Missing in action

Heyyyyy everyone!!!! Oh how I've missed you so very much!

(Current Hair; done all by myself)

I feel sooooo bad for neglecting my blog, but if you read my last post you know it's not my fault. My computer is definitely donezo (the hard drive decided to give up on me) so I'm pretty bummed but that explains my lack of posts. I figured while I'm at a friends house in Gainesville right now that I'd try to update this month at least with just a quick status with my whereabouts as of lately. Um, like I said I'm currently in Gainesville (I'll be here for another week) and then back to my life back in Miami. Don't consider this a vacation though, there's absolutely nothing exciting going on lol.  I came down because my friend is getting her first tattoo and wanted me to photograph it. Let's see, other news? My hair is currently braided up. I keep telling myself no more weave but it's just so much easier to do a protective style and not have to worry about it. I've actually been thinking of trying A WIG! It'll definitely be the first wig I've ever worn (that wasn't during Halloween) so I'm pretty nervous yet stoked about the whole situation haha. I have tons of photos that I'd love to share with you over the past month or so of my nonexistence and as soon as I find a way to do so, I will. The military thing? Ugh, everything that could go wrong has gone wrong lol. It's still happening because I refuse to get this far and give up now haha but I've been told that I won't be leaving until next year. Probably the worst news I've received this month but I'll be fine, I just have to construct a plan B until they are ready for me to leave. I don't know what else to update but if you have any questions or just want to say hi, feel free to do so because I've missed you so haha! Hope everyone is having a great month, be back as soon as possible. Ta-Ta  ♥

(The braids are about waist length, super long)!

Just checking in

(via webcam)

HEYYYY!! So I've been ghost for a bit, but no worries I'm still around. Thought I'd do a quick check in and update just to let you know how I've been doing (had some highs and some lows but I don't want to be a debbie downer so forget I mentioned that haha). I'm in the mood to bullet this update so yeah, here ya go:

• Memorial weekend was a complete bust, the beaches were filled beyond capacity.
• I got to wear my (not so) new bathing suit that I bought a while back, but since the beach was full it served no purpose.
• THE HEAT MADE IT TO THE FINALS
• I took my confirmation ASVAB test, so meps is the next step.
• I made my goal for wearing this protective style for a month.
• HELLO MONTH OF JUNE, my birthday is in exactly 19 days. 
• I'm turning 22, just in case you wanted to know.

and um, I think that's about it lol. That's all I can think of right now at least, hope everyone is having a great day/week/month. I'll be back soon enough, pinky promise.

|| WDYWT:  bathing suit from Target (talk about affordable) - Sunglasses from Girlprops.com - F21 striped skirt ||

Week(end) Recap

So aside from the obvious "new hair" (protective style) I just wanted to do an updated weekly recap. Thursday was Cinco de Mayo, I hope everyone had a great little celebration. I had a couple people over and we made dinner and had a few drinks. Unfortunately I decided not to drink because I was [retaking] my ASVAB the following morning. If you want to know more about how that went (because believe me it's quite a story) I'll be making a video soon on my youtube channel talking about it. Anywho, today I had an early dinner with a few family members, I guess we were celebrating mother's day early lol. We had thai food! It was definitely long overdue for me to go to the thai restaurant because I've been craving pad thai noodles and the works for quite some time now lol. If you've never had thai food, I'd definitely recommend it. After dinner, on our way home, we got into a very heated discussion which (to me) turned into an attack on me. My grandmother and aunt made the statement "people who get tattoos and piercings are unhappy with themselves," I didn't take this lightly at all. I was very offended and felt the need to stand up for my generation (because the conversation later lead to this age generation and our music, style, choices, etc). What are your opinions on body modifications and what not? I think I'll be making a video about this as well. Anywho, no more debbie downer, I hope everyone is having a great week(end) and I wish all the mother's out there a very special happy mother's day.

P.S. I wanted to watch the fight today but things didn't go as planned, boo for me. I hope Pacman wins!

CHOPPED: I DID IT !!!

So after lots of friendly peer pressure, words of encouragement, and advice from my lovely friends I finally cut the rest of my relaxed ends off. Yes, you read correctly. . as of yesterday March 17th (St. Patrick's Day) I did the BC - big chop. As I was saying on one of my tumblr's I'm not confident with it, not yet at least, so I don't plan on wearing it out until it grows a little more or I can't deal with wearing weave. Don't get me wrong, I love it. I'm very proud of me taking this step, I'm just not used to having my hair so short and with this texture. Anywho, I'm excited. . . I feel like my journey officially began now that I can say I'm 100% natural. If you have any advice, tips, product recommendations let me know, I'm open to any and everything.

Don't I look happy hahaha, biggest smile in the world. Hope everyone is having a good day/ evening. Til we meet again ^_^

I came. I saw. I conquered !!

 || WDYWT: H&M Divided stripped crop shirt & belt - Wet Seal skull scarf - F21 necklace - Girl Props earrings - Jessica Simpson Dany Pumps ||

So around the 28th of January I decided to braid my hair up and leave it in for AT LEAST a month. The last time I braided my hair I barely had it in for 3 weeks, I just couldn't take it lol. This time I was eager to keeping them in just to give my hair a break. I think this will be my last time braiding my hair though. My next protective hairstyles will be sew in's because I find them to be a lot more manageable than these braids (especially when they begin to look old). Anywho, I'm officially taking these braids out tomorrow and giving myself a huge pat on the back for making it to a month. I'd go for one more month but I'd rather go back to wearing hats everyday haha.

Buh-bye braid head. I'll definitely be setting more mini hair goals for myself til I ultimately meet the biggest goal, of being at least APL (arm pit length) and all nat-ur-al lol. I think my next mini goal will be growing about 3 inches in the next 2 1/2- 3 months. We'll see.