A while back my sister-in-law wrote an inspiring blog post on hot rollers and has since revealed that rag curls put a beautiful spring into her gorgeous hair. My hair is quite opposite from my sis's, being STICK straight, very fine, and mostly un-gorgeous when it comes to doing fun things with it.
After Grace's blog post I tried hot rollers and had little success. With the move over, the house mostly put together, and a full night's sleep behind me (PRAISE THE LORD!), I figured today would be a great time to give rag rolling a try. After a few errands which included dropping some lunch off for the hubby, and picking up 40lbs of chicken feed, it was time to put the girl down for her nap and start rollin.
While I'm thinking of it, in case you were wondering, if you ever find yourself needing to pick up FORTY POUNDS of chicken feed, please remember to bring your baby carrier, or cart cover. The option of carrying your child in one arm AND pushing a rolling flat that, once loaded with chicken pellets, will only want to go in the direction of a hard right, will result in your being so miscombobulated that you try to check out on the opposite side of the check out lane. It will also invoke such sympathy from the checker that he asks to help you to your car. Anyway...that's just a bonus thought for you there.
So after errands and my girl went down for her nap, I cut up a much loved, over-worn t-shirt into strips, wet my hair and began rolling. I believe I did a fairly good job of partitioning my hair out, and managed to do a decent job on my first try. As the final curl is rolled, I look in the mirror at my moppy head and think "Thank the Lord no one has to see me like this!"
Then my phone rings.
It's the insurance lady: "Yes Mrs. Borne, in order to finish the process, we need to come by and collect a sample of your saliva. When is a good time for me to come by?"
Me: "Umm.....well sometime tomorrow would work."
Ins. lady: "Well actually, I'm in your area today.....would this afternoon work? Say in about 30 minutes?"
Me: "Oh, yes, that will work. **insert inner feeling of horror** Umm, this may sound strange, but as fair warning, I just put my hair in rag rollers so I look a little strange." Thinking: Good grief, that was a dumb thing to say. Did you NEED to say that?
Ins lady: "Oh. **crickets chirp** That's fine."
When she got here she did her best not to look bewildered. I felt obligated to tell her that I don't normally do this, that my hair is straight and I wanted to see what it would look like curly...blah-blah-blah...all with a little saliva sample stick protruding forth from my mouth. Yes, it was rather embarrassing. These curls had better look pretty beautiful for the trouble they've caused.
Life is a comedy, and in case you haven't had a good laugh today, here ya go....
"Come to collect my saliva, have you? Well come right on in...."
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