Soap and pain.

I can barely believe I’m sitting up typing this at 5:20am.  Normally, I’d be tucked up asleep in bed at this time these days, but at the grand old time of 3:11am, my youngest kitty cat decided to sit outside our bedroom door yowling her damn fool head off.  She woke me up out of a sound sleep, and then I couldn’t drop back off, so at 3:37am, I got up. *sigh*  We have GOT to get her fixed, and SOON!  These antics every two/three weeks are driving me nuts!  Never mind that the Vet charges $80, just for the sedation … but that’s another story ….

Moving swiftly onwards.  Since we came back from our vacation in August, I’ve been suffering on and off with pain in the left side of my neck, and shoulder.  I don’t know what’s causing it, but it feels like a pulled muscle.  The first few days I had it, I could barely turn my head, or use my left arm properly.  Thanks to a good friend who had some prescription pain pills, I was able to minimize the worst of the pain, and  after a week, I was almost back to normal.  Since then, I’ve had it once more, though the pain wasn’t as bad, and a couple of days of using some Rub A535 cream, it faded.  Now, it’s back again.  It started the day before yesterday – again, the pain isn’t as bad as it was that first time, but it’s enough to let me know it’s there, and it’s starting to worry me.  It could be something as simple as needing a new pillow in bed, which I hope to fix this weekend, or it could be something more serious – and that’s the part that worries me.  I don’t have Canadian Healthcare yet, though I am covered under Jeff’s health plan at work.  It means that we’ll have to pay for any treatment up front, though it will be refunded (usually within a couple of days) through Jeff’s plan at work.  Fingers crossed the pillow change does the trick.

Moving on now to the soap making.  It’s literally all I’ve been able to think about over the past couple of days.  Last night, Jeff bought me a book from Chapters called ‘Soapmaking – The Natural Way‘ and I’ve read my way through it from cover to cover.  It’s highly informative with many photos, and makes me feel really confident that I can do this.  It includes tons of recipes that I can follow and adapt to my own tastes and those of the people around me – not to mention potential customers.  I also have a couple of books winging their way to me from Alibris.  Those should be with me in a week or so.  Having a Facebook account will come in handy for customers.  A number of people on there have expressed interest in buying from me once I get started, and a few of my close friends have given me website links to recipes that I can use, which I’m so grateful for.  Also, living in an apartment building means I can create a flyer and put it up on the main noticeboard at the front of the building.  Hopefully, this will result in a few sales.  If not, no matter.  Friends have promised to spread the word if they like my products, so it’s all on me to make sure the products are of a great quality.

Having researched a little more the last day or so, I discovered that most, if not all of the ingredients can be bought at a Craft Store very close to where we live.  It just opened a few weeks back, and so I dragged my friend Andy in to see if they sold what I need.  They do, but it took some finding.  After finally asking a member of staff, it transpired that we’d walked past the section 3 times without noticing it lol.  I figure that the initial set up will cost us a couple of hundred dollars, and then this will just keep on repaying us with the sale of finished products.  Most of the essential tools I already have, but some do need to be replaced, and others need to be bought for the first time.  Roll on a week on Saturday when I can get things started!

And on that note, it’s 6am.  I’m heading back to bed to try and get more sleep … If the bloody cat will let me!

Ciao.

Advertisement