wow k, that will teach me not to skip reading your journal for a few days...all kinds of excitement on here when i checked back in today! i've been in a similar situation, where i wanted the test to be negative and then was sad it was negative. i think you kind of get yourself thinking about having a baby in the back of your mind and adjust to it and want to, even if you otherwise think it's not the right time. then you take the test and feel disappointed. hope you are feeling better soon.

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I didn't think about it at the time, but that could have been part of the problem this whole time... nausea from low sugar keeping me from eating, which kept my sugar just below safe levels, which kept me nauseous, etc. When I started sipping on root beer(which was completely flat, by the way! it sat in a can, partially opened, for about four hours before I remembered it was there and took a sip.) I started feeling a little better.

Too bad I didn't have a can of root beer a few days earlier......

Finally, I feel like myself again! Still a little tumultuous-tummied, but FAR less than I was.

Finally got around to washing my hair (after something along the lines of 6 days*shudder*)  last night, since I was feeling better. I don't know what it was, the constant braidedness, or the greasy oily yick, but this morning, my hair was shinier, silkier, and softer than ever. The ends feel NORMAL again! maybe better than normal.     Maybe it was the fact that I didn't rinse the daily moisture renewal conditioner all the way out, left it in for about 45 min while I went out to the shop to help Paul, then came in and re-conditioned with my Suave Oasis honey and sweet almond. I think next time I wash I'm going to use the honey and sweet almond alone... if it works as well again, I'm going to use that alone(for the most part at least, I have a bottle of AG Deep conditioner on its way (Thanks Joeydog!*hug*)... after all, the suave oasis line is a dollar at dollar tree (normal sized bottle too, not the dinky "trial sizes"), and if it's working, why mess with it? I still love the Ice Shine shampoo, but... I don't know if it's worth going out of my way to get, if i'm not using the conditioner as well. I'm sure I'll find something, eventually. 

K, glad you are feeling better.  Sakina has a good point.  I will have to find about the electrolyte mix myself since the running may result in me needing it and I can't stand gatorade...which has too many calories in it and too much sodium unless I was running a marathon.

JD

Thanks, all! I've never been fond of any of the electrolyte (-ade) drinks, but lately when I've been outside for very long, like when I'm out on installs, I've been drinking powerade. Powerade is one of those weird drinks that tastes really funky and watery unless you are dehydrated and actually need it, at which point it becomes almost pleasant.

and now, some photos!



Current (as of yesterday) length



A pretty braided bun



not a great shot, but a picture of the new hairtoy/slide I made out of a bracelet a friend gave me



Some pretty scenery from about two miles away.



Why you don't go swimming in murky water in louisiana

Alligators are fairly common down here(there was a small (3-4 ft?) living in the culvert beneath my neighbor across the street's driveway, but it seems to have dissapeared. |Thanks on the comments about my hair! I had a good picture of the natural color coming in, but.. it kind of got deleted. When the batteries are recharged for the camera i'll try again to get a good view of the color. Basically, see all the dark brown intermingled with the light? that dark is fairly close. Although sheesh, in the length picture, it seems like the hair growing in is deep black. after I find my scissors again, it's S&D time.

The thread sounds good to me, Jdog... I wonder how long it's been going on, underground, here, or if it started with whatever lovely lady sent you the snood. *ponders*

I'm not sure of official methods, With my hair as long as it is, I just brush it out reallywell and drape one little section at a time over my shoulder and snip any obvious splits. Then I shift it around and rebrush, and snip any more ends that show up. That way I don't cut any ends that are not split, or even worse,any 'virgin' ends.