Braidout Results

I like! I might like it a lot more if my roots were bushy rather then recently tightened. Not sure if I'll do it often, maybe only after I've washed my hair which I don't do often! *hehe*

5th Wash

I couldn't last the full two months without washing! Lawd have mercy on my scalp!! Yesterday while at work brushing my teeth after lunch (yes all the detail is necessary) I happen to look up in the mirror at the left side of my head and notice a patch of dandruff, it was so disgusting and I immediately thought to myself "wash your dang hair girl!" So, I move to action and start braiding my hair in the bathroom, my co worker Ter-Bear as we call her happens to see me braiding and I ask her to help! She revealed to me that she always wanted to touch my hair and that now that she was able to she loved the way it felt. That was awesome! I wonder who else wants to touch my hair but refrain for fear of getting their hand slapped lol. People at work are always hearing me speak about my hair, I never thought any of them ever gave it a second thought. She also said that my locks suited me and that when she looks at the picture on my work badge and me now it's two different people. I have to admit that it really is and I love this new person because now my beauty is all me and not part Hawaiian silky number 4! Any who she helped me to braid and band (we found a huge bag of rubber bands) and then she went to target for me to get me a HUGE bottle of apple cider vinegar so that I could rinse my dry scalp. Then I proceeded to walk around at my job like this. No shame in my game lol but I bet people were thinking what a ''HOT MESS!" Awww I'm going to miss her who's going to help me braid and band in the future =( and bring me peanut butter chocolate cupcakes? (Yesterday was her last day, she transferred ) Well after walking around work for a half hour like this I made my way home and hopped right in the shower to wash my hair...I was gentle, I'm still afraid of messing something up or pulling out a lock. Then I did the ACV rinse which was SUPER funky but I think it did the trick! I was amazed at the length of my hair once I removed the braids I was feeling myself doing the little hair flip and all like "word that's all you girl!'' Yeah I know I have issues, my niece thought so too as I had her take pictures for me lol she's a good little photographer but she charges a high fee! LOL I let my hair air dry as I drove the munch kin home and then braided them going back with perm rollers at the end, we'll see what happens when I take them down in a couple of hours. In other news: I've decided to invest in some new PJ's because I'm always wearing the same one when ever I'm taking pictures for my blog lol!

Results

It was cute for the first 15 minutes that it lasted, then I got in the car with the windows down and it just went flat. This morning I tried to get my hair in a pony tail, I got half of the back up, it didn't look that bad either. Not writing much, its another one of those rainy days at work and I wish I was at home =( even if it meant being subjected to watching HairSpray or Highschool Musical 2 once again with my niece. Well here are pictures....

Boredom Bantu's

Don't skip class, especially in college. I don't like the beach so I decided NOT to attend oceanography on Tuesday and then I show up to class today (even though I didn't want to I was trying to figure out a good enough reason as to why I shouldn't go...my mother was no help.) Good thing to because we were having our final exam! We just took a test last Thursday?? What do you mean final? I was very unprepared but the Lord being as gracious as He is made my professor decide to give the final an hour later then the original class time. At least I listen in class because with my non knowing how to cram behind I would be so scared. I ended the semester of Oceanography with an 86% but my professor is giving an extra credit test so of course I can't just be satisfied with a B and stay my behind home I'm actually going to the extra credit lectures so that I can take the extra credit test. GRRRR Now my hair While watching the recorded episode of Top Chef I got a tad bored and decided to try and style my hair...these are the pictures, we'll see how it turns out in the morning when I head off to work. I would go in depth about what was going through my mind but I have to get back to my BET movie wow it feels good to watch TV!! Oh and wait until you see the TV but that's another post.

5 Months Locked!!

I haven't posted in a while because I recieved a low grade on my first psychology test I had to punish myself. LOL I'll have to admit I didn't really pay attention the first few classes so I brought the low grade upon my self...I don't study, I don't think I really ever studied. I just pay attention in class read the required material probably briefly go over it once or twice while we're still on the topic...maybe bore my family with it and that's about it. So, when people ask me how to get good grades I don't know what to tell them. Eh oh well, guess in someway that's my version of studying. N-E Way

I've almost had my hair in the same style for half a year!! That's crazy to me, looking back I had a new weave or just a new style every 2-3 weeks, and just plain ole cold turkey I jumped into locks. 5 mths as of last week and I'm loving EVERY DAY.

