It's time I start thinking about my hair. Actually, I'm so vain, I spend most days thinking about my hair, but that's beside the point.

I have always had a crazy head of hair. It's very fine, but I have a lot of it, which is weird. Usually, when people have fine hair, it's also very thin. Not me. Lots of it.

It's also kind of curly, but really kind of not. I always just called it nasty. I have never been able to just let my hair "go". Do it's own thing. Because a lot like me, it can never make up it's mine. If I want it to be curly, I have to MAKE it curly. If I want it to be straight, I have to MAKE it straight. The middle ground is just, well, nasty.

I also have to wash it every day. If I don't I look homeless, and I definitely have a home. And a shower.

When we moved to the mountains, I decided to kick the straightener and brought out the curl by getting a perm. I could just shower at night, let it air dry, and wake up and walk out the door. Perfection. I could also go a day or two, or three when I knew I wouldn't see anyone, without washing it. It was sort of fabulous. But I also never knew how fab, or seriously not fab, my bed head would look. In essence, this control freak had no control.

Then there's the straight hairs. I've opted for straight most of my life, except for summers of beach hair and that weird stint in the third grade. I know that I can get up, shower, and straighten it, and it's straight. Period. But it's also an hour+ of dedication every morning, and honestly, the perm has spoiled me. I liked being low maintenance.

So, now that the perm has grown out enough that I look homeless regardless of my most recent cleaning, I have to straighten it to look presentable, and I'm debating. Straight or curly?