It's horribly time consuming until you understand the basic pattern and get good at it, then it's only regular time consuming, for me at least. I can tell my guy is cringing at how slow I am,  but then, he sold chain mail jewelry, clothing and armor for a couple of years as his only source of income. Then his designs were stolen by a company overseas and produced for less than half what he had to sell them for. *shrugs* It's happened several times with other tools and such he's built. I guess that's the nature of business.  He's been meaning to teach me since I moved down here, but couldn't find the box of rings and coils(that get cut into rings) until a few days ago.   So far I've made what appears to be a large metal bookmark. 

Today, I think I'm going to do a hot oil treatment on my hair. I found a tube in the bathroom cabinet a few weeks ago and never got around to using it.  I think my hair will appreciate it anyway. it's been dry and tangles easily lately. probably due to the running out of my conditioner, and using up whatever else I could find.

Well, according to the x-rays there's nothing wrong with his leg other than pulled muscles and massive bruising, which is a relief. They completely ignored his complaints about his back hurting, however. I'm pretty sure it's because they figure, without insurance it's unlikely the bill will get paid so they will only deal with what might be broken and screw the rest.   
I guess it's a good thing, in a way though, because he's had problems with that area for years, and an X-ray might diagnose that problem too... which would end up a pre-existing problem when he gets the insurance from his new job. Which means no treatment from them. So if it weren't for the fact that he hurts, I'd say they did us a favor, in a way. 

I'm just glad he's not seriously hurt.

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I hope so too. The ER doc gave him a script of painkillers and muscle relaxers, so he wouldn't be whimpering/yelping at every step... and now he is insisting that tomorrow, he goes back to work. I can't blame him, if he doesn't get this job out we don't get food, much less the apartment we're going to see this week, but... I wish he had a few more days. I will just stay by him so if he needs anything, I can get it for him, and hope that's enough.  At least the swelling has gone down considerably.

Thanks, Arcadian

I think this is more becoming a life journal than a hair journal, but at least it is, indeed something I will have to look back on years from now.

The nice little studio apartment we went to see today sort of... only half lived up to it's description... It was a little apartment indeed, though I don't know about nice. Honestly, my current bedroom is bigger than the entire apartment, kitchen, bathroom, "walk in closet" and all. To be able to walk into that closet one would have to be about 4 feet tall and anorexic. My guy could barely fit through the bathroom door at all, even turned sideways. Not to mention the wall color could best be described as "paint that was chosen to exactly match the color of twenty years of nicotene buildup", and the counters and fixtures were all "rotting lemon" yellow. Needless to say, we were

NOT

impressed!!! 

The good news is, when we pulled into the parking lot the first thing we noticed was the rather large moving van pulled up to the entrance to the courtyard. It seems that one of the one bedroom apartments was being vacated  ! They were nice enough to let us look around and it was absolutely. perfect.  Nice, recently remodeled, clean, everything was as I would have dreamed. And the walk in closet... really was! The best part is, there's a door to the building's fenced in back yard, and the apartment has a small patio we could bbq on. (And our friend's dog has the run of the entire yard, so I'll have a pup to play with!)  We called the owner of the place back and said we were... dissatisfied... with the size of the studio and was the one bedroom available? He had to check his records, and he will be getting back to us tomorrow. He claims there's someone interested that keeps waffling on wether she's got the money for it or not... P., my guy, seems to think she doesn't exist. We've both noticed that the owner is trying to guide us into renting a townhouse down the street... Honestly though, this apartment is the perfect size and best of all, IT HAS A BATHTUB!!!! Y'all may not hear from me for a few days if we do get it.    Anyway, I hope we get this apartment. It's a bit more than the studio, but the size and space difference is worth it.

the landlord turned out to be a real ... dinkus so we didn't even put in the application for the townhouse. It was nice (more space than the house we have now!) but... not worth the price or the owner's attitude. We checked out a place yesterday, and are considering it, but by the time P. can put in the application (Friday) it will probably already be gone. He starts his new job today (which is why I'm up so early - early for me anyway) and I just have to hope that he will settle quickly into working for someone other than himself for the first time in 10 yrs, and that his back will hold up to the shop's pace.

  My hair's been behaving fairly well lately, although in the heat my normal style of "down" has gotten a bit more creative... either braids or buns or weird twisty pigtail things (it's complicated) but it's been responding so well to the pantene ice shine that i now wonder why I ever used anything else. 

on a random note, has all popular music("vh1" approved) gone nuts?!?!   First off, did you know that they actually play music on "music television" (MTV)  ?? But... only before 7:30 am.  yeah. Flipped on VH1 because frankly, mtv plays nothing but hip hop and other things I refuse to deaden brain cells by listening to. Anyway, the lineup on vh1 was... weird. Paul McCartney playing a mandolin, followed by Bon Jovi playing a country song, followed by Maroon 5 doing their best at disco.  Loved paul with the beatles. love most of bon jovi. still have maroon 5's first cd... but come on people! I think I'll stick to my happy harp music and industrial metal, thanks.   Oh yes, if you like gothic rock, check out Kali Yuga ( find them at myspace.com) 

Sorry for the music blog. that just.. weirded me out.

I made the mistake of asking Riley* (the singer) why he named his band what he did... and got a much longer winded explanation, saying basically the same thing   That man loves to talk, I swear.

*the tattoed, peirced, old-school-goth-in-a-tophat librarian

K, how is your man doing after his accident?  Is he all healed up yet?

JD