I called KP and I have to get the shingles vaccine ordered for me by my doctor, but that can all be done via message, apparently. I think my PCP was changed on me at some point, the name they mentioned wasn't one I recognized. I have not been to actually see my doctor in, um, some time I don't even remember. I suppose I ought to do that at some point. 2022 perhaps.

Not due for TDAP until next year, that's nice to know.

KP helpfully advised me while I was on hold that they are giving 3rd shots of the COVID vaccine to immunocompromised people. That is also nice to know. I plan to get a booster when/if that is advised in general - heard on the radio that there's a chance a third shot could potentially give people who don't have naturally acquired antibodies something like super-immunity, which is an exciting prospect. I do think I had a mild case way back at the beginning of lock-down, but at the time there were not enough tests available to make testing me seem necessary, and by the time I gave blood and got checked for antibodies that came up negative, so my odds of super-immunity seem low

Ok y’all the more I think on it the less I trust this person who did my hair yesterday to fix it in a way I’d like, Tuesday. The pink is very inconsistent. I’m worried that (a) if I try to fade it out it’ll turn peach, and (b) if I go back the person will just dye it darker fuchsia (which I don’t want) to try to cover it more thoroughly. (It’s not just the color—the “haircut” part was not great and they managed to bleach spots on the sides where it was shaved, and had to grab some brown dye to cover that—which I’ve done but I’m not a professional and am working on my own head which limits vision and movement?)

Going back Tuesday is free. I already paid (and tipped) yesterday. Do I just cancel Tuesday and say fuck it? Do I go and hope they can fix and not make worse?

This is why I do my own haircolor. (I have a stylist I trust completely and who I'm sure would do a great job, but...a box of Colorista bleach + tube of dye from Sally's is less than $30. Even if the salon dye job looks great, it's not going to look 10x as great.)

That's me, too. Plus, I know what kind of color I want, and I don't have to try to put it in words to someone else. (Red. No, redder. FAKE red. 40s nail polish red. With a hint of purple. RED.)

meara, I'd go, but I'd be super-clear upfront about what you do and do not want, and ask them if they think they can do that. If they're iffy, then bail.

Definitely go and give them a chance to fix it. Do you have pics you can bring to show them what you want?

meara, sorry you didn't get the amazing pink hair you deserve. I have no idea how to dye my own hair, so I hope I can find someone new who won't fuck it up when I have a chance to get mine colored again.

I think I can get the flu shot at my doctor's office, but they just want me to walk in during lab hours and won't let me schedule it, which I find aggravating. I need to go to the hardware store to replace the light bulbs in my kitchen, so perhaps I will pop in on the way and get that done today since I'm on call for jury service all next week.

I haven't been following a low carb diet, but I have been trying a lower carb diet rather than an all of the carbs diet. I definitely haven't been strict about it because I don't see much point in the endeavor if I can't maintain it long-term, but I've lost about 8-9 pounds so far.

Someone tell me to work.

Jesus Christ, I can't even get myself to work. Or, rather, I'm procrastinating on work with other work. I even disassembled the vacuum cleaner yesterday because I couldn't remember when I last cleaned the filters. And yet I'm still not working on 2022 business planning, probably because of the overwhelming feeling that I have no idea what I'm doing.

3rd shots of the COVID vaccine to immunocompromised people.

I'm going to stab Tim if his immunocompromised little self doesn't get a booster soon. (Speaking of not being able to force people to do things that are good for them.)

I am sluggishly working. Like a slug.

I haven't been following a low carb diet, but I have been trying a lower carb diet rather than an all of the carbs diet.

I need to do that for my IBS. Although I'm also 98% sure a big contributor to the 2+ months of GI unrest is new unfun lactose intolerance. I switched to lactose-free milk and 1/2 and 1/2 for my coffee and things have calmed down enormously. I'm going to cautiously re-introduce cheese and see what happens (apparently some cheeses aren't problematic for some people with lactose intolerance, but it sounds like a lot of trial and error is involved).

I mean, I did show a picture but the issue is more “some of the hair came out a little more hot pink than I wanted and some chunks are kind of pale peach”—not sure a picture will help, it was more inconsistency in the dyeing. If it was all one color but just not the color I wanted that would be different—like maybe I didn’t explain or maybe my hair didn’t want to be that color or whatever. And there was an issue with the bottom few inches not lightning like they should’ve—old dye—and if it had been that part was a different color, again, maybe skill but maybe just deal with it. But I have streaks of hot pink, streaks of pink pink, and streaks of peach. :(

Man, we've been working on 2022 business planning for a few months now and it continues to be Who-the-fuck-knows? as far as I'm concerned. We barely know what's happening now and have our fingers crossed to get through the rest of 2021 without huge surprises. Probably 2022 will be different, but how exactly? People have opinions but they are just making shit up.

Have you tried that lactaid stuff, Tep? I know some people swear by it. My dairy issues are some other thing so I have no personal experience.

Man, I feel very lucky that I got excellent color when I just picked a salon down the street and took whatever stylist was available and told her I wanted a streak of blue and I trusted her to make it look good. Not nearly as expensive, either, but if I was doing my full head it might have been. I don't know what you should do, meara - if she can make it better that would be great, and you are only out time (which is aggravating) but it sounds like you have some concerns that she could in fact make it worse? So I don't know.