You know you're in sad shape when tea brings you to tears. Well, that's not really fair; the tea just made me get a little choked up, but it was the hot chocolate that really made me cry. My favorite kind (except with marshmallows, but essentially the same thing). And coffee. And four kinds of creamer. Stir sticks. (Also a working microwave, a cleanish fridge, 9 kinds of tea, 2 of which I actually kind of like. A sink and actual dish soap.) All freely provided and restocked daily by my new employer. (Okay, well, not the fridge, but it's there so I can put stuff in it.)
It's just the sort of thing you do when you care about your employees and want them to be happy and comfortable and hydrated. And it's so very different from my last employer that I just kind of welled up. I'm glad no one was looking. How would I explain why I was laughing and crying at the same time. . . ?
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06 July 2010
19 March 2010
Going gray gracefully
Do you ever wonder if the amount of gray/white/silver hair you have is normal? I sure do. Mostly I wonder because everyone my age who has any seems to dye their hair. Even my older sister dyes hers (unconfirmed accusation). I have no idea when she started.
My hair started going back in college, but my mom said it was a genetic gift from her mom. I think she said her mom's hair was all white by the time she turned 30. I was kind of looking forward to that because my excessively oily skin makes my face look younger, and white hair with that face would have been startling. It didn't happen, and I'm okay with that.
I can only think of one person I know who let her hair go gray without hiding it. How sad is that? Dye is so expensive I could never afford it, but even if I could, I'm too cheap to spend money on it. (And then agonize about when my face looks old enough that I need to get my hair dyed gray or risk looking really creepy . . .)
Why do you suppose people get so panicky about gray hair? Are you panicky about it?
How do you feel about going gray naturally? Are you planning on doing it?
P.S. Tonight's moon is a lovely silver Cheshire cat smirk.
My hair started going back in college, but my mom said it was a genetic gift from her mom. I think she said her mom's hair was all white by the time she turned 30. I was kind of looking forward to that because my excessively oily skin makes my face look younger, and white hair with that face would have been startling. It didn't happen, and I'm okay with that.
I can only think of one person I know who let her hair go gray without hiding it. How sad is that? Dye is so expensive I could never afford it, but even if I could, I'm too cheap to spend money on it. (And then agonize about when my face looks old enough that I need to get my hair dyed gray or risk looking really creepy . . .)
Why do you suppose people get so panicky about gray hair? Are you panicky about it?
How do you feel about going gray naturally? Are you planning on doing it?
P.S. Tonight's moon is a lovely silver Cheshire cat smirk.
17 October 2009
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