The Beginning

About a month ago I interviewed for the esthetician position at a spa in Woodstock that I never thought I would get. I was brand new out of school, without experience, raw with knowledge of the "real" industry and an amateur. But I'm never shy to interview--in fact I love to interview. I drove an hour and a half listening to my sister's band Reggae Rockers with my mother and step dad and somehow knew, before I had even arrived, that I was going to get this job. Why wouldn't I, I suddenly kept asking. I am competent--I know what is necessary and beyond--and I knew the skin line I would be working with, Dr. Hauschka. The job suddenly seemed so attainable that when we drove into Woodstock I immediately looked around and saw myself eating at the Alechante cafe, walking by the Woodstock cafe every morning for coffee--

I realize this is a lot of information at once, but this is hardly the important part.

What is important is that two hours after I left the interview, I was offered the position.

And it began.

As of now, I am a week away from the start date and I can't be more excited. I want to share what I do, and learn, and offer help to anybody and everybody so I can begin to reach out further than my treatment room. That is what begins here. It will be crazy and sporadic because I am an unfocused writer, but I promise to always be interesting.

(And if further interested, First Impressions Salon in Woodstock is having a grand re-opening on beautiful Central St in the beautiful stone house right as you enter town. Come see me for facials, body treatments, waxing, anything regarding body skin in August!)