Spare Change
I walked into my school this morning anticipating an onslaught of "WHY????s and pictured the hallways full of wide eyed kids looking at me crooked because of my new hair color. It turned out to be a premonition and that's exactly what happened. Some just ogled, jaw dropped, mouth open, like an exaggerated slow-motion cartoon segment. As if I had shaved my head. I decided to use my new hair color as a basis for my class visits. It turned out to be the perfect opener to talk about change and how to adapt to it. There were some pretty positive reviews, but most of the kids just said "you dyed your hair" with an upward inflection at the end that made it sound like a question. Shock mostly. I went blonde in the summer for a movie. I wound up really loving it and decided to keep it a little past the point my scenes were wrapped, which wasn't too long ago, actually. But as the cooler winds have arrived and the Fall colors have disappeared, I decided it was