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Old Feb 21, 2020, 07:25 PM
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It's a sunny day today, but chilly. A "good" me would go and take a walk in a little while, but I dislike taking walks by myself. Doing adequate exercise has been a real issue for me for a number of years now. It's odd, considering how much of an exercise enthusiast I used to be in my youth. I did take a short walk with my sister yesterday after our lunch together, which was very pleasant, I must say. I do take short walks with Hubby on weekends. I still love dance, but the closest I come to it is "car dancing". When I try to dance in my living room, I tend to peter out.


I don't quite know what I want to do with my hair. It hasn't looked as good as I would like. Yesterday, I was looking at photo albums and saw hair cuts I had that were wonderful. The problem is, that my hair has gotten curlier and curlier over the years. A friend suggested that I let it grow longer. I'm not sure how that would work out. Plus, I don't know if long hair on me now (in my late 40s) would look like I was trying to be younger than my years -- in a negative way. Though I know many women even older than me look great with long hair, but their hair isn't a curly mop. It would be way too expensive to get my hair straightened. Trying to do so with a blow dryer and flat iron is now impossible. Even my hair stylist refuses to try. When I wear it pulled back, my husband says I look like a child. Not what I'm going for!


Oh Hair troubles, as you know I went with a short pixie cut and allowed my hair to grow out. It’s now grown out to past the middle of my back .. although I got loads of compliments on my super short cut but I just didn’t feel like me. My hair has never been this long so I’m curious to see just how long it will grow.

My hair has lots of natural curl and wave. Since I do not wash my hair more than twice a week. After a good amount of my hair in a towel , I spray in a leave in conditioner, I take the front top if my hair , thing like if I had bangs, I pull it back in a pretty flat style and use a claw clip to hold it. I then take all the rest and put it in a very tight French twist and pull it up almost on the top back of my head and use a big claw clip to hold it. My hair is thick so it take almost all day to let it dr, when I take it out I basically have my hair like in my picture here

My daughter had literal Shirley Temple Hair total curly as hell,, she started doing the same, because no heat is being used there’s no damage to the hair, her hair came out a lot more straight than she ever had with a blow dryer and flat iron.

She has slowly cut her hair shorter and shorter over the years and sides shaved and long mop top in a bright blue, teal, green, etc etc all colors I desperately wish would have been available when I was younger.

Even tho it was my idea to do super short to let my natural hair grow in, I’ll admit I cried many many times

Honestly you might want to go to a wig shop and try on some wigs with short styles. Might help you get an idea if it’s something you might like and be okay with it.

Sure Hair grows back if it’s just not a style you like but wow it can take time... it’s been almost 3 years now since I did that pixie cut.
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