This me fresh out of bed, with out the wierd morning hair finally they're behaving somewhat, minus that one that wasn't blending I would shake my head and it would still be right there all noticable. I ignored it, showed it who was boss, now I can't find it! lol

When I'm too lazy to take off my satin cap/braid sack I actually go out in public with them...

Random aside:

It is pouring down some major rain right about now and I so wish I was at home, this is the best type of weather when you're at home not stuck at work. Hurricane season one of the best times of the year. Yeah I actually like hurricanes =\ wierd I know.

Back to hair....

I had my hair retightened yesterday, a week late I had to cancel due to a test I was having in Oceanography couldn't miss the lecture. This was the longest it's ever taken to retighten and I didn't even get it washed. I felt bad for my consultant, my hair hasn't been washed since my last retightening and it won't be washed until the day before my next! LOL it doesn't stink and it actually stopped snowing. Those natural hair oils must be escaping from the pores of my scalp and doing what they're supposed to do. She says the back of my head is locking yay!! She also said I had some lent, I never seem to find lent in my hair when I'm looking for them. This was also the first time I felt anything during my appointment because she was pulling down my locks I thought she was going to rip out my edge but all my little soldiers made it out safely from the war.

Left before, right after!

Wax on Wax off Part II

Okay everyone who ever said that waxing is next to child birth well I think those suckers will just fly right out of me because it was not that big of a deal. I could have been hairless a long time ago!! LOL I'm not going to lie I did scream after the first strip but that was only because I was expecting it to hurt it was like "'scream', wait that's it?" The woman at Spada that did my wax was very nice and funny she was making fun of my hairy behind but I look forward to going back. I hate shaving and this is like a dream come true having someone else take care of my hairy legs. Oh and I did not get a Brazilian wax no one needs to be all up in my "gagina" and a hairless "gagina" is just ugly yuckie! Men that prefer hairless ones hmm get them checked out because it's like baby ''gagina" I did get the bikini area cleaned up though and it did hurt either. I just don't know how to act now I may just have to wear some short shorts to school on Tuesday. I didn't get a rash or any irritation like I experienced with hair removers and shaving, once I got home I ex foliated my skin and the pores closed up. My legs actually feel smoother today then they did yesterday. A monster has been created.

On another subject, I cooked! Meikmeika is always posting up pretty pictures of the meals she makes so the other day I decided shoot let me take a pretty picture too lol. It came out good but I love my Haitian food and I can't be eating food like this all the time. But I will be cooking a little more just have to make some time for it. (stir fried veggies, garlic parmesian pasta -this is my plate I don't believe in portions lol- & chicken breast marinated with lemon juice, sweet peppers, tomatoes -don't ask me where I got the combination too much food network but it was good!-)

Haitian Flag Day Compa Fest 2008

After receiving the ok from my mother that she would be fine for the weekend, me and my sister continued with out plans to attend the 10th Annual Compa Festival in Miami this past weekend. It was pretty awesome even though half the time I was checking my phone every few seconds to see if my niece was calling to say something was wrong with grand mommy. I finally had to give away my phone to someone else to hold so that I could sit back and enjoy the festivities. I love Haitian culture, I'm so proud of where I come from and even though the country is in turmoil currently I can't help but to think that one day we'll be united as one, without having to sell our country to the British, French, or the US ever.
Every fun trips has its ups and downs, though hanging with the girls was very memorable and I look forward to more outings of the sort, one person in the bunch made things a little un-comfy for me. It's crazy when you're friends with someone for so long and you never see the difference in the way they treat you and anyone else and then some random person divulges that information. That's what happened last year after Compa Fest, my cousin stated that my guy friend was in love with me and I'm thinking no way right? Well I found out yes way and since then our friendship was sort of iffy knowing this. It did get better, until this weekend when he became pissy drunk and decided to text something to my phone. Of course I tried to pretend like I didn't get the text, but then he crossed the line as I was dancing with someone who was trying to get information about my friend not me but my friend, he pushed the guy. Not only does he push the guy but he claims me as his girlfriend then later on as his wife. Then proceeded to lean his unbalanced drunk behind over to try and kiss me landing it on my cheek awfully hard. I thought my braces were going to split the inside of my mouth open.
Other then that little bump in the road the weekend was great. I came home to find my mother was doing well. Think she does better without me and my sister babying her. It's hard not to but we've decided to try.

