Hello Meg, Merry Christmas for you and your family!

Early Christmas!  Fun!!    I've had late Christmases (last year we waited until New Year's), but never an early one.

How wonderful that your sister gave you jojoba oil!   I love my jojoba oil.  I use it on both wet and dry hair.  During the winter, I will put a bit of jojoba oil on my wet hair after shampooing.  Then most nights, before bed, I will also apply a small amount of oil - mostly on the ends.  By morning, my hair is soft and shiny.  

Good luck with your S&D.

Merry Christmas!

I hope your SnD went well!  Merry Christmas!

Didn't wake up on time. Arrrggg. Getting up really early (5 am) is too early to have to get up and take a shower. Sigh. Because school is so far away, I have to wake up that early to wash up. So, slept in a half an hour and didn't get a shower. That's ok. I just brushed in and oiled the ends (they needed it anyway) and put them in two braids. Up and out of the way. Maybe I'll wash when I get home.
Stressing about the wedding. I cried on my fiance for about 20 min. last night.  Poor guy. He's such a trooper. PMS is such a wonderful thing.  *sigh.
My mom has kind of taken over the job of wedding coordinator (however you spell that) and it's a load off my mind. I'm not a detail person and lots of things needing to be done and little things not to forget bogs me down and makes me cry. My mom loves that kind of thing, so shes taking over. She and my fiance can plan away and just come to me for the decisions I have to make. It's a relief.
Meg

Yep, she's wonderful.

I can't describe how much nicer my hair feels now that I just let it dry on its own and use a little bit of jojoba oil every once in a while. It takes a little longer to dry, but that's ok because I love the results. Thank goodness for LL and the things I've learned here! It's amazing.
I should update my way of doing things now that's it's changed so much:

• I use Suave conditioner as the first C on the length

• Suave shampoo on the top

• V05 conditioner as the second C on the length which I leave in to soak for a little bit

• I put in a little of the V05 on the very ends that I don't wash out, but leave it in

• Let it dry on its own

• Use jojoba on the ends when it's dry and feels like it needs it

• Comb only when it's dry, like the day or two after I wash it, the day I wash it or the day after that, I finger comb (the curls keep better that way)

• I wash every 3 or 4 days

• I keep it down the first day or 2 then put it up in a braid or a bun to keep it out of the way

That's all I can think of for now. My hair is still growing slowly, but I can feel it getting longer. When I'm sad at the slow growth, I look at my future sister-in-law and admire her classic (to her bottom) length hair and imagine when mine will be like that.
Meg

Didn't have pe today, so I took a proper shower this morning. Used white vinegar, but i don't know how it will turn out. My scalp was gross and I'm trying to fix it. It's still drying so I can't tell yet. The curls look fine and I almost don't smell the vinegar anymore.  It will be gone once I'm fully dry. It took a while to rinse out the vinegar. I wonder why. Is there a difference between white and apple cider vinegar in what it does to your hair?
Anyway, having future in-law problems  : they tell us they don't even want to discuss a date for the wedding until John finds another job. The job he has now does not make enough money to support a family and has no upward mobility. So, he's been looking for another job. But, the problem is my mom wants to set the date as soon as possible (like this week) and John's mom won't even consider looking at her calendar to see if the date we are considering would work for their family until John has a good paying job.
My parents think John should just set the date despite what his parents think, but what John is struggling with is wanting his parents to be proud of him and he feels if he goes along with their wishes, they will be proud of him. It's hard for both of us. We're going to ask my parents to hold off and be patient until the end of the month. If John has not found a new job by then, we will have to talk about it again. sigh, why are some people so unreasonable. 
Meg

Thanks for the support, BB!
Life is going well. My man has taken the week off to look for jobs and has been doing well. Had an interview today. Don't know how it went, but I'm sure he did fine. I don't know if it is the kind of job he's looking for though. I have no doubt that he will find one that fits him perfectly and provide what we need.
Hair is behaving better. The ends are still going back and forth between dry and brittle and only ok. I've been using oil and s&d is my new passtime (much to my professors' dismay, I'm sure  ) I've asked for little scissors for my birthday which is Sunday. That should be helpful. Everything up until the last "3 is soft and healthy. I'm trying to avoid cutting it.
School is keeping me busy, but I'm having fun. Once the 28th is out of the way, I'll feel better about it though. I am directing my own one act show and it's getting close and I have so much to do and so little time. *sigh, se la vie (don't think that's how that's spelled) so goes the live of a theatre person: last minute details and chores. It keeps me out of trouble. 
Meg

Weird french words.
Thanks, Angel Spun. Yeah, theatre people are....weird and one of a kind. I've been told I don't fit the theatre major mold, but I enjoy it anyway.

Still trying to get my hair ends to behave and stop being so dry. Grrrr. Tried putting conditionar in the ends overnight. That didn't seem to have a bad or good effect. Ends are getting slowly softer but still kind of dry and brittle. That may be the split ends.

My muscles are tired. I'm taking a tennis class which is fun, but I'm using muscles that aren't used to being so worked. My fiance likes tennis and I'm awful so I'm trying to improve.
Meg