Hair: CWC this morning, then breakage defense and aloe vera gel in the length.  It was wet when I left the house this morning (and 38 degrees outside!!) so I tucked it into my jacket on the way to my truck.  No space heater until it dries....

School: no luck in getting a late add to ASU for spring.  Guess I'll have to just wait for summer to start...   yeah, cuz PATIENCE is one of my strong points!  

In other news: I love Friday the 13th.

Jeez, I stink at this...  

Hair: Been pretty consistant.  Every other day CWC, leave in detangler, aloe gel on the waves.  Got some MEGA compliments on the locks this weekend.  The guys are back, and one night, all the folks in my normal crowd seemed to "notice" my hair.  The next thing I know, four different people are asking if they can "pet" my hair.    I told everyone about the site!  Said "If you want to grow hair like mine - go to this site!"  

School:  Got into ASU for Summer and Fall classes.  Got the student loan secured.  Now I'm just waiting to buy books and for June 1st when classes start.  

In other news: Yep, the band is back.  They had a new (to me) set with them on Friday, and talk about awesome.  They are Warner Drive.  Bought a CD, got it signed, added friends to MySpace, can't wait to see them again when they return.  

Weight is doing well.  The scale still says 124, but the exercise is toning legs up nicely.  Some of my old clothes fit again!    Trying to come up with a non-band-gear outfit for this weekend.  

Guys: I think I made a friend!  Friend of the band is a pilot, and we hung out a couple times during the shows last trip, but things have for sure changed.  We've spent the first week of this trip together.  Emails and texts mostly.  He is trying to understand my anxiety and allergy issues, but it's a lot to expect of one guy!  He also LOVES my hair!  He likes to run his hands down the length while we are sitting at the shows.  I sent him some pics of when it was Trinity short.  He said it looked good, but he likes it long and dark now.  Smart man....  
PS - CrushSinger got married, so we wave at each other and say hi.  

I was in Tempe today and thought of you.  Good luck w/ the Captain!

Thank you!!

Hair:  Still going strong with every other day CWC, using the curl girl method for wavies.  The routine must be working, cuz I have mega-watt shine and softness.  I'm almost ready to buy more products, and I think I'm going to go back to Pantene.  I was using Garnier this time, and I think the change up has been helping.
I haven't made up my mind about the color yet.  I really can't afford (money or damage) for highlights, which leaves me with WHICH dark color will I dye it?  I'll probably make up my mind after the next person notices both of my grey hairs.  

School:  Got the textbooks for summer semester.  Started reading the first one and jump starting the notes.  Not what I would call riveting, but at least it's interesting.  

In other news:  Yes, the Captain is a huge part of my life.  I took yesterday off of work, and we spent the whole day together, doing a whole bunch of nothing.  Lunch, his guitar lesson (I got to play with teacher's baby!), Guitar Center (bought a piano music book), book store, dinner, watch tv and cuddle.  It was so awesome.  He is encouraging me in so many ways.  He wants to hear me play the piano - which I haven't done in easily 18 years, but I bought that music book and said that maybe I'll play his keyboard for him - it doesn't need tuned like my piano.    He was beginning to show me how to play a guitar, because I said it would be nice to learn.

Talk about a butterfly....

The down side is coming - he has to go back to work.  He's been off for quite a while, and he finally got the email that he's going to start flying again.  Monday is his first official day that he'll be "on duty".  So, from now on, 18 days a month, he'll be out of town.  Which once school starts won't be so difficult to deal with, but May is just going to byte.  

Hair: CWC for the first time with the new Pantene products this morning, and I am loving the moisture!  The conditioner is SO thick, that I actually rinsed a second longer than I normally do.  I'm hoping this helps those waves out a bit...  And the Captain asked me if I could try to grow my hair to my waist!  Just to see if I could do it. How awesome is that?!

School: I plead the 5th.  
In pilot news:  He was back for a week, and what an amazing week!  He is working with his next door neighbor's wife, getting her to sing, so that she can sing a song for her husband when he returns from deployment.  The Captain plays guitar so she can sing.  It's so cool!  Now, he has left again yesterday and again will not be back until sometime on Saturday.  I have an aunt coming in from Virginia for 10 days, and she already said that she is anxious to meet him!  The family still likes him.  They asked where he was yesterday at the Mother's Day family dinner.

In other news:    The scale read 119.5 this morning!  Yeah!  I'm almost there...  AND I have all this week to work out.  I've dug a lot of clothes out of storage, only to find out that belt-lines have moved just enough in the last three years that most of the old stuff is going to Goodwill.    I'm excited about my aunt coming to visit.  She had a daughter that had waist length red hair almost all of her life, so she said that she can't wait to see mine.  I'm still getting the pressure from the rest of the family to cut it though.  But now they seem less worried about my hair and more worried about my weight.  Whatever!    At least they are laying off my hair for now....

Thanks for letting me vent!  

Hair: So, after a little research, it appears that my hair averages growth of 1/3 inch per month.  Not stellar, but I guess I'll take it.  Still aiming for waist length by Christmas, but we'll have to see what happens between then and now.  The black hair dye (from Halloween) is finally fading out, and I can see my natural espresso color showing through both at the ends and the base.  The same routine I guess is still holding - CWC every third day, Breakage Defense after shower with Aloe Gel, Breakage Defense daily in the length.  I have two lace braids in my sides with the tails joined in the back today to pull it back out of my face. 

The Captain still likes to play with it, and tolerates it when I put it up in a claw of death, but always likes to play with it when its down.  Maybe I should start asking him to rub conditioner or oil on his hands before he plays with my hair?   

I was just trying to comfort someone on another forum about these types of comments/compliments that may be well intended but "ough!".   Just like some long hair enthusiasts may be on a crusade to get everyone else to grow their hair long, I know plenty who genuinely don't like long hair and are on the opposite crusade.   Well, it does seem almost religious with some people.  I wish people would just respect that others, unless they ask for advice, probably are happy with the way they wear their hair/clothes or whatever.