I hate having really specific problems, because I can’t really ask anyone about them. I wish I had normal people problems, that normal people can just google. Then I’d find my answers on Wiki-How, and everything would be lovely.
Nope! Last month I had to try to sort out a possum infestation in my car- an entire family, just having a great little old time in my car boot- and funnily enough, no one knew how to deal with it. Really! Don’t you just love new experiences?
Now I need to find someone who can help me out with a VERY specific hair problem. Currently I’m looking through all the best hair salons in the Melbourne CBD, except not for actual hair styling. I’m on an intel gathering mission. I know hair salons only deal in human hair though, and that’s…not what I need…I need to explain my strange situation.
Okay…so, as luck would have it, I have a strange friend who’s managed to rope me into a zany business scheme. It’s a travelling pet grooming business that deals with ALL animals, from mundane to exotic. So we can comb your dog’s hair, or we can make your iguana look like a little lizard angel. That’s the idea, anyway, but there’s only one problem: I’m not good at grooming. Like, I can’t even keep my OWN frizz under control, and now I’m expected to handle axolotls and goodness knows what else. Them I figured that human grooming isn’t THAT different to animal grooming. As in, you walk into a hair salon and those hairdressers will have you walking out looking absolutely fabulous, and that’s the goal here. Maybe I can make something good of being press-ganged into one of Jenna’s mad schemes. I do like travelling, and I do like animals…and that’s why I’m lurking outside this hair salon in St James Place. I’ll make it worth their while, I swear. Maybe I’ll get a red streak in my hair…or just a good cut. Don’t want long hair when we’re dealing with llamas, or whatever else.
-Elsie