My Beauty School Haircut - Oh My!

Yesterday I went to a beauty school in Fort Worth for a haircut.  I usually do this myself but I'm getting too old to reach around and do the back of my hair.  My old bones don't want to stretch this high anymore without yelling at me.  Big mistake!!!!!!!!!!!! 

I wear my hair very short because of my active lifestyle.  I work in my yard and travel a lot and short hair is easier for me to manage. 

When I got home and took a better look in my mirror I was very disappointed.  One side of my hair was longer than the other side.  The back neckline was about ½" higher on one side than the other.  I managed to straighten out the mess and it now looks okay, but I won't be going there again.  I thought the price of a cheap haircut would be worth the trip.  Wrong!

While I was there I made a few observations.  Most of the students were young women, which is what I expected but there were a few of the students who were much older, some of them were what I would call middle aged.

The man who cut my hair was 42 years old.  This he told me because I asked.  I asked him why he was making a career change at the age of 42.  He said he had been a cosmetic salesman most of his life until this job became obsolete and then he was a pizza delivery man for several years.  He told me he wasn't married and the relationship he was in had dissolved and he had to move back into his mom's house, the same house he grew up in.  He explained that he had been a student at the beauty school for six months and lacked a few more months before being state certified.  He had to call for assistance in using the curling iron on the top of my hair and the lady who came over to help him breezed right through it, so I got the impression that he wasn't very good at what he had chosen to do and after I got home I was convinced of it. 

He also told me that the man at the station next to him was 40 years old and had been a pastor but decided it wasn't for him.  He said the man was married with young children.  Why does a 40 year old pastor decide not to be a pastor anymore?  It must not have been a spiritual calling, my guess is that he just decided to be a pastor and then one day decided not to be.  Both of these men were very handome with movie star looks. All this was fascinating to me. 

I wonder how many other middle age men and women will be making career changes during this economic decline. 

God bless America and make us a strong responsible country once again.