I don't feel bad, but I don't feel good

I just am having a blah kind of day. I'm not sick.  I just don't feel good today.  Kind of BLAH.   I think its a combo of weather, kind of overcast today,  the sun not being up for as long, and well, I'm starting a long ass week today.  I work my 3, 12 hour night shifts, then on Fri, after one day off, I go up to Des Moines for training/job shadowing in an ICU up there. UGH!  I kind of don't want to.  Gonna make for a very long week, 4 12 hour shifts.  

I'm going to be filming a review of Fiona Stiles foundation today.  I won't be posting it for a few days, but at least it will get filmed.  Here's what it looks like:

I know its a small picture.  Best I could find.

Trying to type here with a dog laying half on my laptop, half on my lap. It does make it more of a challenge to type when I have a dog head in my way.  You should all try it sometime lol.

I really need to figure out what to eat before I get ready for work.  I don't wanna go.  Can't I just stay at home and play Skyrim?  That's what I really want to do. Spent about 5 hours playing Skyrim and eat popcorn lol.

Hope everyone else has a  better day than I'm having.

My first impression and review of Marc Jacobs Remarcable foundation

Ok, so today I wore a new foundation.  Marc Jacob's Remarcable foundation.  Here's what it looks like.

It sells for $55 for 0.75oz which is a lot of money for what is less than the usual foundation. That's why I have been reluctant to try it out until I got a 20% off coupon from Sephora.    It came to me this last couple days and I did a review of it. I'm posting a video to my You Tube Channel tonight. I'll have a link off to the side if you want to watch.

I used Urban Decay Pore Perfecting Primer on my face then applied half with a beauty blender, then half with a brush.  I liked the blender side better.  I also put to much on I think.  That made it get a little clumpy at the end of the day.  But right at first, it looked amazing.  Good coverage, even on my nose which never looks good with foundation on.  Something about my nose and the oils on it makes pretty much all foundations look like crap and be very spotty on my nose.

I wore it for 6+ hours at the final review on my video.  Still looked pretty good, just a little clumpy, but I'm really thinking I put to much on.  I think with this foundation, less it more cause its pretty darn pigmented and gives good coverage with very little. That's a point in its favor for being more expensive for less, if you only have to use a few drops to get full coverage.   So I'm going to wear it again, using far less, and seeing how it looks after several hours.

If you have skin like mine, normal on the cheeks, oily on the nose/t-zone, you might try this.  I think you can get samples from Nordstroms and maybe Sephora.   I know I'm pretty impressed.

That was a huge makeup FAIL!

So I have a slightly oily nose.  Its slowly getting less oily as I age, use to be I could have changed the oil in my car with my nose by the end of the day, but now its just super shiny at the end of the day.  Does not help my foundation last.  Tried all sorts of primers, powders,  etc for that.  Heard one thing I've not tried.  Using eye shadow primer.  Ok, so that You Tuber was using MACs paint pot.  I tried and Urban Decay one, and holy crap that was a FAIL.  A BIG ASS FAIL!
After about 3 hours, I blew my nose at work, and literally ALL MY FOUNDATION CAME OFF MY NOSE!   Thank goodness I had a powder foundation I use as a powder in my purse to put a little coverage on my nose, so I don't look like Rudolph the red nosed nurse the rest of the night.

Holy crap that was bad. Bad bad bad.   Maybe I'll try it again,  if I ever get some MAC paint pot.  I won't be using Urban Decay eye shadow primer again for my nose lol.

I'm doing a first impression of Kat Von D's Lock It foundation today.  I hope the video is ok. Filming when I'm tired sometimes is a crap shoot.  Might be good, might suck ass.  You never know.  Tomorrow, I'll be doing a first impression and review of Marc Jacobs Remarcable foundation.   So look for that.  I'll also be getting into that new Anastasia palette I got last week.

So look for a few new videos to be posted soon.

I am still kind of sore from my Crossfit workouts this week. Feels so great to be getting back into it again.  I need to get my eating just a little more under control and the results will come faster I'm sure.  I'm back tracking calories again, and I see where I need to make a few changes.  Baby steps and I'll get there.   I've seen some minor results, and I can't wait to see more.

My poor aching body!

So I finally got to go to Crossfit last night. Went heavy on the deadlifts that were part of the workout.  Now, my legs, glutes and lower back are regretting that decision. Big time lol.  Work might be interesting tonight.  Its just a little hard getting up and down out of chairs.  And God help me if I need to help lift a patient up in bed.  Silly thing is, I'm looking forward to tomorrow's workout, provided I can move.

I ordered that new Urban Decay Full Spectrum palette today.  And yesterday I ordered a couple new foundations using a 20% off coupon at Sephora a friend sent me.  I got the Marc Jacobs foundation, and the Kat Von D Lock it foundation. I'll review them in the next couple weeks.

I'm sitting here watching That 70s Show.  I kind of don't want to go to work. One full day off just wasn't enough.  I want another day off.   Oh well.  I'll go and be the good nurse.

