Oh, no!!!

I was late to work today. For two reasons. The first was beyond my control. There was a wreck and we had to detour. But I would have been late anyway. Why? I got distracted while I was getting ready. I normally don’t spend too much time on my hair (no comments, please) but I gave it a little extra attention today. I wasn’t actually DOING my hair, I was just looking at it. What was I looking at? The gray.

I found my first gray hair 3 years ago. Actually, I didn’t find it, my mom did. She was dyeing my hair and she found it. She thought it was funny. She told me, “Well, you ARE Fairy Wear’s granddaughter.” My grandmother went white pretty early. I don’t remember her not having white hair. It seems I’ve inherited her genes. Oy vey.

So for a while, I just ignored the fact that I was getting gray hair. I didn’t inspect my hair on a regular basis looking for the offending strands. But I can’t escape them now. They are right up front and entirely too visible when I part my hair. I don’t really mind them too much. They are more silver than gray, so I think it looks more funky than old. I’ll just keep telling myself that, anyway.

I was thinking of dyeing my hair this fall. Kind of a warm, reddish, fall-esque kind of color. This morning, I made up my mind for sure.