Snip Trip

Final thing on the tick list done. Hair cut. I always find getting my hair cut a touch traumatic. Something about the vulnerability of having the back of my head assessed by a stranger, wetted and handled, heated, glooped and flattened. Something too about the style of conversation that seems to be a requirement of the process. I'd love to find a mute hairdresser. I sometimes wonder if I would prefer a hairdresser who wore gloves throughout to help de-personalise the whole thing. As usual, I washed my hair before getting it washed again at the shop. I just have to, like cleaning my teeth before visiting the dentist.
As I remarked to a friend before I went in, I feel sorry for the poor soul who has to make something of my mangy mane. The hairdresser remarked that I hadn't had it cut since October 2007. She enquired about this, and it made for a reasonable chat. Prosaically, we concluded that it came down to priorities. I'm not the fussiest client though. I listened in to two wittering women while I was there. I suppose it's an occupational hazard and that hairdersers are trained to ask the customer about their holidays to distract them from their infinitesimal styling fixations. As it went, my experience was quite all right, apart from the £30 charge that I might consider to be good value as I don't suppose my hair will be cut again for at least two years. I think I've averaged £1 a year over my lifetime, which is quite enough, that's a lot of creme eggs to have missed out on.

I got home and did a bit of pre-interview mugging up. This has made me anxious. It's the possibility of having to do a bit of maths, plus the thought of the group discussion. Objectively, I know I can do these things, but I regard them as possible trouble spots. I would prefer it if I knew a bit more about what to expect. So would every other interviewee, I dare say. My worries are my own fault, I shouldn't have wantonly read the chat room threads titled 'Didn't get a place, upset ;-(' . Tomorrow, I will be gratefully distracted as I need to get my OU test done. Then, I'll look over my personal statement and look up a few health issues.