Wilbur gets some decoration...

I've figured out, after looking at the scans, that Wilbur seems to have situated himself just above my left ear and is hanging out there until I figure out how to get rid of him.

As you have probably realized, my hair is currently a lot shorter than it was this time last year.  That's because I grew my hair own so that I could donate to the Pantene Beautiful Lengths program.  I chose that program specifically because they partner with the American Cancer Society.  So I cut off my hair before I went home for Christmas last year and my Mom didn't even RECOGNIZE me at the airport!!! How awesome is that!! (I, of course, found the whole thing hilarious because I'd made a point of not saying anything to Mom about cutting my hair before I showed up).

There's a point to this, I promise.  Since then, I've worn my hair in an asymmetrical bob.  The right side is the long side and the left side (Wilbur's side) is shorter.

Well in the hospital, one of my first thoughts after finding out about Wilbur was "I'm going to have to shave at least half of my head!"  I don't know why I focused on that, but that was apparently what I needed to focus on in the middle of the night.  Mercedes encouraged this thought path by talking about how, since my hair grows so fast, I could totally pull off having designs shaved into the left side.  Perhaps stars like this...

Photo Courtesy of Beautifulearthcreature on Tumblr

Someone also suggested a lightening bolt, which I have to admit I kind of like the idea of.  But again, I digress and the shaving part of the show is probably MONTHS away, thank goodness!!  (On a side note, I've totally decided I should pull a Joseph Gordon-Levitt and at least do the first buzz myself even though I'll probably have a professional do the deed.  I'm not trusting the doctors with my hair, they're not professionals in that capacity.)

Summit Entertainment, 2011

This will obviously be the most drastic thing I have ever done to my hair and I prepped myself for YEARS before I was ready cut off the 9 inches that I donated.  The first logical step for me in the path to getting ready for the shaved look was, of course, to try dying my hair.  I didn't want to dye my whole head because I'm actually pretty happy with the color God gave me and I'll only have to shave half my head so why dye all of it?  I also figured if I was going to do this, it was a GO BOLD OR GO HOME situation.  

I know I probably quote Steel Magnolias way too much, but I just can't help myself!  I mean seriously, Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Darryl Hannah, Shirley Maclaine, and Olympia Dukakis, in one movie! (I'm not mentioning the men in the movie because you know it's all about the women in this film).  Sorry, there is a point to this too, I promise.  Shelby explains that her wedding colors are "Blush and Bashful" (I can quote this whole scene but I will refrain for now) because pink is her "signature color."  

I always joke that I don't have a favorite color, I have a favorite color palette and anything in the green, blue and violet family is in my palette.  So I decided since literally have of my wardrobe is green or blue that "emerald" and "sapphire" were my "signature colors" and those were the colors my hair needed to be dyed.  

You can really make out the green in this picture but the blue is kind of hidden because I have SO much hair!!  I actually really like it, though next time we'll figure out how to make the blue come through more.  First step towards preparing for Wilbur's removal is a success!!