Sunday, July 26, 2015

Being yourself, knocking down walls and the whole universe

Readers, I am still going grey. I am growing slowly into it. The kids keep inspecting my head in a running commentary and saying, yes, there is a little bit more grey! Indoors in dim light it looks fine, I think...

Outdoors, in bright sunlight I may look as if seagulls have poo-ed on my head, or as if I have been painting the ceiling - I don't know - but I was thinking today: is self-acceptance really such a radical act? Because that's all it is, this letting-your-hair-be-as-nature-intended. I threw out my old hair-dye towels today. They looked like they were used to dry rusty railings. And tea bags.

Meanwhile, we have knocked a wall down. I'll say that again, shall I? We have knocked a wall down and we are not wall-knocking-down people! 

It's great though. Instead of a dining room and a teensy kitchen, we have a big kitchen-diner thingy. It only took us five years. Photos to follow, if you are lucky...

And finally, I asked Tess why she wouldn't go and play with Hugh today. She shrugged and replied, oh, he is just wrecking the whole universe, as if that was standard for 6 year old boys. 


4 comments:

Someone Said said...

When do you go from Wall Knocking Down to Room Adding? Well done!

Ciara said...

Oh, steady on Someone Said...we'd need to be millionaires. But often I envisage whole new rooms in my mind, with walls of glass and sunlight bursting in. Still, (*reminds self to live in the now*) the new kitchen is, well, newly satisfying.

Mitch said...

Congrats on the wall knock-through and the going grey adventure! Two other friends have gone through the process (of going au naturale, not the wall knocking thing) and, though it has take about a year to grow out the color, they're happy with the results!

Ciara said...

Thanks Mitch - yup, uniformity of shade is the long term goal! :-)