September 27, 2020
Experiments in watercolor and pastel!
The New Me
People who have worked for the library like to stay in touch even after they go elsewhere (as long as they weren't fired). One particular woman, Elaine, came in every week. She had the most beautiful long blond hair. One day she came in with a cute shorter cut. Her daughter was in beauty school and had shorn her locks...
I began to notice other women and their hair. Women actually spent money on their hair. I am really against high-maintenance lifestyles (hair, nails, waxing, etc.), but thought: Hmm... maybe I should do something real with mine. The gray has started to grow in. Although I *love* the color of my hair, the gray is going to age me right into the librarian stereotype.
Therefore, goal number 73 was "get my hair done professionally."
I began asking around to all of my fellow library workers. The prices of hair-doing made me blanch. Still, I wanted to see if getting my hair done by someone other than myself would make a difference. But I was going to have to save up for it... or take a second out on my house.
The answer to the problem came when I went to the bagel shop next to my library for the first time. The sweet young thing behind the counter and I started talking (I never shut up) and she mentioned that her mom used to work at the library.Then it clicked. She was Elaine's daughter... I liked this kid. I wanted *her* to cut my hair.
Tawny (isn't that just the type of name a hairdresser has?) offered to do a cut and color for only $30. And she said she WOULD COME TO MY HOUSE.
We made a date. Her mom drove her. She did my hair. I felt wonderfully pampered. She washed my hair. She colored it. She cut it. She STYLED it (into a style I will *never* do again as it made me look very "Oildale"). All the time, I talked to her and her mom. All that time, my 4-year old talked to both of them. And they didn't mind. Even when he came into the kitchen buck naked. Oh yeah.
Here's me:
I like this picture. I don't look like how I feel most of the time...
I made Brian take a picture with me. He's REALLY cute here, too!
I began to notice other women and their hair. Women actually spent money on their hair. I am really against high-maintenance lifestyles (hair, nails, waxing, etc.), but thought: Hmm... maybe I should do something real with mine. The gray has started to grow in. Although I *love* the color of my hair, the gray is going to age me right into the librarian stereotype.
Therefore, goal number 73 was "get my hair done professionally."
I began asking around to all of my fellow library workers. The prices of hair-doing made me blanch. Still, I wanted to see if getting my hair done by someone other than myself would make a difference. But I was going to have to save up for it... or take a second out on my house.
The answer to the problem came when I went to the bagel shop next to my library for the first time. The sweet young thing behind the counter and I started talking (I never shut up) and she mentioned that her mom used to work at the library.Then it clicked. She was Elaine's daughter... I liked this kid. I wanted *her* to cut my hair.
Tawny (isn't that just the type of name a hairdresser has?) offered to do a cut and color for only $30. And she said she WOULD COME TO MY HOUSE.
We made a date. Her mom drove her. She did my hair. I felt wonderfully pampered. She washed my hair. She colored it. She cut it. She STYLED it (into a style I will *never* do again as it made me look very "Oildale"). All the time, I talked to her and her mom. All that time, my 4-year old talked to both of them. And they didn't mind. Even when he came into the kitchen buck naked. Oh yeah.
Here's me:
I like this picture. I don't look like how I feel most of the time...
I made Brian take a picture with me. He's REALLY cute here, too!
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Comments
And yes, I enjoy keeping up with former co-workers even if it is infrequently. We see so much of each other.
debra