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Wow...it has been a hot second since I wrote a full on blog entry. Like most people, I cannot believe September is right around the corner. This has been the fastest, slow year of my life! Life without masks and social distancing feels like centuries ago. I’m pretty anxious for November. I wish people would realize that in the history of mankind, nobody ever changed their political opinion by arguing in the comments of a Facebook post. Or worse yet...LinkedIn. My hope is that the keyboard warriors will take a break from random on-screen arguments and take a minute to enjoy the joy that is Tik Tok. While I waste approximately 948,000 hours a week watching videos of dances I’ll never be able to do (how...just HOW can everyone in the world do splits but me????), I have fallen down the rabbit hole that is organization Tik Tok. The plus side is that thanks to this,my dresser drawers now look Marie Kondo AF. Thank you Tik Tok. No regrets.

In other news, Alopecia Awareness month is right around the corner! Woot woot! It is so crazy to me that it was almost a year ago that I went to work for the very first time without my wig on! (Check out this blog post for the lowdown on how it went) Now here we are again. Another September and life couldn’t be further from what it was 52 weeks ago. You know how men partake in no-shave November? I'm toying around with the idea of no-wig September. I will still wear wigs during my workouts because it helps keep the sweat out of my eyes, but for everything else, perhaps I should just be bald? Work conference calls, grocery stores, and well, that's pretty much all I do these days so I suppose the buck stops there? What do you think? Yay? Nay?

Speaking of Alopecia Awareness month, last week I was lucky enough to sit down with my company’s Women’s Network to have a virtual chat about my hair loss journey. The funny thing is, this event was originally scheduled for St. Patrick’s day (aka my girl Carrissa’s b-day!). I apparently did not have the luck of the Irish on my side, and like most social gatherings in 2020, the event was cancelled due to a little thing called COVID-19. For a brief period of time, I held onto hope that this pandemic would simma down now and I’d be able to have my event in a room full of friendly faces. But once again, COVID said, “Girl..BYE”, and virtual it was.

I really love the way it turned out and am so excited to share it with all of you! A huge shoutout to my girls Alison Moy (President of the DISH Women’s Network) and Leigh Rasmussen (Vice President of the DISH Women’s Network) for making this happen. I’m telling you, this blog will not be the last time you read about these amazing women. They are such bad asses paving the way for many women to come!!

With that, here is the recording of my interview. Hope you enjoy it!