"LORD, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress." Isaiah 33:2



Monday, August 25, 2008

Excuse me, I have a hairball

First of all… I have an Olympics crush on Phil Dalhousser. How cute is he? He’s like a cross between Ben Affleck and Mr. Clean (two of the hottest hotties!) I’m not usually attracted to the bald-headed male, but, I’d really like to take his slick head right off his skinny thin-beast-of-a-body and slap it on Michael Phelps’ headless torso. I believe we’d have ourselves the sexiest Olympian alive. I’m really sad its all over... 2 years yet for the winter sports... But for a while we’ll still get to see all these summer guys on EVERY day time and late night talk show on TV. Someone be sure to tell me if they hear Phil is going to be on.

Girls… I need to discuss. When you have stray hairs that come out during the hair washing portion of the daily shower, don’t you stick them on the side of the shower so they don’t go down the drain and clog everything up? I know I’m not the only one, in fact just yesterday, I had this discussion with my friend Cassie who says she does the same thing. Unless you have boy-short hair or are having an affair with the roto-rooter man, I know you do this too! But Kevin just doesn’t understand. He thinks its SOOO gross and I am just SOOO gross for doing it. OK, so maybe I occasionally forget to take the hairball with me when I leave the shower and he rubs his shoulder up against in while taking a shower after me…sorry babe… but most of the time I take it and trash it and save him COUNTLESS dollars in Drano costs and plumbing fees. (See I’d rather be plumbing for more on this) He should really be thanking me every time he sees that hairball.

Along with other fun things about being pregnant… my hair is falling out... like I’m molting! I can fill the sink each morning with this hair that is still on my head, but not attached. And, immediately following the filling of the sink (I do pick up the hair out of the sink and and throw away each time so none will go down the drain or go all over the floor) is the daily hair-washing which produces an equally giant but WET version of the sink hairball, on the shower wall. All throughout the day I can be seen running my hands through my hair and coming out with countless strands and handfuls that are no longer connected to their follicles. Then at night I go through the sink filling cycle AGAIN! And what I have just detailed to you is a minimum... sometimes there is MUCH MORE HAIR!! Note that this is a year-round, life-long issue because I have LOTS of hair on my head, but it has multiplied by about 500x. (No... I don't think I'm being dramatic or over-exaggerating)

So, someone please explain to me how all this can happen....at the same time....that EVERY HAIR I have had painstakingly and "permanently" removed over the last few years, with a high powered (did I mention painful?) laser, has begun to grow back!!!

Hair on my head... kind of nice, I'd like to keep it... FALLING OUT!

Hair everywhere else... zillions of dollars spent on permanent laser hair removal.... growing in nicely! Really full and thick! FALL OUT WHY DON'T YOU!!

And the next person who tells me its the just the hormones... I might beat you with a wet hairball!

7 comments:

Brandie said...

I do not collect my loose hairs. Seriously, ew! I would rather pay Mr. Rooter when it gets clogged. As for the hairs I brush off - they do end up on the bathroom floor but I just clean it up on cleaning day. I cant imagine spending that much of my life's time picking up my stray hairs, it's just too much! Thats why there is a guest bathroom and MY bathroom =)

The White Family said...

I put my hair on the shower wall too, and it drives Danny crazy.
I thought I was going to go bald because of all the hair I lost while I was pregnant!!

Jessica

Sara said...

I just had the hair on the wall conversation with my Mom. I do it because I have to. There is just too much. When I asked her if her hair fell out as much when she was pregnant she said it fell out more. Being pregnant sounds super fun. Maybe your other hair problem will reverse itself once you have the baby. Until then, should I send you a special comb?

betty cooper said...

Although the hairball may be bigger now, you have been practicing the same sort of "collection for later removal" for many years. I didn't know you EVER came back for it's disposal. I'm with Kevin on the grossness factor, especially if the poor boy finds it on his shoulder. I realize it just came directly off your head, but it LOOKS like it came out of the drain. Go to Home Depot and ask for the little drain filter which you can attach to keep it from clogging the drain and YOU can empty it easily when necessary.

betty cooper said...

Oh! and yes Phil Dalhousser is a cutie patootie. Thus the name "doll-houser." But ain't nothing wrong with Michael Phelps except his bad bite and thin lips.

a: said...

our drain is filled with the hair on mark's shoulders

abby said...

Hello...lady!! (mother) - that's why i put it on the shower wall... so I don't have to dig it out of a nasty drain or icky hair catcher thingy later. THAT's nasty.

And I used to leave my small hairballs on the wall as a youngster when I had a maid, I mean a mom. I have to do all the cleaning now, so I always take my hairballs with me. :)