I do love historical fiction. Esp if the author does a good job weaving in facts to a suspenseful storyline. Sadly I have not been much of a reader the past few years. It comes and goes with me. I can usually read a book in a few days if I am in one of those cycles.

One thing I am also learning to do is NOT to clean the friggin cat box every time I pass by. When I was not home so much I usually cleaned them when I got home. Now it's difficult but I am forcing myself to just do it a few times a day.

and then you wonder why it was not set up that way to begin with!!! Another Pandemic positive is that I am saving money on hair styling and coloring, eyelash treatments, tollways (I can take the highway due to less traffic for school). This is a good thing because honestly my pay was cut 20% so I really needed to budget a little bit.

Well I am happy to report that I am actually really liking leaving my hair curly and uncombed at this point. Even when things go back to the new normal I think I might just leave it this way. No worries about sweating the straight out or getting creases when I pin it up etc... I used to always have to be so careful in the rain. Not any more!

I got my lashes done today and was happy to INSIST my gal wear a mask. I did have to insist. And then it was lucky that I did because right when I got on the table there was a knock on the door and it was an Austin Police Officer checking to make sure she was complying with Covid regulations. So I saved her bacon. literally. And she did tell me that when she went to Vegas (Belagio) in early Aug that the bars were closed and she was upset how nazi they were about everyone wearing masks even at the pool! I secretly laughed and was glad to hear it because Vegas scares me with the casinos and such. She also told me she recently got tested because it was free and was negative. So all that made me feel somewhat more comfortable.

Another positive. And none political but my favorite nephew who got married last year to just the sweetest and smartest gal (and beautiful!) texted me today for the first time ever! It happened because his Mother in Law made a huge facebook post (I met her at the shower) about their huge Trump 2020 make America great again patriotic outing. Anyway, my post was very gentle in that I said I was also a patriot and did not feel like America had gotten greater in the past 4 years and that it seemed to me that all that had happened was that the country had exploded in hatred and division fueled by our leader. Anyway, evidently both my nephew and his wife appreciated my gentle discussion and he texted me which was just made me so happy! He is the best kiddo ever. Both of them are teachers in FLA working remotely right now - they met overseas while both were volunteering and fell in love. The complete fairy tale story.

curlyhairedbON((revertingtochildhoodhairstyleat60+)

thank you ladies! It has taken me a long long time to understand that after I wash it, I put some product in and then LEAVE IT ALONE. It just curls on it's own. If I try to brush it out I get really fluffy / frizzy hair. And another gal at work gave me a hint and said if you just rinse the back down in the morning it will refresh the curls and you don't have to wash every day. So since I absolutely HATE fixing my hair this is a win win. And I do like the more natural look of the lashes. I have seen some which I don't think the gals could wear glasses with and look like caterpillars but not for me.

I have only been trimming my bangs every few weeks just a little the rest can go wild. LOL. I have learned to be very careful with trimming and just do half of what I think is needed.

So I guess Pandemic positive which is the theme of this thread is quite common on the hair for women.

Good Morning! And I am putting this here because I am just typing here but I have tried to go back to read some of the earlier habit month threads and I must say that it looks like you 3-4 gals form the heart of this group now. I sure hope that Denise is doing ok. It's really hard to get into the caretaker mode and forget to take care of yourself or take time for yourself. Seems like caretaking, then family always come first. ANd I did not realize that MM had recently retired! WOW. Congratulations.

Well back to the other threads in a little bit

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