I am adjusting to life without my locs. It's been a week since I cut them and predictably, it's not being without dreads that's weird to me. It's going from having hair past my shoulders to having hair that is short. Like,
short short. I've only had short hair once in my life, about six or seven years ago. I also cried in the bathroom of the beauty shop after getting that hair cut. My exact words were "My hair, my hair, oh, my pretty hair! It's all gone, it's all gone!" And my hair is about half that length now.
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