Silver Linings

Hmm, I need to learn to see the silver linings to my misfortunes or I may start to question if I'm being cursed with my dad's unfortunate breed of bad luck. Went to the hairdressers today - for the first time in many months - with the intention of booking myself in for a half head of highlights along with my usual cut and blowdry. Having been given a small skin test for the dye, I am sent on my way, only to find I'm reacting to it about half hour later. So no dyed hair for me - despite never having had an allergy test for hair dyes in the past and being fine. I shall have to find out exactly what it was they put on me that I reacted to. I guess the silver lining there is, at least I'm paying less for it now. In other news, my extracted wisdom teeth are behaving themselves for the first time in a while, though I still have no real sensation in the right side of my tongue. I'm getting used to it at this stage, but obviously complacency is no real cure - unless this is permanent, in which case, I'm doing fine. By Tuesday, I hope to be seeing someone again for a brief check up, and from there I can know what to expect/do over the next few weeks. My only wish now is for my motivation to improve enough to get me doing more things like writing or venturing into the city or even looking for voluntary jobs to help build my skill set. But for now, it would seem, it's just baby steps towards success.