Hi Pete,
I just wrote an e-mail and I pushed the wrong key and it disappeared..so forgive me if you get two posts from me!!

Thanks for sharing about your day and the new friends you met after the haircut...I know exactly the feeling you're describing..it's so great when you meet temporary friends on the street or in a cafe..it makes the day!! It made my evening to hear how happy it made you, and I could sense the happy vibe!!
Pete thanks for donating your ponytails to the cancer cause and especially for the children...
I hope you grow another to help keep you warm this winter!

I'm sorry you call your apt. stupid...(I've lived in many places that I couldn't relate to...) I know you have built and designed and then lost your houses..and how devastating that is...(huge understatement..)

Please try and get along with your apt...it is what it is and it's your sanctuary for now..maybe get a couple of plants..your apt. will be so happy to house them..make a couple of changes (a couple of new pix on the wall, or a candle to light while listening to tunes...
Your apt. will keep you warm when the autumn winds start to blow..and your new plants will give you fresh oxygen..

So glad you helped the 'bitchy' lady who is really in pain..I know you made her day..
Hope4thebest