Losing my Head...of Hair!

Today, after the most wonderful farmers market (where I bought apples, bananas, oranges, carrots, peppers, kiwi, and cashews), a few members of my class and I went with our professor to a hair salon to get a bit of a new Greek style.

[My before picture]

To by honest, I didn't think twice about this whole idea until I was sitting in the chair having my hair chopped to pieces. I told the man cutting my hair (while my professor translated) that he could take off any amount of hair he wanted as long as it was no shorter than shoulder length and that he could try to clean up my bangs a little.

Then I sat down in the chair, took the ponytail out of my hair, and the hair dresser just went to town. He combed my dry, tangled hair and started cutting inches off. That's when I started to lose both my literal head (of hair) and my emotional one. I thought, "Oh no...what did I just get myself into...." As I laughed off some of my nervous energy and prayed that this haircut turned out to be a marvelous decision and not a disaster.

Then he started cutting my bangs. And I, once again, lost my head. Trying really hard to convince myself that I had made the right decision to let this man that I cannot communicate with cut my hair. I managed it but I ended up with bangs a bit too short and choppy for my liking.

Once the actual cut was over, I was still a bit unsure, but much more confident having seen most of the final product. And then I went to go get my hair shampooed. So my hair was washed and then styled. I was given a massive tease (bigger than Snookie's, I think) in my naturally deflated hair as the woman with yellow blonde hair told me that my hair was the perfect blonde. She then french braided a piece from the left side to pull it away from my face and then curled a piece from the right side to give it more 'spice.'

I stood up from the chair kind of feeling like one of the models in one of those cheesy hairstyle idea books. But once my hair began to fade, flatten a little, and become more natural looking, I liked it a lot more.

So, I will be interested to see what this whole new head of hair will be like for me tomorrow morning after I shower and wash out the tease and hairspray. Whether I like it or not, I'll be rocking a new Greek hairdo!