I got my hair cut today.  My appointment was supposed to be last week, but when I got there the place was crowded.  I had never seen so many people at my hairdressers!  I sat down to wait, confident that 'I had something to do'.

I got out my pen and notebook to jot down ideas for my blog.  Actually I can do endless things with a notebook and a pen(cil).  I like lists and can happily while away many minutes on various lists from the practical 'things I need to do today' list to the dreaming ' things I'd like to do before I die'.

On an aside, I made a list of '50 things to do before I die' when I was about 32 but only got to number 22.  Oops.  When I found the list a few months ago I was pleased to discover I had actually managed to accomplish 8 of those things - not bad.

Back to the hairdressers; after a few brief sentences my pen ran out.  It ran out.  My pens almost never run out.  I'm one of those people who buys pens in 50's.  I have a couple of 'posh' pens which do run out and I can get refills, but other pens I have in every room of the house and usually at least 2 in any bag.  They tend to get lost before they run out.  My pen ran out - argh!

For a good 15 minutes I people-watched - which I do like to do, but that day I wasn't in the mood.  Besides anything else I was the only person in there who actually looked like they needed a haircut!  I got so stressed I went to my stylist and asked him howlate he thought he was running and would he prefer me to come another day.  He is always booked up 6 weeks in advance - my first appointment with him I had to book over 2 months in advance!  I wasn't hopeful.

He, on the other hand, was delighted and couldn't quite believe I'd give up my slot.  He booked me for today, his day off.  So now I'm feeling grateful/guilty!  (When I got there today I discovered he'd booked a few other appointments for today so not too much guilt!)

Today I had the salon to myself (well, almost) and was done in less than an hour.  No time to even look for my pen..... 

Do you always take something with you 'to do'?