Green is not what one may call a natural hair color. Although it is a wonderful shade, I prefer to see it on leaves and in the grass than in my own hair. It all happened like this:
Campers: Haley, when did you dye your hair?
Me: I didn't dye my hair.
Campers: But Haley, your hair is green.
Me: No, my hair is yellow.
Campers: It looks green.
Me: Guys, this is called BLOONDEEE.
Campers: You really didn't dye your hair??
Me: No!!!
[Campers take picture and show it to me]
Me: Oh my goodness my HAIR IS GREEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It would not go away. I had to go to the hairdresser's to get some sizzly stuff that had to sit on my head in the hot sun for an hour. The hairdresser said it was from our tap water. So, every time I take a shower, my hair turns a shade greener :( This made me sad. I have shampoo now that helps, but does not protect me fully.
This was my first summer home from college. My heart has been filled with different complicated emotions.
I have kept pretty busy. I worked at the "red shirt camp" and for my dad and tutored and taught Sunday School and went to town band practice and helped mom with church music some. I did not really have too much free time, but I do not mind that. I would so much rather be extraordinarily busy than extraordinarily bored.
We did move.... again. This time we only moved into a new house that was ours, and NOT across the country. We love it here. I feel so free. We are in a neighborhood, which is a completely new concept to me. I have always lived in the middle of the woods. It kind of feels like I am still living in a hotel, like it is all too good to be true. We have a pool, a beautiful mountain view and just an overall beautiful house. I thank God every day we are here.
I have also made some great new friends. Friends were always rare to come by for me. I have such definite values, that no one would even want to be my friend. I was always that "goody two shoes." I also see things differently from people. I always thought this was a bad thing, but I realize now it is not. I don't have to be like everyone else. God created me as me, and He did that for a purpose. I should not have to conform to the likes, dislikes, hobbies and theories of those surrounding me. These friends I have made are just like me. They think the same way and have the same morals. They are also the type not to give up on people or abandon a friendship. This makes me so glad. God literally placed these guys in my life.
Because it has been such a wonderful summer, being in a new house, working with kids and teens, and making great new friends, I don't want to go back to school. I need to stay, but I also need to go. I love my school so much, and there is no rather school I would be glad to go to, but it aches me to leave all the wonderful blessings God has provided me with here. I just have to look at it all with a positive attitude and think, at least I have great things to look forward to when I come home from school.
So, that is all about the summer my hair turned green. It has been one of the best summers of my life.
