Today we did a combination of things; the first thing was making soap which actually spans through the entire day.  We begin by mixing and pouring the soap into molds.  Later in the day, once the soap has hardened and done its magic, Gnome cuts it one by one with a wire implement; this is actually the longest part of the procedure and can take him about 2 to 3 hours to cut a whole batch of soap.  The soaps that we made today are Chocolate Vanilla which involved the addition of essential oils.  At first, you will see that the oils actually cause a lack of uniformity of colour:

As the soap ages, the blotchy appearance does fade and it takes on a smooth finish as you can see from the next picture:

This soap is a custom order and will be hand-stamped one by one over the next few days.  Phew..making soap actually requires time and dedication!

I had to put on my “selling hat” today and show samples of our products to hotel management.  Honestly…I don’t like this part because I feel like I am going through a script and I feel so automatic and robotic.  You can see that I have not been to marketing school and what I would like to say is, “buy my stuff, it’s good ****!”

In between all of that, we saw some patients and did some doctoring.

Also, I had to queue up in a bank and a post office and it was painfully slow!  This was actually the worst part of the day. Remember that every person in front of you is an additional 15 minute wait.  Aaarrghh!!

Lastly, we saw a Fridge on a Pick-up, which is worth a 1000 points!!  Donum Bonum!

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