The Accidental Haircut

When I say "accidental haircut", I'm not talking about the kind like my oldest brother gave me with his jackknife when he accidentally spit his gum onto the top of my head when I was 10. No, I am referring to the haircut I got the other day, when I wanted one kind of haircut but accidentally got another.

Now, I am no stranger to this kind of thing. It has happened to me on other occasions, and whether it has happened because of my poor description of what I wanted, or because of my not understanding what the haircutter was suggesting...or whether we have a different understanding or what a "layer" is, or even what "shoulder length" means I don't know. My suspicion is that it is all of the above, perhaps with some creative license thrown in by the hairdresser. This is one of the reasons while overseas I rarely get my hair cut. And I almost never get my hair cut in my usual country of residence.....because all of these factors PLUS a language barrier, well it's just too risky. I'd rather just be perpetually "growing my hair out."

Well, I got my second haircut in almost a year the other day. Also a colour and hilight. It was a very interesting time. My head looks nothing like what I asked for. But I like it. The colour isn't too far off what i wanted, I'm a little blonder than I've ever been before but that's ok. It's kinda fun. But the style....how to describe it... my hair before getting it cut was longer, just past my shoulders, pretty close to being all one length. and i said "just cut it above shoulder length...but please don't make it triangle shaped." (Because I hate looking like a character from Dilbert)

I actually think that the triangle comment was what threw it off. He asked if he could "put some soft layers in"...sure, anything that will prevent triangle head. Well, it just took off from there. He just went off on his own creative streak. I can't even describe what my hair is like. But it's definately not triangle shaped, and for that I'm thankful. Perhaps that hair dresser - the whole time was being chased by fear that at the end of all his work I would look into the mirror and declare "How horrible! It's triangle shaped!" Maybe he was doing everything in his power to avoid the horrid triangular label. I don't know. He just kept snipping away, and thinning and snipping... and now I have short hair. But as I said before, I like it, and my hair seems to be taking to it. I think that he did a pretty skillful job. It's a good cut.

You might think it's shallow but I actually prayed for a good haircut before hand. And, I know compared to other problems in the world, it's a small thing, but I am thankful for it just the same. And maybe it wasn't so accidental after all.