Well, It's Something Different

I decided to get my hair done today. I haven't had it cut or colored for about five or six months. It looked horrible, needless to say. I knew if I got it cut and colored, it would make me feel human again. I've experimented in the past couple of years with adding streaks of color to my hair. My hair is naturally a dark reddish brown, now completely grey. I always have the stylist dye it some shade of darkish brown red. Then, I've been having them add three or four small streaks of teal, blue, orange, or green.

Today I think I went completely over to the dark side. Or the blonde side, as it were. I had them bleach all my hair (they had to bleach just the streaks before), then dye it blonde-yellow, almost corn silk color. THEN I had them dye the ends orange. I have no camera that I can take a picture with that will download to my computer, so I found a couple of pics on line that are sort of close. The first one is the closest in colors, except that my yellow is not nearly that bright. But my hair is much, much shorter. Above my ears short. The second one is more like my hair cut, but with the colors reversed and muted a bit. Yeah, I'm crazy, but I love it. :D

My Therapist

Things went well with my therapist today. She was surprised at the change in me in one week. She liked my hair and said I was so much brighter all around than last week, it was like a different person. We talked about the trash can saga, since she's the one who told me to order it from Staples. Then we talked about religion and she clued me in to a place right in the nearby "big city" that might have a lot to offer me. It's new-agey, so I'm a little leery until I know those places are legit. They have a web site, so I'm going to check them out. They offer yoga classes and I'd love to take a beginners class.

I'm a little concerned about the sudden turn-around in my mood, though. I've gone back on my med for what was possible bipolar with hypomania. That means I live in a depressive state most of the time and occasionally have periods of slightly elevated moods. In a "regular" bipolar person, the depressive and the manic states are polar opposites. They are either totally depressed or totally manic. I'm not. My manic states are like a good day for a normal person, so it's hard to diagnose bipolar with hypomania. I was the one who first suggested the diagnosis, but my doctor pooh-poohed the idea. Now, she's sure I was right. Sooooo, if I'm in a manic phase, will the med keep me up or will I crash again? I see that doctor on the 5th and I'm going to ask her. She doesn't know anything that has happened this past week, so we'll see.

Anyway, for now I'm going to try to relax and enjoy the up mood. I've gotten two stories written in two days for my Hurt/Comfort Bingo challenge. I might get all 25 stories done by next weekend. :D