Congrats on surviving your first sub assignment.  Subbing is never easy - I still remember some of the stunts we pulled on subs.    8) 

Well, school is keeping me busy, as I study all my curriculum to take over the third grade for the rest of the year when the other teacher takes her long term leave. It's my first time having my own class, and it's really exciting. I'm trying not to be too overwhelmed right now as  I plan for report cards and parent conferences. I met my class the other day and subbed the afternoon for them. I'll be teaching them full-time starting in the next week or two.

Yesterday we went to a local Celtic fest. We danced some of the circle dances they call in groups, and it was hilarious. I wore a green skirt  with Celtic horses entwined on it which I bought in Ireland. So many of us had no idea what we were doing and it was really fun to fly around in circles with other people you've never met who also don't know which direction to dance. I also saw several men and women with gorgeous long hair, braided, flowing free, upswept with flowers. Wow. Very inspiring.
There's nothing like listening to live Irish music while enjoying a Guiness and eating roasted corn in the sunshine to help celebrate the end of summer.

Last night I had more hair dreams. In them my hair was varying lengths past my shoulders, and I kept playing with it while I talked to people. When I woke up, I expected it to be that long. Sigh. At least it's slowly growing out. Does anyone else have hair dreams? Or am I the only crazy one?
D.H. laughs when I tell him about my obsession. He told me I have a "long hair radar" because I always notice people with long hair. He decided yesterday that he's going to grow his out too. Unlike mine which is deep brown, his is very thick natural blonde with darker streaks. I've never known him with very long hair, but I've seen an old picture. It's gorgeous. Yippie! We just need to find ways for him to wear it to the office as it grows out. Right now it's fairly short.  Until the front gets long enough for him to put it behind his ears, it's going to be kind of shaggy over his eyes. Any suggestions for this stage of hair for men?

Thanks, BB! Yes, you should go to a Celtic fest whenever you can. They are always so much fun, and a great chance to make those near and dear to you dance a jig.

Congrats on making Ruby!

By the way, I like the new look of the site! Very nice.

On the hair front-nothing much to report. I'm loving the Burt's Bees Grapefruit Shampoo and conditioner. I guess my hair is slowly growing. I've been wearing it up a lot, with about twenty bobby pins to hold up the shorter lengths in back. It's kind of a messy updo. I'll do my first real measuring job in October, probably. The last time I got my hair cut was in June, when I CHOPPED it, but I've only been officially growing it out from that since July or August-when I decided to grow it long and then found this website. Yippee. To the casual observer, it doesn't look much longer yet, but I think it's growing. It will be much more obvious in the next couple of months when the shortest layers pass my chin and I can do more with it.
Ok, off to get some work done today. 

Hey all,
Just wanted to put in a few words...teaching is going really well, although I'm amazed how much I have to do. I'm finishing up my last graduate class as well, so I'll be happy when that's done next month! Yippee!
My hair was blah today. Blah, and flat. It was an off-day for washing, and by the mid afternoon it was just kind of laying on my head, not greasy, just blah. I've been tempted lately to get it trimmed to even the ends, but I think I should wait for more length first, so I don't lose sight of my first goal (Shoulder length.) In the past, when I was bored with my hair, I'd color it, but since I've worked hard to have virgin hair for the past two years, I don't want to mess that up.
I can do a tiny pony tail now, but it's very short and sprouty and kind of looks more like a sheep tail... So I'm just staying away from the scissors and pulling it back with bobby pins until it's long enough for a real pony tail...in a few months.

Hey all, prepare yourselves. My thoughts are a bit scattered today, so this is going to be hard to follow. 

My hair is down today and feeling really soft, although a bit too fluffy for the length (still short). I'm trying though. Just the fact that I haven't gotten it cut since June is huge for me!!! I used to be addicted to cutting it short, so now I've been "clean" since June! (hee, hee.) 
I'm learning to share my Burt's Bees shampoo as hubby is now growing out his blonde hair. He has wavy thick golden hair, which I'm jealous of...hee, hee. I can't wait till his is long and mine is long and we can sit around looking fabulous and talking about hair. Well, the latter might never happen, but I'd be happy to have mine past my shoulders for the first time in TEN YEARS!

Right now hubby's hair is in the beginning phases of growing out of his previous traditional "man cut".  By the way, you guys are really encouraging. I've been tempted by all my friends telling me to keep it short because it suits me. They have no idea what it'd look like long, and neither do I, because I haven't had it long in quite a while. When I did have it longer it was BSL, and before that, tail bone, when I was a kid.

A brief roomtogrow hair-history lesson:

For the past ten years, it's been anything bettween shaggy bobs to my shoulders, and one inch long pixie cuts. Nothing longer. So you see, I really have a lot of history against me here. But I know I can rule my own compulsions and grow it! So anyway, that whole rant was to say thanks for the support you guys give. Just looking at your hair pix is inspring. Soon I'll post one of my own. Unfortunately I don't have one from this summer when it was quite short, because if you saw that you'd see the growth I've had since then. Right now it's just going to look short.
But in context....yippee!

Ok, I need to get some work done. I'm turning in my ever for grad school this week...and then I graduate in the end of November! I'll have my masters degree in education, and a somewhat large student loan to pay off, but I'll be done!  I think hubby is going to take me horse riding to celebrate, or maybe to see the Nutcracker ballet, both of which I love!