December 7th 2012- Wow it's been a while

Well it's December 7th 2012 and I can't believe, the last time I wrote a post was November 22nd 2010. So many things have happened since then.

1. Firstly, I chopped my hair off and grew it back...(no I gave up and went back to relaxed hair) - loser...lol. 
2. Vaughn has less than 18 months again to finish his PhD. 
3. Arielle started a new school this fall. She is 8 and annoying. That rhymes doesn't it. Well, for the past few weeks, Arielle and I have been tangling. But that's another story.
4.  Caiden is 4 and attending Head start. 
5. I am no longer friends with two of my neighbors. So my life is now drama free....yay!!!
6.  Some really horrible neighbors moved in next door and left after 9 months. They were the worst neighbors I have ever met. They practically trashed the apt and made my life very unbearable.
7.  I've gained more weight and am very depressed. I really need to lose this weight. 
8. I am no longer directing the choir after two very successful years. I was voted in as the new Co Chair of UACOR and I left.
9. I have tutored in Math and English. Still tutoring and enjoying it very much. 
10. We finally got our car fixed.....at least to a point where it is drivable. 
11. Vaughn is getting to work on a huge project with the Detroit pd, which will affect his dissertation topic.
12. Went to Chicago at least 3 times. Hung out with Petra.
13. Met some really nice people. Dropped some also....at least...we're not as close.
14. Battled with the state to get Caiden's medicaid reinstated. Met a really nice lawyer who migrated to Mexico. She encouraged me to become a lawyer.
15. Sat in a couple classes on the African American Experience and the Black power movement. Now I am so proud to be black.
16. Enjoying a real long lasting, strong and can't believe how great it is now marriage. Love my husband. 
17. Lived on a ranch for 3 weeks and took care of goats, pigeons, chickens, ducks and other animals. Lost the turtle. 
18. Went to Marvin Saap"s church in Grand Rapids.
19. Made 3 outfits for Arielle. Sewed them myself...very proud of that.
20. Deactivated my facebook account so many times. Got rid of a number of person too. 
21. Got a family photo shoot. 
22. So so many things that I can't remember but for this last bulletin....I would say November 8th was my last relaxer. I am going natural again...long term transitioning and I finally found a good hairdresser.

So that in a nutshell has been my life for the past 2 years and then some. I am really writing this post to focus more on me going natural again. On new year's day this year, I skyped with my two sisters. They gave me a hard time about my hair. So I gave in and relaxed it...after 5 months of being relaxer free and rocking a TWA (teeny weeny afro). Now, I regret giving in so easy. I should've stuck with it. But I realized too, that Vaughn wasn't so happy with the very short look. Oh well. Hopefully I will be more successful this time in this longterm transition. 

This is a current pic of my relaxed hair and length. It's been 3 weeks since my last relaxer. I really need to lose this excess weight around my waist and I need to stop being so stressed. Here's to success in all those areas. Cheers!!