Please don’t judge me when I tell you that it took me 27 years to get a full time job.  Its just part of the industry.  Very rarely is someone able to jump in full time with instant success {especially if they are raising children}.

I’ve worked two jobs as well as worked part time while attending school full time.  But a full time, 40 hours a week, salary job?  This is the first.  I think I did pretty good for my first week, too.  I actually put in about 44-45 hours, to be precise.  I didn’t even complain.

Turning that salon around will be a challenge, for sure.  But one I am excited to take on and makeover.

However, I’ve decided not to go on with the original plan of full time job and full time school.  I just don’t think I can handle it with scheduled meetings and other work requirements.  Not to mention the fact that I don’t want to spend the three hours I have with Lilie Jo, every night, before bedtime filled completely with homework and other house chores.

I’ve definitely learned, this past week, that I need a decent bedtime…. and lots of coffee {but that’s not new}.

Call me lazy and uncommitted all you want.  I don’t care.  My time spent with Baby Bear is way more precious to me than than having that bachelor’s degree in May.  It will still be there next December and/or May 2014.  Lilie Jo-the-kindergartener will not.

I’ve spent years searching, fighting and praying for a job, within my talents, with substantial pay to help provide for my family.  That’s why I was in such a rush to get back in and finished with school.  But then this sweet little opportunity was basically gifted wrapped and set in my lap.  No, its not the exact job I originally had in mind.  But then again, who am I to know what’s best for me and mine?  That’s all up to ole big guns, up stairs.  And I’d be lying if I told you I wasn’t happy or excited about my new salon leader position.

So, with all this change {mine and Lil’s birthday, salon job, starting kindergarden}, I thought my hair needed a little change, too.  I decided to try a subtle ombre.  The ombre trend is all over the place: clothes, nails, hair.  I had to get in on a little of that.

If you’re one of my Instagram followers, I’m sure you’ve been dying to see the final result.  What do you think?  Should I keep it or lighten the ends a bit more?