Addio Capelli

The first hour of class was Italian and I read my book, as well as in chemistry for the second hour.  Then we got on the bus and went to the gym.  The first half of class, we did this weird circuit thing where we had to jump over this bar thing and jump in and out of hoops.  I thought it was a little dangerous because somebody could’ve easily fallen on their head jumping over the bar because it was kind of high.  One person actually fell on there back.  I also probably looked like an idiot when I did it.   Then we had to play basketball with teams of five and I was on a team with four guys who were really good.  I felt bad that they had to have me on their team.  I pretty much walked around the court the whole time and everybody avoided passing the ball to me.  It worked out just fine, but again, I probably looked like an idiot.  I wish I was good at sports.  When we got back to the school, we went to the computer lab for art class and it looked like people were designing houses or something on this computer program.  A lot of people just talked, like me.

After lunch, I went over to Janie’s house and hung out a little bit with her and Elizabeth, our friend.  Then we were dropped off at a hair salon, which is owned by Elizabeth’s uncle.  We were there from around 3:30/4ish to 7:45.  First, Janie got her hair dyed.  That’s mainly the reason it took so long.  She got the tips dyed red and it looks super good.  She looks like a rock star.  Then it was my turn.   I decided that I want to donate my hair to Locks of Love again so the minimum to cut off is 10 inches.  We measured it out and put my hair in a ponytail. I was super nervous and then “snip”! In about 10 seconds, I was holding about a foot of my hair in my hand.  We put it in a bag so that I can mail it in to donate.  I got tears in my eyes when my hair was cut off, but they went away quickly.  I thought my hair was short when it was first cut off.  Then he took off another inch or so to level everything out and layer my hair.  I was freaking out a little bit. 

In the end, I am super satisfied with my haircut.  I think it’s the best hairdresser I’ve ever been to.  I didn’t even show him a picture of what I wanted and he ended up layering my hair exactly the way I wanted.  I feel like a new person!  I kept swinging my hair around. It’s so short! (To me anyway.)  Then Janie got her hair curled and her host dad picked us up.  We went to her house and her host parents were shocked when they saw Janie’s hair in the light because she never told them she was dying it.  They liked it though.  They also liked my hair.  We had pizza and hung out in her room for about an hour.  I skyped with my dad and my sister and showed them my new hair!

We went to the pub around 10:15 and none of our friends were there so we took a little stroll around town.  We were walking through the small streets and we made our way to the church.  I was really cold so I put my bag down and took a couple of laps around the church steps.  (Nobody was there, so I wasn’t embarrassing myself.) Janie left me, so I didn’t get to run as much as I wanted, but I had to run to catch up with her and by that point, I was all warmed up.  I ended up staying warm for the rest of the night. It was great!  When we went back to the pub, our friends still weren’t there so we stood and talked with each other for a while.  Some people ended up coming up and talking with us and I also found some kids from my class and we talked with them as well.  I feel like I’m starting to speak Italian better, and therefore, I’m making more friends!  I talked with a lot of people tonight that I’ve never talked with before. 

We were picked up at 12 and it was raining and I was pretty tired.  The internet never works at night so I will upload this blog tomorrow morning… or tomorrow afternoon (because that’s probably when I’ll get up). 

I love my hair!!

Buonanotte!

~Devon