Dormant

I went and got my haircut today (took me some time but I finally found someone who can cut my hair - most people look at the curls and I see them become defeated before they start by the look on their face).  So after I got my haircut, I snapped some photos and posted them online.  Shortly there after, I checked back and friends were commenting; saying that it looks good/different and they were glad to see this "new" side of me.  After thinking about it, this isn't a "new" side of me, this side of me has just been dormant for awhile and I'm letting her back out.

It has been a long/emotional week for me and getting this haircut was a nice release.  I've actually wanted to have a version of this hairstyle for awhile now but I've either settled on the stylists interpretation of it or I've just done a shorter version of how I'd been wearing it.  It's a style that I had a version of (short sides/back and longer on top) but I've had it cut so I have a few options - I can either turn the top into a faux mohawk or leave it just messy/curly on top.  Since I often have difficulty finding the "right" product for my hair, I actually asked the stylists opinion - I was presently surprised when she called in another stylist for his input.  Between the two of them, they gave me suggestions for some really nice (yet affordable) products for both styles.

Why was it a long/emotional week you may ask?  I ended up working Monday - Saturday this past week (I worked on Saturday so my Sports Coordinator could have the day off; and I'll be doing it again this upcoming Saturday for her) and clocked just over 60 hours.  If I'm working doctor's hours, I wish I was making a doctor's salary; I myself am a salary employee, however I only get paid for the first 40 hours I worked.  We are gearing up for two pretty major inspections and I was putting in some work towards those as well as preparing for summer programming.  I'm probably at 75% for both of the inspections in preparing the required documentation and I'm pleased with that accomplishment.  On the other hand, I also had to have a pretty intense conversation with one of my coworkers that just left me drained...

There was a situation that came up this week where this particular coworker felt as if I intentionally left them out of the loop.  Their feelings were hurt because they didn't think their was communication between us so in order to air things out we had a conversation that lasted just over two hours.  I didn't mind that the conversation itself happened but it was frustrating that it was a two hour+ conversation.  Oh, well.  It happened, it's over, we move on (hopefully...).  If nothing else, it will probably be a good thing that this week is a 4-day work week...

To help continue to bring out the "dormant me," I am going to come up with a plan that helps make that happen.  I'm sure it's going to take some time/effort to create this plan but I know that I need to do something.  Since I have tomorrow off of work, I am going to begin the plan tomorrow I think.  Since I just realized how late it is, it's probably a good thing that I get tomorrow off of work because I'm not sure when I'm going to be falling asleep tonight (since it's about midnight and I'm still wide awake).  I probably should bring this to a close so I can start the process of heading to bed.  I hope that each of you have a great week ahead my dear readers and we can all work on improving ourselves.  Thanks for reading!  =)