Ash Wednesday

So Ash Wednesday was last week  as pretty much everyone knows. Fat Tuesday came around and I began trying to figure out where/when I could go to mass on Wednesday. The school mass was during a time that I had class and the other masses seemed to be at times that I would still be at school. I decided to double check if Ash Wednesday was a holy day of obligation because I wasn't sure, and I found out that it is not! That was a relief because I was not finding any options for mass. I thought this would be my first Ash Wednesday ever that I didn't go to mass. I decided to double check my new church close to home on my way home from school and there was mass starting!! apparently they still went by the daily mass schedule instead of the Sunday schedule like I thought they would on a feast day. I was so excited for the opportunity to go to mass!
After mass I thought I did not have any ashes because I did not feel the priest touch my forehead. There were no ashes on my forehead and i was a little disappointed. I noticed that most people in church did not have ashes on the their foreheads either. Later that night though I found the ashes!! The priest had put them on the top of my head, on my hair, instead of on my forehead!! I was brushing my hair and saw a lot of gray, I was quite confused because I didn't think I had gray hair, and then I realized it was my ashes! Spaniards do some crazy things! I'm so glad I was able to celebrate mass on Ash Wednesday to begin my Lent though!