Went into Emporia this morning to get my hair cut. My hairdresser can’t figure out why the hair on the crown of my head is sticking straight up. Even after he finished my haircut the hair was still sticking up. He said he rarely has seen that happen before. He decided it had to do with the weight loss and that my head must have shrunk and pulled the hair-line a bit. A side effect of weight loss I hadn’t anticipated. He said if i put some product on my hair and muss it up so no one will notice as much. As if I care? To tell the truth I hadn’t even noticed it. I brush my hair after my shower each morning and never look at it again all day.
Stopped and got some groceries before I came home. Decided to fix myself a birthday dinner tomorrow night for my guests. I invited the kids to come out but doubt if any come unless Tim and Ellexia come out. Jason and Michelle have to work and Nicole is coming Saturday.
I told my long-term guy last night he has been here long enough I get to treat him like he is one of my kids. He ask how old my kids were and was surprised some of them are older than he is. He said he doesn’t see me as a 65-year-old. Think he was buttering me up but it was nice to hear anyways.
Kathy is going to KY next week for her interview for the year-long volunteer job she wants to do. She is excited they finally got back to her with an interview date. If both she and they like each other she is hoping to find out next week when she will get to start. It will be really different around here with her gone. Glad I will have guests around so the house doesn’t echo so much with just me here.
Got a little under 1 1/2 inch of rain yesterday. That is the biggest rain fall my corner of the prairie has had all year. Forecast shows the possibility of more rain on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Went outside for a bit last night and had to put a jacket on. Wore a sweater to town today. Fall is coming soon and I am ready for it.
Had a Match send me a message yesterday. We are still going back and forth writing each other. Only problem is he lives in CO which would make a relationship a bit of a challenge. Fun to practice talking to a guy though. It has been a long, long time since I dated – I think I have forgotten how. I never dated much as a kid anyways.
You can leave a short quote of some sort that shares who you are. I read one from a guy that said “I can’t take a bite of you anymore but I sure can gum you nice”. Honestly! I choose not to like that one but I did have to check out his picture. Yep – he has no teeth. I do give him points for honesty but not enough to click like!
Oh the world of dating. Not sure I am ready for this yet. Sticking my foot into the pond and testing the waters. I may pull it out quickly though.
Nothing I have to get done this afternoon. I will enjoy the empty space and do some embroidery work. I can find a cleaning project or two if the mood strikes.
If Kathy goes to KY before I go to Australia in November I am going to have to find someone to come out mid-week to clean and do some laundry and then someone to house-sit and do some bed changes on the weekends. The guys said they would do the chicken, cat and dog chores during the week. Still more than two months out so I have lots of time to figure something out.
I am now two pounds from my goal weight. I had been hoping I would be at goal weight by my birthday but that isn’t going to happen. Down almost 60 pounds from a year ago.
The wind has returned to the prairie today. It has been so calm lately that I forgot about the windy days. It is to warm back up and reach the 90’s on Friday and then stay there for several days. Trusting this will be the last blast of summer and fall temperatures will be coming in after this and staying around for a while.
Grateful for the rain the prairie received yesterday and the cooler temperatures that came with it, grateful for a haircut and the way it always cheers me up, and grateful for the change that is coming to my life on many different levels.