Thanks To Chronic Illness, I Dyed My Hair Blue AND The Shower Too!
Didn’t mean to fall, but I did
“Maybe life isn’t about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it’s about collecting the scars to prove that we showed up for it.” — Hannah Brencher
A little over 2 years ago I had my hair dyed blue.
I LOVED it ❤
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The mail came very late the day it arrived. Maybe I should have waited till the morning when I always have more energy and bodily control.
Probably should have.
But the impulse part of ADHD and my excitement won out. I was smooshing that stuff into my salt & pepper curls within mere minutes of unboxing it.
As I’d read from some reviews, I left it on for an hour since I don’t have bleached hair. It never caused any irritation. That part wasn’t bad in the least, I just hung out here at my desk and worked on a couple of things until it was shower time.
Now, I was trying to be careful and cautious and aware of my lower energy levels late afternoon when I showered by bringing in this low foot stool with me. My thinking was I could sit and use the hand held attachment while I rinsed and rinsed and rinsed until the water came out clear.
It was a good, solid plan.
It was enough though — as I was holding the shower thing in my right hand and attempting to gently and slowly sit down, my tired body/mind lost track of where I was in space and I missed the stool — by a lot.
As I was trying to catch myself , it was totally one of those slow-motion moments in life, I kept telling myself “I don’t wanna stain the tiles! I don’t wanna stain the tiles!” and then, once I realized I was gonna fall no matter how much I tried to prevent it, “I don’t want a concussion! I don’t want a concussion!”.
So, the good news is I hit the tiles so slowly and gently that I did not sustain a head injury — woot!
And… we’ve now got this little memento that’ll, hopefully, remind me to take better, gentler, more realistic care of this beloved and disabled body of mine.
Live and learn!
Thank you for reading.❤
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