Tantrum

I threw a few tantrums today. Not proud of it. But it speaks to just how frustrating not being able to do a simple thing is.

I worked out my arms last Wednesday with a trainer. I thought it was getting better yesterday. However, today I woke up, any my triceps are in a special kind of pain. I touch it gently and pain flares up. Luis finally convinced me to take some Advil, which eventually helped a few hours down the line. However, meanwhile, I can't touch the top of my head, much less reach around to the back of the neck...which means I can't tie a pony tail. Unfortunately, today was the day I was supposed to wash my hair because it's rather noticeably greasy and I knew by afternoon it'll be unbearably greasy.

Thus I asked Luis to tie the ponytail for me.

I now harbor a special sort of dislike for any guys preferring girls keeping their hair long without the accompanying appreciation of how much work goes into managing that long hair.

1. How to gather long hair together in a ponytail
2. Knowing the need to smooth/brush the hair so I don't look like a crazy person off my meds when I step outside the apt.
3. Brushing the hair. How?
4. Holding the hair while brushing it.
5. Using a hair tie. How to tie it? How to tie hair with it? Luis looked like Dr. Zoidberg trying to tie a pony tail. No joke.

The first try I stopped him after getting stuck at #2.

I asked him to try again because the hair kept tickling my face and scratching my face was a chore.

We skipped #3 and 4, and threw a tantrum after reaching #5. I showed him how to tie things with a hair tie using the said hair tie and his finger as an example. Apparently translating that act to tying up hair is a different matter entirely.

I feel sorry if he had to do that for any daughters we might have.

Washing hair. Need to use fingers to get to scalp! Otherwise I feel like he got the surface but down the roots, where it matters, it was still greasy.

Combing wet hair. Start from the bottom. There's a reason why combs have teeth. To reach the scalp and comb out everything.

Argh!!!

Who knew such basic knowledge as prevalent among girls as masturbation is among guys has such a massive gender divide?