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So...in latest news: I chopped my hair. I'm a little fairy now. It was a somewhat spontaneous decision. I think the conversation went something like this:

Me: Guys, I'm getting my hair cut on the 27th and I'm UBER excited. Should I keep the length and just get a maintenance cut? Or should I cut it short?
Jon: Well, how short are we talking?
Me: Um...idk. Shoulder length? Maybe shorter. ... ...What if I got a pixie cut? Like a boy?
(mixed comments)
Me: Hmm...I'm feeling brave. Maybe I'll do it. I think I will.

Granted, I talked a lot to my sisters and some choice friends about it after that, but the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. So...I did it. Here are the results:

Taking this many pictures of just me, by myself, in my room, definitely brought back memories of myspace days.

So yesterday we also went to the beach! My first trip of the year! Oh so exciting! & It was a BEAUTIFUL day! Blue skies, 80 degrees and just a slight breeze. It went something like this:

 It was a perfect first trip. Although...the water was amazingly cold, so we didn't really go in and swim. This might be a first for me. I'm kind of a water baby, and usually if there's water, I'm in it. But, I just wasn't feeling that ambitious yesterday. It's fine. I'll go next time. But, it was a gorgeous day.

Also (maybe the best part of my day), I got to spend some QT with my g-mama. What did I do with this lovely lady, you may ask? Well, we watched Young@Heart, of course! My uncle Jerry, my Grandma's youngest son, might be one of the most brilliant men I know. Naturally, this also makes him one of the most hilarious (and ridiculous) men I know. Out of the goodness of his heart, he sent my Grandma a documentary about a chorus of singing seniors, and, while it was super entertaining, I'm still trying to figure out if it was a joke or not.

"A choir full of senior citizens? What's so strange about that?" you ask. 

Well...nothing really, I suppose. Except for the fact that they sing songs like this:

Oh, yeah. ...They're rockin'. We learned about how they were formed, how and when they practice. We were informed about their personal lives, and they're health issues. It was all pretty standard choir protocol, minus the fact that, well, they're old, and that a fourth of them died in the course of a couple weeks, some right before concerts. It was a night to remember, most definitely.

But, all joking aside, this group is made up of some amazingly strong people. It was inspiring to see the gumption they all had to be willing (and able) to get up and go to the practices, focus on, and learn the music, and then truck it, false teeth and all, to a concert hall to sing in front of hundreds of people! 

Moral of the story? - Life gets tough, and it usually doesn't get any easier. So just remember, the show must go on!