The Continuing Saga

I realize in the eternal scheme of things that one haircut amounts to very little.  So a little perspective helps.

I went to the same lady who did a decent job last time.  I took the same picture in to show her, hoping to get the same results as before.  She speaks English....which is most helpful.

Have you ever read "The Crocodile's Toothache" by Shel Silverstein?  A crocodile beset by pain visits a hack dentist, who gleefully begins to pull teeth right and left.  The end of the story - which is not cogent to this report tonight - is that the old croc snaps his jaws down on the dentist, getting a meal for his trouble.

Well....the lady who did my hair was kind of like that dentist....she just kept cutting.  I didn't realize how much until she got around to the front and snipped away at the left side.  Well, at that point, the only possible thing left is to let her even up the right side.  So it is short....but she did a good job on the short hairdo.  Besides, another six months and it will look fine.

The Parkers arrived from Utah this afternoon.  They are a lovely couple who will be assigned (we think) to the YSA center up north on Jutland.  They seem young and energetic and are much needed.  We spent some time visiting and then I abandoned them to go to the center.  I hope they got some rest.  Jetlag is kind of hard to deal with.

SK worked in the temple this evening....actually he left our apartment at 1:30.  Our YSAs had a temple night tonight, so he was there with them, while I manned (womanned) the center.  There was a birthday party held for one of our young women, so that took most of the YSAs that would have normally come to the center after the temple.

As it was, five came....one left early and the rest of us rummaged around in the freezer and cupboards and put together a half-way decent meal.  We sat around a table snacking on our Swedish meatballs from the freezer with taco sauce from the refrigerator.  We opened a can of corn and had rye crackers to finish the meal.  It was great.

Two of the young women both served their missions on Temple Square and they loved that mission!  They are lovely and so interesting to talk with.  They both still have a strong missionary spirit and drive.  I love to hear their experiences and their perspective.  They are each remarkable.

We ate with a tall handsome young man from Sweden who serenaded us after dinner.  SK would recite a line from a movie and Tony would immediately launch into a faithful and energetic rendition of it on the piano.  He is a recently returned missionary and was here attending the temple with our YSAs.

The last YSA we ate with was a cute young woman who is the co-chairman of the YSA stake organization.  She has a big job but does it very well.  She is a cutie and I have enjoyed her since the first day I met her.

Interestingly enough, I sat at the table with them for over an hour......and not a single one noticed that my hair had been whacked.  Now THAT really puts it into perspective.