Do you find the pattern the same... everytime you switch shampoos? It's as if the beginning of a new bottle/new brand of shampoo is symbolic of a brand new chapter in life... or maybe that's just me thinking too hard about things.. the "english teacher" side coming out, right?

No. I'm not making this up. It's true. It's how God intended things. So what i'm saying is, if you need a little spice in yo' life- change shampoos.

No really though, I switched Shampoos at the end of my senior year of highschool going into Japan, (uhmm hello!?! New chapter of life) and I fell in love with what is Pantene Pro-V. I've been using that alternating with head and shoulders and a mixture of Garnier Fructese (I create my own shampoo mixtures, because yes.. I'm just that cool and if you don't know if you continue to use the same shampoo it eventually builds up and becomes useless to your hair...)

I've just switched Shampoos. Laura R. my friend has the same kind, and it looks cool, which were my initial reasons for wanting this shampoo. But as i looked into to the others, I decided to go with the Catwalk- oatmeal & honey shampoo.

As I initially lathered the shampoo into my hair, I realized "hey, this does not smell like oatmeal and honey-- it smells like cake" it reminded me of the craft fair i used to help out at my old church.

So now, as I realize this two days before leaving to go to Germany (well base camp), I realize my life is changing forever. I come home from Germany only to leave to Angelo.. which i will be there till May, and if things go as planned I'll be back on an airplane in June and won't return till August of 2008 (not August of 2007).. that's a lot of changes, and a lot of new "chapters" in the book of my life.

It's kinda strange, I was talking to Krystle yesterday, and mentioned "i'm not really scared-- because i don't really think about it." I'm not scared, I'm excited, but not even really that. It's an odd feeling, and I feel I should be anxious or finding something to worry about (which i'm sure i will sooner or later). However, I'm content right now, content about beginning anew.. building new friendships, while keeping up with current and old friendships.. i think it's the next step.. i know it's the next step.

So, now, I will take me and my cake smelling hair to go do something else then ponder the shampoo-ness of life. Perhaps I'll clean my room, or maybe even start packing (heeey there's an idea) or maybe, I'll choose to sit in front of the tv drowning my thoughts in a good movie such as Hook... (because yes, I do want to be like my white friend, Regina).

Out like oats and honey-
Lara