3 days to go...but seriously we aren't counting

It is hard to imagine that those crazy people who decided it would be so much fun to go to school only to go...wait for it...right back to school would actually be excited for a break but seriously it is getting harder and harder to get up every day and I could desperately use some time off!

The students are getting antsy, they are ready to break out of this  place like it's their job and I seriously don't blame them.  It feels like we are in school so much closer to Christmas this year than in years past.  Maybe it's because Thanksgiving was so late or that this year we have a whole week before break rather than our usual 4 day week.  Regardless of the cause it seems like this year it is harder to make it to the end.

So we are trying to do fun dress up days at school to make this last week slightly more bearable...today's theme is character day and I had no idea what to do it was the toughest one yet!  Tomorrow is mismatch day...that's so easy I can just go into my closet and be random and it will work...that's winning in my book!

Anyways, Michelle is totally feeling the same struggles that I am this week with trying to survive and make it to break.  Last night over some yummy pasta and baked zucchini we decided that we were in a rut and needed to do something.  Something...anything....just weren't sure what that something was.  This is why it's a problem that my seat at the dinner table faces the sliding glass door...because as  we were talking about doing something fun and spur of the moment I began playing with my hair...which used to be red and has faded to a soft red/blonde/brown/whatever color.  And the more we talk the more I was thinking that the night of the "Tuesday Night Dye Job" was about to happen!

So you know it's going to be a good night when the conversation with my mom goes as follows:
"Hi, Mom, you're going to be annoyed with my question because it's a serious question that you won't think is serious!"
Her response, "Okay...hmmmm!"
Laughing I responded with, "see this is my point, I knew you were going to say that...that's just what you do.  Anyways back to my serious question that you won't want to answer."
...no response....still waiting....take this as my queue to keep talking...
"How long should I wait to redye my hair?"
"Well how long has it been since you dyed it"
"I don't remember...everyone was gone and busy last time I did it I was bored and lonely."
"So that was like 6 or more weeks ago...that should be fine since the color is faded out but I would wait until the weekend if I were you."
"Yeah about that...I'm not waiting...we are doing it tonight!  That's for the advice...I'll call you if I go bald."
"You won't go bald."
"Well then I won't call you!"
"Okay the worst that could happen is that it turns out really red."
"I can live with that! Love you!"

This would be a good time to say that she doesn't like my red hair normally so going really red isn't the ideal outcome to the Tuesday night slum Michelle and I were in but it happens!

So 20 minutes later we are in the bathroom singing some JT and dying my hair. And suddenly I'm not all that mad about going to work today and I'm more excited not because anyone will notice because after all it's the same color I dyed it before but because it was fun and spontaneous and refreshing to do!  After all aren't all the best memories in life made like that!  

So with 3 more days until school's out for break...I have darker, redder hair and a better outlook on getting through these next three days!  And like Michelle always says...and by always I mean she sent me a pin once and now I say always!

With Love Always,

Alex