“Cut it to my chin,” I say emphatically.
“Are you sure?” The stylist asks.
“I’m sure.”
I sit back in her chair and watch as the hip, youngish woman slowly snips off my long, dark, shoulder skimming layers into a pageboy bob. She told me her name when I walked into the salon, but I don’t remember it at that moment. Maybe I was too busy checking my Blackberry, or the time, or thinking of what I had to get done when I got back to work.
The haircut had been an impulsive decision but a necessary one. Maybe there had been too many layers cut into my hair or maybe it was that I was tired of fighting the August humidity with my blow dryer or maybe it was the fact that I was trying to fight the too many layers and August humidity with my blow dryer with a twenty month old tugging at my skirt and a five year old jumping all over the bed I had actually remembered to make that morning, and a three year old painting the bathroom walls with toothpaste. Maybe it was all of that and the fact that my Blackberry hadn’t stopped beeping since the moment I woke up and I knew there were messages and deadlines waiting for me and that I was late for work once again.
Something had to give, and on that day, it was my hair.
Have you ever had a “Something has to give” moment?
Have you ever had so many of them that you knew something really had to give “or else?”
How were are at listening to yourself when you had it?
Come join me today over at Breadwinning Mamma where I describe my “something has to give moment” and what came of it.
See you there!
Many, many of those moments my friend! Heading over to visit you there now!
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Hopefully those moments are behind both of us for good!
I wanna see a picture!!!
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I have some of me with my “sleek and professional” chin length bob. I will have to find one and tweet it out!
Definitely have had those moments, and I’m anticipating much more as I become a parent!
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I have a feeling you will handle those moments beautifully.
Just left you a comment at Breadwinning Mama! I have something’s gotta give moments all the time! Proof – the layer of dust on my furniture. When something’s gotta give, cleaning the house is at the top of my list!
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Mine too Nicole! The cleaning is always last on my list!
I chopped my very long hair off to my ears in a bob one night in high school. My mom was pissed at first, but it was exactly the image change I needed to completely reinvent who I was – definitely for the better. I was unhappy where I was, and that haircut was a total game changer.
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See? Now that’s a good reason to chop off your hair! I’m glad it changed the game for you!
Enjoyed as usual!
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Thanks for coming over, Joi!
What is it with kids and walls?
I know those moments well around here. Heading over to check out what gave.
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Crayon, toothpaste, and the list goes on. And yes, in the end, I gave more than my hair for sure!
Oh, my goodness…so many of them.
I always love chopping off my hair. It feels so freeing. It makes me feel actually (and metaphorically) lighter. I’m in a “growing out” phase right now. I wonder what THAT means! Going over to read about the rest of it right now!! –Lisa
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I’m all about growing out the hair right now! But I love chopping mine off too! One day, mine will be short again, but hopefully not due to an impulsive decision I’ve made during a stressful day at work…
You know I’ll be there!
I have to say, the hair would be the last thing to give for me. I envy people who can cut their hair without crying for months over it.
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Your hair is gorgeous. It’s *Not* the thing you should give if something has to!
One of my favorite posts – such a true message that we all need!!!
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Thank you Kim!
I have had more of those moments than I care to count. Since our wreck in July a lot of things have had to give to my inability to do a great deal without paying for it later in debilitating back pain..
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When something like that hits you unexpectedly, I think many things have to give to accommodate the situation – and your back! Best wishes in your healing!
Where do I start with counting those moments? I used to spend a lot of time crying in the bathroom when the twins were newborns. ‘Nuff said.
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If only I had known you were crying in the bathroom! I was probably crying in mine at the same time! We could have called each other…
Oh, yes. I know those moments.
I’ll be right over!
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Thank you for coming over and adding your lovely words to the day!
So many of those moments….heading over now!
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Thanks, Leah!
I love, love, loved this post. Thank you.
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And I loved your comment on Kerry’s page. Thanks my friend! xo
I know you look gorgeous in any do! I need a pic of this one – just to be sure! xo
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I have to dig one out and Tweet it out to you and Christie! xo
Heading there right now! I’ve had a ton, my friend.
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Those moments, not my favorite, but they do seem to lead to the life changers that we need.
I have had SO many of those moments. But I appreciate them for the push it gives me to finally do something!
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Yes! Exactly! When we listen to those moments, we know it’s the push that we need!
I’ve tried to grow out my hair, and it frustrates me endlessly – the blow drying, the time…. For me, the hair is also something that had to give. Heading over to check out your post…
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You have great hair! Although I understand the frustrations of trying to grow it out – especially the cut I had after my “something has to give” moment!
Something always has to give.I’m a mom. I had a hair situation like you. I was wearing extensions and wigs because my corporate office wasn’t ready for a black woman with her natural, unstraightened hair texture to show. But it was incredibly humid and hot, and I felt like I was taking my daughter that her hair want good enough by wearing fake hair. Something had to give. All of that extra hair on my head was turning me mad. So I took it all out, washed my hair, put a little conditioner in it and went to work. People gave been supportive for the most part. Even if they weren’t, I don’t care. I feel free!
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Go you for pulling off those extensions. That must have felt like a huge weight off – literally and figuratively!
Loved the post on Kerry’s site, Ilene – especially the last paragraph. So glad I read it!
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Thanks, Dana, and I’m glad you loved the last line. I remind myself of that all the time!
Something always has to give for me…because I can’t say no. Then I get overwhelmed. Then I get mad. Then I cut off my hair or something like that. 🙂
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Oh, Carli! Story of my life! If I could say no, I don’t think I would have cut off my hair that day!
Most of my “something has to give” moments end in my cutting my hair. It’s cute now! Lol. My other “something has to give” moments aren’t so pleasant. I can turn into a real something or another.
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I can turn into a real something or another too my friend. Although lately, I’ve kept my wrath off of my hair..at least for now…
Oh, I’ve definitely had my something to give moments. Hair seems to be an easy thing to get rid of, doesn’t it?
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You are SO brave, I cut 4″ off two months ago, it still only put my hair almost to the top of my shoulders, I cry every time Carlton cuts my hair, he keeps wine for when I come in because he knows I am going to be whiny… Lol… I’m a drama queen I guess. 🙂 One day maybe I can cut it and not cry but my hair is what makes me, I feel like… You go…
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