Getting Ready to Work Again, My First Fill and Third Full Set

Wednesday of this week I went to Citi to get fingerprinted and get my badge for employment.  I arrived on time, walked into the building and introduced myself to Tony, the security guard.

Me:  "Hi, is this the building I need to come to for fingerprinting?"
Tony:  "I don't know where they do the fingerprinting."
Me:  "Are you serious?  There wasn't a location on the email, I don't know where else to go!"
Tony:  "Don't know what to tell you, I have no idea where you should be."
Me:  <shocked look on face>
Tony:  "I'm just kidding, you're in the right place, sign in here."

The man just about gave me a heart attack!  I think we're going to get along just fine, lol.  So after the adrenaline rush I go sit in a chair in the lobby, set my purse on a table next to me and the Very Important Paperwork I was required to bring with me I set on the table next to my purse.

A short time later I hear my name called so I stand up, grab my purse and walk towards the security officer who called my name.  Yep, we get alllllll the way back to his office where he asks me for my Very Important Paperwork and I realize that I left it in the lobby.  I am so not starting off on the right foot here, phooey!  This very nice young man goes back to the lobby to retrieve my paperwork, comes back with it and we continue as if nothing happened, bless his heart!  I get my picture taken, spell and re-spell my name, address, etc. and even get close-up shots of my eyeballs taken several times to be stored in my system because that is, after all, how I will enter the building in this highly advanced technological age.  Badge swiping is for getting past locked doors on the inside of the building, eyeball identification is required to enter the building itself... I'm impressed!  Besides that, the close-up pictures of my eyes were really quite pretty, I wonder if I could get a copy?  <giggle>

Friday I filled Stefani's nails as it had been two weeks since I applied her full set.  We used the Pink Powder #2 and Stefani wanted only the tips of her nails painted in a french tip style using gel nail polish.  The ring fingers were a beautiful, metallic red color with red rhinestones arching from the smile line to her cuticle and the rest of her fingertips were black, I thought it came out very classy, check it out!  I personally wouldn't have done those particular rhinestones because they weren't the same red as the polish but she seemed pleased with them and that's what matters.  Also, we tried a new brand of gel polish, Coucci(?) so I'm looking forward to seeing her nails again on Monday and see how they handled a busy weekend.

Stefani also filled my nails, since she had given me a full set two weeks ago and she did a good job.








I also chose a gel polish but we tried something new, putting glitter on the tips of my fingers and then covering it with the top coat.  I should have taken a picture but I didn't do it at school and in between school and home the part of the polish with the glitter in it peeled off :(  So later Friday evening I filed my nails until all of the polish was off and then I put fresh gel polish on my nails in a different color.  Since I was doing it all by myself I decided to go simple - I probably could have pulled something fun off on my left hand but having my left hand polishing my right hand was enough of a challenge that I didn't want to try and match anything cool I might have managed on my left hand, ha, ha.  Here's what I came up with as far as polishing my own nails.



By the way, I am really loving gel polish, especially the Gelish brand.  It goes on just like regular polish except you cure it with a UV light between every layer.  Base coat, cure in the light.  First color coat, cure in the light.  Second color coat, cure in the light.  Top coat, cure in the light.  Wipe nails with rubbing alcohol and brush cuticles with oil, done!  At this point your nails are touchable, you can even bang them into the wall, tie your shoes or reach into your purse and get your keys without damaging your polish!  It's amazing and comes in all kinds of colors now, yay!


Today, Saturday, I gave my eldest daughter, Rachel, another full set of acrylic nails and she also chose a gel polish.  After the first round of acrylic powder on the plastic tips I filed her nails with the Dremel and the acrylic layer was too thin so I did another round of acrylic and then hand-filed her nails with four different grits until they were silky smooth.  Here's what they look like with the polish she chose:

...and that picture is not horribly flattering, either of her hands or the nails I put on her.  Hmmm...  Maybe it's the color?  It's much prettier in real life, honest!

At any rate, it was a fun, productive week but I'm glad it's over.  I did a lot of relaxing today and to be honest I'm a little nervous about my upcoming full-time job AND going to school before I go to work so I'm trying to rest as much as possible.  I'm afraid I'm going to burn out and have to quit school, but I love school and would rather quit work.  But work pays the bills and let's me stay in school...  Oh the circles life is made of!  One thing I know for sure, everything is going to be OK.  God brought me here and He will bring me through it, all of it!