sinnerman

believe it or not... but i actually took the plunge and got dreadlocks – in spite of my hesitation.


i went to rachel's place around 4:20 pm, we got started around 4:40 pm and we finished at around 12:15 am. we did very well considering we stopped for about an hour for dinner. the team of dreaders included rach, jill and shannon. they all did a fantastic job. they each have their own signature style, and i love that my hair bears testiment to that. how it works is they use a flea comb to backcomb into a dread then palm roll it. it's very time consuming. but was really fun, we just chatted and listened to music, and i read the kids stories while they were still awake. i particularly enjoyed getting to know jill better. they all think it looks fantastic (particularly because my hair is so long), and jason said it looks good too. they think it really suits me. jase said that my regular hair isn't crazy enough for my personality, but my dreads are a little closer. right now they're super poofy, so i tied them back into pigtails for this photo. i look pretty tired, because i am. you might be able to tell in the above photo that i've put wooden beads on several of the strands, it's pretty exciting :) you might also be able to see that i left the bangs area undreaded. the photo below is the mighty girls at work, i've promised them all that i will return the favour.

right now i don't know how long i'll have them for. i'm thinking 6 months. definitely not more than a year because i want to comb them out and if it's over a year that will be next to impossible to do. i would never have done it if it meant shaving my head, so rest assured all you people freaking out about my long smooth locks, they have not been destroyed.

put on a smile,
breathe it in,
and breathe it out.

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addendum:
in the morning...