The Start of My Journey

If you happen to come across this blog in hopes of learning something about essential oils, you will most likely be greatly disappointed. You see, I am a self-named ROOKIE of essential oils. And not the New York Yankee, Aaron Judge-type rookie. No. Like the bench warmer, barely made the team, can-I-get-you-some-water type of rookie. I know nothing and I mean nothing about essential oils. I just kept hearing people talk in essential oil-ese and I'm not sure if it sparked my interest or just annoyed the hell out of me. They would say things like "Oh yeah you just diffuse some thieves with eucalyptus" and some other thing I couldn't pronounce. I would think to myself, "What a bunch of bull." You need to know that I am a skeptic, but I am an easily persuaded skeptic. It doesn't take much for me to jump on bandwagons, but I have resisted the essential oil wagon for several years now. Mostly I have stayed away because it seemed too complicated, too expensive, and to be honest, a little too hippie for my liking. I didn't have the time nor the desire to get into this oil fad, until now.

I can't quite pinpoint why now I have decided to jump into this world of earthy freaks. It may have been my pesky friend messaging me about all sorts of oil classes and I ran out of excuses (Thanks, Ang). Or it might be that I have made some serious changes in my diet which has resulting in losing 18 pounds in 6 weeks so I wanted to see if there are other changes I could make to keep the healthy streak going. Or it could be the fact that I eat a crap ton of fiber (pun intended), workout, eat healthy, and still only take the browns to the super bowl once, twice if I'm lucky, per week. Or it might be that I have a 3 year old boy and a 3 month old baby girl and I am not sleeping and losing my shit at least once a day, so some things to keep me sane might be a good idea. Whatever the case, I have taken the plunge. I attended my first essential oils class last night and bought my first starter kit from Young Living. I decided why the hell not try it? It can't hurt (well except my wallet). It was $160 and came with 11 oils and two samples of the Ninj-something drink. (Remember I'm a rookie, I can't say or spell the majority of the names).

So I will be using this blog to document my journey. I decided that even if no one ever reads it, I want to remember the journey. It might be a very short journey, depending on my ability to stay committed and my ability to convince my husband it is money well spent, but it will be a journey nonetheless.