-Rinse and Repeat

This cold, windy weather has got to stop. I am absolutely fed up with it. You think the sunshine would help but really it just makes it worse. You begin to think that the temperatures might actually start being above sub-freezing-too-cold-to-sit-on-the-toilet-cold, when all of the sudden your sprawled out on the concrete because of a patch of black ice. Yes, very funny mother nature; I hope you’re getting a nice laugh out of this one. And I hope global warming treats you a lesson real soon, you climate controlling hussy. Really though it is not just the temperatures that have got me in a fix; but it is the side effects that they produce. For instance, all the dry skin due to the temperatures and wind. That is very frustrating, when the temperatures dictate how many times a day you should wash your hands, things have gone too far. Remember when bloody knuckles meant sliding quarters at each others hands, and now it means you need some moisturizer and thicker gloves. Oh how times have changed. But it’s not just the hands that suffer, my head suffers too; or rather my scalp suffers. Between the constant combination of being stuffed under baseball caps, scooped up in beanies and washed and dried in under heated bathrooms I do believe it has surrendered; and to let me know it has done so it has sent out the white flags. The remedy for this problem: time, patience and good shampoo. Having last bought shampoo the first time Britney made a comeback, I was surprised to find out just how many options I had. Shampoo has its own complete aisle, the same amount of room that is given to a years worth of hot pockets is passed out for Pantene, given to Garnier, divided amongst Dove and shared by Sunsilk. Nellie Forbush would be stunned. Apparently shampoo has directions as well, besides just the basic “rinse and repeat”. These days you have to put on pre conditioning gel before you shampoo and post moisture crème after; anyone else fighting the urge to buzz it all off?
Drastic measures might seem like a quick fix and a right now remedy, but regret can linger in the air longer then the winter chill. Plus if directions that simple have lasted so long it has to be for a purpose. There is a certain rhythm that flows from the idea of rinse and repeat, the simplicity of it can be applied elsewhere in life. Dating is a good place to apply this two step process. Much like the weather, dating can be chilly and severe. It can often dry you out, make you want to stay in doors and even send out white flags. It might even be so bad that sometimes you want to do something drastic: like buzzing your hair, buying and consuming two pounds of watermelon jelly bellies or swearing off dating entirely. But as stated before drastic measures are just that, drastic and unproductive. So what to do when suffering a cold patch in the dating game? Rinse and repeat. Simply wash it out of your hair, and send it on its way. Rock it out of your roll call and drum it out of your dreams. Honestly, these kinds of things happen every day; no need to be so dramatic about it. Get the picture?
There aren’t a whole lot of options when it comes to alternatives. That is of course unless you want to end this habit to take up another. But not all of us look good in black and white. So we are forced to wash ourselves off, fix ourselves up and go out and do it all over again. It might be successful, it might be disastrous, but what else are you going to do but repeat. There is no point in just rinsing. So whether you are stuck in the windy Midwest or sitting in the sunny South Pacific, when it comes to dating all you can do rinse and repeat as needed.