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outside my scope
By heather | November 2, 2007
I am constantly convinced I missed my true calling. I don’t know when I should have had that a-ha! moment that told me what I should be doing for the rest of my life, but probably I wasn’t paying attention. (Mah life’s work, sob, when will it begin?)
The good news is that I can definitively rule out Hair Stylist. Cross it off the list of things (along with Professional Skier and anything that requires getting dirty) that I’m instinctively good at, because obviously my true calling will be something where I don’t have to put forth a lot of effort but yet am phenomenal at.
Ah the first haircut. I don’t know how we got to the point where he needed a haircut, because last time I looked he had spiky fuzz.
Anyway, I didn’t want to take him to my haircut place because honestly, I don’t think they like children much – which is why I like it for spa days and such. (I like my kid and most of my friend’s kids, but not Other People’s Kids – you know the ones rocking around knocking bottles off shelves and generally being annoying). I’m also not about to pay $50 for a baby haircut.
Going to someplace like the Hair Cuttery or Super Cuts just did not smack of the ceremony I felt was required of the occasion. Paying someone fresh out of beauty school to wave a pair of sharp scissors in front of my squirmy toddler’s eyes and attempt to cut a straight line just seemed to go together like black and navy blue – i.e. THEY DON’t. No. Don’t even try to tell me they do. On either count.
So I decided to do it myself. Yes, the irony occured to me too, about halfway into the haircut. What’s worse than a nervous newbie doing it? How about an over-confident-in-her-beauty-and-hair-cutting-skillz mom? With hair cutting scissors purchased at Wal-mart? Yes. That is worse. With Brett hovering nervously, simultaneously telling me to watch it! and cut it straight! I trimmed. I lifted and snipped and looked skilled, like a real stylist. And in the end we have a cut that is not horrible. Luckily the kid is cute enough to make up for it.
See for yourself.
Another not-brilliant idea – I’m going to cut it wet, like all the real stylists do!
In progress. It gets better than this, I promise.
Hey I can see again! Maybe now my perma-bruise will heal cuz I won’t keep banging into things!
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