Why Books?

Good evening,

You guys remember Schatzi right? Well he said something rather interesting. I asked him what it is about reading that he likes so much. I was expecting an answer along the lines of it passes the time, keeps the brain going, entertaining, etc. Maybe not from him, but just in general. This was his response: If one never reads they live one life. However, when one reads they will live an infinite number of lives. I think you guys can see how he's levels above me . . .

I am still trying to reading the same book I started over 7 months ago! I haven't been reading every day, week, or month but still that's a long time. I finished my evening with a nice calming bath. When I take baths I enjoy reading or watching YouTube. This evening I was able to get through a chapter in that book. Only 93 pages to go lol

Good night!

-ALG

Let's Get Down To Business

Hey y'all,

No pun intended lol but today I got quite a bit done. Went to school from 8:30-12:30. After I got home I walked the baby, packed my bag, and off to Starbucks I went. I have been rather busy lately and not able to get my homework done. Here's a cool photo of some of my nail tech notes!


If y'all have ever studied with me or seen me in my study/homework mode this won't surprise you. I took over this biggerish table at Starbucks. Thank goodness it wasn't crowded. The first item I bought was an iced grande green tea soy latte double matcha powder in a venti cup . . . yeaaa tall order. Aren't the bubbles mesmerizing?

Sat down and checked Facebook, email, Snap, etc. Starbucks had the music on kind of loud so I popped in my Apple earphones and turned on the Songza. I don't know how that works, but I listened to regular music from my phone and the loud Starbucks music but was able to focus well. Finished up chapter 5 for nail school. Did 60+ vocab cards. Wrote y'all a lil blog post. Watched some YouTube videos.


Took a break and got a refill on my beverage. They finally had the peach tea soooo that's what I got! If you've read my old posts you know how crazy I get about peach stuffs. Isn't it purdy? I didn't know that's what the Teavana tea bags looked like. Very sturdy material too. Oh so because I was stationed at Starbucks and currently have the Green level I got this baby for FREEs. Then moved on to the business homework (hence the no pun intended comment -.- ). On the photo above you can see my BUSM binder opened up to chapter 1 along with my spiral notebook. When I take notes I like to highlight, underline, caps lock, box, etc various key words to help make it a bit more appealing to the eye.

I ended up getting another cup of tea. This time I got the youthberry tea and a cranberry orange scone (since Panera stopped selling their muffin for now!). I almost finished reading and note taking for the first chapter. I usually fall behind in classes because I don't take advantage from the start, but this time I'd like to change that! My professor gave us access to study guides for the exams in the class. I have them all printed out and as I read along in the book I take notes and answer the questions! Yea probably what normal smart students do, but I am slowly learning lol

Looking back over my day I would say that overall I had a good day. Ending it feeling relatively happy too. Something that doesn't happen as often as I think it should.

I hope you all felt happy at one point during your day!

-ALG

Manikin Hand Attack!

Hola!


Yesterday in class we received the rest of our kits. Lots of stuff to carry to and from school, but it'll be worth it. Maybe carrying all my supplies can be my arm workout!

Today in class was the first time I have ever worked on a manikin hand. Very different than doing tips on skewers I'll tell ya that much. Had to find the right size nails and glue em on. Ugh and she wouldn't work with me lol

Finished product. Yes I know there's a bit of polish on the fingers, but not bad for the first time. I feel like I am getting better at acrylics. The first day we did them I told Schatzi that I was being hard on myself and getting discouraged because I was having such trouble with acrylics. I need more practice, but I think it's safe to say I am getting the hang of it. Pretty good for never getting acrylics done or ever seeing them done.

You guys that know me know how crazy weird I can get right? Well when I got home I couldn't help but mess with the doggie. I made the hand pet her and creep her out lol I'm such a fun mommy!

-ALG

Look Up

Hey guys,

I would consider myself to be a pessimist. Am now and always been. Over the past x amount of years I've been trying to work on it. Problem is at times when I'm too positive or happy people take it as me being sarcastic or fake. Maybe even something being wrong with me. Yeaa I know right? Well on to the point of his post . . .

To help myself and those few individuals that read my blog posts I'd like to start posting uplifting quotes, sayings, pieces of advice, etc. What do you guys think? For now I will call them Look Ups. Stay positive. Get your chin up. Look forward not back in that rear view mirror right?

Today's is from my nail instructor and more for those that are into the nail world.

Don't let anybody scratch your polish

In other words don't let anyone bring you down. Look how far you've come. Don't let anyone put you down or drag you down. Let them say whatever makes them feel better and you keep pushing on. We are all strong individuals. Sometimes we just need a little reminder.

-ALG

Car On Fire

Hi again,


It's currently 11:40 pm February 27th. I have been feeling nervous for a good day or two now. Nervous. Scared. Worried. Apprehensive. Not fun . . . anyhow here's a better photo at some of the items in my kit. I realized that the other photo didn't look like there was much inside of it.








In class we all took a total of five quizzes and an exam. This morning when we got into class our instructor said half of us got 100% on all of them and half of us missed just one. Not bad, eh?

And now the part you guys are probably most interested in, the car on fire. On the drive home from school yesterday cars went from 75 down to 30 mph maybe. I saw smoke swirling up in the sky and I had no idea what was going on till it was right there. Don't ask how I got the photo and sorry it's not that great of a photo. Just observe it. I hope that nobody was trapped inside of the car. Someone had pulled over behind the car to call for help maybe? It's scary to think that, that could have been me or can be me in the future. Drive safely everyone!

-ALG

Not Alone?

Hi,

This photo is from a handful of days ago. Sunday at 3:37pm to be exact. All my family members were out at my brother's girlfriend's house. It was another sad day. I sat in front of the door and watched the sky cry with me. At least I wasn't alone . . . was I?

- ALG

Day 7 + Kits

Hey there,

In class today we worked on setting up our tables along with our SMA (Sanitary Maintenance Area). Here's our set up. Got our baggie of clean cotton and a few other items. Got my oh so fancy TPTs, gloves, file, brush, and you can't forget the hand! As creepy as the hand is I will say that it is no where near the level of the heads the cosmo students have. Those could give me some nightmares.

After going through our process of a manicure our instructor told us to practice massages on one another. One person was missing from our group which left us with an odd number of people. Lucky me got both of my hands massaged at once. The ladies that massages my hands/arms are hilarious. I love having them in the class. It would not be the same without either of them.

My instructor is so sweet! She brought us tips. I thought maybe we could each get a few or a box, but look what I got! Each of us got to take some. Now I need to get me some crazy glue and orange wood sticks so I can be ready for practicals in class!

Oh the most exciting part of class . . . we received our kits! Everyone was crazy excited that we were getting them! They aren't the prettiest boxes, but they are sturdy. Each one has a built in lock and a set of keys. I have no clue what half of the items are, but I am sure our instructor will tell us all about em!


-ALG