::Serendipity::

A Hairy Situation ________________________________________________________________

My birthday is in a couple weeks... I'll be 38. That's reallllly close to 40. Whatevah. I like my birthday because I get stuff I normally wouldn't. That sounds bratty. But I don't get things for myself very often. Plus, there's the excellent reason to have cake! I have to have something to look forward to!

So Emily and I were in the bathroom together the other day. I was combing out my hair and Emily said, "Your hair is really sparkly gray on one side." My daughter is very observant like that. I turn to the other side. "Yes, it's gray on that side too, but not as much. That side is really, really gray." Then she gets a concerned look on her face. "But I'm too young to have a mother that old!" Fantastic! Just in time for me to not care about almost being 40.

Sometimes, I don't mind my gray. Sometimes, I really, really do mind. I started going gray at 22 with the birth of my sweet Riley. Hence the highlights. As I became more and more gray, we added some lowlights. They fade pretty quickly now. I think it could be time for an all over color, but it's expensive to maintain, and I'm too afraid to do it myself. Ah, what to do, what to do.

Yeah, it's Friday! Two days of stress free family-ness! Now for a nice cup of St. Nickerdoodle Coffee that I love so... It's going to be a good day.

posted by Terri at 5/02/2008 10:05:00 AM >2 comments

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