10 minutes ago I looked in the mirror and I swear I looked 5. that seems to be gone. I may have to actually use my hairdryer to style my hair . I haven't done that since the 80's.

people at work will have to say something about my hair, because if they don't I'll be running around the library saying 'Look at me, Look AT Me , LOOK AT ME' , and that would be rather noisy.

DH has seen the pictures - he does not hate, but love ... Which is fine. He thinks I had hair this short in college.. and He may rembmerber better than I do

beth, it's nice to read the good news about Matt's mom!

Thanks, it feels good to have a positive motion there.

now to work

'Look at me, Look AT Me , LOOK AT ME' , and that would be rather noisy.

Libraries are supposed to be noisy, welcoming places nowadays. Or so I hear.

Eep. I killed Bitches.

I seem to be missing hair. My hairdresser used a razor on my neck. That hasn't happened since I was ten.

not sure at all how I feel about it

I know how I feel about it. Pictures!

Robin, if I lived in LA I'd come over with every bottle of product and hair accessory we have in our house and fuss with your hair until you felt supremely gorgeous (as you are). Take heart in knowing that even two weeks makes a big difference on short bangs.

Hello buffistas. Remember yesterday...I fussed about snot and statistics. Lather, rinse, add work, and repeat for today. Instead of getting any work done yesterday, I slept. Procrastination was not good - now I have 3 assignments due tonight. One is done, another just needs proofing, and the last is a team assignment and I'm team leader (surprise).

I would rather see pictures of Robin and Beth's hairs.

I feel like I've been gone ages and ages, though I think it's only been a couple of days. Also, ZOMG, I'm tipsy. First time since last December.

Minor attempt at catching up:

I second everyone else's first impression of the snarky, self-possessed and stylish Tep, and would add that I was horrendously intimidated by her and everyone else at first meeting because, as Robin noted, I am SHY. I do much better at smaller F2Fs, or, at the big F2Fs, with people I've already previously met. And I'm just slightly too tipsy to run down a full list of first impressions of everyone, except to note that everyone was generally foamy and very, very familiar -- something about the board culture makes it possible for people to express themselves very much the way they actually are in meatspace; voices and heights are an occasional surprise, but most first in-person impressions are somewhere in the range of "Even prettier than in your pictures!" and "Yes, of course, it's you!"

Also, as I noted many months ago on first meeting her, libkitty is low-key but exquisitely witty and has gorgeous expressive eyes and really cool glasses, and I wish her mom could see and properly appreciate her manifold goodness instead of leaving long soul-stomping messages on her voicemail.

ION, Matilda had her first shots today, two in each thigh, followed by her first crying with actual tears. We both emerged completely shattered -- I did manage to comfort her, soothe the tears away and lull her to sleep within minutes, but it was an utter dagger in my heart to see water spurting out of her eyes all over her face. She's hard asleep right now (I keep checking nervously, but she's neither fretful nor feverish; so far so good) and I'm mildly martini'd.

Also, in the last week, while breastfeeding I've read Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, two Charles Williams novels ('30s-40s mystic Brit novelist, friend of CS Lewis), and about a quarter of a Roald Dahl omnibus Tep sent us a while back. Currently in the midst of The Secret Garden and some Garrison Keillor. Recs for further BF reading will be gratefully pounced on.

Also, man, I miss everyone. Looking forward to more days when Matilda isn't nursing constantly and using up all my hands.

and about a quarter of a Roald Dahl omnibus Tep sent us a while back.

Oh, yay!

Have you (or your lovely daughter), perchance, received anything else from me lately?