It might be a little late to write a post about the new year, resolutions, promises, et cetera. I'm sure there are those out there whose best intentions for self-improvement have already been foiled. I've been thinking about my own intentions lately, partly due to the new year, partly because I just turned 27 yesterday. Having a birthday right after the year changes over gives some added weight to resolutions, at least to me. My resolution is to ignore my silver hair. No plucking, combing over, dying - nothing. I used to think that since my grandmother, also a redhead, stayed red until her sixties; that I had it made. But as the grays come in, I discovered that she dyed in secret. I'm ready to accept the fact that I'm getting closer to thirty, about to have a "career", and that my hair won't be red forever.
So, other than that, I'm taking it pretty easy on the resolutions this year.
And now that I'm living an extended life - being away from my core home most of the year and having family/friend networks in two cities- my birthday will be drawn out over several days. I don't mind really. It gives me a great excuse to eat lots of cake, drink lots of wine, and see the people I love over and over again. Those I don't get to see now, I hope to see again before I turn 28 and start writing about wrinkles, or some such thing.
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Hey Irish,
What is it about 'silver' that sounds soooo much better than gray? I love all my silver hair as it means that the hair is still among the survivers on my head! I haven't done the hena thing for some time now, but will soon as it is fun and not intended to fool anyone about anything. I have a list of 'ten' resolutions, most involve hard body goals and fixing things around the house. A few about the better person thing.
Love Ya - Da
Interesting resolution to make. I've been dying my hair for a while now, so maybe I have tons of gray that I don't even know about. My plan is to keep dying until I'm maybe 50, and then take all the color out. So one day--black, the next day--totally gray. All the neighborhood kids will think I'm a crazy witch or something. It'll be great!!!!
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