Whoop! Whoop! Still got the power, still get the chance to do Linda’s stream of consciousness post for the weekend. This falls under awesome possum category.
Onward and upward.
Hurricane Florence threw a wrench into everybody’s plans this week. Schools closed, offices closed, appointments and events got cancelled or postponed – flexibility was the name of the game if you didn’t want to burst a blood vessel. I’m a big fan of the Flexible.
I’m growing to be a fan of the Postponed, too. Here are a few things I wouldn’t mind seeing delayed a bit.
Next week’s dental appointment. I get it. Responsible adulting involves dental checkups. Cleanings and x-rays and all that jazz. But putting it off for a week wouldn’t hurt anything, amiright?
One of the four obligations in a single day. You know how sometimes multiple stuff piles onto one day? It just sort of sneaks in there – a Monday that started off as just, you know, a Monday slowly gains one volleyball game, a rescheduled doctor’s appointment, a volleyball practice at the Y, and an evening meeting. Seriously? ALL the stuff? Just nope.
The onslaught of gray. I haven’t given up the fight because the sheer volume of gray bums me out but for real, people, it starts peeking through two weeks after I color it. You’re telling me we can’t postpone that arrival time a wee bit? Sheesh.
I’m sure there are more but we’re racing the clock. By the time you’re reading this we expect to be seriously wet so I’ll sign off with a waterlogged enjoy your Saturday, everyone. And if you’re in the Carolinas then stay safe.
Linda’s stream of consciousness is the Saturday fun around here. This week’s prompt is “post. Use it as a word, or find a word that uses it as a prefix.”
I stopped coloring my hair about ten years ago because I was just losing the battle. Now I’m moistly gray, but I have taken to coloring it bright fun colors because the gray doesn’t hold the color for not than about 6 weeks. Its currently purple. Its been pink, green, aqua and blue. 😊
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Now THAT sounds appealing. Won’t hold my color, fine, but at not-quite-50 I’m not ready to roll with mostly gray. Fun colors would be a blast!
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I’ll be 46 this winter. I get it and it was a hella rough transition. The changes in the last five have been really dramatic, but the color keeps it fun.
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I hope all is well where you are Laura. A lovely, fun post.
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Thank you!
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Got power,no bread,a bit wet,not dead
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An excellent summary! 😉
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Glad you are riding out the storm ok.
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Thanks, we’re hanging in. On the up side we got to eat frozen pizza for dinner, just in case. 🤷🏻♀️
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Pizza is good. 🙂
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Darn that Florence but looking on the bright side brought this wonderful post. :). I am glad you have power. Now if the rain will just hurry up and go away!!
Re: gray. I recently went 10 weeks without coloring. Not by choice but by schedule conflicts and not being handy enough to do my own. I always said when I retire but this every five weeks, really should be every two or three and who has time for that?!?!?
So I cut off most of my hair in preparation for letting nature take it’s course. Appointments scheduled through end of the year but in 2019, I am taking the plunge.
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A countdown date, I like it! Yeah, the length part confuses me. Mine’s just at/past my shoulders so letting it grow all the way out could be painful. But I look awful with short short hair so there might not be a choice…
Then again, I might embrace it just so I can stop paying for the color. Sheesh!
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Ugh. Dentist. Ugh. I’m overdue. Ugh.
Now, the gray? Been about two years since I moved to highlights until there’s enough gray to rock it. I’m likin it.
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Highlights might be a good stepping stone. There’s an awful lot of gray in there, though, not sure how that whole transition will work…
Girl problems. Lawd.
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There is a rough period of about three months, during which I would suggest a healthy haircut and extra layers, but I tell you what, CURLS HELP. Finally, CURLS HELP.
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Glad to read you dodged the hurricane!! Now, you know me, I’d say, don’t fight it embrace the gray ;-)!
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I’ll be ready to try again soon(ish). I thought I was ready and stopped coloring — maybe around 40 or so? — but the more it grew in the more it bummed me out. Perhaps 50 will be my gray-hair-don’t-care moment.
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LOL – Yeah, I tried a few times, finally kicked the habit at 51 :-)!
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Hoping your wet is not overly wet.
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We are at moderately wet but staring at a few more days of rain. Then again, it’s crawled to 2 mph so maybe the darn thing’s moved in for good…sheesh.
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The problem with postponing a dentist appointment is that it’s still there taunting you like a schoolyard bully. And as the rescheduled appointment approaches, you’re wishing you kept, or could’ve kept, the original appointment because now it would be done and over with!! Damned if you do, damned if you don’t!
Hope you win the battle with gray hairs taking over. I lost. I’m partly gray, partly white, and I have more freakin scalp showing then should be allowed by law!! Lol. Don’t panic….I’m also wayyyyy older than you are!
Hope you are safe and dry while dealing with Florence……and those wishes go to everyone in her path. I once worked with a woman named Florence. I didn’t like her either!! 😂😂😂
🔹 Ginger 🔹
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You know, I’ve yet to hear anybody saying “I hate they named it Hurricane ___, that’s the name of my best friend in high school!” Coincidence? I think not. 😆
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Hang in there Laura! Any excuse to postpone the dentist will do, in my book. Same with the wet.
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I am enjoying the wet through the window. Period. Unfortunately Phoebe feels much the same and might end up with a UTI from this dang storm!
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Poor girl. It could be a long hold.
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