Barb's Burblings

She has really nice hair, too

I was on the phone with my mom the other night, complaining about how I have to get yet more dental work done. Two more crowns. I have, quite possibly, the weakest teeth in the world. She said that I must've gotten that from her, as she's had to get a bunch of work done, too; my dad hasn't had much at all. Then she said that my sister must've gotten her stronger teeth from our dad.

I guess to cheer me up, she said that at least my hair is curlier than my sister's, with "curly" most definitely being relative. My hair has a slight wave. As for how it compares to my sister's? Let's just say that she was visiting once, and when we were on the Metro, someone sitting behind us asked whether we were sisters. She could tell because we have, essentially, the same hair. My hair might have a bit more body, but not much.

My mother, however, has very, very straight hair. (Or, slightly less wave than what my sister has.) I said that if I could have the money back that I've spent on dental work, I'd happily have straighter hair. And apparently my mom really wishes she had a bit more wave in her hair, because she seemed to find that odd.

Hello? A choice between having both better teeth AND at least $2500 or having slightly straighter hair? Yeah. I'm going with the strong teeth and cash.