Hair Brained, Indeed.

Every time I get a new job I do something stupid to my hair.

With my Portland job I tried to highlight it myself, turned it orange, went to the salon who turned it gray- THE DAY BEFORE MY INTERVIEW.

When I was interviewing for my job in Amsterdam, I went to get a haircut from a guy I didn't know who tried to "hip me up." I ended up with a mullet and had to CUT OFF ALL MY HAIR into a bob to fix it. But, not before an important business trip to New York and a visit to my sister- who at least took some pity on me and took me to her stylist.

Now, two days before my new job, I am long-locked, happy and responsible. No hair experiments. I simply bought a heated round brush to fix my hair fast and easy each morning to preserve plenty of play time with Skylie.

After two hours working on it still looked like this.

I thought I should test out my new look, and ended up with the brush TANGLED IN MY HAIR. The internets recommended using baby oil (bad idea) and peanut butter (even worse idea) to free the brush. After four hours at home, I gave up and went to a salon in our village. It was a sight. Drenched in baby oil and peanut butter, brush in my hair, pajama top on, and on the verge of tears I arrived at their door.

There was no stylist free, but the manicurist took pity on me. She spent two hours fixing this massive mess. It took one additional hour to free the hair from the hot comb and another hour of cutting, conditioning, pulling, combing, tearing and brushing to get rid of the knot (which was three inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide). It was awful. The girl was a total saint and my hero. She didn't even charge me. I gave her 50 bucks anyway, because what a job!

In the end, I lost about two handfuls of hair and unless you were a witness you couldn't tell. Thank God there is not bald spot.

I also lost a precious Saturday. Since all my clothes are coming via FedEx, I have nothing to wear next week. Today was the day we planned to shop. And, I hardly got to spend anytime with my wee girl or husband.