Yeah, I've been debating on whether to cut or not. Well originally I thought about cutting off all my relaxed ends. After I asked my husband what he thought, he wasn't thrilled. So I ended up going for a cut, took off like an inch or so and added some layers at the bottom. I really needed a real haircut. My last haircut was a tragedy. So it started growing out all wonky and uneven. Now its even and seems to be happier.

I got my hair cut at a babershop. The barber reassured me that he was a "real barber" that could cut long curly hair, not just short hair! He is also a curly head, 3b/c curls-very nice. So I thought, ok, I'll trust him. Turned out pretty good. He spent over an hour and a half on my hair; and even took out the special scissors for me! I'm glad, I got my haircut. I should have done this sooner. Now I feel better about growing it out.

UPDATE: (the next morning)

Now when I wrote the original post my hair was wet and not styled yet...
So I spoke too soon about my haircut... Turns out that it looked WAY DIFFERENT after I styled it and it dried. So different that is was horrible. It seemed to be crooked in more than one area. And no matter how much I tried, I couldn't hide it or make the best of it. So I woke up early this morning and went back to so he could fix it. And when he saw me, he knew exactly why I came back. Isn't that messed up? Like, if he knew it was messed up yesterday, he shouldn't have let me leave like that. Anyway, I gave him the chance to fix it. He tried but I could tell after he was finished, I was going to go straight to another salon to have it fixed. I didn't get rude with him or anything, but I just accepted what he did and went to my military base. I just wanted to cry because he took off even more length and it wasn't even. I seriously wanted to just pull off to the side of the road and start crying. But I then thought, I just need to straighten my hair and have someone else go over it and just make it even all the way across. So I told the lady at the salon what had happened and she said that if her next appt wasn't here, she would fit me in. So I asked if I could use their blow dryer and flat iron so I could straighten my hair. She gave them to me and had me sit in the back so I could do it. I straightened it and It was so f***ed up. It was like 3 different lengths. (Straightening it was a last resort because I was trying to go a year without straightening I fell short by 2 months) The lady came back and looked at it with a strange look on her face and was asking what kind of haircut was that and what did he use to cut with! And agreed that it was really messed up. So she trimmed it and made it even all the way across (even thought he next appt did show up). So finally after all that... My hair is short again, right at my shoulders if its straight; and above my shoulders when its curly. I am so sad! I still want to cry because I was so excited about my hair growing and now, I am back at square one. The only positive way I can look at this is that i got rid of some of my relaxed ends. But still...

I am done. I am done with people who say they can cut my hair. I hope to get my next cut at Devachan. Yes, that means I will have to fly in to New York just for a haircut. I'll either have to fly in from Germany or North Carolina- depends on where I'll be living at that time.

*sorry for my long vent/post.