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best available copy hairraising encounters no fun tribune february 1 1989 c3 it has been said that we learn by our mistakes from my ex perience in the area of self- improvement i can only con clude im a slow learner par ticularly when it comes to trying out new hair styles it would certainly help if my family made an effort to save me from myself when the irrational urge to have a perm strikes instead my husband absently mutters its your hair dear from behind the sports section and the children are too busy zapping aliens to offer advice ive had about five perms in my life each one a disaster leav ing my hair with all the shine and consistency of a brillo pad i shudder to think of the times ive sat numbly in front of a mir ror miserably contemplating the wire wool halo which was to have been a loosely structured shin ing mass of natural looking curls and which wont grow out for at least a year in desperation i would try to think of suitably carefree replies to the inevitable cries of youve had a perm or that certainly looks different from all the peo ple too polite to say how long will it be before you look normal again on one particularly distressing occasion i tried to salvage things by applying a color rinse to im prove the condition if not the style of my crowning fuzz light golden brown interac ting totally with the perm pro duced a horrific bluishblack hue the overall effect being reminiscent of a charles addams cartoon character which only served to increase my despair and my friends barely concealed mirth on another occasion i attemp ted to repair the damage with the help of a hair straightener this chemical cocktail had to be poured through my hair six times while i leaned backwards over the sink it wasnt until id performed the necessary contortions that i read the last line of the instruc tions we strongly advise you to ask a friend to help you as this is almost impossible to do alone to my immense relief when i fearfully removed the towel not only did my hair remain attached to my scalp it was also merciful ly wonderfully undeniably straight i swore this was the last time id get sucked in but i still couldnt kick the habit three years ago lulled by magazine articles about the new soft perms i found just the look i wanted filled with misplaced con fidence i presented the picture at one of the glitzier toronto salons where justin told me it would be no problem at all to transform my dull predictable style into something that would amaze my friends my husband struggling to find words to cancel out the look of horror on his face as i emerged from the illfated encounter with justin inquired with disbelief is that how you wanted it i explained with a confidence that i was far from feeling that it would look better when it loosened up fortunately one of my relatives had the foresight to take a picture of this particular crea tion although it pains me to see it ill never throw it away every time i feel a perm coming on ail it takes is a quick glance and im cured going straight has finally become a permanent way of life kids teach mother a lesson when our oldest daughter started school we struggled con stantly with a morning routine she moved in slow gear i operated in high finally in exasperation i ex ploded whats wrong here i said is all the hurry is in me dont you realize what will hap pen if youre late so it was a great relief when daughter no 2 after only a few weeks in kindergarten began watching the clock with all the worry of a fasttrack executive come on shed tell her sister 10 minutes before the bus was due the big hand is straight up and the bus is coming with that shed rush out the door genetic differences en vironmental changes why did daughter no 2 seem to have more hurry in her thank goodness for small miracles even if it doesnt last forever then daughter no 3 made me look at things another way i was taking her to the doctor one day on an extremely tight schedule i knew if i was late for the first appointment the rest of the day would be thrown off my pulse was racing as fast as my engine when from the back seat came a sweet totally laid back hello mommy another way melodie davis it was her doctor appointment but of course at two years of age what did she care about being late suddenly i was glad my hurry my stress and my uptightness had not rubbed off on her another day i was driving to work on a newly completed four- lane highway close to my office i can get on it about a mile from my house and zoom efficiently to my destination in just under seven minutes we used to be hampered by gravel trucks chugging up a long grade in low gear sometimes id find myself following one all the while muttering angrily to myself then i realized hey i could veer to the left and drive in the fast lane that same day i drove to a lunch appointment across town it took me past our church our congregation meets in a lovely- old remodelled house with a row of stately maples along the front of the lot suddenly i realized the trees were gone cut to the ground id known of course that the death penalty had been pro nounced a long time ago to make way for a highway in front of the property but a pain shot through my heart as though someone had cut it with a knife this may sound overly dramatic but the pain was real i was struck by my own incon sistency four lanes were great as long as they took the trees from someone elses site new trees will be planted of course and just as surely i sup pose little girls will some-day- hurryvwith all the fury dfttheir harrietfwdther g fv j theyjllearn that jphey re late introducing the central guarantytrust betite other qooner dion theres never been a belter time to switch your rrsp to central guaranty and its never been so easy with our new retire richer sooner plan you may be able to retire years earlier and in better financial shape than you ever thought possible the secret is simple central guarantytrust gives you more rrsp options but makes it easier to 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