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Rob has been gone for almost three weeks now. It’s still weird hearing his bedroom door going and Bel coming down the stairs! He hasn’t really been in touch much, but he’s been updating his Facebook every so often with photos of the shenanigans they’ve been up to.
He had one of his friends from Home go and spend the weekend with him last weekend. I’m not sure what’s going on with this friend, he’s recently been kicked out of home by his mum, who rang while he was at work and asked his boss to tell him not to bother coming back, his stuff was in the garden. Rob was saying how horrible his mum was for doing it, and I was trying to explain that she must have had her reasons. As the days went on, Rob was finding out more titbits of info, like how he wasn’t allowed in the house to collect the rest of his stuff without a police escort, so something very serious must have happened. So his friend has been living in the hotel where they both work.
Then a few days ago, this friend posted on Facebook about how sad he was that his uncle, who had depression, had committed suicide. The next day, Rob had posted a picture of himself with his sisters, saying how much he missed them, then was leaving me messages asking me when I was available to chat. So I think he’s been feeling a bit homesick, now that the partying is over and the work has begun!
Anyway, I’ve told him to party hard, but work harder. He also alluded that there may be a girl on the scene, but I didn’t push for info!
Driving is still going ok. I’m still nervous beforehand and I’ll admit that I’m not really enjoying it yet, but I’m sure I will once I get the hang of it. I just need to suck it up if I want to drive! My driving instructor has stopped telling me what to do quite so much, instead he asks me what I should be doing. Like “look at your speed....What gear should you be in?” and “what should you be doing while we’re approaching this roundabout?” I know after a while it will become second nature, I’m already changing gear on my own (although I forget sometimes when I’m driving through town and concentrating on the other traffic!) He had me doing 70 on a dual carriageway on Sunday, but the idiots seemed to be out in force, 2 people overtook me dangerously, one approaching a busy roundabout, another crossing a high bridge when the oncoming car was very close. So that shook me up a bit. But I guess it’s all part and parcel!
My hair. It’s calming down. It turns out I was washing it with the baking soda far too often, while your hair is getting used to not being washed with shampoo, you’re only supposed to be doing it once every four days. When my hair was long, there would be no way I’d leave it that long, it would be lank and horrible if i didn’t wash it every day. But it looks ok while it’s short. I was washing it every day because I was having to wear hairspray in it to stop me looking like a bogbrush, but it turns out my hair is only like that when it’s freshly washed, so I can get away with using no product in it at all. While your hair is getting used to the sebum production, it’s called transition, which can last months in some people! It’s been 18 days for me now with no shampoo, and my scalp has had a few spots and is itchy, both of which are normal. I’m hoping that once my head calms down, my hair will be lovely, healthy and shiny. Fingers crossed!