An adjacent customer at the hair salon was spun to face me, giving her a stellar shot of my schnoz.
“Your profile is gorgeous, I mean absolutely stunning.” I smiled and thanked her. While aging continues to enlarge it, my nose still has got what it takes!
And not to brag, but my nose is well versed in holding space as the main act at center stage.
“Your nose, it’s what people ask for.” A Mexican plastic surgeon told me years ago while seated at a beachfront bar amongst my friends. Its ski slope jump, tip, and size are desirable, he went on, which was nice? But weird.
Like what about my shoulder? With its Big Dipper constellation of freckles and light bone protrusion? **Psst. (Me talking to my shoulder) “You matter, I see you are and all you do.”
After my earlier hair-whacking experience – yes, it was a bit traumatizing and poorly done – my sister-in-law accompanied me to a local thrift store. The quest for a new-to-me pair of sandals has turned into a delightful vacation scavenger hunt. Still, the thrift store’s location, situated in a double-wide trailer with a metal fence around it, had me questioning whether the GPS had actually taken us to the local water company.
However, we were in the right place as a chubby black lab greeted us with an enthusiastic awooooo upon entering. And upon leaving, as Maria purchased a white vase for a single flower bud, the clerk checked her out and said, “Thank ya so much, you darling you.” The Southern hospitality, to my Northern ears, sounds extra, like the commercial I saw earlier for a candy stick dipping into a candy goo. I told Maria that such phrasing could be considered grounds for sexual harassment where I come from.
All joking aside, our time here in Cape San Blas, Florida is coming to an end. As quickly as it has gone by, I’m ready for what’s next. I’m eager to have my haircut improved upon by an actual barber who knows what they’re doing and to move on to the next leg of our journey: a week at my sister-in-law’s house in Roberta, Georgia – a town where she and her extended family seem to own most of it.
Sniff ya later! Love, Jaclynn
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