Which way did I go??

Thataway! I found out some fantastic news-that for the national Aiesec conference happening from May 19-22, I'll get to be a member of the facilitating team! Those of you who know Aiesec and congresses, especially the way Turkey hosts them, should know what an incredible experience this is. Those of you who don't maybe have an idea from the few pictures I posted to the YES Congress-Istanbul album from the MMF Project photo album. I'm sure there'll be many great moments and pictures from this congress, too, so be expecting those. We're supposed to be there tomorrow(Tuesday) to begin pre-congress meetings. Yikes!

I know I sent a lot of you some pictures of the new hair. Well, what I didn't do was tell you how it happened. I went to the salon with my host mom, Berna, to get a hair cut, nothing special and no particular style in mind seeing as how I've had the same hair cut for the last 23 years. I told Berna that I didn't have anything special in mind, and that I wanted to see what idea the stylist had. He thought about it for awhile, then started spouting off some crazy Turkish.

My host mom began to translate what idea he had expressed to her while he walked away. Then all of a sudden he came back out of nowhere and just started cutting large chunks of my hair off and tossing them. It was hilarious! You should've seen the look in Berna's eyes; which is funny, because you'd think I should be the one freaking out right about now. She started to say something to the stylist, but really what good would it have done at this point, and I said, "no no, just let him go." So, that pretty much brings us up to date.

I'm definitely not used to having such short hair, but I actually kind of liked it yesterday when it was all styled. I'll have to see how I'll adjust to having it on a daily basis, though, especially because I won't be blow-drying and styling it like they do in the salon. C'mon, I'm lucky if I brush my hair on a regular basis. :)