I was provoked

I committed an act yesterday that could be construed as the erratic exploit of an unstable woman who couldn’t get her two-year-old to nap.

I pulled my hair into a ponytail and lopped it off. Isn't that, after all, what distraught ladies do on TV?

Okay, it wasn’t quite that dramatic. I cut a little less than three inches, so it’s still longish, still hits my shoulders. But it felt good. And, despite the 500 residual hairs still sproinging out around my head, it looks a lot better.

I had to do something. I had spent the morning galloping, tiptoeing and skipping around a room at Kitty Cat’s Tot Bop class (which was both fun and humiliating in a Gymboreeish way), took Fruit Bat and Kitty Cat to the playground, made meals, grocery shopped, weathered the preschool drop off, etcetera, etcetera. I had to get a little crazy, man. I had to wield some scissors and shock the kids a little.

So, I was cheered. Fruit Bat and Kitty Cat were in good moods. We went to our friends’ house where she fed them dinner and me wine. Fruit Bat, at some point in the evening handed me something (I don’t remember what) and said, “Here you go, nice lady.” Jay came home happy because it was a Friday night. The kids went to bed with nary a peep.

And all was okay with our world.

Comments

[slouching mom]

What, no photo? ;)

Glad it was a good day.

[Kellan]

We took our kids (4 of them) and three of their friends (7 kids) plus my husband and myself out to eat Chinese (buffet)last night - it was delicious and all kids were behaved, ate a lot and then they all (3 extra) spent the night. Two are still here at 3:00 in the afternoon. Kids are happy - I'm pretty content. I'm glad you have had a peaceful start to your weekend and glad to hear it was just three inches and not like - buzzed. You'd have regreted that come Monday morning.

[All Adither]

Yeah, I'd never pull a Britney.

[Lisa]

I've done the same thing myself. The trick is to bend and flip your hair down, cut a chunk, and then trim. I managed to impress my hairdresser with my cutting skills. She was either very kind, or I have a back-up career waiting for me in hairdressing.