Order out of chaos?

O.K.  So this week hasn't exactly gone as planned, but you have to be flexible, right?  I ended up working on days that I was supposed to have off, and having classes on the days that I DID have "off".  But all in all, we've done good!  We haven't gone out for dinner, for starters.  Monday went as planned.  Tuesday I ended up cooking instead of doing frozen, since I had a class resulting in a half-day.  Wednesday was ALL fouled up...our van started acting up and we had to have it towed to the dealership to get it fixed, all of which took up our entire evening.  So we ended up eating some of the black bean salad with tortilla chips and a throw-together chicken noodle soup (two cans of Campbell's Country-style Chicken Noodle, one boiled chicken breast chopped, and a handful of sliced green onions).  I didn't even eat last night...I just fell into bed in a state of utter exhaustion after a glass of chocolate milk.  So, I'm off for the next three days, so I should be able to cook as planned!  Not too shabby, considering that "life happens".  Our printer went on the blink, but it's back to normal and I'm going to print off those pages from that site and start using them.

I'm planning on re-hennaing my hair tonight.  Speaking of which, I have to go mix the henna and lemon so it can start releasing.  Oh, and thanks for the comments, people!  I know, it was only two and I'm a little lame, but I love the fact that people read and care enough to comment.  You rock, people!

Just a little aside...Jack Johnson is the bomb.  The bomb, I say.  And Matt Nathanson is pretty awesome, too.  

My hair is red!

Here are some pics of my adventures in henna-land so far! The top two are "before" pictures, with and without the flash (so you can see the difference in bright light and dim light). The middle pic is what 300 grams of Punjabi Prime henna prepared for hair looks like. I skipped pics of the process because it was so messy without a camera involved, and I skipped a pic of me with a hennaed-hair-with-Saran-wrap-beehive going on because I just looked silly. Then the bottom two pics are the results, day one! Probably should have worn the same colored shirt for the pics, but the light purple one got henna on it...I told you it was messy!!!

Henna!

I did it. I hennaed my hair. I took "before" pics, and am photo-documenting my adventures thru henna-land. I actually just stepped out of the shower from rinsing it all out, and since it's still wet, I'm going to wait till the morning to snap an "after" pic. And, according to my research, henna oxidizes after it's on the hair and darkens to a deeper shade after 3-4 days, so I suppose I'll have to take another pic then. Right off the bat, I LOVE the results!! I got 400 grams of Punjabi Prime body-art quality henna from mehandi.com, which was more than enough for my mid-back length hair. I actually only mixed up 300 grams, and still have a baggie of mix left over in the freezer for root touch-ups. So that leaves me with 100 grams to do with as I please...there are some girls at work who want to try it, so I might give them some. Or I might try a little bit of body-art on my feet and see how that goes. Or I might just hang onto it for the next henna episode. I have to say, it was a bit messier than I thought it would be, and SO heavy! Once I had my hair up in a saran-wrapped beehive, it weighed a least 5 lbs more than it normally does! It felt so good to wash it out. Next time I might recruit Travis, or see if there's a salon in the area that would apply it for me if I bring in the mixed henna. Anyhoo, I'll post pics over the next day or so.

On the workfront, all is well. My manager has officially offered me a full-time day position as staff, and HR is supposed to call me tomorrow to give me an offer. We'll see how all that goes. I DO know that they're not planning on using travelers on that floor anymore past the summer. There will be travel positions available elsewhere in the hospital, but I want to stay on the 9th floor. I like it there. If for some reason I don't take the staff job, I MIGHT be able to extend once, but after that I'll have to leave. I hope we get to stay.