There's a bunch that goes on in my life. And, sometimes, when I feel really down or, especially lately, feeling especially stressed out, I take a moment to do something fun with my nails. Now, they don't always turn out salon perfect, but hey, I'm doing these things on my own, and to be honest, for the most part, they turn out alright. Not perfect, but definitely more fun than just plain ol' colors. And since I'm not doing them for anyone else, I don't really care if they are all that perfect or not.
This started when I was teaching in public schools. I would paint my nails all crazy and fun because my kiddos always seemed to think it was fun to see what my nails looked like while I was doing a demo or talking up at the board. It was always a great conversation starter and, I figured that if they could see that I was human enough to do fun things with my nails, then I was human enough to have their trust to teach them as they deserved. Since I left the public classroom, now's it's become something that I use to express myself a little more just for fun.
I mostly take the time to do my nails on Wednesday nights while the boys are at Cub Scouts. This is my time to just chill, have a nice warm cup of tea (or sometimes, a glass of wine), put some re-runs of The X-Files (right now I'm about half way through Season 2) on Netflix, and decide how I want to do my nails for the week. I really enjoy this little ritual of mine because it is exactly that...mine. My time to myself to be a little fun and funky.
This started when I was teaching in public schools. I would paint my nails all crazy and fun because my kiddos always seemed to think it was fun to see what my nails looked like while I was doing a demo or talking up at the board. It was always a great conversation starter and, I figured that if they could see that I was human enough to do fun things with my nails, then I was human enough to have their trust to teach them as they deserved. Since I left the public classroom, now's it's become something that I use to express myself a little more just for fun.
I mostly take the time to do my nails on Wednesday nights while the boys are at Cub Scouts. This is my time to just chill, have a nice warm cup of tea (or sometimes, a glass of wine), put some re-runs of The X-Files (right now I'm about half way through Season 2) on Netflix, and decide how I want to do my nails for the week. I really enjoy this little ritual of mine because it is exactly that...mine. My time to myself to be a little fun and funky.