Once Upon A Time...

 

Ok, full disclosure... I'm writing this blog to help me through a process that I've struggled with for my entire life: leaving my hair alone.  I'm not a writer. I'm not a photographer.  And... honestly, I'm not particularly creative unless I have knitting needles in my hands, but I'm hoping that this blog will help motivate me through the process of growing my hair out!

I'm Valerie!  (nice to meet you)  I'm currently living in Iowa City, IA working as a program evaluator at the UIHC (to keep the boring out of this blog, I'll spare you what that is... wikipedia has an entry though). I have a cat (Mittens) who is the best roommate ever and a boyfriend that lives way too far away!  Below are a couple photos of my hair as it currently exists: 

Christmas 2012 with my bf's nephew.

December 2012

Just so you know, I love the pixie cut.  I've been told by many people that I pull it off well and that I should keep it short.  However, as I suggested before, I cannot tolerate keeping my hair in the same style for too long.  I originally got "the chop" on August 12,2012.  [I need to give a shout out to Angela at the G Spot Hair Design in Iowa City] You'll see the transformation below (I promise there will not be this many photos of me in all of my posts!):

Before and after

Some of my previous styles have been
A perm

Summer 2008

Blonde

Fall 2011

My goal is to grow my hair out past my shoulders for the first time since high school.

Me in high school with my sibblings

I know this may not be the most exciting blog in the world, but I'm hoping I can use this as a tool to help maintain focus while I go through this process.  They say that hair grows 1/2 inch per month.  I think we still have a ways to go.

Data:
Current hair length: 2 5/8 inches at the crown
Hair length change since blog started: 0 inches
Inches to go: currently unknown