MPs are laughing at beauticians' loss of livelihoods | Cheryl Gibbs

My best friend, Denise, owns Nail Elegance, in Waterlooville, which, like other businesses, has been hit hard by coronavirus.
Cheryl's beautician friends' livelihoods are at stakeCheryl's beautician friends' livelihoods are at stake
Cheryl's beautician friends' livelihoods are at stake

But she and her partner Debbie have adapted to make it safe to reopen.

So they were understandably upset when they watched MP William Wragg during PMQs on Wednesday mocking and laughing about the fact beauty salons and nail bars remain closed when hair salons are allowed to open.

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It made my blood boil the way the House of Commons erupted in laughter at his lame jokes at beauticians’ expense.

This is people’s livelihoods and should not be used as fodder to make ill-informed and arrogant people laugh.

How Matt and I will miss our little bubble of three

So tomorrow will be the 4th of July, Independence Day in America, and what an apt time to reopen the pubs here in the UK.

How do you feel about it?

Are you in desperate need of a pint or would you prefer the government kept the pubs closed?

I’m in two minds about it really.

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On the one hand, I can’t wait to sit in a pub garden and have lunch with Matt and Harley as we’ve not been able to do anything like that since she was born in February.

On the other hand, the reopening of the pubs is another indication that life is returning to normal or a ‘new normal’ should we say, and I’m not thrilled about that.

I quite like the bubble we’re in and as things start lifting and the prospect of us both returning to work at some stage in the future nears, our bubble is slowly bursting.

I’m happy and sad about it all at the same time.

I know it has to happen because the bubble we’re in isn’t normal and cannot stay this way for much longer for financial reasons.

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But I’m going to miss us being a three. Life goes on though, of course it absolutely must.

I am looking forward to people starting to get to know Harley – she has such a little character now and our families have missed out on so much.

I’m glad she can start seeing people – if she gets to see these people in a pub garden somewhere over a glass of vino, well then all the better!

It will take some getting used too, that’s all.

I fear I may have become an overprotective mother but I don’t think I had a choice really.

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When you’re left to your own devices with no outside interference or help for nearly half your baby’s life, you get used to, well, doing it your way.

So it may take Harley (and me probably, more to the point) quite some time to have other people in our bubble, but we’ll get there – she’ll get there and I will.

As Matt tells me, ‘Cheryl, you don’t have a choice with your family’.

Never a truer word spoken…

As they say, big sisters have to be cruel to be kind…

My sister, Jo, doesn’t pull any punches, she never has. So when I asked for advice on the kind of fitness regime I should be doing to lose the post-baby weight she got straight to it.

‘Right, missy, you’ve had five months, no more excuses.’

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Wow. She’s right, but harsh. It was probably the kick up the big bum I needed because I’ve been really good lately, making wholesome, diet-friendly foods, and have lost a couple of pounds.

But my dear sister isn’t content and wants me working out up to twice a day, including running around Clanfield.

Now, I love where I live, but these darn hills are a killer on the legs!

It’ll be worth it though.