In a state of flux (Raquel)
June 22, 2006 by sharppointythings
 I once told Gabrielle that only thing worse than being female would be being male and having to put up with females. Now, I have to clarify this statement by saying that I really do enjoy being female. I’ve even been know to wear pink (with lace, no less). But I do not enjoy having random emotions surface in my mind without my prior consent.
 Last night, I knew I was on the brink of crying for no particular reason. As nights of crying for no particular reason go, it wasn’t that bad. I merely informed Theresa that I was probably going to cry for no particular reason, and she understood perfectly. James also overheard this conversation, so we all went about our business, ignoring the tears rolling down my face. Then we watched The Constant Gardener. Bleah! While The Constant Gardener is rather a good movie, and I did enjoy it to some extent, I cannot reccomend watching it while having the urge to cry for no particular reason.
 This morning, however, I am in quite pleasant mood. Not only did I catch up on sleep last night, but this morning I washed my hair. See, I’ve been experimenting with a method of hair care which does not use shampoo. (See here for details.) Overall, I’ve been quite pleased with not putting harsh shampoo chemicals on my hair. Still, my hair just hasn’t seemed quite right, even after allowing the requisite three weeks for my hair to adjust to the new regimen. So this morning I finally did something about it in the form of a baking soda rinse followed by a vinegar/lemon/lime rinse.
 It’s wonderful. My hair isn’t even dry yet, and already I can tell that it’s in much better shape than it has been. Even slipping and smashing my nose against the side of the tub wasn’t enought to dampen my mood.
 So here I sit with moist hair flopping down my back, and I am perfectly content. Just give it another ten minutes, though. I’m sure something will change.ÂÂ
Raquel,
I’m glad that you had a “good” cry, but I hope that you won’t feel the need to cry too often in the future. By the way, I read this post about two hours ago. Has your hair had sufficient time to actually dry yet? You have so much of it that I’m guessing that it must take hours or days to fully dry. ; -)
Yes, my hair actually is dry. A few hours isn’t a bad drying time for my hair on a humid day like this, but it can seem like days when I have to leave my hair down to dry and it keeps getting in my way.
I wouldn’t recommend watching “The Constant Gardener” if you’re having the urge to cry either.
“…but I hope that you won’t feel the need to cry too often in the future”
Boy, Jeremy, have you got some surprises in your future. ;o)
If you plan on marrying a woman you’d better get used to the tears.
hey, aren’t Adiel and Joshua Constant Gardners?
Just to add in my two cents on the post….
Not only should you not watch the Constant Gardener when you are in a crying mood….you should jjust never watch it period.
May I recommend “New World?” It was a billion times better than that snoozefest “Constant Gardener” and the ending had nothing to do with suicide!!!! Hooray!!!
One more thing:
I didn’t get a chance to talk to you at church, so I will remind you in a public place that this is the Sunday I will be out of town and if you could feed the cats and refresh their water, much chocolate and duct tape will be showered upon you.
New shoes for everyone!!