I think I'm finally ready to make a big chop. I kept my hair very short for a very long time. It's now down to the middle of my back which is the longest it has been in probably 12 years or so. I've been thinking about getting it cut super short for a while now, but I always didn't for a few reasons. First of all- my SO loves my long hair, and I love him. Secondly- I'm worried the hairstylists here wouldn't know how to cut short, trendy hair for women. It's not that I think they're any less talented, but since I never see any woman under the age of 50 with short hair I just feel like they probably don't get enough practice. And a short haircut can go manish or old-ladyish in a hot second. And finally- I like my long hair. It's soft and fun to play with. It makes me feel all sexy and girly. And I really like to braid it. That's one thing I always missed with short hair- braiding.

But. I'm so antsy for a change it's almost making me mad. Last night I was looking through short haircuts and when I couldn't stand it any longer I grabbed some scissors and cut myself some bangs. When my SO came home and he asked why I cut my hair I told him it was in an attempt to keep myself from cutting all my hair off. That's when he says "CUT IT OFF!" He goes on to say how nice I look with my short hair. I also remembered that I had fairly short hair when we first met. So I'm doing it. It's not that I need his permission, but it's just nice to know he's cool with it. (sort of like how he "asks permission" to go play pool with his friends on the weekends)

I wanted to go ahead and get an appointment for today, but my SO is all busy and stressed and stuff. So I'm going to try to get one for tomorrow. This weekend at the latest. I'm going to go with the same girl who cut my hair a few months ago. It's not that she was super great or anything, but she did exactly what I asked for. Which can be hard to find with hairdressers! I'll also probably go blonder another day. Since my SO likes me blonde. I can give him one of the two

Since my hair is so long I'm trying to figure out if Costa Rica has a Locks of Love-ish program that accepts hair donations for wigs. I figure if I'm cutting it all off it would be nice to give it to someone to use again. (just sort of found out there's no place in CR, might have to mail it up to the USA)

It's also been so freaking hot here that this long hair is making me crazy. I don't know how chicks wear it down all day.

Anyways, enough of the boring hair story.

So the honeymoon thread has got me thinking- I want our Cuba trip to be our second honeymoon! I loved our wedding, but we really only had 2 nights away from everyone. And those two nights away were after 8 hours of skiing and we were super sore. So there was not much honeymoon-ing going on. And also I've always imagined a hot honeymoon. Cuba's really damn hot. Done deal. I want to buy a whole bunch of cute little dresses to wear around and it makes me sad that there's no online ordering around here. I mean technically I could order it then have it sent in a very expensive way to me. But that's not the same. Seriously, think of your life with no online ordering of ANYTHING. If you can't get something at a store, you just can't get it. How did we ever live before internet?

We still haven't bought our tickets to Cuba and I'm a little worried it's a trip that we'll talk about but will never happen. See, we were planning on going in July since I get 3 weeks off school. But I guess my SO has some sort of project during that time. But not the whole time, so he has to figure out when he has the project and when he can take off work.

Of course we have a million trillion other things to do as well. We need to find a place to do pilates (convinced him to do pilates instead of yoga!), I need to sign up with the national health care system, plan our trip to Cuba, and my SO has to help his aunt with her car which was wrecked and they are charging her $18,000 to fix. Fix? That's a brand new fucking car.

Anyways. That was less than a million trillion things, but it sure feels like a lot. My dad is also going to come visit in about two months which I'm really psyched about. We'll take him to a nice, fancy dinner and he'll pay. Score!

Our visa application should get to Chicago by Thursday. There's no way they can deny us. right?

And I think it's nap time before my SO gets home. Oh shit, and I need to get up early enough to wash the dishes. I promised.

Hope I didn't bore you too much!