Prologue Last night, I had an appointment for a hair cut. It was supposed to be a curly haircut, and I assumed it was going to be like the one I had in April. At that appointment, my hair was cut dry, and she sculpted the haircut based on the waves of my natural hair. When I sat down for yesterday's haircut, she briefly looked at my hair and said “I kind of see some waves,” then washed my hair and proceeded with a normal haircut. Nothing curly related whatsoever. When she wen

Prologue To catch everyone who doesn’t work with me up, I am going to insert a prologue that spans the past month to provide context for part of my day today. On June 6th, we had our last day of school with students. Then, on the 7th, we had commencement and students moved out of the dorm. During these two days, I developed a cough. Saturday, I was exhausted and went to bed at 7:30 pm, woke up around 2 am with a headache, so I drank some water, took something for it, and put

Day 1 - March 15, 2025 I am going to commit to the bit in a way I haven’t for my last two trips. I am going to begin writing and relaying my adventure whether or not there is anything to share. But I guess, in order to begin on this current trip, I need to back track and share about the two that I skipped and the reasons that I didn’t write anything. In November, we had a week off of school for Thanksgiving. If you know me, you know that Thanksgiving isn’t a holiday I hold n