rando uncle: "ah girl, you leave hair so long to look like korean star is it?"
hairdresser aunty: "no la she just lazy to cut"
interactions like that make me smile. i cut my hair very occasionally, i wouldn't even dare call my hair dresser my "regular" hair dresser. i tried different hair salons when i was younger - i have concluded that i am not willing to pay anything more than $35 for a haircut because i just don't really care much about my hair, plus i have so much hair that it honestly doesn't make much of a difference. I used to visit this one that i currently go to when i was younger. it was the first hair salon i remember going to to layer my hair when i was 13. it was a wreck. but i think it was the style then.
went for spin in the morning, and got breakfast with munnie. caught up about our lives, and i am just so thankful for conversations with her - serious life changing decisions peppered with her obsession with reality tv. we weren't really friends when we were in school. i was too much of a goody-two-shoes, and brainlessly rule abiding. she was a little bit of an intellectual rebel, challenging teachers in discussions. part of me felt like i wasn't really very worthy to interact with her because i really didn't have many opinions. but fast forward to today, we get along so well, and i am thankful for how real our conversations are - and also knowing she will not hesitate to call me out on things, but also wouldn't judge me (or maybe secretly hahaha).
was supposed to head to the gallery, but the appointment got pushed back. drove over to the hair salon. i don't ever remember what they are called (but now i know). i asked my mom about it but she was said to just walk in. they don't even have a proper google location with hours. they are located near my late grandma's place. i used to walk under the block of flats to and from kindergarten. the hairdresser aunty talks just the right amount - not invasive, but also not completely frivolous, and it's always comfortable. she knows exactly how low maintenance i am, and doesnt judge me for it - no pushy sales about treatment nor any judgment about how dry my hair is. i also like how she doesn't blow dry my hair flat and straight and i don't have to tell her either. ahh, it was just the perfect pleasant hair cutting experience that i can rely on.
thankful for the small things like these that just help to add some calm and rid some anxiety. been experiencing some insane levels of anxiety that's work-related. these march holidays are very needed.
