Letting My Hair Down

My hair is driving me crazy. Last autumn, in a fit of stupidity that I regret every day, I chopped off my longish hair (it was just barely below my shoulders) to chin-length.

[caption id="attachment_1021" align="aligncenter" width="120"] Before[/caption]

And a month or so after that, I cut it even shorter.

[caption id="attachment_1005" align="aligncenter" width="300"] After, part 1[/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1003" align="aligncenter" width="300"] After, Part 2[/caption]

 

I must have been out of my mind. I hate having short hair. I think I look like a fat lesbian (not really the look I was going for, not that there's anything wrong with fat lesbians.).  Still, I've had my hair many lengths over the years, from all the way down my back to ear-length. My first big hair-cut was at age 12, when I went to the mall one day with some girlfriends, and on the spur-of-the-moment, cut it to my shoulders. Photos of me from junior high show a hair tragedy (and that;s saying something, since it was the '80's!), and in high school, it was only marginally better.

[caption id="attachment_1009" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Rhonda & Shelley both rocked the 80's big hair (this was a small-hair day), but mine just looked...nice.[/caption]

In college, I let it grow out, and was happy with it.

[caption id="attachment_1023" align="aligncenter" width="300"] I loved my hair this length. And the curls were fab![/caption]

I kept letting it grow. I had long hair for my wedding, even though the style I chose was awful!

[caption id="attachment_1025" align="aligncenter" width="218"] Long hair, but NO style![/caption]

Longer for the next few years, as well.







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why I cut it this short, I'm still trying to figure out. I remember complaining about not being able to do anything with it, being tired of endless ponytails, but I know it was better than it is now. So one of my summer projects is to grow my hair. (Another is to clean my room, but I think my hair will be long again before that happens!) I've researched (meaning: looked at stuff on Pinterest) ways to grow hair fast, and I'm trying some out. Scalp massage, Biotin, and a type of bergamot oil are all on the list. Wish me luck. Hair shouldn't be a tragedy!