You know what I don’t have? A hair dryer.
I mean, I did have one. Past tense. I generously let other people use it, and now it’s broken and gone, presumably to the great appliance graveyard in the sky. So here I am, hair-dryer-less.
It’s not the end of the world. I let my hair air-dry like a carefree woodland creature. The downside? Frizz. No matter how many products I lovingly scrunch into my hair, it still decides to do whatever it wants.
I was browsing Amazon for a hair dryer that comes with a diffuser… non-negotiable, essential, life-altering for my hair type. They actually have some for around $30, which isn’t bad at all. So maybe next month I’ll treat myself to a hair dryer and rejoin modern society. I do have one of those hair straightener dryer things, which is cool, and I do use it, but drying my entire head of hair with it would take approximately three to five business days. I don’t have that kind of time or arm strength.
I recently bought a few hair products because I decided I’m going to take better care of my hair. I do have a hair routine. I just sometimes… abandon it out of sheer laziness. I also had coconut oil that I used as a pre-shampoo treatment, but I kept it in the pantry like a fool. I’m pretty sure Alexis threw it out while cleaning because it looked suspiciously like something you cook with. So now I need more coconut oil.
I also slept like absolute garbage last night. So I called the sleep disorder center I go to and talked with them. They’ll call me back to schedule an appointment, which feels very on-brand for healthcare. I also have a doctor’s appointment coming up, so I can get my mental health medication refilled. The person who handled my medication management doesn’t work there anymore, so now I have to see a doctor to get everything approved again. Which is fine. Totally fine.
The funny part? The doctor I’m seeing is Alexis’s old hockey coach. That will never not be funny to me. Life is weird like that. Alexis sees him for her medicine also.
I also scheduled an eye appointment since I skipped last year and figured I should probably act like a responsible adult this time around. I see an ophthalmologist because my eyesight is… not great. My left eye doesn’t have a closed optic nerve, so they keep a close watch on it. Oddly enough, my left eye sees better than my right, which always surprises the doctors. I enjoy that moment of confusion for them.
So that’s basically my day: studying and making appointments. Very exciting stuff. I even worked through my lunchtime, so I took a late lunch break. Eggs and toast. Nothing fancy, but it fills me up, and honestly, that’s all I ask of food sometimes.
As for the snow, last night’s snowfall was underwhelming. Very “is that it?” energy. But we’re still under a winter storm warning, so there’s hope. It’s cold enough to snow; it’s just choosing not to right now. Maybe tonight it’ll surprise us. Or maybe it’ll just continue to disappoint. Winter really keeps us on our toes.
I finally finished The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue. I’ll be honest, it dragged in places, and there were moments where I wondered if we were ever going to move things along. The story felt a bit like it was meandering, lingering in its own atmosphere for a little too long.
That said, the ending really redeemed it for me. It didn’t wrap up in the obvious, predictable way I was bracing myself for, and I appreciated that. It felt thoughtful and earned, like the author trusted the story enough not to force a neat, conventional conclusion. Even though getting there took some patience, the ending landed well.
That means it’s officially the end of my old Kindle. I had to finish the book on it because the library loan expired, but there’s a little loophole: if you keep the book open and never exit out of it, it just… stays. Long enough to finish, at least.
There was no way I could read it on my new Kindle, which I’m actually excited to properly start using now that I’m done. So next step: checking out more library books. Tommy did tell me about a series he thinks I’d like, but of course, I forgot the name of it. I think it’s an old series. I wonder if the library has it.
I’m not quite sure if I should start dinner yet. Tonight’s dinner plan is chili, if Tommy doesn’t go to practice because of the weather. If he does go to practice, then Kel is making dinner because she already had a plan in mind… I just can’t remember what that plan was. So here I am, stuck in a strange domestic limbo, unsure whether I should start chopping onions or stay put.
At this point, the most logical thing to do is see what everyone else is up to and make a decision based on that. Until then, I think I’ll just wait it out. Maybe I’ll keep reading the cookbook I somehow started reading like a novel on my new Kindle while I wait to check out an actual book from the library. It feels productive enough, adjacent to cooking, at least, while I figure out what dinner is actually going to be.
