The July Bloom

I feel so refreshed today, i had a booking at Pause Salon for a hair treatment, it is an oil treatment applied to the scalp at first and then use a dermaroller, it stings a bit but very bearable, after that the oil is applied to all the hair added with a scalp massage. Let me warn you those oils are stinky, a mixture of garlic and onion, so imagine the smell 🙂 the salon offer a variety of oils and i think the Lavender is the only one that smells nice, but i want it as a treatment not just regular oil. I always get a 4 session package, they also offer a 6 session package for Organic treatments which is also very good.

I usually ask the hair technician to wrap my hair and i keep the oil for a couple of hours and wash it at home, but today i didnt feel like doing all of this, so the usual treatment is that you keep the oil for 20 minutes then wash at the salon. I felt like pampering myself a bit today, i did one ampoule of Kerastase anti hair fall treatment afterwards, i really need to buy a box because my hair is falling more than usual and its bothering me alot.

Good morning!

Today is very humid, what happened to the beautiful weather? I knew it was too good to be true 🙂 Its too early to have a nice weather and we all know September is the queen of humidity.

Now is the time to update my summer wardrobe, suddenly the weather will change and i will know those light sweaters, i love wearing them in our winter, they are light but warm, very suitable for Abu Dhabi winter.

A big staple in my winter wardrobe is a good shawl, i like the bigger sizes and gives enough warms for chilling nights, i depend on those shawl ALOT! I mean i wear them everywhere i go, when i am home, when i go to my parents, BBQ nights, parks, and even malls if i need to.

Before going to the mall and buying stuff i dont need i will have to go through all of my winter clothes to know what i should keep and what i should let go, the problem with light sweaters they get worn off easily, i buy mine mostly from Zara and Mango. Is it a quality problem or because i wear and wash them constantly?

Weekends started to get precious again, especially when it comes to sleep. We had a very long summer and our sleep pattern wasn’t the best, but we did everything in a lazy manner. Not going to bed early means not waking up early, this was fantastic until a certain time where you feel your days mean nothing, you no longer wake up for breakfast out or meet a friend over morning coffee, my coffee time was past 11 am if not 12 pm!

Anyways back to my original thought, sleep. Yes, sleeping during the weekend is a blessing after school started, i wake up early to drop off my son then try to finish as much as possible during the week, everything i have to do from morning coffees with school moms, hospital appointments or salon appointments, i don’t like to stay at home during school days doing nothing when i know i have a lot of stuff to do. on Weekends i rarely have those kind of plans, and when i wake up i waken up when i want to, not when the alarms wants!

Now when i think of starting a new week, there comes my to-do list and more appointments and i will have to set the alarms and reminders.

Hello again!

Another school/work day! How are you doing? Seriously, how are you doing? I know it is very hard to be back to work after almost 18 months. Regarding school my son is back full time since the last semester, so nothing new to us this year, well maybe that the school is working in full capacity now, meaning that there are no online students, unless there is a medical issue. 

Anyways, today i had my regular quarterly checkup, i despise this appointment, and i feel a major relief after i am done. I keep thinking what does make me uncomfortable in those appointments? There is nothing uncomfortable about it, maybe that i used to wait for a long time to see my doctor, that after doing a blood test and i have to wait for the results. And this is what takes a very long time, usually between an hour and an hour and a half, sometimes more if the hospital is crowded. Honestly i haven’t seen this “crowd” in a while, ever since Covid-19 started.

I have a simple trick now to avoid waiting, i do the blood test, and i wait for no more than 30 minutes and see my doctor. The results of course aren’t ready yet but since i am a regular patient and my blood test result is usually the same every time i don’t need to wait for it. He gives me my medication and i leave, if “god forbid” something alarming popped in my result the doctor will call me and tell me what’s going on, and any alteration in my mediation shall be made after, never happened though! 

But today was like i am back pre Covid! very very crowded, and i waited more than usual, that is for the blood test. I dont think i ever took this long just to wait to do the blood test, i believe it took me around 45 minutes to one hour. After that all was quick.

Quick photo of the day!