I was sitting in my room going over some pictures I had taken from the farm when I had moved here. Aunt Jean came into the room with some scissors and told me she wanted to just trim off my splits, I told her o.k. It needed it. She pulled up a chair behind me and started to comb my hair out just a little.

She said I promise I won't trim off much. You must have hated me deep inside for cutting your pretty hair off! I told her that I did for a while deep inside but had grown to like it short in the summer. But as summer was drawing to a close I had missed the feeling of long hair on my back. Aunt Jean had given me permission to grow it back Aunt Jean had changed a bit since I was living here a while.
Aunt Jean had just taken off about 3 quarters of an inch and was admiring how nice my hair looked since it was about to the middle of my back. I had planned to grow my hair back to my waist where it looked it's best. Aunt Jean had finished and left the room to go watch TV for awhile.
I had looked over my hair and Aunt Jean had done a nice job of trimming my bangs off. I loved the job she did.

The next morning Aunt Jean asked me to go down to she shed and help bring some stuff up. We went down to the barn and opened the door and went up to the loft to bring down hay for the horses.  I  placed my hair in a clip while we did this so it wouldn't get in the way. We carried about a few handfuls of hay down to the lower part of the barn and fed the horses. 
About noon, Aunt Jean told me she was going to see Amy and that she'd be back in about an hour. Amy was the hairstylist Aunt Jean was going to, She was in her 40’s like Aunt Jean. Aunt Jean and Amy had known each other since school years. 
Aunt Jean went in her room to get her purse and her keys and headed out the door.
I went and spoke to the workers on the farm and helped them do a few things. I looked back and saw that Aunt Jean hadn't left yet and she drove off. About 10 min later, she pulled back up in to the driveway and I thought "did
she forget something?" I met her at the car door and asked her if she had forgotten something? She said, she forgot her drivers license. With a laugh. I said "you'll definitely need that" with a laugh also.
She had gotten her drivers license, and she surprised me by asking me "Steph, would you like to come with me to get my hair trimmed?" I said "sure" we both got in the car and went to Amy's. Aunt Jean said "I have a 1:15 appointment with her so she shouldn't be that busy"
When we got to Amy's, she and Aunt Jean talked for a couple of minutes, and then Aunt Jean got in the chair.

Amy had asked aunt Jean what type of cut she wanted and aunt Jean said the most shocking thing I have heard. "Amy, would it be ok with you if Steph cut my hair with your supervision?" Amy looked surprised and said "if that's the way you want it, sure"   aunt Jean said "Steph, would you like to learn how to cut hair so I don't have to come here all the time?" I thought what is she up to?

I said "sure" aunt Jean smiled and Amy said "what type of style you want Jean?"
Aunt Jean answered, "how about 1 inch off on the sides and back?" Amy answered " we can do that"  Amy had showed me how to cut the bangs evenly and I was enjoying her coaching me. We finished the bangs and then started with the back. Amy took my hand and she guided me on the back and then she said "do the sides as evenly as you can" I snipped a little at a time off at a time and I was looking at Amy after every snip and Amy knodded her head. Finally I completed the right side and then went to the other side and snipped a little hair off so it was even with the other side. I got done and handed Amy the scissors. Amy said "good job Steph!" Aunt Jean  took a look at herself in the mirror and said "that looks great!"

Suddenly Aunt Jean said "Amy, how would I look with a shaved head?" Amy replied "well, it's getting close to summer and that would be good for your farm and housework" I could not believe that aunt Jean was considering being a baldie.
I spoke up and said "that type of cut would be good for you aunt Jean" I was lying out of my teeth though.
"You think so Steph?"  "You sure would" I replied.
 Aunt Jean said "well, maybe I shouldn't" .Amy spoke up and said, "maybe you could come back in about a week and have me shave your head?" Aunt  Jean  said "well, maybe I should keep this new style for a while?" Amy spoke up and said "I agree"  Aunt Jean had gotten up out of the chair and paid Amy for the work me and her had done. We left the shop and headed for home.
We were halfway home on county road  and  were behind this car with  a bunch of kids in it. The car was going a little bit slow and irritating Aunt Jean after a few minutes. Finally they the car made more speed.
Then a truck went by and a box of oil fell off it. It  landed on the hood of our car and one of the can's of oil must have had a leak, it leaked on the windshield and Aunt Jean had to look out the car window to see where she was going. About 10 ft away was the car with the kids in it.
One of  them spit out gum and it flew right in Aunt Jean's hair. Aunt Jean said "darn kids" we pulled over and Jean said "oh boy, how am I going to get this stuff out?"

We got back on the road and headed home. As we got to the farm and got out of the car and Aunt Jean said "I'll see if I can take it out" She reached in the back of her hair and was taking a portion of it out and there was still just a little bit but it was covered with hair. She said "this may have to be cut out".
Aunt Jean went for the kitchen and got the scissors. She reached out and cut the remaining gum out of her hair.. She said; "I think I got most of it out, do you think ..... you can take about another inch of my hair off? So it's even again."
 I said "I'll try" I got the scissors and very slowly cut from the back to the sides and cut them perfect. She looked and said "looks better"
 She said "that'll teach me to have my head out of the window" with a laugh             I replied and said "you didn't expect the oil to fly off the truck and on to the windshield" She said "I hope that it doesn't occur again".

We ate dinner and afterwards Aunt Jean went into the bathroom. She came back with a box in her hands and asked me "Steph, would you like to help make 100% sure there's no gum left in my hair?" I replied "Well the only way to be 100% sure, is to cut it all off". 
"I guess you're right about that" said Aunt Jean. She opened the box and in it was a set of clippers. That surprised me. I said "huh Aunt Jean, I was not serious about that".
She said "Well I am Steph, would you like to shave my head?' I said "are you really serious about this?" she said "yep"  She sat down and I placed a cape around her and clicked the clippers on and lifted the back of her hair up and tilted her head forward and lifted her hair up and started cutting the nape and then went to the sides clipped them till I seen the scalp and then started to do the head and then went to the 0000 blade and shaved off the remaining hair and removed the cape with all the hair on the floor and swept it up and Aunt Jean gave me a big kiss and thanked me.