im hennaing my hair!!! i've been dyeing and cutting my hair for a long time now-and i've always wanted to try henna. however, i was under the mistaken impression that you could not use henna on chemically treated hair-and i wasn't about to wait a year for my hair to grow all the old dye out! but i learned the truth and i have yummy smelling henna on my head :] no more deth-chemicals, hee hee. now i won't have to worry about balding like my grandma's who've dyed their hair since they were my age! i'm leaving it on longer than the package says-i bleached my hair the last time i dyed it- and i want the henna to last at least 4 weeks... so, wish me luck on not turning a weird shade. it might be darker than i want it- a nice light golden brown. but i'm okeedoo with that, cause henna is semi-permanent and fades with washes.

hmm i am helping students with IEP and 504 accommodations take their state tests this week and next!! it's a wonderful feeling to just do a few little things- like reading, scribing, and paraphrasing- and helping a student who would normally FAIL a state test to pass with better scores than their "average" peers!!! i really live for the one on one work with students- getting to know them, and help them on a personal level. it's wonderful to be able to spend the time i need to helping a student succeed-it gives me warm cocoa feelings!

next time i'm in eastern kentucky i want to ask chris to get a library card! i LOVE the public library, the way it smells, the way the books feel in their crinkly jackets, the Freeness of it all!