Consuela just reminded me that I have to try on my boots. I bought them two years ago, but they were too small for my feet before. I hope that I can squeeze into them now--it'd be nice to finally have a pair of boots to wear in the cold and wet.

Oh, and they might notice, ita!. I know my boss takes note when I skip a company-wide meeting.

Thanks, everyone. That helped. My family thinks I am being insanely dramatic, but they've all been getting the same haircuts for years so what do they even know.

I feel bad mostly because I was so excited to get my hair cut, I had in my head exactly what I wanted, and then the hairstylist was like... "No."

My mother says I should have just been adamant about what I wanted, which, yes, I absolutely should have, but this is the same guy my mother goes to and she routinely comes home with hair dyed colors she's not thrilled about, but says that he made her. So I wasn't really prepared to fight him on it.

And THEN, as I'm sure he could tell I hated it, and we were leaving, he had just enough time to get a jab in at me for not being able to drive myself there. I am constantly and horribly embarrassed about my inability to drive and every time I try I panic - and it was just a thrilling icing to the cake.

What complete bullshit. Dream on.

Yeah, I couldn't read the whole thing, because seriously. I'm pretty sure the woman who re-stocks the toilet paper in my office bathroom wouldn't do it for free, so I'm awfully glad someone pays her to do it.

Um, zuisa, maybe you and your mother should both find a new hair person? He sounds terrible.

That's such a privileged point of view.

That is the polite thing to say about it. Articles like that hit my instant rage button, which is why I am not going to go read it. The excerpt you posted is quite enough.

I have Thursdays off from teaching. I had three things I was planning to do today: prep lecture notes for tomorrow, call to make an appointment to get my car inspected, and call to make an appointment to get a new ankle brace made. I completely forgot about making the phone calls.

I had never met him, I've been getting my hair cut by friends who have volunteered for years, and my mother honestly thought she was doing a good thing by sending me there. Even though she frequently dislikes what he does, she really likes him, I guess? But I don't know.

That article pissed me off as well. I suppose I like my job enough that I didn't have outrageous student loans to pay back, I'd do it for free, but I do have these loans. So I can't.

zusia I say fire your hair stylist and find another one. I realize it can be hard to find a good stylist but that guy doesn't sound like someone who should get your money. Especially after the jab about not driving.

Yeah, I definitely won't be going back there.

My plan now is basically to make friend with the hair stylist on my next ship and have her salvage it as soon as it is long enough to save.