Oops – I forgot

My undergraduate college is Luther College in Decorah Iowa. It is a great small liberal arts college that had a great acceptance rate for the University of Iowa Medical School. Between my junior and senior year of high school I took Biochemistry 101 with college kids on campus. I had a blast and decided to go there. It was a great experience. Earlier this year, I was informed that I would be receiving a Distinguished Service Award during Homecoming Weekend for the Class of 1977. I had to do the math to realize this is 45 years since graduation and I was shocked by that. The award presentation is October 7th, shortly after I return from Poland.

Last night, I had the idea of getting the Ukrainian flag colors (solid blue on top of solid yellow) put in my hair when I got it cut today. Fellow traveler Kay decided to do it as well. She has longer hair so she was able to mix the colors which was my vision for my hair. But with my short hair that had to be pulled through a special cap, having blue hairs next to yellow hair would likely lead to some green hair during the 30 minutes of processing. So I have the flag – blue on top of yellow. This is a picture while waiting for the blue to process.

The yellow was put in on the sides, processed for 30 minutes and then hair was trimmed. Everyone in the salon was entertained and heard the story behind the colors. We had a blast and after we got home it hit me that this was permanent color so I will be accepting my DSA with blue and yellow hair. Oh well.

We truly hope that this will bring as many smiles to the faces of the Ukrainian refugees as we had getting it done.