Miscellany | bare nails are a trend

Y'all! I have seen several articles recently about how the latest trend is to have bare fingernails.

(For example, click here.)

The good news here is that for once in my life, I am up on a trend! I have basically always had short, bare fingernails.

Part of the reason: I've been playing the piano since I was six. Long nails are terrible for piano playing.

Another reason: my painted fingernails start looking grown-out so fast (like within 24-48 hours, I can see a line!) Because of this, a manicure feels like a waste of effort and money.

Furthermore: I chip regular polish in about 0.2 seconds, and if I go the gel route (which lasts longer), my nails underneath are trashed. No matter how carefully I remove the gel, my nails underneath are weak and flaky for months afterward.

And one more recent reason: nursing. Long nails would be so annoying (imagine putting gloves on!), and besides, they are an infection risk, so we are only technically allowed to wear regular nail polish at work.

I am largely in favor of this bare nails movement, although I do take issue with the idea that there are products we need in order to have bare nails:

I personally have been rocking this look by simply clipping my nails every so often, and I am very skeptical about the necessity of a $75 nail kit.

On the other hand, I suppose that, in place of salon visits, even the $70+ products would be less expensive. I will not be buying any bare nail products myself, though. 😉

I got an assignment for someone kind

I just want to tell you this because it made me so happy:

Recently, a night nurse told the charge nurse her patient needed someone really gentle and kind to help her through a rough day ahead, and the charge nurse picked me for the job.

That made me smile so big because that is honestly such a lovely compliment, and it warmed my heart that the charge nurse thought of me for the task. I'm not the best nurse to handle a rowdy patient, but if you need gentle and kind? Yup, I can totally do that. 🙂

Blue Nerds gummy clusters are better

After performing months of intensive research, I can tell you that blue Nerds gummy clusters are superior to the ones in the pink bag.

The pink bag Nerds are not bad, but they do lack a slight punch of sourness as compared to the blue ones. This relegates them to the Slightly Bland category.

I still will happily eat them, but given a choice, I will go with the blue ones every time.

I think I should decorate my locker

Since I was homeschooled as a child and then self-employed as an adult, this is the first time in my life that I have had a locker.

So, I was thinking that I should decorate it. Maybe a Snoopy magnet. Maybe some pictures.

And I also had an idea, which is probably possible. I'd love to get a magnet made of my graduation cap; the "I did it anyway!" would be a nice little addition to the front of my locker. 🙂

If you guys have any recommendations about the best site to order from, let me know.

Can you keep baby's breath fresh and white?

Someone suggested that I buy some fresh baby's breath to go with my Buy Nothing flowers, and funny enough, I hadn't even noticed until then how brown mine is.

But then I thought....isn't the new baby's breath also going to turn brown? Is there a way to keep it white?

Inform me!

Alrighty; any topic here is fair game for discussion! Bare nails? Magnet suggestions? Baby's breath advice? Sock it to me!