The fire is now just some banked coals

[lunabee34]

1. I am almost done with my grad class. Whew. I might finish it today, but even if I don't, I no longer have a sense of urgency. It is 90% complete, and I am very satisfied with it. I will import the other two classes I'm teaching from their last two iterations on Friday, make the necessary revisions and be ready to go when classes start next Wednesday. And have some breathing room without having to kill myself over this weekend and the beginning of next week. *takes a bow*

2. I thought I had a meeting today at our campus an hour away and double checked the building location right before I left only to discover I had written it down incorrectly and it's tomorrow! Thank goodness I checked. I would have been so pissed if I had driven an hour there and back for nothing.

3. Also glad because I tried some new products on my hair and I tried diffusing it right side up instead of upside down, and it's all wavy instead of curly. I am major disappoint. I know you're not supposed to wash your hair frequently, but I'm totally washing it tomorrow and starting over because this is incredibly lackluster. I think I weighed it down with a hair mask I tried this morning. *sigh* I am very ready to skip to the part where I have practiced a bunch and know how to make this hair look awesome without thinking about it.

Comments

[sheafrotherdon]

Oh, hurray for a little time off before next week. (And omg the semester begins so soon!!!)

I am very much enjoying your curly-hair journey ♥

[lunabee34]

It does! But then I get all of December off which is glorious.

I am enjoying it, too! Today's hair is much better. Diffusing it upside down makes all the difference.

Once I have gotten into a routine, I will make a post about all the products I'm using and what works for me. <3

[sheafrotherdon]

Hurray! I love product posts, they're so interesting (I say with a pixie cut)

I was about to say that we get December off too, but remembered I am on sabbatical this fall! \o/

[lunabee34]

I loved my pixie cut. I had that cut for three or four years. So flattering and low maintenance outside of frequent haircuts. And yours is fantastic.

Sabbaticals have never been on the table for me, so I'm not exactly sure how that works. That means you aren't teaching/otherwise working this fall semester and are working instead on some other academic project, right? Do you have to give your institution some kind of report or other deliverable?