Runcarla -- I love Meg Ryan. I can do bangs as long as they are cheekbone length (just long enough to *barely* tuck behind the ears)-- anything shorter and they curl funny. I LOVE those examples!!! Thank you for the inspiration!!!! I am also flattered you think I share some of her characteristics.

RobinF - over the years I got away from too much hair product. Reasons: 1) the wrong product can easily weigh my hair down; 2) I've got scalp psoriasis -- in remission right now-- but some products can make it a lot worse, so less is always more for me; and 3) trial and error results in a lot of unused product!! Even something my hair dresser uses once on me and recommends, can backfire if I take it home and use it more than once. I tried all the usual curly girl recommendations and none worked so gifted them to my curly friend. Also I prefer wash & go, I don't have patience or skill to spend too much time on my hair. Blow drying it while it's this long makes me exhausted.

FashionIntern -- I know right? ME TOO!! Lol

Helena-- you are too sweet and and absolutely right about glimmers of hope!! Here's to all adults vaccinated by May 31 and more of a semblance of normal again this summer/Fall!!

Janet -- yes about the triangle hair! That's definitely a factor over here when I "fluff"... my jowl annoys me too, I can't and don't want to have to smile all the time to lift all that up, ya know? (I am also conscious that a selfie is not the best representation of what I look like IRL and nor is Zoom!). I'm okay with aging gracefully, and never wanted any sort of surgical intervention. This year my sister went and had a tummy tuck -- she's been a candidate forever, since being pregnant with triplets. Tummy tucks were on sale earlier this year because COVID. The results are amazing-- but she says she is not sure she'd do it again in retrospect as the recovery was much longer and more painful than she expected.

Angie-- I hope you get to see your dad soon!! My parents are my first stop as well. It's been a rough year for them. They were just about to move into assisted living and then COVID hit. Hugs to you!

Bella -- I had similar thought, maybe my first post-COVID haircut will be on the longer side, just with some layers. I can always go shorter but it's taken me a year to grow my hair past my shoulders so why not give it a try?

Do you think I could do an Amanda Rollins SVU layered cut?
https://images.app.goo.gl/kEJRKt4zPeFFF8Hi7

Otherwise I love the idea of a Meg Ryan type shag. Or longer shag, but I'm not going to do the mullet shag.

Angie, come see your dad! If you have Dutch citizenship, you can always enter the country and your residency permit will get you back into the US. There is a bit of paperwork to do each way, but it doesn’t seem so bad for Germany. Can’t imagine the Netherlands would be very different. These sites were very helpful in planning our trip. We started out with a United flight, then realized they aren’t blocking seats. Considered on by Lufthansa, until I saw that it’s run by United. Delta is the only US carrier still blocking seats, and it’s partners—airfrance, Lufthansa, etc all got good ratings. But see for yourself.
flights.
https://skytraxratings.com/airlines?covid=4,5
https://www.airlineratings.com/safety-rating-tool/