April 10th, 2012
Easter Long Weekend
Alright, on to the fun parts of the Easter Weekend! :)
I started the long weekend off by sitting myself down on Friday and planning out my client schedule between now and January. I currently take on three large design clients per month and am trying to come up with a more balanced approach where I start two clients & then a few weeks later start another two, but it’s been difficult to picture what my year will look like until I charted it out. Jesse and I have been planning a mini-trip to Minneapolis in September, visiting our American family Florida in October, and I’m considering going to Toronto for the first time(!) in May, but blocking off any time from projects means a gap in income and missing time with clients that I’ve got to plan for.
It was complicated, but there was wine involved so I survived quite happily and knowing that I have a plan that will work for me and give me time off is a relief and energizing in its self.
… and yes, I did dye my hair back to brunette! It was a four hour marathon of cancelling out the red and it will fade out to match my natural dark brunette colour. I’m loving the new look & feel a lot like Snow White since Elsie pointed out the resemblance! I can’t wait for Halloween.
After having red hair for a while and loving it, I got worn down by how much of a big deal people made of it wherever I went. I know I commented about it a few times on Twitter, which some people were annoyed by, but I was genuinely surprised by how drastically it changed my daily life. I’m a friendly person, and people speak with me in public quite a bit no matter what, but with my red hair it was relentless. Every time I left the house someone would start a conversation with me about it, and while I usually have fun connecting with people but after a few weeks of constantly being stared at and asked questions of, I needed a change! The red wasn’t me, but it was lots of fun to try. That being said, by the end of it I felt like an anthropologist trying to understand why people were reacting to me like they were. Dying your hair isn’t hard and while it can be really beautiful, it’s not the craziest or quirkiest thing a person can do. Either way, I’m happy about the change and that I can go out without people trying to touch me all the time ;)
Saturday was the last Jets game of the season, and the deafening cheering that the fans are known for didn’t disappoint. Being a season ticket holder has been great and I’m excited for the next season’s schedule to be announced! Jesse has promised that he won’t choose multiple games a week like we had this year (I don’t like hockey that much, lets be real) and I can’t wait for the return of the little kids playing “Tim Bits” hockey at intermission. It’s so cute & hilarious, and needs to be televised in my opinion!
After the game, while we were still on the post-game high we went to a nearby photo booth to have a souvenir of the first season…
Before the weekend was over I got to stop in at the Bridge Drive In, a 50+ year old Ice Cream stand that just opened up for the season. I stood in line in the cold with other crazy people who wanted their first ice cream and got a delicious chocolate malt! I’m not big about eating dairy and it was painful to enter into my calorie & exercise tracker but I couldn’t resist its charm… or the short line up!
Easter its self was low key, full of amazing food and family. It was beautiful to take a little social media break while I needed it and to come back feeling more like myself, inside and out.
How was your Easter long weekend?
I can’t get over that story about your red hair. I’ve had mine for years and yes people talk about it, but no one has ever come up to TOUCH it. Ewww. Weird. I like the brunette on you, and your Jets pics are adorable.
And woot woot Toronto trip possiblity! Let me know if you’d like advice about anything – places to stay, eat, etc and if you want to have a bloggie meet up, I could host. Glad to hear you had a nice Easter,
Mel
I completely understand what you mean about how exhausting the red hair was. People do that to me with my R2-D2 tattoo, living in Florida it is uncovered & visible most of the time. Not only do they want to ask lots of questions (What’s so hard to understand about an R2-D2 tattoo? Seriously.) but they think they can touch me & that is hard because my anxiety issues make me someone that doesn’t like to be touched by anyone I don’t know well! No one warns you about these things before you do them, haha!
Your Easter weekend sounds pretty lovely, I spent most of Easter on the beach so it was a nice win down here, too. ;)
xoxo
I had pink and purple and million other hair colors not found in nature when I was a teenager. Honestly, I miss it, but with the job I have, there’s no chance of having anything but “normal” hair. And, honestly, I’m okay with it. I live in the South, and being different means getting asked tons of questions. Some are just curious, some are trying to figure out if you’re REALLY that weird, some are just nasty. I’m a shy person, and it’s easier just to blend in during the day. My friends know who I REALLY am.
I think your hair looks fabulous both ways..your so pretty :)
I have been holding out on the BDI..I want to go soon, I think a trip there with my mama would be nice.
Vanessa
btw: I use mfp religiously..I love how easy it is to track everything, it keeps me motivated!
