Today began as all the other days of the past few weeks - woke up a little before 7 am. Slurped down my first cup of coffee while checking email, news, and Facebook. Bowl of Cheerios with the second cup of coffee while catching up on my Facebook games. Checked in with Mom, got dressed.
Hubby and I have been doing a 30-minutes podcast (on Spreaker - thank you to the developers!) Monday-Friday since being kindly, gently "let go". We're using mostly Big Band music, as well as the show prep hubby has done for his radio broadcasts for the past 48 years - good stuff, by the way! We got this morning's podcast done, then hit the grocery store.
After the mundane was done, my Personal Excellent Adventure began. For the past five years, I've indulged myself by getting my hair colored at the salon. I didn't like the amount of gray I was seeing, and what was left of my orginal color seemed really dull. The salon was expensive, but that was where my comfort zone was.
You see, I was raised in an atmosphere of fear..........or, at least, an atmosphere of "chicken". Dad was always afraid of letting me do things, for fear I'd hurt myself. This is why I was 20 before I ever got my driver's license! Oh, and not just big things. I was in high school before I was allowed to shave my legs - and then only with an electric razor. I was 10th or 11th grade before I was allowed to wear pantyhose regularly, for fear I'd grow up too fast. So, attempting to color my own hair was very much out of my comfort zone and firmly entrenched in my "fear zone".
So, at approximately 10:30 CDT today, I broke out of the "fear zone" and colored my own hair for the very first time. My own personal excellent adventure......because, if I say so myself, it looks great!! It only cost $7.49, a little less than an hour (plus a load of laundry), wasn't painful, and actually wasn't difficult. I may even get better with practice!
So, still no job prospects - but a personal achievement! Not bad for a Thursday. I'll take it!
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