this weekend i got my first real haircuts since january. my mom had trimmed up the ends a while ago, but this was the first real cut. my strategy was to wait as long as possible to let some of the new growth lengthen before getting a cut, but i could not stand all of the straggle-y hair any longer. so, he shaped it up about as well as he could given what he had to work with. this also meant changing my part (which, as you can imagine, always feels weird) because my hair seems to naturally be veering towards that direction.

anyway, saturday was the first day i have ventured out in public without a hat since february! i felt almost uncomfortable without the security of my hat (wearing it was a love/hate thing), and worried that my hair was still too thin on top to pull it off. but, i went to get my eyebrows waxed (yes, this was a day of grooming) and my esthetician was falling over of my "new" haircut (she doesn't know what i've been going through). also saw some other friends who said they really wouldn't have known anything was different unless i pointed it out. it reminds me of a favorite quote by a friend who i once dragged eyeglass shopping with...getting somewhat fatigued over my indecision over frames he said, "you know, no one is looking at you as much as you think they are." true dat.

with that in mind, i am still preparing myself for people's reactions to my lack of hat tomorrow at work. i don't want to make a big deal of it, since i'm well aware this regrowth may not stick around forever. but, i am enjoying it for now. :)