I love the new hair color on you. (the red was stunning as well). And I love the Jets, I’m a bruins fan forever, but when Mark Stuart got traded I follow whatever team he’s on too. I’m jealous that you’re a season ticket holder, I’m too far away from boston to drive our there that much. And i agree that the little kids hockey is the best thing to watch.
the new hair colour really suits you… kinda thinking of going dark myself.
My hair is bright red like yours was, and has been for three years. it gets me so much attention when i’m out – sometimes i can cope with it, other days it drives me nuts!!
Being a redhead, fake or real is definitely not like any other hair color. While my hair is natural and not bright red, it is still unusual enough that people ask about it. I get talked to randomly more than any of my other friends AND I’ve found people think they can say inappropriate things way faster with me than my other hair colored friends… think carpet and drapes and matching. ugh.
But because I’ve always had it I don’t know life any other way. I met someone once who dyed their hair red and said they just couldn’t handle the attention, it was just too constant. I didn’t realize until then that my life, because of my natural hair color, was a bit different than others.
It looked great and you also look great with this hair color. High five!
You will make an awesome yet beautiful Snow White.
I love the brunette! As you know I just processed mine back to blonde. What a pain in the ass to get out all that red huh? Yours was so bright too! Here’s to natural hair color! ;-)
Kacie
I am really excited that you have a trip to Minneapolis planned! :) Can’t wait to see you both!
Sounds like a wonderful holiday weekend! Mine was great as well. I got together with a friend on Friday night – we went to a flower show at the downtown Macy’s (which was really cool) and then out for appetizers. Then Sat afternoon I headed to the lake. And those 24 hours I spent there were awesome!!
Oh boy, I hope you come to Toronto! Would it be for the Blog Podium thing? If you need a place to stay our door is always open. Unless you find that creepy and too forward since we’ve never actually met, ha! Annnd we live in Hamilton, not Toronto. Still welcome!
I got pretty excited about your photobooth picture! All the photo booths that I knew about that took that style of photos have vanished and been replaced by those digital ones which I don’t love as much. I need to find one like that again!
Have a great day Kyla.
As soon as I saw you were coming to Toronto in May I was HOPING it was for Blog Podium! Please come! Haha. Or if it’s going to be some other time, we all need to meet up! Ahh it would be so much fun! :)
LOVE your new black hair! So pretty.
How are the Jets doing this season? We’re Bruins fans and it’s been kind of up and down, haha…excited for all the playoff nonsense!
The hair is too cute, you realy do look like Snow White.
The Jets game and ice cream looks like a great night, but now that their season is over it frees you up to root for THE NY RANGERS in the playoffs!!! (Can you tell that I’m excited?)
Hooray for a relaxing Easter weekend. I had one too and it was exactly what I needed. :)
And I know what you mean about crazy hair colors; they’re bold and fun, but people’s reactions can get kind of tiresome after a while. I’ve had blue hair twice (once in high school, once in college) and while I had lots of fun with it at the time, I don’t really see myself doing something so drastic now. At least you can say you gave it a go and still have pictures of yourself with brilliantly bright red hair. :)
Wow. Stunning. And it daes put all the focus on your beautiful eyes.
You look so pretty with new (old) hair color!
Elsie was right — you *do* look like Snow White! I’m suffering a bit of jealousy, as I could pull off your red easily, but I could never do dark brown/black due to my super-blonde eyebrows and my aversion to pencilling them in.
Also, the next hockey game you go to, please swing by California and take me with you! I’ve been meaning to make my way to the rink all winter and just have NOT made it… Sigh.
i LOVE the dark hair on you. bright hair is fun, but so hard to keep up. the darker color is so dramatic. stunning!
Your red hair was fabulous, but I love the brunette look too :) We had a pretty relaxing weekend – lots of time wtih family, a little bit of puddle jumping, and a lot of outdoor adventures. Such is spring with a toddler and a dog, I suppose … I think Nathan would die if he could have season tickets for the Oilers – as it is, there’s a lottery just to be put on the wait list for season tickets! We usually make it to one or two games a year (usually through Nathan’s work) – we get season tickets for football instead. It’s not as cold – well, for the most part :)
First off, love the new hair color! And planning your client schedule ’till January? I bow to your awesome organizational skills! Plus those photo booth pics? Adorable.
I didn’t have a long weekend for Easter, but I still had a great time! Saturday I got my first hot stone massage (can you say heaven?), after which I was so relaxed I didn’t even mind going grocery shopping (something I normally loathe) the day before Easter! Easter Sunday I made dinner and Ben and I hosted my mom and sister which turned out to be a lot of fun!
I’m just hoping that my time management skills measure up to my intentions, that’s always the difficult part ;)