My twist out 'do has dropped! I taught three dance classes in a row today and I think, try as they might, the waves just couldn't go the distance. I however, am quite enjoying the result. I now have this style that is full and, well, big!Every evening I stop by my favourite blogs to see what's new; Sistalocd's new post revealed that she had been 'tagged'. This meant that she had to share five things her readers didn't already know about her. I read these new insights with great interest, only to find that at the end of the post she had tagged ME!
So I have to tell you five new facts about myself. I must admit that it has taken me a while to decide on what to share, but here goes...
Well there you go, five facts that you never knew about me!
And I now get the pleasure of passing the tag along...
I am going to choose...
How many am I allowed?
Maybe I'll start with three and add more...
and Creyole !
I look forward to reading five facts that you haven't already shared...
large. Before twisting I gave my hair and scalp a good coating of Tea Tree oil spritz, which I just love. I tied my hair in my doo-rag, which incidentally is becoming too small for my hair so I will have to explore new avenues, and that was that. My hair was still quite damp at this point and I guess I should get out of the habit of washing my hair late at night. I do squeeze the excess water out of my hair and then pat it with the towel before separating it; I usually then just let it hang until I'm ready for bed. To be honest this is nothing new, as I often went to bed with wet hair pre-SL's; I was hopeless at blow drying and would become intensely bored when sitting under the hood dryer. Anyway, I took the twists out this morning and then finger combed to style. The pictures at the top were taken just after I opened the twists and the bottom ones after finger combing. I am really pleased with the results, it's a
bit like a rollered do without the rollers! I don't own SoftSpikes, although I am really tempted to get some; I just don't know if I can do the sleep with them in thing. Perhaps you can help me to decide. Would I have to keep them in overnight? Are they a styling option for me so early on in the journey? If you could only take 3 hair/beauty items away with you, would they be one of them? OK, only kidding with the last one, but all opinions on SS' greatly received.
I was there, in the flesh!
My first trip to see Arsenal play at the new Emirates Stadium and for the first 6
0 minutes I thought they were going to let me down. Bolton are our bogey team and they give us a hard time every time we play them. Going 0-1 down to them after 50 minutes was difficult to watch and we then had to wait a further 28 minutes for Kolo Toure to score the equaliser. In the final 12 minutes we had a few chances to seal the deal, but it wasn't to be and we must now play them again.
Many 
of my friends think my only interest in football relates to Thierry Henry, but honestly this isn't the case! I got into football about seven years ago when my eldest son took it up. I figured that if I were going to watch him play every week I should at least understand what it was all about. My SO and son were already ardent Arsenal supporters so it followed that I watched the same matches as them; that was it, I was hooked. There is something about football that unites people.The World Cup last year was great for that; we even set up a huge screen at work to watch the England V Trinidad match whilst eating roti and drinking rum punch! I love to watch football and try to do so as much as possible; I won't however be travelling up to Bolton to watch the replay, I'll view it from the comfort of my sofa - come on you Gunners!
So I sighed, inspected the car again, rang the witness and then went for the drink. Turns out the van was a delivery vehicle for a well known shop; I shall be contacting them in the morning. The damage is not horrendous and the car is driveable which is a good thing; it's the hassle it's going to cause trying to track down the driver or the fact that I will end up paying for the car to be fixed myself that winds me up the most. 
camera out and snapping a few pics, but I got into a panic about having to drive in the snow, which I always find mildly traumatic. True to form my journey didn't let me down, it began with the car sliding down a hill and me having to stop it with the handbrake when the wheels locked. This was a rather dramatic moment as I was approaching a junction and I'm sure the drivers crossing my path were oblivious to my plight. Needless to say once that was over I drove very slowly whilst clutching the steering wheel tightly! I didn't bother with the shortcuts - too many hills - so I arrived at work JUST in time. The kids were sliding around and having a huge snowball fight in the playground and for a split second I was tempted to put my bags down and join in. Then I remembered the time I broke my wrist when 'ice skating' in the playground at junior school; so I decided I to take the professional stance and dodge the snowballs, head inside and make a cup of coffee!My goodness, 19th Jan was my one month SL anniversary! How did I forget it? Oh yes, I jumped on a plane to Dublin - perhaps that could be considered my anniversary gift, YES, I think I like the sound of that!
Seriously, time has really flown by and I have enjoyed just about all of it (itchy scalp and curly perm aside). Sometimes I forget what my hair was like before, as do other people. While in Dublin my friend Parks and I were discussing hair when I brought up a haircut I had last year. "Wow" she said "I'd forgotten about that. I feel like your hair has always been like this, it just suits you so much". She obviously didn't notice how much lighter I had travelled - hair product wise - compared to when we had gone surfing in the summer; I am sure that all my equipment had a case of it's own back then.
