Look What August has Done to me

I've been growing my hair out for years now, and I've finally gotten to the point that my hair touches the small of my back.  I haven't had a haircut in about a year and its pretty scraggly thanks to my hair pulling but I reached my goal none the less, but I have a problem...

Its like packing around a thick wool coat that smothers me and makes me sweat.  I can't stand to have it sitting on  my neck and back all day so I pull it up every single day.  Ponytails and buns are not a flattering look for me.  That and I'm pretty sure I have headaches simply from having a massive amount of hair pulled up on the top of my head all the time.  It's so long and heavy that most of my natural curl has been pulled and stretched out, so on the very rare occasions that I have the desire to style my hair I have to spend massive amounts of time either straightening it or curling it.  Humidity is not my friend either, I sweat any straight hairs wavy/frizzy and any curls I attempt to do soon hang loose and clingy to me (the picture I took was after I had spent like an hour and a half curling my hair only to have it look like I just rolled out of bed after five minutes).  Long story short, I've worked years to finally have my hair this long and I am ATTACHED to it, but I can't do a thing with it!  Sometimes moving to Texas has felt very much like a curse!
My poor yard looks like a jungle and that is something that really bothers me too.  But I'll be honest when its above 90 degrees all day and night there is little desire to bust out the mower and edger and weed whacker.  I swear I'm going to sweat to death or dehydrate before I can get our yard finished.   I haven't pulled a weed in a good month because I find no joy in the suffocating heat of a Houston summer. I never thought I would lose the desire to take care of my yard but I have at least for now maybe when the temps drop back down into the 70's and low 80's I'll make my way back outside again.
I started watching TV and for anyone that knows me that is a big deal. I never watch TV.  Movies yes, television no!  But I've just ran out of things to do inside so I numb myself with old TV series hour after hour.
I'm going so stir crazy these days that I am making all sorts of crazy plans that involve a lot of paint.  I really hate painting and while I like the idea of freshly painted walls and furniture, it really is such a time consuming messy job.   But If I have to stare at bare walls and a home that is empty and unadorned for the rest of my life, I will go crazy...Let the home improvement projects begin!
Everyone keeps telling me I'll grow to love Texas, but I'm not convinced...although come December when I'm basking in 68 degrees of beautiful sunshine I might be a little less worked up about living here.  Until then I guess I'll just have to paint, watch TV and find a good hairdresser.