I had this plan, see. When we were planning on going to Tanzania for a year, I wanted to shave my head.
It's cool, it's easy, and since I cover my head with a veil while in Zanzibar, it doesn't much matter what it looks like.
Yes, shave my head.
No, not like Britney Spears. I thought of it first. And once she did that, it turned my mind against it.
But there was still the problem of hair. You see, hair is not a good thing in Tanzania for me. The shower water 1) is freezing cold and 2) comes out in a tiny trickle. So it takes 20 minutes to get all my hair wet, even when it's only above my shoulders, and then another 20 minutes to rinse the shampoo out. (And do you know how hard it is to find shampoo for my hair type in Africa?) Forget about conditioner. By the time I get it washed, I am chilled to the bone. It's so difficult that I only washed it every few days. So when I did wash it, it was nasty, which only made it harder to wash.
And that's in the places where we had running water. I'm not even going to get started on the bucket hair washing.
Anyway, things didn't work out for the year-long trip, but we are making a month-long trip, so I still had to tackle the hair problem. Justin and Juma have it easy; we just shaved their heads to 1/8 to 1/4 inch long, and they are good to go.
So I got up the guts and drove to a hair salon, a printed out picture of a hair cut I had in mind. A very short hair cut.
After much protest and worry and fixing and "Are you sure?"s from the hair stylist, I escaped with a decent hair cut. This is the first time I've cut my hair above my jaw line.
The first person I saw at home was Juma. His response was, "Mom! You look weird!" That didn't do much to inspire confidence, but the rest of the family assures me the cut is great.
It's growing on me.
8 comments:
It looks great. Very sophisticated. I haven't had my hair below my jawline for seven years -- and now it's almost to my shoulders. Seeing this post of yours has me thinking about cutting it all off again.
I think it looks very cute.. One of my closest friends has always had her cut that short and it works for her. This WORKS for you. I have had my hair that short before, not so cute..
Thanks, Monica and Chastity.
Monica-I remember you with short hair. It was always very cute.
I'm still getting used to it...
I think it's BEAUTIFUL! I had mine short like that in high school, and it wasn't NEARLY that cute. :) And my sis has had it like that, and I loved it. Some faces can pull it off, and you're one of them.
And I'm glad for you that it will be so much easier and more comfortable. :)
It looks amazing. Way to go!
The first thing that I thought of (after, "Wow, that looks really good on her,") was how much you remind me of your mom! Both beautiful women! I am so sorry to hear about Vicki. I will keep her in my prayers. Good luck in Zanzibar!
It's totally cute. I like it! And yes, it does look sophisticated. You are brave though. I could never pull that off. But then again, you have a cute little head. I have a big head. :)
wow. you are one of the few who can pull it off. You actually look great.
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