Well, I finished school on December 16th, 2008! Woo-hoo! I am supposed to be at State Board taking my test right now (litereally, right now,) but one of my other goals has overlapped this one, making it a bad time. I am currently 7 – 8 weeks pregnant, and suffereing from severe nausea!!! I am okay if I eat something about every hour to 1.5 hours, which I can’t really do at State Board, and I have to tinkle a lot more often that I used to, on top of being just generally exhausted. Taking a 4 hour test on my feet is just not doable right now. So, as soon as this part of the pregnancy eases up (please God, don’t let me be one of those people who are sick the entire time…) I will go reapply to take my test. I am really glad that I finally got to go to school for this, it is something I have wanted to do my entire life. With the economy in it’s current state, I would be crazy to change jobs right now, so I will be staying put. I plan on applying my licenses (Cosmetology once I get to take my test, and Esthetician, which I already have) by doing special events hair and makeup. Weddings, proms, for photography, etc. I did a contract job in May of last year and got paid $85/hour to do makeup on some lawyers for their promotional pictures. Not too shabby. It is mostly seasonal, and you can make a nice chunk of change in one day. Later on I may at some point work in a salon, but I really feel like contract work is where it will be at for me, unless I own the salon myself.