Maybe if I need to take a hot bath before I go to work.  Of course, that usually makes me sleepy and being sleepy right before a 12 hour night shift might not be a good thing.  Guess it will just be plenty of Advil for me tonight.

I'm going to have to get my new book packed in my bag for tonight in case we have a few minutes down time.  I read the Chronicles of the Necromancer series by Gail Z Martin, and now I'm moving on to the Fallen Kings series, which is kind of a pick up from the last Necromancer book.  I'm really enjoying the books, and love the world she has built.

Well, off to think about getting ready for work. Maybe I'll luck out and I'll get called off.  Nah, won't be that lucky to get called off when I'm this sore, lol.

Please take care of yourself

I mean it.  I'm seeing all sorts of patients who well, basically abused their bodies, and now are having all sorts of health problems.  And not just minor ones.  Strokes that leave them with balance problems.  Major infections cause they are overweight, and get skin infections that turn septic.  High blood pressure that ruins kidneys leading to dialysis.  So many other ways people abuse their bodies then suffer the consequences, sometimes for years leading to multiple hospital stays.

I know I'm not the best one to take care of myself, but man.  People drinking themselves into a stupor  almost daily, smoking a couple packs a day for decades, being over 400lbs.  How can you not know that probably will lead to health problems?   And not minor ones either.

So please people, take care of your body.  Its the only one you have.  The only one that you get.   I know some things are totally out of your control.  But so many things you can manage.  I wish more people would just help themselves.

On a better thought, I got several deliveries today.  I'm going to film a video today and post it I hope tomorrow.   I can't wait to actually get to try them out. Got a couple really cool looking highlighters!   And the new Anastasia eye shadow palette.  Can't wait!

I finally get a full day off tomorrow.  Bout time.  I was getting just a little tired and grumpy.   I need to get to Crossfit.  These next couple weeks will make it hard to get there, but I'm going to try to get there 2-3 days a week. 

Back to counting calories  and making sure I get enough protein in my diet.  That's the key for me.  Plenty of protein.  And veggies of course, but I've been slacking on that.  But I went to the store and stocked up, so well, I need to get them eaten lol.

Well, off to film chat later.

What a long night.

We were pretty low in patients last night. Hey, that's usually a really good thing!  That people are not sick enough to be in our hospital. Unless, of course, it means they are so bad off we have to transfer them to one of the large hospitals in Des Moines.  But mostly it meant that people are just not sick enough to be in our hospital.

But it means its a few long night, when there isn't  much to do.   We try to keep busy, but really, at 2am, its not like we can do a whole lot, because we don't want to wake the patients who we do have, and piss them off.  So I just kept checking in on mine, and making sure they were ok. 

I have a feeling it will be much the same tonight.  So I'm trying to prepare myself.  I don't wanna lol. I  kind of want to be put on call but I'm 99.9% sure I won't be put on call.  Hope I slept enough.  I woke up a little more than an hour before I wanted to.  I stayed in bed for that time, but only cat napped a little.  Didn't really get back to sleep.  So I'll feel that about 2-3am. I'm sure.

I was hoping to go to Crossfit tomorrow, but I've got to do that class I didn't do the other day.  UGH!  And of course, its right at the times my Crossfit times are.  So that freaking sucks!   I'm gonna do a workout at home on Monday evening cause I need to. I NEED TO!  I just feel better when I'm working out.  So I'm gonna kick my own ass on Monday!

I think I'm going to hit Amazon and pick up a couple things.  I saw a review for a foundation stick from thatalaa.  I like her. She's one of my favorite reviewers,  her and Stephanie Nicole.  They seem like they give the most honest reviews.

I'm going to be filming a new review today or tomorrow.  Need to get a few things ready for the first part of the video.   But first, off to Amazon!  Later everyone!

I'm in a grumpy mood

I'm just having a time of "I don't want to take care of people who don't give a shit about their own health" kind of day.   We have had quite a few people lately who just don't give two shits about their own health.   Makes it hard to really care about someone's body if they don't care about the body they themselves live in.   I mean, if you don't give a crap about the health  of the body you are living in, why should I?  I try to do some teaching, little things that might help them be healthier, have a better outcome, and they just don't care.

So I don't really want to go to work today.  I really don't.  I wish I didn't have to work lol.  I still would, probably about once a week, just to get out of the house, and give me something to do, but full time, no.    The only reason to go into work today, is that I love my co-workers.  They are an awesome bunch of people to work with.  Otherwise, I might think about calling in sick lol.  But I'll have a good time working with my night shift crew.

Waiting for my stuff to get delivered is so hard.  I'm still waiting for my TAM beauty order, and of course, I just ordered the Anastasia Mario palette yesterday from Macy's.   Man waiting it hard.  I want that right now.  And waiting for stuff to get in stores sucks too.  I want that new Urban Decay palette.  Waiting just sucks lol

Its about time to go get something to eat. I eat at such weird times when I work.   What do you call the meal you eat at around 1am?  And my first meal today will be around 2pm, so is that lunch or breakfast?  Things night shift people ponder lol.