…before I enjoy 17 days in Europe! It’s been a lot of work but I think I have most things in place for a good time. My companion this time seems a little more overwhelmed and less excited than my friend who went before, but it’s her first time and there is a lot to take in.
I’ve been practicing French daily and I think I’ll continue after this trip so I can truly say I’m back to fluency. In the meantime, my accent is unpredictable and there is no flow at all. Meh – c’est la vie! We will make it work.
Spent 6 hours in the hair salon last Friday and the outcome after the first washing is a very green-gray. Certainly not the beautiful white and salt/pepper that has been growing in for the past 3-4 months. It’s just a toner and it will ultimately wash out, but what will be left behind is bleached blonde until THAT grows out. So I’ll be bound to tone it again at least a few more times unless I opt for a pixie. Interestingly, that isn’t really scary. Something has flipped in my head – I know longer really care if anyone else likes it. It’s temporary and I can change it at will.
I’m sleeping well. I’m ok with taking on what amounts to tiny tasks around the house and trying to just make some progress in this huge pile of 3 households being stored in a 2000 sq ft house (pushing it by counting the back porch). Inevitably, I’m having to let go of my own things as my husband is unable to do it with things from his family and that’s the issue. All the extra stuff is that. Well, not true – some is from my office, but I’ve literally given away thousands of dollars worth of furnishings and equipment so I didn’t have to store them in the garage, unused, for 20 years. When I come back from Europe, this is going to become a more important goal.