Happy New Hair!

We'll talk hair in a sec, but first, can I complain? It's the first day of 2019 and this is the first time I've been on my computer in three full days. And not by choice! That's because it took me three whole days to transfer everything from my old MacBook Pro to my new one. Grueling! And the worst part: I'm writing this post on my old computer, because the new one doesn't seem to be working. The screen is just a bunch of gibberish. I can't open any files because every single letter on the computer is a question mark symbol! WTF does that mean? So Day One of 2019 was a lot of frustration and yelling at the computer. Day Two of 2019 is going to be me marching back to the Apple store. Ugh.

But let's talk happier stuff...like hair! For the past several years, I've had a new year's tradition of rounding up some of my favorite blowouts from the previous year. (If you're so inclined, here's 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, and 2012. Hopefully you won't start crying like I did when you see the earlier years when I had so. much. more. HAIR.) 

This year's hair collage was surprisingly difficult to create though. It seemed like I had barely any pictures to choose from! At first I couldn't understand why. It wasn't that I didn't get enough blowouts this year. (I get one nearly every week, after all!) Then I realized it was because--for the first time ever--most of mine had been captured in Instagram Stories this year. So a lot of them were either videos, had writing on them, or you know, dog ears. But I persevered (LOL) and ended up with these nine fun styles. Which one is your fave? I'm kind of feeling the one in the top left corner. Note to self: Fewer waves this year, more sleek/straight lewks.

But the way I captured my good-hair selfies (oh lord) wasn't the only thing different about 2018. It was really a year of change for me, mostly subtle, but still real. My non-blog work changed a lot. (There are fewer magazines, so those assignments are slowly drying up.) There were first-world home-ownership problems that were stressful to deal with (for starters, our backyard reno and the fact that our heating system is apparently possessed.) My kids each faced new challenges in school (so, in turn, we did, too.) We said goodbye to one au pair and hello to another. Nothing major. Nothing "bad." Just...life.

All in all, it was a great year, though! Politics aside (because anything related to that--with the exception of the midterms--was awful), we had a lot of good times. We went to Hawaii, I went to L.A. for a whirlwind work trip where Jessica Alba's BFF gave me a facial (!), we set out on a West Coast road trip, and we spent Christmas in Florida. It was all great--even if I forgot to blog about a lot of it! Oy.

I haven't thought much about resolutions, so I'll save those for a separate post if I do decide to make them. For now, I'll just wish you a happy new year! I hope 2019 brings you health, happiness, and many, many days of good hair.