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So I realized as I was going to sleep last night that I'd plum forgotten to do the readings or my micro-essay for comp.relig today. Oops. So, that made my morning less pleasant, but it could have been worse. Got it all done at least.
It's amazing what an ego-boost it is, getting a haircut. Not only because I feel good, and feel like I look good and more how I want to. It's not even just the compliments I keep getting, though that helps. It's the fact that even people I've never talked to noticed the difference. Which means they were paying attention before, at least enough to tell that something changed. It sounds a bit pathetic, actually, but knowing that people noticed... ::shrug:: It's a thing, y'know?
I do love my new hair. I've started wearing make-up too, which is probably helping with the noticing. I don't like feeling like I HAVE to wear make-up, but it's fun to do when I feel like it. And again, an ego-boost. Feeling like I look good. It's nice.
So today, after I went to drop off my micro-essay (I had it sorta written before class, but I wanted to make it better, so I went and dropped it off later), as I was walking back to the dorm, I saw Guthrie and Hannah playing frisbee. They invited me to play. Over the course of the next say 45 minutes, the group grew to seven or so people, then shrank back down to just me, Hannah, and one other girl. It was so nice. Pleasant, low-stress social interaction, with light physical involvement and some simple physics brain calculations. Just plain old life. I like it.
And now, I should do laundry and pack for thanksgiving.
It's amazing what an ego-boost it is, getting a haircut. Not only because I feel good, and feel like I look good and more how I want to. It's not even just the compliments I keep getting, though that helps. It's the fact that even people I've never talked to noticed the difference. Which means they were paying attention before, at least enough to tell that something changed. It sounds a bit pathetic, actually, but knowing that people noticed... ::shrug:: It's a thing, y'know?
I do love my new hair. I've started wearing make-up too, which is probably helping with the noticing. I don't like feeling like I HAVE to wear make-up, but it's fun to do when I feel like it. And again, an ego-boost. Feeling like I look good. It's nice.
So today, after I went to drop off my micro-essay (I had it sorta written before class, but I wanted to make it better, so I went and dropped it off later), as I was walking back to the dorm, I saw Guthrie and Hannah playing frisbee. They invited me to play. Over the course of the next say 45 minutes, the group grew to seven or so people, then shrank back down to just me, Hannah, and one other girl. It was so nice. Pleasant, low-stress social interaction, with light physical involvement and some simple physics brain calculations. Just plain old life. I like it.
And now, I should do laundry and pack for thanksgiving.