241 Hours to Go!

Someone once told me, beauty school students don't think in terms of weeks or days-they think in terms of hours... and, when you're 241 hours away from graduation, I've found that this statement couldn't be more true!

That's right, guys. I'm 241 hours away from being a licensed cosmetologist (given that I, hopefully, pass my state boards!)! It's been such an incredible journey. I remember my first day-I was so nervous/excited/anxious to get going. I remember sitting in the classroom, looking around at all the strangers... never did I imagine that I would grow SO close to this group of people, and I had no idea how much I would learn!

Here's Mena (one of my closest friends now!) opening up her student kit, and beginning to organize her caddy.

Here's me cutting my very first mannequin head-I remember being so excited...and about 15 pounds thinner : (

I remember the very first time I brought in copies of MODERN SALON to the school-we had so much fun getting inspiration!

Here's a pic of me when I passed my very first written exam-with an A!

This is the group of girls I sat with through ALL of Phase 1! Tai, Kasia and Mena : )

I was the first one in my class to get my hair cut during beauty school! ...  just a trim, of course!

Of course, since then, we've all gone through major transformations!

And learned the rules ...

And learned that bigger does not ALWAYS mean better!

We've had to learn all the technical stuff... the stuff that made us crazy and frustrated!

But we always learned how to "roll" with it ; )

We've been through silly times....

We've been through scary times...

Some funny times...

Some weird times?

Sad times...

Tragic times...

Christmas times...

Times when we didn't know WHAT was going on...

And times when we didn't know who was gettin' it on!

Can you believe we've been through so much?? And the above pics are only from the first YEAR!!... there's still a ton to go through and post as I get all sentimental and emotional about graduating... I can't wait to put together a montage look at our experiences, how much we've all changed and grown together : ) STAY TUNED!