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I'm never ready for winter. Especially since we didn't get much of a summer this year. It arrived late, never got hot for long, and then left early. Hmph.
Last night after I got home from a farewell dinner, my hair smelled like a burger joint (not surprising, considering the location of the dinner) and I couldn't stand to sleep in it. So I washed it, which made me a little nervous. I've been leaving the henna/indigo unwashed for at least five days for everything to settle. But this morning I didn't notice any fading--even after I blow-dried the remaining damp spots before I went to bed. Hurray! And then, thanks to a couple Benedryl, I slept almost all the way through the night. I woke up once, but was able to go back to sleep after fifteen minutes or so. I couldn't believe it was really 7:00 when the alarm went off. It was so dark! Ugh.
Guess what I learned today! I'm about to lose vacation time if I don't use some soon. I thought I could go up to 240 hours of accrued time, but no, I can only accrue 208 hours. My current paycheck shows me standing at 200 hours, but I took off eight hours for Columbus Day. Still, that puts me at 192 hours. I wasn't planning to take off any time until after New Years. Guess Again! Looks like a late autumn stay-cation is on my calendar. I mean, time off work is awesome, but I'd rather have waited until January, when the weather is super shitty and I don't want to go outside.
Final note: After over twenty years off the acting stage, I've been invited to be in a staged reading of Andre's Mother by E.A.T. It's their last production before the director, Paul Lim, retires. Magic 8 Ball says: Possibility. Confirm Soon.
Last night after I got home from a farewell dinner, my hair smelled like a burger joint (not surprising, considering the location of the dinner) and I couldn't stand to sleep in it. So I washed it, which made me a little nervous. I've been leaving the henna/indigo unwashed for at least five days for everything to settle. But this morning I didn't notice any fading--even after I blow-dried the remaining damp spots before I went to bed. Hurray! And then, thanks to a couple Benedryl, I slept almost all the way through the night. I woke up once, but was able to go back to sleep after fifteen minutes or so. I couldn't believe it was really 7:00 when the alarm went off. It was so dark! Ugh.
Guess what I learned today! I'm about to lose vacation time if I don't use some soon. I thought I could go up to 240 hours of accrued time, but no, I can only accrue 208 hours. My current paycheck shows me standing at 200 hours, but I took off eight hours for Columbus Day. Still, that puts me at 192 hours. I wasn't planning to take off any time until after New Years. Guess Again! Looks like a late autumn stay-cation is on my calendar. I mean, time off work is awesome, but I'd rather have waited until January, when the weather is super shitty and I don't want to go outside.
Final note: After over twenty years off the acting stage, I've been invited to be in a staged reading of Andre's Mother by E.A.T. It's their last production before the director, Paul Lim, retires. Magic 8 Ball says: Possibility. Confirm Soon.
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