The two hour haircut

Today I got my hair cut. Perhaps the last major haircut before I shave it all off later this summer.

aside: yes, I am planning to become the bald miss J in a month or so. I've been thinking (and talking) about doing this since last summer when I finally got my hair down to my waist. Since it was right before the start of school, I opted for short but not too short.

But back to the story. Today I had a haircut that took 2 hours. It is shorter, it is cute, and it was really a bright spot in an otherwise all-around cloudy/glum day.

My stylist, Robbie is awesome. He's sarcastic and opinionated and can hold a conversation with me for 2 hours about politics, religion & spirituality, music and math/science. How often do you find that in a stylist?! The only time we talked about the weather was when we talked about global warming! He is really the first person to ever cut my hair to really want to TALK to me. I usually get the people who only want to ask the same general "I'll ask you about yourself but don't really want to know" questions. With Robbie, I just put it all out there and it got met. When he learned that I have a degree in physics, he responded "cool, my girlfriend is getting her degree in engineering." Not the typical response :)

Perhaps 2 hours is excessive for a haircut, but let me tell you, having someone in constant contact with just you for 2 hours is pretty amazing.

I forgot how wonderful it is to have someone else wash my hair. I get my haircut at an Aveda salon, and they don't just get your hair clean as fast as they can, but they work in a head and neck massage before, during and after the hair washing. heaven.

After he cut my hair, he spent nearly 30 minutes styling it. My hair is wavy on its own and can be pseudo-curly with a little help. He created curls on my entire head lock by lock. I can't even describe how awesome it was to have him brush my wet hair straight and then starting at the back of my neck finger twist every single lock of hair. And then blow dry it with the diffuser! Goodness, I could never replicate the same thing on my own.

Thinking all this over, I'm hesitating about getting rid of my hair completely...there's something really relaxing and therapeutic about this whole haircut thing.