First day of school

Today was my first day of school at The Skin Science Institute. I was so nervous and excited this morning that I made my self sick and felt nauseas; it was horrible!! I've had acid reflux since I was a little girl and it recently got worse but it was especially horrible this morning. (I recently had a Endoscopy in January, where the doctor found inflammation of the stomach, and stomach acid leaking into the duodenum or the first part of the small intestine. They don't know why but that's the explanation of all my pain along with the acid reflux) K now back to school...

 It didn't help that I lost an hour of sleep from day light savings the day before. I could hardly eat my breakfast but luckily they had a light breakfast there. Most of the people in my class are part time, and most of them are a lot older than me with families of their own. Hopefully there will be some girls more my age in other classes. In my class there is only four other full time girls like myself so it's really nice that it's such a small intimate class. The downside? There is one bigger lady who smells of bad BO, which is no fun to smell, especially since I will have to practice on her at least once during my school experience!! This industry is all about being presentable to all the senses, even smell... Hopefully someone will say something to her in private not to embarrass her but ultimately help her in the end.

I go to school from 8:30-5:00 Monday through Friday for about 8 months to get my master aesthetician license.Today we just went over the basics of how the school works and what we will learn. We had an hour and a half to eat lunch and do whatever we want. I forgot my laptop so I was pretty bored during that time. After that time we had class about on how to wax and all types of hair removals. It was really interesting and cannot wait to start. All the girl swear by waxing because if done right hair will not show for about 4 to 6 weeks and it ex foliates your skin. Tomorrow we are learning about nails and how to do manicures and pedicures. I'm so excited for the paraffin which is like dipping your hands or feet in a type of wax and they wrap a warm towel around it and let it sit for a while. I don't know why it's good for the skin but I remember years ago when I came to get a pedicure it felt soooooo good! I'm so excited to become an aesthetician!

Drastic changes

I have finally given in and got my own blog! I recently had some drastic changes in my life (hence, the title) and decided to document it for everyone and for myself as a sort of journal. 
About a month ago I had some drastic changes in my life. I started my second semester at SLCC, was working as a C.N.A. at Salt Lake Regional in the ICU, and was on my way towards becoming a nurse. Becoming a nurse has been something that I’ve wanted to do for my whole life but I have had a cruel reality working at a hospital and losing all motivation at SLCC. I got a 47% on a biology test, and had to take care of a person who had been raped and a rapist on separate occasions!  I did not want to be in that kind of environment and the 12 hour shifts took its toll on me. All I wanted to do is work with babies and mothers, but I decided that I could just have my own kids one day. I also want to be around for my future family and not have to work nights, holidays, and 12 hour shifts.

            I had been praying about what I should do and I had this feeling to call a previous young woman advisor who is an aesthetician and now the president of the Skin Science Institute. She got me really interested in aesthetics and I started to consider a career in this field.  I went up to the temple and sat outside in my car while praying and reading my patriarchal blessing. It said in my blessing that I would be successful in anything I chose to do, so that’s when I knew I needed to quit school and become an aesthetician!

 I feel like I’m going forward a little blindly but I have put my trust in the lord and I know that by doing so everything will be alright. I think I’ll love to find out the science behind skin and doing facials, micro-dermabrasion, laser treatments, nails, spray on tans, waxing, and lymph node drainage or in other words massages! It will be like a slumber party everyday at school so it can’t be so bad! I start school on Monday full time and will be going to school 40 hours a week and about 7-8 months. It might seem like a lot but it's going to be like being at a spa with a little theory to learn and I’m sooo excited to start!