it just as short as I thought it was

I went to bed last night thinking maybe my hair really isn't that short. I washed i before I went to bed because the lady blow dried it and the woosh wasn't coming out without help. So I thought maybe I'd wake up and it wouldn't be that short. That line of thinking rarely works out but a girl can hope. Yeah, its just as short as I thought it was. But that's what happens when you watch and the beginning decide he's doing ok and then check out to read a magazine until he's finished. That's what happens.

another road block

I'm supposed to be writing my homework essay just now and preparing a 10 minute presentation but at the moment I've hit yet another road block.

A summary of the last week or so seems to be in order:

- I had a bad examination for the end of last unit. My hardest teacher and the headmaster. Both nice guys but it was a bad language day and a case of the nerves just didn't help matters. I passed but that has more to do with grace than my ability.

- I was prepared for having class by myself. I didn't know that the 3 students from the morning were switching to the afternoon. The blessing is I couldn't have handled a daily presentation. The problem is that these 3 students have something of routine together and I'm not part of it. Also the partner I have is the most advanced student that the language school has ever seen. Not cool. Major blow to my language confidence. Left reeling.

- Have I mentioned the presentations and the essay. 3 essays a week, 1 grammar topic, 5 new verbs and their conjugations with sentences , 1 test- EVERY WEEK.

- I still have a husband and child that might like my attention. Using his child radar, @ is experiencing a week of blissful days. No fusses all week! Obedience and listening. So blessed!!

- My neighbors have never stepped out of their region of the country. My essay for tomorrow is "how do people in different areas of the country address one another?" Please write and essay and prepare for a 10 -15 minute presentation.

- On my way out to talk to the neighbor's tonight, @ needed to potty, couldn't find his shoes and then needed his ball.

- We have to leave the country in a month. Great, no problem. We're ready, except for the fact that there is no room in the inn. Looks like going between 2 hotels over the course of 5 days. But that is after 4 days of internet and phone calls.

- Oh and my hair is falling out by the handfulls. Think that the locks of love people may not get my hair after all.

I have other frustrations from this week but they are off the topic. Some observations about the Berenstein Bears, thoughts on travel and why we do it, but those are for another day. When I don't need to dream up something to say for 10 minutes in another language. Is this a skill I should learn? Making it up as I go along in another language?

about my hair

I have problems committing to a hair stylist. For a lot of years I had whoever I was living with cut my hair. Truly its hard to screw up. I have a lot of curl and if there is some length it isn't a big issue if it is dead on the same length, it balances out for the most part. While in Eureka, I had a lady I liked a lot. She was good, mostly she knew how to cut natural curl and I liked that. Being out of the country, its really a faith step to get a hair cut. Mostly I have a pony tail until I give up. In Africa I got a hair cut once from the local Italian woman everyone swore by. Gina had a mind of her own and my intended "trim" was a deep cut. I left a very unhappy customer and that was my only haircut in Africa. When I got back to the states I went a little nuts on the idea of reinventing myself. My hair was short. Crazy short and people were nice about it but I wasn't thrilled. That was Feb 2006. I haven't had a haircut since.

So as I was brushing into a pony tail this afternoon I was thinking about how I like my ponytail. I had short hair as a young girl and I think I'm living out by 6 year old desire to have a pony tail. Anyway I was thinking I could donate my hair. Some kid might like to have a little curl in their ponytail. So I got to looking at Locks of Love and what it takes to donate hair. I think I could do that. My girlfriend LeeLee donated hair a lot of years ago. She wanted a little girl to have a long pony tail so I think she was going for 14 or 16 inches. It was crazy long. I don't think I can do that but I could get to 10 inches. They say its ok if there is grey, they sort that out.

So this get me out of cutting my hair for awhile. I figure I have to grow some extra because what am I going to do if I cut off 10 inches of my hair and send it to Florida?