it's about to start storming, so I've got to make this brief...

I think my hair is masochistic... I've been treating it so gently... no combing while wet, braiding for sleep, using a nice leave in, keeping it up out of the sun... and it's getting so many split ends, and being rough and dry at the ends...

For the past two days, I've been using a brush again*ducks*, and last night I slept with it down... Today it's the silkiest, shiniest, softest perfectest it's been in months.  

Maybe it's because I threatened to shave it off if it didn't behave.  

* Also, good news : I've lost about an inch and a half on my waist, and about three pounds, in the past 36 hours. I actually had to punch a new hole in my belt to make it fit!
*The bad news: it's from dehydration and heat sickness. Honestly, Yeah, I want to lose weight... but at the expense of installing black painted ironwork on a stone balcony in 94 F heat with a humidity somewhere around 200%.. It's not worth it. I'd rather be chubby. Actually, my guy is back there now, doing the touch up painting on the railing... we were going to do it yesterday, but neither of us could take the heat. I'm still feeling sick, so he left me here. Actually I passed out in a corner of the room for about half an hour, in front of the fan so I could get somewhat cooler. Thank gods for the fact that the water was already on in that house... dousing my face and arms in freezing water was the only thing that kept me from the hospital, I think.

On other news, I want a dog so badly... I miss my Maxx and Bear-Bear so very badly. Bear I had to give to the shelter when I moved down here, because my family refused to keep him. Maxx my parents still have (and will until he dies, I'm sure), but as they're in missouri, It's hard. Paul says we can't have a dog though, since we don't know whether or not we'll be staying here for more than 6 months, and if we do move, we may not even be able to keep both cats.  It sucks, though, because I was looking at the pet finder ads for dogs in my area... and I fell in love with a beautiful, sweet German Shepherd boy that looks just like the dog I grew up with. I should have known not to look. *shakes head* I never learn. It's even worse because he's in a kill shelter, and probably has less than a week.

Kiraela wrote on Jun 30^th, 2007 at 3:10pm:


Have you heard of neck coolers or ever tried them ?

• http://coolerbars.com/
  
  http://www.p2designs.com/ShipCooler.htm

Hope this helps ?  

Cadie

Then seriously you at least have to try them especially as they so cheap to buy or make ! All  the US and British armies are issued with them as compulsory kit in the war zones. The idea is to cool the two carotid arteries on either side of the neck which supply the brain....

An Australian website....

http://pages.prodigy.net/volksware/volksware/cobber.htm

well, here, we have a window AC for the bedroom that keeps the rest of the apt. cool... it was the house we were working on, unfortunately. no power inside, so no A/C. I thank Paul's dad for suggesting the fan... otherwise it would have ended much worse. I was in a shady part of the room leading to the balcony, but... that doesn't do much good when it's cooler outside than in (except for the sun beating down) 
One of Paul's friends had come out to help us install the balcony, and about 2 hours of sun later, went off to get us each a large bottle of powerade. that helped quite a bit.

And yes, as soon as we got home, I took a nice long cold shower:D Once I was almost shivering, it was cold enough!

Yeah, I'm also starting to think that braiding is breaking my hair... when I get up in the morning, it's got short hairs sticking out and frizzing everywhere. I have a satin pillow case, at least, though I've never thought about a sleep cap. Another thing I've noticed is I have less range of comfortable positions to sleep in when my hair is braided... I tend to toss and turn, and the braid is an uncomfortable lump.

this has been a pretty bad few days for me, it seems. First, I had a massive headache, dizziness, and weakness,(low blood sugar that I didn't pay attention too until I was feeling sick), then, the next day, heat exhaustion... now, Paul's cat has gone back to her former viscious ways, and due to deep puncture wounds(well cleaned!) my left hand is out of action for a few days. Good thing I can type with onnly one hand fairly well. Comes from petting the Nice cat.I wonder if I'l ever make a decent housecat out of her... as it stands, If friends come over, she must be locked up, and... gods forbid we ever had a child with this cat around.

Sakina, I slept with my hair loose for most of my life... if you pile the hair above your head on your pillow, it keeps it off your neck, and makes it less likely to be lain on... I've woken up with small chunks of hair pulled out from getting caught under my shoulder when I flop around. another good thing about loose hair... sometimes the braid waves and my natural ones... don't get along... and I have a "poodle day".*poof!!!*

yes, very bad, evil feral kitty. She was raised indoors all her life, but you'd never know it from the way she acts. She's currently being locked in the bathroom. You know, if a dog were that much of a habitual biter, and that viscious, any sane person would have it euthanized, but as it's his kitty... *rolls eyes* he has thick calluses from ironwork, so he thinks her biting is cute, except when she punches through the calluses and draws blood on him. And due to the swelling and pain, my entire hand was fairly useless... Ibuprofen is a wonder drug. swelling goes down, pain is lessened, hand is useful... I can finally brush my hair again. ( leftie... incompetent with my right hand when it comes to my hair) I cleaned out the bites again and I'm taking an antibiotic for a week to make sure I don't get any wonky infections, and to make sure and kill what managed to grow already... I have no need of massive systemic infections due to cat stupidity. I was noticing though, a milimeter down, and she would have likely broken my middle knuckle.. two to the right, and she'd have punctured the tendon... much farther to the left and she'd have gotten the big arse vein/artery thing in the back of my hand. I guess when you are trying to tame wild predators, you have to expect to be bitten at least once or twice, I guess.

ooh, ouch, poor berkanna! I hope you're fine now? Luckily, it seems to be getting better -  the punctures are healing, and i've been cleaning it once every hour or two with peroxide, and keeping neosporin over it, and now even without any Ibuprofen today(like a dingbat, I forgot when I woke up) I've got fairly good range of motion, although it still hurts. But then... It's a pair of puncture wounds about 1/4 inch deep... It's going to hurt!  

What's odd, last night I was watching TV, and Voodou(the black devil) jumped up on my lap. I think she might have been appologizing. Weird arse cat.