One of my favorite past times is doing my nails. It's my thang. I have wasted countless hours of my life perfecting this hobby. I am even quite decent at painting with my left hand, if I do say so myself. I think what I most enjoy about it is carving out the time to do this. I can't pause and start something else in the middle of this. Mono-tasking only. Friends in the sorority house got it; if you have wet nails it means you are stuck, don't even try and get off your bed because naturally you will ruin everything you have just worked for. "Oh hey Fike, can you...oh you're doing your nails, never mind". And now Dan gets it. Nails are happening, I cannot be bothered.
Pinterest has been a fun outlet for new design ideas. Below is a successful mission for adding real glitter to the wet nails. A week later I was bored with it and took it off.
Last Easter I put a duck in my nail. I have a collection of silly little doo-dads like the duck. They came (fo' free-ninety-nine!!) with the UV light I bought last year. So far I have used the duck, shown below, and two butterflies when I did my friend Celia's nails for her late birthday present last month.
Maybe one day I will be a nail tech. That'd be pretty awesome. A coworker of mine had her own nail business years ago. She hustled. If an appointment was late she would call them and either pressure them to get on their game or she would reschedule to make sure she got the business. I'm not sure I will be that intense but her work ethic inspiring.
