Long toe nails and Lamas & Pajamas

After realizing my toe nails were too long for public viewing, and a flashback from clipping my elderly aunt's curled toe nails, I decided it was time for a Pedicure!  My daughters were eager to join me today knowing that a pedicure was in store at some point :)

We met Ms. Ann our Parish Nurse to give her a quick tutelage on how to enter the medical team into our parent pager system at church and then we were off to spend our holiday gift cards :)  The girls found a few deals and then we headed to the nail salon.  While I waited my turn I confirmed our speaker, booked our cabin and worked on securing a t-shirt design for the Lamas & Pajamas retreat for our 5th & 6th graders.  Then I secured preschool curriculum for Wednesday night.  I was very productive! We should have our nails done more often. 

I thought an hour and a half would be plenty of time for two child mani/pedi's and one adult.  The salon normally has a lot of workers. The girls were both finished before I was ever started.  Yikes! Time crunch! Both of the girls had to be at a friend's house this afternoon.  Madeline was to be dropped off at her friend's house at 3:30 and Macey was to be dropped off at a birthday party at 4 pm.   At 3:30 the nail tech was just finishing my toes! Yikes!  I paid for a full mani/pedi and explained I would need to return later.  They looked at me with an odd expression, said "ok" and took my money.  
The race was on... we hurried home, timed Macey to see how fast she could pack her bags for the birthday slumber party, bolted to Madeline's friend's house to drop her off and then back across town to drop off Macey. 

Whew!  the mad dash was over, and I could return to my manicure.  I walked back in the salon and was told I would have to wait about 15 minutes before they could get to me.  Of course, it was after 5 pm now, everyone was off work and getting their nails done.  It was ok with me because after all the stressful running around town I could use some down time.  I enjoyed my wait.  I looked at magazines and even learned how to say hello and good-bye in Vietnamese.  What a bonus! nails done, caught up on the latest fashion trends in the magazines and I got a Vietnamese lesson :)