The Long and the Short of It

 

Haircut (1)

Some of you posed the question about my hair being so long in the bee pictures, so I thought I would update you. I’ve had some bad ideas in my life, but the hair thing was one of the baddest. Sometime last year, I decided I wanted to grow my hair long and wear it either piled on top of my head of with a long braid down my back. I think I made this decision after hot weather had gone away.

This summer, the longer my hair got, the more miserable I was--until finally this week, I decided I’d had all I could take. Yesterday I got it cut. It was still not long enough for a braid or to pile up. That would have likely taken another year. I just felt like I didn’t have another year to devote to hair growing.

I feel so much better now. The photo is not very good. I’m awful at taking selfies. My hand shakes and I forget to smile, as you can see. I look a little peaked, partially because I had already begun sweating with all the monkeying with my cell phone trying to get it to take a photo that didn’t have a flash right in my face.

Gotta go now. I’m due at book club meeting in just a few and have to pick my sisters up on the way. We’re discussing Jodi Picoult’s Leaving Time, a marvelous book, btw.

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On 08/14/2018, LaVoice said ...

What a difference in your hair. Really looks good. I am going to get mine cut too as long hair makes us look older. Yours look very nice.

On 08/14/2018, Barbara Anne said ...

Looking good!! Short hair becomes you as doe the length it is on the left side of your blog!

Hugs!

On 08/15/2018, Pat said ...

Your haircut is wonderful! You look so much younger. I’ve read Leaving Time-really good book.
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