March 2 - Who's a Who
A weekend in Austin with 4 of my best girl friends from college did me dirty. I had the best time EVER. We drank a lot, laughed a lot, cried a little, and all came out of the weekend incredibly sad to say goodbye.
I am currently suffering the repercussions of a too-good-time in the form of mental exhaustion and a very stuffy nose. The last two days I’ve felt super on-edge and annoyed with everyone - which, let’s be honest, might also be caused by the fact that I’m due for my P - and today decided to follow the mentality of ‘dress well test well’ to feel slightly better.
Looking good is difficult when you’re on Day 3 of no-shower hair, but we did our best. What does our best look like, you might ask? A full face of makeup and a very messy bun on top of my head.
A very necessary side note: whenever I put even the slightest effort into my appearance for a work day, someone says something. I go back and forth on whether this is a compliment to how well I can do my makeup or an enormous insult to my ‘natural beauty’. Whatever. I work from home, my skin isn’t obsessed with the whole ‘suffocating’ lifestyle, I don’t have any work crushes. So, no. My coworkers don’t typically see a very sexy version of me.
As soon as I pop onto my internal 6-person google call this morning, my boss immediately goes, ‘Wow, Larkin, I love your look today. Very chic.’ We could have left it at that. I was feeling quite good about my Day 3 Bun. But no. A second coworker has to chime in. ‘Yes. This look is very ‘who’ of you.’
Now. Maybe someone who has never been called a ‘who’ or has never been in Seussical the Musical circa 2004 at the Warner Theater might be confused by this comment. But, as you may have correctly assumed, that someone is not me. I knew exactly what he meant, and… he is entirely correct. With my hair piled up on top of my head and my contour done perfectly to emphasize a button nose, I had thrown myself right back into who-ville. Horton? Where you at?
While there isn’t really another option, I will be wearing my Who-Look with pride for the rest of the day.
