Update on my hair

So it has been way too long since I have posted. So here is an update on the hair situation -

MAN! My hair grows fast and full. And there is even more gray. And curls. It is a little disconcerting that as far as I know, in my immediate family, no one else has curls like this. I'll keep asking my mom (I have her hair - as my dad starting losing his hair in his 20's) which relative has curly-wavy hair.

I think I am past the danger zone - no more hair tickling my ears or my eyes. That was when it was really annoying and I threatened to cut it off.

I keep telling my daughter that as soon as it gets long enough, I will put it in pigtails tied with pink ribbons and I will pick her up at school - and wear a name tag that says, "Lily's Dad." She said she would die of embarrassment, so I told her that I would go to bed early that night since my job as a parent would be done.

Anyway, I am far from 10 inches of hair, but I am well on the way. More updates later.

As you may remember, I am growing my hair for locks of love and I am not one to have long hair ever. It is an educational experience.

My latest discoveries:

If you have a lot of hair, it is harder to take care of
OK, you know all those jokes about getting blown off for a date because I have to wash my hair (not that I experienced any of those personally)? Well the concept, if not the veracity, has some foundation in reality. Hell, even with just a slightly longer mop up top, it takes forever to get it properly wet, and then there is getting the shampoo into it and all the scrubbing and the rinsing, etc. WHEW! I cannot figure out how women do it.

It's OK, I'll tough it out.

When your hair is short the grays are short, when your hair is long... the grays are long!
This is a bit of a shock - I have a crapload of gray hair. 'Nuff said.

Women are just as clueless about men's appearance as men are about women
Perhaps because I am still in the not obviously long hair stage, I am getting a lot of puzzled looks at the office and around town. A surprising amount of, "did you cut your hair?" "Something looks different?" "Are you losing weight?" (I wish), etc.

It must be human nature to notice a change globally, but not to be able to nail it down. So guys, when you get in trouble for not noticing a new dress, or new hair, or nails or lips (but not new cleavage, you should notice the cleavage), don't feel bad. It happens to women too, just men don't really care.

Keep track, more updates to come...

Locks of Love

I've decided to give a try to growing out my hair and giving it to Locks of Love.

Now let me preface this by saying that I have never had my hair over my collar, so growing a 10-inch ponytail is quite a change.

But hell, I am 46 and I still have a great head of thick hair, only a little gray here and there, and I mostly work from home and my hair is not going to get any better. So why not? It will be a change, and I can be a bit of a rebel for once.

I went to the LoL website to see what was up. COntrary to popular belief, most of the kids getting wigs from LoL do not have Cancer, but rather have Alopecia Areata (sp?) - which is a disease where the body's white cells attack the hair follicles and cause hair loss.

Imagine being a kid or a teen and having all those body image issues and then losing all your hair. Devastating! I know that my daughter who has tons of lovely hair is always fussing with hers, and if she lost it, I would do whatever I could to make her comfortable.

So I am going for it. We'll see if I can really make this happen - I am in the annoying hair length now.