My mom came in last

My mom came in last night and will be visiting for a few days. Her visits are always a mixture of pleasure and guilt: the pleasure of her being here and getting to do stuff with her, and the guilt of not having a proper guest bed or a tub that the cat doesn’t pee in or a neighborhood that’s good for wandering or the ability to take off lots of days of work to be able to hang out while she’s here. She’s very good natured about everything and even answered “good” when I asked how she slept even though I eventually got out of her that the air mattress deflated half-way through the night and she ended up crawling up to sleep on J’s college futon. I did buy her fresh bagels, though!

Tomorrow we’re off to do some shopping and…dun dun dun DUN…try out some wedding hair! I’ve kinda been killing myself trying to find a hairstyle that I like that isn’t an up-do (which is like finding a nice wedding dress that isn’t strapless: practically sacrilege in the wedding world). This will be more funny to some of you than others, but I actually spent a frantic lunch hour at Barnes and Nobel looking for a book that was just pages of wedding hair styles and WHY DOESN’T THIS BOOK EXIST? I had to make do with some crap wedding magazines which promise things like “Your Hair Problems Solved!” that turn out to be small photoless articles about what kind of gel to use if you’re styling your hair yourself. Otherwise, I got treated to lots of interesting hairstyles, which, while INTERESTING

weren’t so much helpful.

And speaking of helpful, let’s consult the ol’ internet. Hey internet, what kind of wedding hairstyles do you suggest?

Hmm...well, I uh. Sideburn curls, huh. Let's see what else you got.

So you're pretty into the hair decorations, eh? And the flowers and crap, too, huh? Anything else?

This one looks familiar. Oh yes, fourth grade.

Hey now! Here's a saucy girl with killer hair AND a killer dress-bustier...sleeve...thingy..

So, as I'm sure you can imagine, this appointment will be full of fun as I hand him a couple of pretty combs and give some vague directions about soft spirals. I don't think I'll bring the above images, as I'm afraid they would burn his retinas and debilitate his expertise. Wish me luck.

Also, welcome back, Eva! (ha, the crossout with frowny face hasn't failed me yet)

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