I remember my son Derek's hai,r when he was small and we kept his hair really short, buzzed cut sometime. I remember the feel of his little head as I ran my hand over his short hair, as I thought his little head is so sweet! Haha!! Now that is what I am saying about my own head!!
Sharon and I went to the boutique yesterday to get my hair shaved and get my new hair ready. I was really nervous. We both went back to a little room with a barber chair, mirror the whole salon look. As Tina, she is the wonderful lady that helped me, put the cape around me I was facing the big mirror. She said " do you want to face away from the mirror?" I felt anxiety and I needed tissues. So I had a moment of anxiety, with Sharon...then it was time to get over it! I could not of gotten thru this without my sis there with me. I thank God for her.
She got the scissors out first and just started cutting. I almost wanted to do this part...I often wanted to just get scissors and wack my hair off when having bad hair days. I held back. As I watch semi- long pieces fall to the floor I realized this was it. Do you know this is the longest my has been in years? I started letting it grow some this winter for a new look...oh well..just wasn't meant to be at all.
I had been anticipating this whole thing as trauma. Tina assured me it would not be. I imagined I would be sitting in the chair, the electric buzzer fires up...I am thinking this is going to be like GI Jane..as Demi sits there and streak by streak of hair is buzzed off down to her scalp and that is what you see is bald.
To my surprise this did not happen! I only got a buzz cut...kinda like a GI. I am not bald she left a bout1/4 inch all over. This is done this way so the hair follicles will not be disrupted when new growth starts back, no nicks or cuts and it is not so drastic! I had no idea. I am learning alot about my head.
Now it was time to put my new hair on and get it trimmed just like I wanted it. We worked and trimmed until it was just right! Of course I had to have some head accessories. There are all kinds of scarves, hats, wraps, caps. This was fun. I never knew my head was going to have so many extra necessories!!
My first outing with my new hair was stopping at the mall for a minute .Everytime I went by a mirror I glanced at myself. I kinda look like a stranger...my new hair style is a little different. It's darker but I love it. I have never been one to have boring hair!! Then I met Katie and Glenn at San Felipe for a celebration dinner. They were in waiting on me...I walked up and saw their faces and knew that this was going to be ok. (oh yea one more perk is my new hair doesn't get all messed up in the rain. It dries right back the way it was!) Beat that!!!
So one little cap I got is a sleep cap. It is just a little white soft cap to keep my head warm if needed at night or just wear around the house styling. I didn't wear it last night, but put it on first thing this morning before Glenn saw me. He laughed and said.."can I make a joke right now?" I said of course. He said "do you know what that little cap reminds me of?" (oh dear). He said, "you remember those little toys called Glow worms? They used to have little caps on them too!" I cracked up. So now I can be a glow worm too!!!!
Better get up and get started...oh yea..I have more time..I don't have to fix my hair!!! My brother Allen is coming over today to hang out. He is recovering from hip replacement surgery. We are going to eat potato soup and watch some Raylan and the boys. If you don't know who that is then you don't know Harlan co.!!
Loves and hugs ..Mel
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