3 Years Down

Wow,

I cannot believe that time has flown like it has.

June 21st was my third year since I have had my locs become part of my life and I am still really enjoying them.

My hair is not super thick, I have had quite a bit of loss, and at times I thought about starting from scratch again, but then I thought I need to stop comparing myself to others. The only person who is worried about how thin my hair is, is me. Nobody else is complaining!

Besides...its still growing and continues to do so. And it's still looking pretty good.

I have only managed two professional re-ti's in the past 10 months, but that is due to logistics. the closest consultant that I can go to, and absolutely love, lives in Edmonton. For me to get there is a 6 hour drive, possibly an overnight hotel before I take a two hour flight from Whitehorse and then rent a car when I get to Edmonton and drive another 45 minutes. I was lucky enough to tie in my last two visits with a business trip. Jane was happy to accommodate my last minute visit; since she understands that it's planes, trains and automobiles for me to get anywhere. I feel doubly special since she is too busy and is not taking on any more clients; she appreciates the efforts I make to come see her. Besides, she loves hearing about my adventures in on-line dating. I was happy to update her on the events on my current romantic situation - which is truly awesome by the way! (see pic with handsome man).

I love Jane, my Edmonton loc lady since she doesn't judge or chastise me for not having perfect lines/parts for my locks. I am happy to still have my locks! She gave me some tips on how to make my hair look fuller. She is as confused as I am about the loss, since I do re-ti myself about every 4 weeks. When my locks break off, it's not at the root, its in the middle of the loc. The bright side of it is that I don't lose an entire loc like I used to when it was shorter. After three years, it's much more devastating losing a loc cause now you know how long it will take to grow back! Looking at the top of my head recently, I have lost a number of ones on the top of my head, but they weren't all at once so I have been able to camouflage the loss with styling and wearing my hair differently. Like I mentioned before, I am the only one that notices.

Anyhow, I will post some more pics shortly. They are on my other computer.

Looking at other loc blogs, it's funny how we swear we will keep everyone up to date...at first...then life gets in the way. Before you know it, you are down to only one post a year! Ahh well, I am still here!

All in all, it's been a fantastic year. I have just turned 41; ran three half marathons last year, got a great new job and just found the love of my life. I felt like I won the life lottery...but I am not going to let that stop me from buying a lottery ticket anyway....

Cheers folks!