Home for the Holidays

Being a little over a month into sisterlocks, I've probably run into just about everyone I know in Arizona by now. I hate the "Gasp, You cut your hair?!?!" And because I'm too lazy to explain, I usually just say yes, even though my hair hasn't been cut in about 3.5 years. Needless to say, I'm glad to be through that process... in Arizona anyway. I'll be heading back to CT for the holidays and I've done my best to brief freinds and family about my hair change to avoid the Gasp, etc. Of course, my family knew about my decision when I made my initial consultation. We're Jamaican (lived in Montego Bay until I was 5) and my cousin came home to Jamaica for a family reunion with baby locks one year (her hair is beautiful now by the way). There was lots of talk about what would Mama and Papa say about her hair as the associations with locks in Jamaica are not all good. Surprisingly, my parents weren't at all shocked and didn't say much about my decision, though I suppose the fact that I've been talking about getting locks of some sort for years now warmed them to it. DH didn't mention my hair change to his family. They have a gag gift swap party with the whole extended family so spending Christmas there should be interesting. There will be a few young babies, one of whom was just born in November, so I can only hope that the babies are more interesting than my hair. I hate being the object of attention!