Haircuts, and tacos, and choirs! Oh my!

David was a brave soul last week, and let me cut his hair -- my first time cutting hair. Ever. Oddly enough, I think I was more nervous than he was. If he was nervous at all, he pretended that he wasn't. Probably to keep me from stopping half way through because I was too scared to finish.

Here is the finished product. I was pretty pleased!

This one looks like a mug shot...

I actually cut his hair twice in order to get it to this point. The first time I cut it, I left it pretty long (too long...) because if I messed up too badly, I wanted his mom to have enough hair to work with that she could fix the problems I caused. But it looked alright when I finished, and I was getting confident, so I went ahead and cut it all short. It took a little under an hour, but I got some good practice in, and we had a good time laughing and talking while I cut away. :) He's a very good sport.

I'm really excited about this new skill I am acquiring! It will save a nice little bundle of money over the years, and I am all about that.

In other news: David and I have joined a community choir called "The Turkey Choir." It only performs once, on Thanksgiving Morning. So every Sunday evening we have choir practice. It's a little scary, just because it's my first time in a choir, but the conductor is amazing. He is very good at taking people of all skill levels and getting everyone on the same page. It's impressive to watch him work.

David's band at school had a social last week that we went to. It was fun: we had Mexican food (tacos and burritos) for dinner, there were two pinatas that got beaten to bits, and then we watched a Zorro movie. As it happened, though, not very many people from band showed up, so they had a TON of food left over. They sent David and I home with a huge (10 lbs?) tub of hamburger and a big ol' bag of shredded lettuce. Needless to say, we have been living high on the hog (or cow, rather) since then. I have eaten so many taco salads -- what a lovely experience!

Oh, also, I have been approved for paid Caption training at school! I am stoked! Basically, I get paid to learn a new program that makes it so that I can make word-for-word transcripts of lectures for students with disabilities (especially deaf and hard-of-hearing students), which they can read in real-time, while the teacher is lecturing. I love my job! I get to help people all the time! It's so rewarding!