My reward for today is going to be a hair appointment. I may be getting something dyed blue. Or purple, maybe. Probably not all of my hair, but something. I'm not going into an office at the moment, so it seems like a good time.

Ooh fun!! I have been loving my secret blue chunk (it's under other hair but peeks out here and there). Much as the all-blue hair was fun, I kinda figure this is more "me" anyway.

I have a couple friends who do not have passports due to name issues (one has rather different names on her birth certificate from her social security card to her other documents--I think having to do with both her mom's indecisiveness, poor spelling, and multiple re marriages (her mom, not her)

Work is frustrating today.

OMG, I had no idea how frustrating when I wrote that. For the last 2.5 days I've been chasing a $200k variance. I have engaged a bunch of people to try to figure out why, how, who, etc. Today I sent a note to the person who started this mess saying I have exhausted my research abilities with no results and could he provide more information.

His response? Oh, the numbers match now. Must have been a mapping issue since our company just went through a HUGE reorganization and a ton of our internal coding has changed. So "Nevermind".

I want to RAGE QUIT for the day. I can't even express how....UGHHHHH...I am over this.

Definitely dye something blue!

The Superb Owl is this weekend, right? I've already forgotten what teams are playing.

I'm about to start day two of a class taught by this guy: [link]

ETA: Ooh, purple or blue!

I LOVE my purple highlights. Bangs and then a few panels on the sides and back. I refresh the color myself every couple of weeks but my stylist takes care of the bleaching and then initial dying.

They have "bulky item pick-up": [link].

Yeah, but we get one bulk pickup per year, and I don't want to waste on someone else's garbage. I'll try the city and the garbage company...

Purple and blue! I've had blue since August and added purple a couple weeks ago and it's rather nice. Peekaboo, and fades interestingly between appointments.

Returned the sleep study gear, waiting for blood pressure, uh, something. I thought I was seeing my pcp but apparently not.

Is your class about happiness, shrift? I am intrigued.

That seems like it shouldn't be your responsibility, Consuela, but I am often wrong about that.

I have to keep reminding myself not to get worked up about my job, because I have 3.5 days left! But still, some of these people can kiss my fucking ass, seriously.

Meanwhile my boyfriend literally squiggles a line for his signature and has never had an issue, so maybe we just need to sign less well?

That's what I was thinking -- my father's signature was his first initial and then some squiggles -- who's to say what he was writing?

Interestingly, the passport agency does not need documentation of a legal name change if the change involves a standard nickname or a minor change.

That was my experience! But I'm surprised it's still true. As you all may recall, my birth certificate says Jessica. But since I've always used Jesse, I had no problem getting it printed on my SS card or passport. (Clearly if the law was after Jessica, they would probably still be able to find me.)