Big hair

Things that went right today:

1) Lilies have all opened now on my kitchen bouquet
2) Swim team awards banquet tonight
3) Friend made me brownies yesterday


I was in a bit of a mood this morning. Possibly because of the mid life crisis I am having (yes I am finally copping to it). As I looked in the mirror I decided I missed the days of big hair. Seriously. Why did that look go out anyway? It was flattering to most faces and so very girly and feminine. Ok I know it took forever to style and required obscene amounts of hairspray, but at least your "do" stayed intact in a windstorm right? On an impulse I pulled out my old set of hot rollers. It took awhile to free it from the back of the cabinet where it had been buried for so long, but I prevailed and fired it up with a smile. I admit I was a little rusty putting in the rollers. I kept stabbing myself in the head with the holders and burned my ears a few times, but was undaunted in my quest to return to the look of my youth. After removing the rollers and brushing it out though things unfortunately did not go as well as I had hoped. The curls were bouncing all over the place and refused to be contained. I looked more like a circus clown than the sexy young thing I had been envisioning. Or a smidge like a 1970's Clairol commercial. The giggles overtook me as I tried to figure out how to salvage the situation before I had to go out in public. It wasn't easy. It involved lots and lots and lots of brushing it straighter, and ultimately a claw clip to pull it back and hide the damage. What had gone wrong anyway? I fixed my hair that way for years. Why didn't it work like it used to? Did the big hair thing just not work as well on a 41 year old woman? Or was I just out of practice and put the rollers in wrong? Had I just become so accustomed to smaller sleeker hair that my brain could no longer accept the massive bonnet effect I had going on? Not sure. Perhaps it is just a natural fact in the universe that you can never really go back, and those days have passed me by forever? Sigh. Maybe I will give it another try tomorrow. I swear I saw huge hair in a magazine the other day so it could be making a replay and I would love to stay ahead of the curve instead of a decade behind like usual. Today I am thankful for the memories of big hair and the younger version of me who proudly wore it. I am also thankful for the simple 5 minute prep style I sport currently. Because honestly who has time for big hair anymore anyway? I guess I am still going to keep practicing in secret though - just in case.