I think I’ve only gone more than a week between posts once, maybe twice, in the entire two and a half years I’ve been blogging.  That tells you how busy life is right now!

My typical day starts with me getting up at 5:00 am if I decide to make myself presentable by doing my hair.  Otherwise, I get up around 5:30 am.  I’m at work by 6:30 am and I stay there until no later than 3:15 pm.  My first class–Japanese, which is an everyday class–starts at 4:00 pm.  On Mondays and Fridays, Japanese is my only class.  On Tuesdays and Thursdays, I also have an English class that goes until 6:30 pm.  And, on Wednesdays, I have my Doctrine and Covenants class until 7:00 pm.  I usually don’t get home until around 7:30 or 8:00 pm.  Then, I do homework until around 10:00 or 10:30 pm and go to bed after that.

I’m thoroughly enjoying myself, though.  I love class and I love having something to look forward to each day.  Even though I’m not getting much sleep, I’m thriving.

With this being said, however, I wanted a way to simplify my mornings. I want to look presentable but not take the extra 30 minutes to fix my hair.  I almost chopped my hair off last Friday, even though I’ve been growing it out for about a year.  My niece Carlee gave me an alternative style, however, and I love it!

My hair is straight, thick, and coarse.  The only curl I have is just a few waves, if you can even call it that, when my hair air dries.  It’s not enough to look good curly and too much to let my hair air dry and still look nice straight.  But, Carlee cut my hair into choppy layers and then showed me how to scrunch my hair so it has the illusion of being curly.  It takes me literally 5-10 minutes to do!