If you guessed me you are totally and completely correct. This week is normally hectic for me because I take students to a different state for a conference. That means 50 million store runs and stockpiling food for mom so that she doesn't have to cook for the count em THREE WHOLE DAYS I'm not there. This week to add insult to injury mom gets freakishly sick the night before I need to leave. So sick that during the wee hours of the day I need to leave we end up at the ER. As ERs go they worked super fast. From admission time to keeping her three hours passed. The problem is those three hours led me into work time. I had to shower, go back to the hospital, go to work and then decide about taking 11 students on a trip that no one else is prepped for except me. After consulting with the doctors and seeing her in the morning I decided to go for it and at the worst I would crash when we got to the hotel. As usual, there was some confusion upon getting to the hotel but we got settled in, went out for dinner and then I eventually crashed 20 hours after I was woken up to start my adventurous day.
Before the great medical caper occurred I looked to see if there was a natural hair shop near the hotel because I was in desperate need of a trim. Like my hair was healthy and felt good but the ends were like ma'am please quit playing. It's been at least a year since I had a trim because my hair has mostly been in twists. And when I was ready to stop twisting for a bit I looked up and my stylist has left the shop. This matters cause I live in an area where there is very little option of getting my hair done in town by someone who actually understands African American hair. If you remember that's part of why I quit relaxing it several years ago now because there was no one around that could be relied on after people got fed up with their shops and just moved to different shops without notice. So instead of hacking my own hair off cause I would totally be focused on maintaining length more than health I figured it was time to find a professional. Not surprisingly because of where our hotel is located but the search I did for natural hair salons near X came up with 20 results. About five of those results were reasonably walkable from the hotel and two of them seemed to actually focus on textured hair not just be a hair salon using "natural" products. I went with the one that had the most extensive site, reviews and seemed to be focused on hair health more than just providing a style of choice. Heck I didn't even want a style I just wanted a trim. Now due to the exhaustion of yesterday I had no idea if I would even make it to this appointment and was prepared to forgo the deposit if sleep said girl naw sit down.
I was in a good session until it wasn't and then I ran up and dropped off some stuff I knew I wouldn't need and headed out because I can get lost faster walking than I can driving. It wasn't a huge detour but I made it there super early so I wandered around after making sure I was at the right spot. Side note, the donuts were disappointing and I'm mad they are in my calorie count for the day. I needed the hair cut like I thought. And it was about how much hair I thought needed to go after looking at a few youtube videos, thanks ladies, about looking at the areas where our hair starts to then as an indication of health. Depending on the area of my blown out fro I lost between and inch to two all over and it looked balanced after she was done so that's good. She wet my hair again and then added a little bit of product to what I thought was scrunch it but it was more of a defining of my curls and put me under the dryer for maybe 15 minutes. Let's just say I was surprised my hair was behaving and felt full and healthy with no weird knots at the end where it was tangling on itself. Yeah for hydration, steamers and a good cut. No photo cause I'm hella tired. Maybe in a few days when I get home.
Hope all is well.
