Haircut!
I didn’t get to post last night, so I’m going to write it now and then hopefully post later to give an update on today 
In about an hour I’ll be getting my haircut, so maybe I’ll have a new pic to add!
Yesterday was really great. I took the kids to the library and then we went to the park. At the park I met one of our neighbors (just a few houses down) who has a son who is only a few months older than Matt. Her son’s birthday is very close to when our first baby would’ve been born, so it made me have some weird feelings at first when she said his birthday. All that I could think was that that’s how old our baby would’ve been, which is a strange thought. Of course, I’m very happy to have Matt and I know that he’s the perfect kid for us, and I wasn’t feeling regrets or anything, it was more like I hadn’t’ thought about how old the baby would’ve been now, so I had a flash of all of the things that we would’ve already gone through if that baby had been born. I hope that makes sense…
While at the library, I had put on hold a few books, one of which was Dr. Laura’s “Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands”. I decided to check it out since I had heard pretty good things about it on GCM. I decided to try to put what I had learned in the first chapter in to practice, so when Joe came downstairs from working at around 5:30 (which alone could’ve caused nagging in the past since he technically gets off at 3 if he starts at 7), I gave him a kiss hello, didn’t complain, and basically just treated him how I wanted to be treated. I know its hard to believe (note the sarcasm in that previous phrase), but we had a really great evening, and I know its because I started it off on the right foot. He apologized for working late, and I said that its OK because he takes off early for us sometimes too, and he looked shocked that I was so understanding. After dinner we gave the kids a bath and then all played upstairs together, wrestling on the floor and playing games, and it was just so nice. I need to act that way on a more permanent basis.
Well, I need to get ready to head off to the salon! I have an appointment with a great stylist (judging from the people I’ve seen that she’s cut), but its not for another 5 weeks, so I decided to make this appointment today at Toni and Guy, just to get a trim. I can’t believe that I haven’t had my haircut since last July or August! Its so much longer now! All of this motivation was caused by finding this picture
from right after it was cut, and I realized that my shortest layer there (the one by my eyes) is now down to my shoulders, so I think I’m pretty overdue for a trim. I’ve been keeping an eye out for split ends and making sure that it still styled well, which it has, but this picture just reminded me that I look best with that shorter layer, so I’m going to take the pic to the stylist at Toni and Guy and hopefully get it trimmed enough to hold me another 5 weeks before I get to go to the really great stylist.
OK, wish me luck!