Today is the first of Year 2 at longlocks for my journal.
I hope this year will be more about growing length and learning more in appreciating my wave and how to maximize healthy results.
I will continue to post pics, atleast for now this journal will load much faster!!!
I feel I've already come a long way from where this journey began.

If there are any Jobim fans out there, you'll notice that the title of this journal is taken from "The Wave".  I love that song, and pretty much all of his music.

I'm so happy to have gotten my exchange person-she's just who I was hoping for.  Not that I wouldn't have been totally pleased to receive every name on that list but when I saw everyone who had signed up I just thought to myself "Oh, I hope I get her".  Silly, huh?

Bought some longer duckbill clips for my plopping and some magic grips bobby pins.  I seem to think that 13bodies has mentioned them.  I got the clear ones.  Will let you know how they go...

Congrats on the new journal, Sakina!

Happy Anniversary!  It's great to be a part of your journey to the ultimate long, wavy, luscious bellydancer hair!

Cynde

Have a great one, Sakina

I hope you had a great birthday, Sakina!  I like the title of your new journal.  I am so used to looking for your multi-page journal!  I'm sure I'll still be able to find ya~

Thanks, EVERYONE!  I've gotten really busy lately with my new ballet classes starting and subbing extra yoga classes for the last several weeks.  Sorry it has taken me so long to acknowledge you!

Whew!  I haven't taken my birthday dinner yet 'cause hubby's got a cold so maybe next week.

When hubby asked me what I want for my birthday, I said I'd like to wait until we're in Indonesia this summer and buy lots of Balinese jewelry.  Last time I was there my hair was short so I didn't look for hair stuff.  I wonder if I'll find any.

He still gave me a card, some chocolates and took 1/2 a day off on my bday to take me out to breakfast.  It was really sweet!

My cats are having problems-I think it is because my schedule has changed and I'm home less.  Argh.  I hope this will pass soon before Sweetie and Ziggy kill each other.

I've worn my hairsticks to ballet yesterday and today-FUN!  Of course no one said anything about it 
I really like my teacher-she's not out to kill us and wants to make ballet accessible to everyone.  (Even uncoordinated people like me!!  Of the arts, I think music is more my thing than ballet although I have picked up bellydancing pretty easily.  I don't get the "think about the step coming next" yet.)

This coming Tuesday is bellydancing.  Guitar has moved to Thursdays.  Not clear if I'm going or coming right now!

Have begun an Ayurvedic routine:
Wake up between 6am-7am
Pray
Drink water left in copper cup overnight
Sit on toilet
Splash face w/cool water, rinse mouth
Brush teeth & scrape tongue, gargle w/warm sesame oil
Put warm sesame oil up nostrils
Do asanas
Do pranayam
Meditate
Warm oil massage on whole body, including face and head (hair)
Shower
Eat breakfast
Go to work

At night:
Eat dinner at 6pm
Read
Drink hot milk w/ginger, cardamom and tumeric
Rub small amount of warm sesame oil on scalp and soles of feet
Brush teeth, gargle
Go to bed at 10pm

I started this on my birthday.  Figured it is a good way to keep track of when I started it.  I feel more at peace and centered with this routine.  I am adjusting-last night I put too much tumeric in my evening milk and about 2pm today it cleaned out my system.  3 times.  Tumeric is really bright yellow against porcelain white!

I know it will be a challenge to keep a routine-I need them to calm my system but I have a natural aversion to them.

Next time...
awesome green tea chai recipe!