Time to pretend that that last post just didn't happen. I was in a strange and not particularly good mood. But I cut that mood off with my hair this afternoon. Ho, ho!
Yes, I got a haircut. I look way snazzy. I think it's a good cut, but I won't really find out until tomorrow when I wash out all the salon products I don't own. And, boy, did she put plenty of them in! I think I counted 5 different bottles of...stuff...before the humidity resistant hairspray. Or maybe she used one of them twice. It's all a blur. She always does my hair all fancy, since she knows I'm a mommy and won't have much occasion to get cute. (And that I don't have anyone to do the back for me.) But she knows my hair! Today she said, "Okay. Here's what I'm going to do: I want it to flip out, so I'm gonna curl it under. SHH!" She cracks me up.
It was about then that I realized something. I wonder sometimes where Abbie gets her willful, uncooperative behavior from. She gets it straight from my hair!
And while I was doing that, the kids were walking the aisles of Michael's. When I was done, we had ice cream at Culvers (okay, I know that technically it was yogurt) and walked around Petsmart. No kitties caught my eye this time, but there was a chinchilla. I bought Heather some frisbees for her dogs. Then we sat in my car and gossiped and laughed and talked until Grant said, "Mommy, can we please go back to our house now?" As it was, I don't know if Heather beat her daughter home from school. (Oops.)
When I told Heather that I might be too poor to host a barbeque this fall, she said I should have a potluck one. I just don't know....I wouldn't feel like much of a hostess if I gave orders with my invitations. But I do want to see my friends, though.
Miss Heather is in a very serious relationship, and I still haven't met the guy. I want to. If the stories give an acurate depiction, he's a great guy and he suits her. But the stories are coming from her, of course. And her last...well, he was a nightmare. He wasn't good to her and he abused one of her most lovable qualities: her consideration. She always tries to think of what the other person wants or would be made happy by, and she does more of these things than anyone has a right to expect. But he did. And he made her feel like it wasn't enough. When she finally kicked him out of her home and her life, he had persuaded her into 3 maxed credit cards and a loan in their names which he never thought about again. I am not like her. As much as I want to help people, I'd like to think I'd be indignant long before any of that.
On the other hand, Cahen, your brother got a month's rent out of me once, and I wasn't even living with him! Oh, the power of pity.
So I want to see for myself if Heather's new beginning, and possibly her last one, is as good as advertized. I expect to be extremely critical.
Speaking of best friends named Heather - Heather Chaney S. has a brand new nefew! The first boy in the family! Yay! Her mother is my friend on Facebook. *giggle* Well, actually so are her two sisters. And Heather, too, but it doesn't count since she won't sign in.
Back to the boyfriend thing. Recently, I've seen quite a few of my friend's boyfriends. (No girlfriends this month.) You know, sometimes the mind set with which you receive the addition depends on what you think of your friend's ability to choose. I have a friend who tends to fall EXTREMELY fast and EXTREMELY hard. I don't really know why her relationships don't last, not being in her confidence on that, but when she had another new guy to introduce, I wasn't planning to get to like him, or even know him much. But I did like him! Now, I'm secretly rooting for him, and hoping that they last as a couple. She has finally found a truly kind and pleasant person to dote on. Another friend hasn't had a guy in a while, but I don't think the one she's with currently is good enough. Just me.
And I have this taiko friend who shall remain nameless who is in a relationship with someone wonderful for her. I decided immediately that they are my friends, but I don't see much of both at the same time. I am impatient for some time in the future when I am able to see them (okay, everyone, really) in a social context. Barbeque?
There is a birthday party for both of Josh's parents on Sunday morning, but Josh will have to take the kids without me. OH! And the Vancouver guy wrote me today to ask if I'll pick him up on Sunday. Can't say I found him charming when we met, and I REALLY can't say that Josh is a fan of my giving rides to strange men who have no ties to the area. Grumble, grumble. If I didn't owe Eddie a favor....
..Okay I'd probably still help him out.
Speaking of things Josh doesn't like, he complained about my cooking on facebook yesterday. Who does that?
Rrr. Children in the evening. Where is Josh? It's late. I'm going to go investigate that. Have a good evening.
p.s. I have a new haircut!
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