We are still sheltering in place here in the Rose City. I've lost track of how long it has been. Since sometime in March and this is the 3rd of May. Can't be bothered to do the math.
For a retired homebody, the stay at home order has made minimal difference in my life. True, I haven't seen friends or gone anywhere but the grocery store, but still... I can't complain. In fact, it has alleviated the need to make excuses for not going out. Lol.
The biggest thing I miss is my public library. I bought a couple of books early on in the lockdown. One I had planned to purchase anyway since it was written by a friend. The Royal Abduls by Ramiza Koya. So proud of her! So amazing to have a novel published! The other one was the third book of a series that I was reading. I had book #2 from the library and had to finish the series. (The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness.) Now I'm just trying to read from my own shelves.
I was texting with a friend last week, asking her how out of control her hair had gotten. This friend is very butchy and gets her hair cut every three weeks. She was going nuts! She couldn't stand it any more and bought a hair clipper and did it herself. It doesn't look half bad! That gave me the courage to try it myself. I watched a video (some fashionable young Canadian man, to judge by the accent) and he made it look if not easy, at least doable.
Here's the thing, I only have dog clippers. The University of YouTube* assured me that it's ok to use dog clippers on humans as opposed to the opposite. So, I rummaged around until I found them (my old dog with longish hair shuffled off this mortal coil several years ago and I haven't used the darned things since.) Step one was to take some steel wool to the blades to get the rust off.
Anyway, I did it and while it's far from perfect, it feels a whole lot better! Here are some pix:
This is the before picture. My hair looks like a thatched roof!
So much better! I need to decrease the length of the top but I'm pretty satisfied with how it turned out. And, really, it's only hair and mine grows fast. I hope you are entertained by this saga!
Other than my hair drama, I haven't done much of anything. A little quilting. Made a bunch of masks and gave them to friends and family. Still working on a rug for my neighbor. Just the usual pastimes of my old fart self.
So, tell me, what are you doing during these strange times?
* One of The Rancher's part time helpers has named it this and it makes me laugh. :^)