Washing my hair is less hassle, no worries with the gym, I can dance the night away without sweating out my 'do, it doesn't matter if I can't find my comb (which, incidentally, is still in my handbag!), tongs & straighteners - a thing of the past. Yes, my hair life is a whole lot easier.
I am still learning, from my own hair and from those whose hair and blogs have been an inspiration. I am under no illusion that all on this journey will be rosy; I shall embrace the hitch or two that will challenge me at some point (and if I'm still stuck I'll ask for your help!).
I have no idea what my hair will grow up in to and I think that this is possibly the most exciting part of this process. I am happy to wait and be surprised.
ibly bitter. However, in Ireland it has a totally different taste, almost sweet, so I had half a pint... 
ng here?".
Although we all work in the same place, we often don't have the time to say more than a passing 'hello'. We chose Italian; I know, you don't go to Ireland to eat Italian food - but it was delicious! From there we moved on to a club and boogied into the early hours. 
t the shops again. The pace we moved at was noticeably slower than it had been on Saturday and sometimes I just had to stop! After a late lunch of Irish Stew and lots and lots of water, we walked back to the hotel to collect our cases. The flight back to London was quick, followed by a short train journey and a taxi - Home Sweet Home. The best part of being away always seem to be arriving home! 
It's amazing. I have seen it before and I would watch it again! Matthew Bourne's choreography is slick, witty and at times awesome. I just love the male chorus, their movement is absolutely breathtaking; down to the most minute detail, they are swanlike.
This was a school trip and my students absolutely loved it; believe me there are some harsh critics amongst the group! This really is an exciting piece of theatre, and for the time I was there I even forgot I was sick!
If you haven't seen it already and the opportunity arises, I can thoroughly recommend it.
I haven't been feeling well since the weekend, I jokingly put it down to taking my hair for a walk in the rain but it was on the cards before that. By Saturday night my weapon of choice was Ibuprofen and white rum mixed with honey & lemon - it didn't work! I woke up on Monday morning and my throat felt like it was on fire, my head was throbbing and my joints aching. Still, I made the decision to go to work, it didn't last long. I was there for just under two hours before I had to admit defeat and return home; since starting there in September '05 I hadn't had a day off sick. I spent the best part of yesterday and today in bed, giving myself time to recuperate.
I had to go out this evening as it's my sister's 18th birhday - Happy Birthday!
I did manage a new hair do - I twisted up the sides of my hair and pinned the twists at the sides, the back was left to hang down. You can really see the parts at the sides with my hair like this; I think this is the first time since having my hair done that I have left the house with this amount of scalp 
exposure.
Even my eyes are feeling bad, If you look closely you'll see that one is bigger than the other!
On a separate note - I am watching a programme on Channel 4 called 'I love you. And you. And you.' It's about Polyamory - the "art" of long term, multiple, stable relationships. A bit like Polygamy but without the threat of arrest!
I just don't get it...
our shower radio!
BTW, how did you keep the ends from coming a loose?
I don't! I had nearly all of
my length SL'd during the installation, apart from maybe 2-3 inches at the end. I have 2-3 inches of natural hair at the root. I have no idea what the effects of this decision will be, but so far I have had no issues. 
Brunsli suggested the two strand twist after my curly incident last week and Leighann agreed with her. It gives a much softer look than plaiting and it's easier to do, which is exactly what they said!
Thank You both - you know your stuff :-)
(BrainTraining Age - 28!)
Three weeks in and I'm loving it; it rained today and I didn't care! I am looking forward to going away in the summer and not worrying about going into the pool. On holiday last year I took a dip once and had a ponytail for the rest of the time we were there because my hair wasn't right anymore.
I know I've just had one, but these two days back at work have left me exhausted! I seem to have so much to do. I detest taking work home, yet over the Christmas holiday I marked just under 100 books. This weekend I will be in the same position with 40 books and 3 portfolios to mark, two plays to read and a presentation to prepare!
So what was my alternative? That I stayed at work until it was all finished? Now depending on the content, I can mark on average five/six books in an hour; that means it would take between 7-8 hours to get through the 40 I have to do. The school day finishes at 3.10, so over the past two days my choices would have been to either stay at work until 11pm on one evening or split the task and stay until 7pm on both.
I just about coped with the shock of getting up at 6am again this week, if I'd stayed late to work I quite possibly would have woken up there in the morning! So working at home it is, which of course comes with it's own issues, but on this occasion it is the lesser of two evils. This post should in no way be taken as an indication that I am unhappy in my work; I have said it before, I love my job. As with most things in life it has attached to it, things which have to be done that are less appealing than others. Whilst marking may be a downside, one of the many ups are the holidays. Only six weeks until the next break...
