrollment forms are filled out and submitted, and course fees have been paid. I'm now just eagerly awaiting the commencement in April.
Everything new that's been going on in the salon, has been really helpful at keeping my mind off the baby making, which has proven to be a lot more stressful than I had ever imagined it would be. The first time we fell pregnant, back in Nobember, we had only been trying for a month and it happened really quickly, and really easily. Then I had the surgery for ectopic pregnancy and lost our baby and my fallopian tube in December, and since then we're finding it harder to fall pregnant. Our Dr advised us to wait a month before trying again, which we did, and I've now ovulated 3 times since then, without any success. I know it will happen when it happens, and I know everyone says it will happen when we least expect it, but it doesn't make things any easier, and it certainly doesn't lessen the heartbreak of having lost our first baby. But, having a distraction in the salon, has been really helpful. I find if I'm thinking about baby making too much, or can't stop calculating/analysing things, I just walk into the salon, do up some display nails, move some furniture around, clean or organise, and I feel a lot better.
Family helps as well, it's really nice to get away and spend some time with my family, especially out at my parent's farm. There is always so much to do, and so much to see out there. And it's always so relaxing and beautiful. We had a family lunch last week, with Mum, Dad, uncles and aunties, and it was just lovely. I wore my favourite polkadot dress, put my hair in victory rolls and made heart shaped scones for the event. I felt pretty. It felt good...
That's about all I have to report this week, but for those who stuck around for the whole blog, I have these for you...
I wish you the best
it would be amazing if you did a set dressed like her =)