Hello all!!
My sincerest apologies for not writing at all this week! Between IRD on Sunday, work this week, getting ready for the trip, and a ton of little things, I have been ridiculously busy. However, now I have an hour to wait in the airport, so I figured I would update everyone.
1) I am finally heading to Dublin to meet up with M! I will have an 8 hour layover in Toronto, so sleeping on the couch and then lunch with Dad it is! I feel particularly vindicated because I was the second person in the Tims line of 25 people- nothing feels better than getting your steeped tea immediately. Security was also essentially immediate- so much win in such a short period of time. I have all my boarding passes for my trip there, plus my Ryanair boarding passes, my carry on and checked luggage and both far under the weight limit, and I remembered my tiny Mike for the plane! Fingers crossed my luck continues 🙂
This is tiny Mike, hanging out on my Chromebook while I write this post. He was kind enough to sit in my lap while I continued to write it.
2) Earlier this week, I got my first shellac manicure- I was doubtful, but I admit that no doubt was necessary!! It was absolutely 100% dry by the time I left, which is a miracle because I can somehow smudge a manicure after a day. It was fairly fast, and I got a nice pale pink that is quite similar to Essie’s Ballet Slippers (my all time favourite colour, if you were curious). I also did a paraffin dip after, because my hands were horrifyingly dry. It felt a tad weird, because you do three coats of wax but the first and second have already started hardening when you are doing the third dip. And even though I felt like a mummy sitting there with my hands wrapped, I’m fairly certain I could be a hand model now. That’s how it works, right? I will do a full review of the shellac manicure once I am back and it has been removed!
3) I’m not sure how frequently I will be able to do full posts during the trip, but I will definitely have shorter posts up with pictures! I have my fingers crossed I will be able to do a few, but in case, I won’t make any promises. There will be full recap posts after the trip!
Until tomorrow,
The Historian!
Hi Tiny Mike!