Getting to know the real "Enidians"...or as some call them, "Enoids"

Today was quite a day!!!

During the morning, I (Michelle) had two appointments, both of which made me a little nervous, so Yoni was a wonderful husband and came with me for moral support.

For the first appointment, I had to get the new sheitl cut. My friend Michelle told me I should go to this hairdresser she found in town. She loved him, her hair looks great, and the price was about a tenth the price of a sheitl macher in Baltimore, so I figured I'd give it a shot. To ease any worries, I'll tell you right now - he did a great job! I think I may actually be more happy with this one than the other one.

The real story though lies in the experience.

Day in and day out, Yoni and I encounter genuine curiosity as people have never heard of or experienced Orthodox Judaism. When I called the hairdresser two days ago, I tried my best to explain the situation. I must not have explained very clearly though, because we showed up today, and he said to us:
"Ok, so I have been racking my brain for two days. I remember you telling me you always cover your hair for religious reasons, and I can't see your hair, but I couldn't figure out for the life of me how you expect me to cut it if I can't see it!!!"
Haha, this poor guy, I thought I explained it was a wig, but for two days he was worried how he was going to fulfill my wishes and do a good haircut at the same time.

The second appointment was a little less exciting. To avoid unpleasant details, I'll just say I had outpatient surgery at the podiatrist's. All in all, it was not so bad. Funny story from this though - the podiatrist had quite the sense of humor (kind of reminded me of being in Dr. Sandler's dental chair actually)...
They numbed the toe and started working... yet it wasn't completely numb. Ow. In goes another shot to numb. I hear lots of stuff going on, feel very uncomfortable and the Dr. says, "Ah! Done!!"
I got very excited and said, "Really???"
"Nope," he said, started laughing at me and kept going...

This had Yoni and the nurse in stitches, but I really didn't find it so funny (at the time).
Oh Oklahomans...

This afternoon was also quite great!! Dani came over and we made challah together, and it was the first time she ever made it. I taught her how to make the dough and she had a great knack for the braiding. It's so much fun to not only be able to teach someone something so special as making challah, but to be able to share an aspect of Judaism with people out here :)

This weekend we're off to Oklahoma City for Shabbat, staying with Mike and Wendy (another young couple who often goes to Chabad), then flying Sunday morning to Atlanta for Ben Kogutt's wedding (one of Yoni's good high school friends).


T minus 60 days until we get our puppy :-D