I haven't had my hair cut since the first of October. I kept meaning to get myself out and find myself a new hairdresser, but I never got around to it.

HairMan does a good job (he's maybe the second-best hairdresser I've had in my life), but patronizing his services has drawbacks.

#1 - The Wash. Alone of all the hairdressers I've visited in my life, HairMan finds it necessary to wash most of my face when he washes my hair. I've mentioned it jokingly. I've reproved him gently. I've asked for (and received) a washcloth I can use to cover my face. In the end, it turns out that having him wipe his soapy hands across most of my face is really more irritating than it should be and I haven't learned to ignore it in the 10 years off and on that I've been going to him.

#2 - The Mouth. I understand that most people who get into cutting hair are People People. They like people. They like to chat, etc. HairMan is certainly one of the chattiest hairdressers I've ever had, and that's fine, I don't really mind it, except that every time his mouth opens, his hands stop moving. Every hair cut, no matter how small a trim, requires me to book an hour of time, and at least 20 minutes of that is spent watching his hands not moving as he yaps away.

I gave up having my hair professionally dyed because the 2 to 2-1/2-hour appointment was just more than I could bear.

A person should not dread going to the hairdresser. (That should be saved for dental appointments.)

#3 - The Dating. Ever since he talked about my breasts that one day, and then asked me out a week or so later? I've felt much less comfortable going to him. Is that unreasonable? I mean, he's never mentioned it again.

#4 - The Location. These negative factors have been offset for the last year by the location of his salon. A mere five minutes from my office, fifteen minutes from home, it was very convenient. (Not as convenient as the salon I tried across the street from my apartment, but the haircuts I got from that woman were just horrible.)

Anyhow.

I can't stand my hair any more, I haven't done a thing about finding someone else to cut it, and in any case, I want to take the kind of look I'm trying to achieve with me to the new hairdresser, to give them a fighting chance of success.

So, I called him today.

After a digression into his horoscope and the passing of the mother of someone I've never heard of before *sigh*, I got an appointment for this Saturday.

Turns out, he's moving to a new, much less convenient salon, starting Saturday.

(Yes, it's like me, to turn a minor inconvenience into a major drama. But the change from a 30-minute round-trip commute to an hour is a chunk out of the middle of my Saturday.)

But!

After I get the cut, I can try one or two other salons, right? See if I can find someone else who can look at what I have repeat the cut.

I thought you might all appreciate a little melodrama on a 'Nut-free topic for a change.