Espy - that's awesome. Your story makes me miss home. lol A lot of the ladies there didn't even bother to have a separate salon...they'd operate out of their homes, or in a little room they'd built just to the side of their homes.
I personally don't understand the bond between hairdresser and client, though, because I've honestly only had maybe 5 or 6 appointments in my entire life. I don't trust people with my hair easily, so I do all of it myself. Out of those appointments the only one that came out great was the style I got done for prom...there was no cutting or chemicals involved in that, though, unlike all of the others.
Conversely, all but once or twice when I've dyed my own hair I've had amazing results.

It's a lot cheaper, too, though I need a spotter for the back sometimes. lol
As for me? Finals are over! I'm terrified to see my grades. I know I ended up with a mid-level C in Studio I, which is ok since I was expecting that...but I have no idea how I did in Broadcast design. Fairly certain my other classes are B to B+ level, though. I'm scared for Broadcast because I worked extremely hard on the final, was very, very happy with it, but the teacher decided to simply show our projects without critique during the last class, so she could go any direction with the grade. I've absolutely no idea what she thought of it.
-I- thought it was great, and others have told me it looked quite professional (which is what I was going for). However, I'm afraid she may have wanted cliche and campy, simply to illustrate that we knew how to use all of the After Effects tools she taught us. I used those less and went for the overall look of the final project, trying to get it polished and clean....she may have graded me poorly due to the lack of light sabers, lighting, and rain...all of which are so easy anyone with half a brain could do it after taking the class (default options are cliche, boring, and easy!!! -_-..and will quickly get you ignored over on real jobs).
Nervous!!!!!!
ah well. Hopefully she saw that I'd put a great deal of effort into the piece. If I can manage to get the horribly compressed version uploaded I'll share it on the art thread.