I Did It! January 13th 2010

I had the good idea last summer to walk to the library one day. Well today was that day. I had no idea how long it would take and that's what stopped me in the past. It took about 40 minutes one way, not bad at all!! I was thinking it would be at least an hour.
This was a goal that I thought would help me maintain some of my northern experience - where I walked everywhere. And that part worked too. I really enjoyed being out there and seeing things from a walking pace.
The temperature is -2 and the wind is 27 km/p/h. I wanted to check that when I got home because I would not want to venture out on this walk or a similar one with any more wind than there was today. If it was colder it would need to be a very light to no wind in order to have a comfortable walk of that duration for me.
Last year at this time I was getting off the anti-depressants I had been taking off and on for about 14 years. I often wanted to walk places, go and do things, whatever, but either didn't have the energy or the motivation. I am so happy that today I had both:)
It's getting milder and I expect most of the snow will be gone by the weekend.
I found a fantastic hairdresser this week. So exciting. I was getting tired of trying to keep my hair looking respectable on my own. It would take about 3 days to get a trim to look the way I wanted. And my straight razor is getting dull so it was painful as well!
I spotted a lady in the parking lot at work and loved her hair. She came into the store and I asked her where she got her hair done. She raved about her hairdresser and gave me the name and number. I called as soon as she left the store and made an appointment. I've been there and had it done and am extremely happy! So relieved to be able to go somewhere to get this done for now. She is very good with colour too. I don't want to cover all the grey that I've so patiently grown out. We talked about doing some colour blocks just around my face and keeping the natural grey everywhere else. I think I'm going to be able to have some fun with colour again!
Hope this finds everyone happy and well,