ammogirl

When you are a girl, you hear your entire life about how you shouldn’t wash your hair every day because instead of getting rid of the grease, it actually makes your hair MORE greasy–yeah, I know, that sounds stupid.  Especially if you are like me, and have thin hair that is weighed down by, oh, air.  So I’ve always scoffed at the idea, and out of the many days I’ve been alive, I’ve washed my hair 99.1% of them.  

And then, when I was on vacay, both Sandee and Christy expressed amazement that I actually do wash it every day, and I was like, “do you NOT?” And they said, “damaging!!  No.”  And the seed was planted.  I thought about it a little, and decided that as soon as I could, I would do an experiment, and see just exactly what was up with this bit of info.  Fortunately, there was a four-day weekend right when we got home, which: perfect, if you are planning on not washing your hair.  I even purchased a shower cap.  Yes.  And I wore it.  

I wore it day 1 in the shower, and my hair was fine.  I wore it day 2, and my hair?  Not fine.  By the time I woke up on day 3, my hair was one big greasy clump in the back of my head.  I stripped my sheets, threw them in the wash, and jumped in the shower, where I lathered not once, not twice, but three times.  And then I started only washing my hair every other day.

However, THIS week, circumstances prevented me from the every other day thing, and while I washed my hair Wednesday, Thursday morning I didn’t have time, and Friday my hot water at home was out.  And do you know what?  It’s TRUE!  Not washing your hair makes it LESS GREASY! Because on Friday, which was day 2 of no hair washing, my hair looked fine!  And even this morning, before my (fortunately hot) shower, my hair still looked okay, and it was day 3.

I LOVE no hair washing!  My hair is so much happier!  Even better, it smells yum, because I discovered (from…somewhere…hm.  How DID I discover it?) Chagrin Valley Soap and Craft and omg the shampoo bars are FABULOUS.  I don’t even have to use conditioner!  And, they use ALL NATURAL INGREDIENTS, which fulfills my inner Oregonian hippie.  Currently, I have: Carrot Milk & Honey, Rosemary Mint, and Extra Honey Beer & Egg.  I want: Cafe Moreno, because IT LOOKS AWESOME, Mud & Clay, because IT LOOKS AWESOME, and Babassu & Marsh Mallow, because IT LOOKS AWESOME.  Also wanting, from their body soap collection:  Chocolate & Almond and Chocolate Orange Twist, because who doesn’t want to smell like chocolate?  

And now we’re going to see Benjamin Button.  

Tschuss!!

That it is Thursday night and I already have all four of my papers written, edited, and turned in.  I think it might have been the Belgian beer and chocolate John brought back from his trip to Belgium.  That’s what I had for dinner.  Beer and chocolate, yay!  Actually, not so much, but sort of.

I got hit with a random urinalysis today and it sucked so bad.  I had missed my 0800 pee break because the cleaning crew was in there, so when I got the call I was on the edge of full bladder-ness.  By the time I signed for my paper, drove to the testing place, and waited my turn for an observer, I was dying.  I actually had to do the peepee dance while unbuttoning my ABU pants.  

When I sat down, I immediately started peeing in the cup, and filled it up within five seconds.  I put the cup to the side and then…continued peeing.  And peeing.  And…peeing.  And the whole time, because I had yet to transfer my pee from the collection cup into the specimen bottle, the observer had to stand there and watch me.  So I peed, and peed some more, and 45 seconds later, I was STILL PEEING, the little drops that come out at the end, when they are ENDLESS AND WILL NOT STOP.  It was very awkward.  And then I had to wipe, and she STILL had to watch, and I got all nervous and wiped back to front, and I forgot to flush the toilet.  All in all, not a good showing, on my part.  But at least I know I passed my drug test, which was totally and completely random, and had nothing to do with the fact that I just got back from a vacation in Northern California. 

Hey.  I’ve already posted today.  What am I doing?  I’m outta here.

Tschuss!!

So every morning when I get ready for work, I follow my routine.  Like most people do.  And you know, it’s mindless and thought-free and the only effort it takes is the actual physical movement, which morning time calls for.  After I’ve dried my hair, for example, but before I straighten it, I go upstairs and get dressed–the extra benefit for me being I wear a uniform, and it is the same uniform, day in and day out (excepting Mondays, when we have to wear our ‘dress’ blues) and I never, EVER have to think twice.  Bra, panties, socks, long sleeve t-shirt, short sleeve t-shirt (both, because it is winter and I am cold), ABU pants, done.  For the moment.

This past Tuesday morning was no different.  I literally had no thinking-twice moments, no little pauses to contemplate whether there was something…strange.  But then I got to work and took off my jacket and noticed something odd.  I had dressed myself with not one, but TWO long sleeve t-shirts.  Two at the same time, on the same body. 

Let’s reflect, shall we?

Putting on a long sleeve shirt, and then a short sleeve over it requires a little extra work, but not much.  You put your arms through the holes, they make it through, stick your head in, pull everything down, and adjust for personal comfort.  However, putting on a long sleeve shirt, and then throwing on a second one requires grabbing of the cuffs, holding them down, stuffing your arm in, straightening stuff out, etc etc.  I SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THIS.  At least, one would think.  Apparently I have an auto-pilot.  A very good one.  The silver lining in my total flakeness was that I was actually hot at work, which almost never happens, ever.

Anyway, have you checked out the new whitehouse.gov site?  Read the agendas there, particularly the women’s reproductive choice section.  I, like the President, also realize that abortion is a devisive topic so I won’t comment on that one (except: THANK YOU, finally, good lord it’s nice to know a president does not want to control my body and the choices I make, REGARDLESS of that choice), but how about this:

Preventing Unintended Pregnancy: President Obama was an original co-sponsor of legislation to expand access to contraception, health information, and preventive services to help reduce unintended pregnancies. Introduced in January 2007, the Prevention First Act will increase funding for family planning and comprehensive sex education that teaches both abstinence and safe sex methods. The Act will also end insurance discrimination against contraception, improve awareness about emergency contraception, and provide compassionate assistance to rape victims.

Yeah, I realize that act has been around for a couple of years now, but do you really think it got any support?  Any REAL support?  I mean, obviously telling people to stop having sex is not 100% effective.  Sex is fun!  Once you start, who wants to stop?  People, including young people, are going to do it.  The trick is ensuring those particular people are smart about it.

Tools to succeed.  That’s what that is.  Tools to succeed.

Tschuss!!