As I mentioned in my last blog, I was able to knock out another item this past Sunday...
#20. Learn to French braid my own hair - check!
I wasn't sure how long this one would take, as I consider myself hair-challenged. Meaning - I'm not the most skilled in doing different things to my hair. Sure, I'm well-versed in various forms and locations of ponytails and could do a low braid myself already, but I consider my expertise level elementary at best.
#20. Learn to French braid my own hair - check!
I wasn't sure how long this one would take, as I consider myself hair-challenged. Meaning - I'm not the most skilled in doing different things to my hair. Sure, I'm well-versed in various forms and locations of ponytails and could do a low braid myself already, but I consider my expertise level elementary at best.
So when I went about tackling this one I was ready for failure on at least my first handful of attempts. After a productive Sunday spent shopping for my Kentucky Derby dress, I sat down on my living room couch with my comb and mirror and tuned the Xbox to YouTube where I did the appropriate search for French braid tutorials. What I found were a series of helpful videos that guided me easily through the process.
Surprisingly, I didn't use or even need a mirror and was able to at least come up with something resembling a French braid on my first attempt:
After I was able to at least execute the concept, it was a simple matter of practice. On Sunday I continued to wet my hair and try yet another braid. In total I probably spent about an hour and pulled together 6-7 braids. While I still can't claim to be an expert, I was happy to make significant improvement with each attempt...
Now that I'm getting back into my work-out routine, I've been showering in the evening and French braiding my wet hair before I go to bed. Even as I type this I have my hair French braided. My biggest challenge - not spacing out while doing it and forgetting where I was (which section to pull next) - Ha! I'm not sure if I'll win any awards on the quality of my work, but I can confidently say that I accomplished what I set out to do on yet another Operation 30 item.
Less than two weeks away!
Side note on the working out (follow-up from my "Almost Normal" post)...still getting closer to feeling more normal from my bout with medicine-induced lupus, but not quite full throttle yet. I'm also more than a little peeved for how puffy my face is from the prednisone (which is noticeable...to me, anyway...in my recent Europe and San Diego pictures). I see my Rheumatologist tomorrow and hope to have a timeline for when I can fully ween off the steroids. Hopefully soon!
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