This morning I had the best intentions. I was planning a rare shampooing followed by remembering to use conditioner.

Unfortunately, I forgot, neglected, retreated back to a time before conditioner was cool, I can’t explain it but I did NOT rinse the conditioner out of my hair.

Had I noticed before wrapping my hair in a towel, putting on my face cream, getting dressed, eating my oatmeal and returning to the bathroom to blow-dry my clump of seaweed, it would have made all the difference.

I guess I can blame school lunches, the gentle humming of the recorder serenading Hot Cross Buns in the next room but my brain was otherwise occupied/short circuiting, probably through the process I call “Pantene osmosis.”

I realized immediately when I removed the towel there was a problem and in the grand scheme of things, it was very, VERY serious.

I simply didn’t have time to undress, un-eat my oatmeal and hop back in the shower to rinse and retrace my steps so I proceeded to just blow dry my sludge and agreed I would work with whatever the result might be.

If you’re not someone who can pull off the Silly Band acting as a hair-elastic around a beaver tail then you should always remember to rinse your conditioner. It’s not a look everyone can pull off but I was really rockin’ it all day. In fact, I laughed at the expensive products women use to give the illusion of the “wet look” when mine was doing it for free. I think I’ve started something.

I’m pretty sure I heard one of the bus drivers at the school mumble, “Hey Grease Monkey” under his breath but it was totally out of love.

Right back-atcha Freddy!