Hairdresser Dilemma

I have not been near a hairdresser since July and desperately need a cut and colour. I have been trying to get an appointment with my hairdresser since before Christmas. I rang yesterday and was told she had an opening next Saturday at 11am, otherwise I can't get in for another 2 weeks because she will be on holidays.

My dilemma? I already had an appointment for that time with another person for something totally unrelated, who is only working limited hours having just come back to work from having a baby. Again she is booked several weeks in advance which makes it hard.

I managed to change the original appointment so that I have to drag myself out of bed before 7.30am (on a Saturday!), I rang my hairdresser because I had said I wanted to "tentatively" book that time, only to be told that she had given the appointment to someone else!

It may be a blessing in disguise because I was going to go for "the chop" because I want a change. This will give me time to reconsider because I can guarantee that I would regret it the moment I left the salon! I may just toy with different colours.

How does electric blue foils sound?

Dental Work Complete

I've finally finished my dental treatment! Yay! *happy claps*

After 6 weeks, I have had my final lot of fillings and needles tonight. Now the anaesthetic has worn off, my lower jaw is aching. It makes it difficult to eat anything right now.

Also, it has put a major dent in my bank balance! All up, it cost about $1100! Thank god for health insurance!

I've learned my lesson and promise not to forgo the 6 monthly reminder when it comes up! *big, cheesy, no cavities or decay, freshly scaled and cleaned, grin*

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Your Superhero Name is The Alien Dusk Your Superpower is Near-death Experience Your Weakness is French People Your Weapon is Your Force Analyzer Your Mode of Transportation is Love Van

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Deep And Meaningful

I had a deep and meaningful discussion with my old friend Walrus. It was great to finally catch up with him after not hearing or seeing him in 6 months!

I have to admit though, that I have been in a bit of a funk since, only because it forced me to look back on a period in my life that was, and still is, painful for me for many reasons, not least of which it was 15 years ago - half my lifetime! *grimace*

I don't often like to think back to those times because I was not one of those memorable people and was never in the "popular" crowd. I always did my own thing, but strangely got on with pretty much everybody in my year.

And, to show that old age hasn't caught up with me yet, I could sit down with a photo of our year and be able to tell you at least the first names of the majority, if not all of my classmates, so there! :)

Taxi's

I had to travel to Osborne Park today for work by taxi. It scares me, the condition of some of these taxis.

On my return journey to work, the speedometer did not seem to work unless he was sitting over 80, because anything under that speed and the needle was jumping around like mad, the fuel gauge was not moving off empty & the transmission was stuffed!

The driver pulled out in front of a truck that was bearing down on us pretty fast, and being an automatic, it should have picked up speed fairly quickly, but it felt like it had stalled and was chugging along.

I'm glad it was only a 20 minute drive back to work. Anything longer and I think I'd have preferred to take my chances on a bus!

Sunday Beach Picnic

I finally managed to catch up with my elusive friend whom I haven't seen since October - boy does time fly!

We took a picnic lunch down to Hillarys and just sat and chatted while her younger brother went swimming. We also partook in one of my favourite activities - people watching!

It amazed me how many young girls were there with inch thick make-up plastered on. And their clothes... don't get me started! I saw two girls, who must both go to the hairdresser together, because their hair was peroxided the same colour and they both had the same hairstyle. They also had almost identical outfits (different colours though) and pretty much the same accessories: sunglasses, jewellery and matching handbags. Clones!

All in all it was a nice day, even though it was overcast for most of the time, and humid.

Memoirs Of Geisha Continued

I finished the book today, and I just want to say that I can't wait for the movie! I hope it does the book justice!

Random Facts 2

I found some more that I wanted to share:

1. Boanthropy is a disease in which a person thinks they are an ox.
2. Reindeer like to eat bananas.
3. Mosquito repellants don't repel. The spray blocks the mosquitoes sensors so they don't know you're there.
4. In 4000 BC Egypt, men and women wore glitter eye shadow made from the crushed shells of beetles.
5. Butterflies taste with their feet.
6. You are more likely to get attacked by a cow than a shark.
7. The largest cell in the human body is the female reproductive cell, the ovum. The smallest is the male sperm.
8. In the course of an average lifetime you will, while sleeping, eat 70 assorted insects and 10 spiders.
9. The pupil of an eye expands as much as 45% when a person looks at something pleasing.
10. An ostrich's eye is bigger than it's brain.

A Following Of Sorts?

I'm finally starting to get some visitor's to this thing!

After messing about with the site counter for a couple of weeks, trying to get it just right, the number of visitor's is starting to tick over.

Why then is nobody making any comments? Do you who visit, have nothing to say or remark on?

Please, leave a comment... I dare you to!

Milestone

I've had this feeling all day that I'd forgotton something important, but couldn't put my finger on it. It wasn't until my mum mentioned it this afternoon that I remembered what it was.

Now, you may consider it morbid but I just want to acknowledge that today would have been my uncle's 50th birthday. I know he would have liked nothing better than to be celebrating it with a beer or two!

So, I'd like to say: Happy Birthday Uncle Peter!