30 before 30. Part II

‘Member that whole “30 before 30” campaign? Yeah, that was pretty cool. Here the thing though. It was a pretty low-key bucket list and I still have done almost nothing towards crossing any of those goals off the list. I just pulled up a 2014 calendar and as of tomorrow I have exactly 32 weeks until I hit my big 3-0. With 30 to-dos and my procrastination, I needed to begin my list like last week. Or last year. Since it is a bit late for that, and I still fully intend to cross every one of those bad boys off the list, there is new goal in place. I have to begin marking one thing off every week. That still leaves a bit of a buffer for my inevitable delinquency at some point.

I did attempt to schedule a tattoo session to begin a floral sleeve at this awesome, all-girl, vegan tattoo parlor in Seattle for during our trip over for Emerald City Comic Con. Yes you read that correctly. Comic Con. At any rate after the back and forth, by the time I finally tried to confirm, it was too late. The girls are booked. So back to square one. If you missed it, here is my list. And if you were wondering about this wonderful tattoo shop, it’s called Damask and you can find them here.

 

I may have aimed a little high. *sigh* On the plus side, while I couldn’t scrounge up enough friend to read books with me, I did manage to find enough who were willing to drink with me. Don’t judge. It’s totally rude. The first official “meeting” (can you call going to a club full of loud music and drinking to many gin and tonics a “meeting?”) is tomorrow. I think this is gonna work out, so maybe I should move on to some sort of online book club. I am currently working with the super cool and talented Ruthie of Fairy Wings and Dinosaurs on a lil blog collab in the near future. Her blog is totes adorbs so this is pretty big deal for me. With those two half-ass attempts combined, it has to be almost equal to a full cross of the list.

I did begin a pinterest board to fill with reminders and tips here. Maybe that will help. At any rate, it’s go time.

Bucket List Check-Off

My whole dang life I have had the thinnest, slowest growing hair of almost anyone I know. Then pregnancy. Then next pregnancy. And shazam! Hair for me. Pre-Miss S, my hair was just past my shoulders. About 2 months ago the post-prego hair loss hit. Gross. Clumps of hair dripping down the drain. I could go further into detail, but I won’t. You get it. Anyway, as my hair stretched past the back of my bra strap, I decided long and stringy is not my look. Changes needed to occur asap.

I was at work pinning cute cuts to my heart’s content (as all good employees do) when I suddenly realized this is it. Baby G was *maybe* my last pregnancy. Which meant the length and fullness that I was losing by the day was never coming back. Then I realized I would never make my bucket list goal of growing my hair out my elbows and then donating it all. Or would I? I mean, the elbow thing was totally off the table, but donating could still be a viable option. I bounced off my stool, yanked open our drawer of odds and ends and burrowed until I found an industrial tape measure. I released my too-much-product-but-still-prone-to-flyaways, kinda curly, kinda not, mess of a messy bun and attempted to rake my fingers through it. I pinched the metal end of the tape measure and allowed the body to fall to the floor. As I tilted my head back slightly, I pressed the end of the tape measure to the nape of my neck. I used my other hand to determine where the end of my hair met the tape measure. After a few rounds of this and some back up from coworkers, I was convinced I had enough hair for me and one decent donation.

After some research, I ended up going with Locks of Love as my recipient. If you are interested in donating some of your tresses, please also consider Wigs for Kids. Wigs for Kids is probably the better program as the wigs go to those in need at no cost to them, while Locks of Love still charges some fees. I ended up going with LofL because their length requirements were a little shorter, they will accept the strands too short for their usage (they sell them when possible and the money goes to other costs), and they accept dyed hair. Check ’em out at http://www.locksoflove.org/ and http://www.wigsforkids.org/.

Special shout out to pinterest for helping me find inspiration for my final look. Here are the before and afters:

 

Before. Layers, so you can’t really tell how long the back is, but you get the idea.

After. 11″ gone. Shaped and colored. I love it.

Bonus pic. Side view of the cut and a peek at my date night tattoo!

A little something to pin, just in case you need to add this to your bucket list. Cheers!