Pictures from the weekend: I do not normally dress like this, the original outfit had a tshirt under that vest, but my cousins said take it off and voila! NEVER AGAIN! Too many old men hitting on me.My sissy poo who turned the big 3-0 this weekend yet doesn't look a day over 18 she got the good genes lol. She also had the since to not wear heals! My curvaceous cousin striking a pose! Hey! My other cousin is in the group picture but she was surely show stopping as well, she's the one in white next to me. One of my bestest friends (skinny minny) currently living in Louisiana attending Southern University in town for the summer. It was really packed out there at Bicentennial Park I know there had to be more than 40,000 people in attendance this year I couldn't get a good enough picture of the crowd from where I was in the VIP area but it was A LOT of people.

VIP at Haitian events beats all other VIP's I've been in. You get all access back stage to meet all of your favorite artist and Haitian VJs, DJs and comedians. Free food galore and of course drinks. On our last day there I went to visit my uncle and cousin, and was able to meet my second cousin his 3 month old daughter she's so chubby wubby! OK off to take my first Psychology test!

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Paging Dr.ER

It began like a normal day, I walked into my mothers room to pester her like always and say good bye before I left for class, then she asked her if I looked cute and she says the standard no and I take my camera and snap a picture and with my best Tyra Banks impersonation I say I'm fierce kiss her and leave.It quickly became some what of a hectic day, I spent most of the afternoon in the ER with my mother and sister. I left my psych class early to take her to her check up and the nurse came in saying we had to take her to the ER stat because her potassium level was WAY to high. Normal potassium level is between 3.5-5.0 her lab stated she had a potassium level of 6.2. Calmly but surely we took her to the nearest ER though she looked fine she has been complaining about a rolling ball on her chest which may have been a result of this high potassium. The nearest ER was not the business it was so dingy looking and the woman signing people in looked off balance and everyone just seemed so rude. After five minutes of sitting and waiting for her to be seen, I decided I didn't like this place and would not allow my mother to be seen by them. We drove back to our side of town to the ER where every body knows our name lol. Between my mother and sister we're at this emergency room A LOT. We get there and I release the breath that I'd been holding onto and got her checked in. Not even 5 minutes later the triage nurse called my mother back to find out what was going on. She was nice I heart Nurse Judy, she let's us break the rules and allows me and my sister to both go in the back and keep my mother company. She treats people like people rather than sick animals, and doesn't feel the need to wear mask and gloves. She's old school and my mother is always requesting her as her nurse when she knows good and well the woman has to triage. They had to run the standard test, so that took a while...and I hate ER's yes no matter how frequently I visit them I still feel very uncomfortable in them, and rather then casting that off to my mother and sister I act goofy. I was trying to make everyone laugh and it worked, my ADDism comes out in full effect during stressful situations, I was telling my mommy "see look this is how Chris Brown does in his new dance video", and then I imitated people in the family or remind her of some of the whippings that I had, posing like I was ANTM, then I got in to my normal argument with nurse Willie who is a friend of the family I commanded that he get me non-carbonated soda fruit juice and M&M's from the vending machine with a $1.25 lol clearly not enough money to create such a thing but he humored me. He left for lunch and I had no one else to be difficult with but he soon returned and he brought back some deep fried thingy that didn't taste so bad and some Brazilian passion fruit juice. This is the kind of thing that other ER place was lacking. I forced my mother to take pictures with me lol the Dr. came back and set us all at ease when he said that there must have been a lab error because my mother had a potassium level of 5.2 not 6.2 and that the clinics machine may have been calibrated differently. Now, we have to figure out why her potassium shot up so high, high potassium correlates with kidney issues. I'll know more later today when I take her back to the Dr.

My Photo Shoot with my mismatching jacket, hey it gets cold in the hospital, smiling with my eyes -giggle-. My sister got her ANTM pose on as well but I have to make sure she won't kill me before I post those lol.