day 12: real talk

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Today I was so sleepy when my alarm went off at 5:45. I got out of bed and then sat on the couch, checking email, glancing at Instagram, and then going over to Twitter, where I was surfing, surfing, surfing. By 6, I still wasn't in the shower, and I usually take about an hour and 15 minutes to get ready each morning. It's the hair. If I wash it in the am, then I almost always dry it and either curl or use a flat iron on it. Every day. It's just kinda become routine.

But today, with as tired as I was, and on as short of time as I was, I decided to just put some moose in it and let it air dry. I never wear my hair like this - I don't particularly like it because it just kinda goes everywhere, which I'm always styled up for work.

I get to work and my colleagues tell me how much they like it. "Nice beachy waves, Michelle!" "OOhhhh so cute!" I'm super appreciative, but it just looks like a mess to me!

The kids, on the other hand, had a different response.

"Ms. Brezek, you look different."
Little People in my Head (LPIMH): Hmm...different? Not exactly beautiful, but, hey, they're kids.

"Ms. Brezek, what did you do to your hair?"
LPIMH: Uuumm...nothing?

Then my favorite, from a little one in one of my intervention groups...the other boy who comes with her was a little late, so as we walked into my office together, she's telling me, "Ms. Brezek, your hair looks kinda crazy today!"

Real talk.

She continues on... "Are you tired? I mean sometimes when I'm tired I end up with a crazy hair day, too."

Christine, my work bestie chimes in, "Y, that's not a very nice thing to say to Ms. Brezek!"

At this time, Y gets a little self conscious - you can see her cheeks flush and she looks down a little, but she carries on, explaining how she has crazy hair every day...

I say, "So are you tired every day?"

"No," she replies, "my hair is just always crazy."

I wish I had the audio of the conversation - it was seriously so funny. Yesterday Juliana told me I looked beautiful...today, I'm tired.

The cool thing about kids is that since they don't filter anything, it's never a question about what they're thinking. Adults on the other hand, well that's a story for another day!