I Don't Do Hats No More!!

On the 15th October my cousin Helen came to visit us for ten days. She is from England and had been planning a trip to Australia for quite some time. She and I last saw each other in 1977 when she was 4 and I was 14 and hadn't really kept in touch. Through the wonders of technology I managed to track her down about 18 months ago. She decided to cut her stay in Brisbane down and come and meet us all.

We took a wee holiday up to the tourist meca of ...yes...Rotorvegas
and had a great time. I was worried that I might become quite tired as I hadn't long finished chemotherapy, but I really outdid myself.
We went on an hour long horse trek in the hills at Paradise Valley and the next day we went out to the Agridome and we had a ride in a Jet Sprint boat. We also did all the tourist things like visiting the hidden valley, bathing at the Polynesian pools, visiting Huka Falls etc. We also did plenty of eating and drinking.

On the 2nd Saturday night of Helen's stay we decided we would go into Wellington for a meal and a bit of a boogie. i was not looking forward to spending the majority of the night wiping the perspiration from under my wig, nor did I want to wear a hat and look like a complete plonker so I decided I would go hatless. That's right No More Hats for me. So from the back of the bathroom shelf came the pot of hair gel and I gave myself a bit of a spiked up 'do' and off we went. It felt great to be out without my extra accessory. I have now put my hats away and have put my wig on Trade Me. I won't be needing it anymore!

We had a great night out, starting off with a beautiful meal which my Aunty had generously paid for for us all. We then had a few drinks and went on to Boogie Wonderland where I could quite happily have danced the night way.

During the last couple of days I have noticed that the few long eyelashes that I have managed to retain have now fallen out and my eyelids are now naked. On inspecting said area more closely I now know that the old ones have fallen out for a reason.....they are being pushed out by the new spring growth. My lovely new eyelashes are coming through....I'm so excited; they are growing so fast I can literally see the difference each day.