Health, Fitness, and Diets Are All Theoretical

"Why do they call it a permanent if you have to have one every three months?" asked my father-in-law as my cute little mother-in-law walked by, sporting her freshly curled hair-do. "That's a good question." I replied. "It's for sure that when you get one, it doesn't easily go away, so I guess that would make it permanent temporarily." Lonnie and I often have intellectual discussions like this and have solved many of the world's greatest mysteries in this manner. On this occasion I had to concede that I don't know why these hair dos are called permanents.

Not that I haven't had my fair share of experiences with the salon and home perms. My hair has been chopped, cropped, flipped, and flopped more ways than I care to admit. I didn't learn until a few years ago that someone with naturally frizzy hair like I do should never get a perm! I went to the salon and told the stylist that I wanted a body perm. It would have served me better if I had attempted that (body perm) instead of going for a lift for my hair. She told me that the perm she would be using on my hair was called "instant satisfaction" or something equally as fraudulent. I knew by the look of horror on her face as she took out the curlers that my hair was in serious trouble and that I was going to be far from satisfied, instantly or otherwise!

The frail wisps of hair that was coming out of the follicles on my scalp looked like it had been put through a wringer washer while I held a finger in an electrical socket. I walked out of that salon at least a foot taller and wider! To make things worse, we were on our way to the beach for a week. Salt water and ocean breeze, yeah this is just what my mop needed, more height, width, and frizz! It was months before my hair recovered from it. That was my last permanent.