Is This Terminal?

This will probably be the last photo I upload for a while unless it's to use some that I already have on file. This weekend our digital camera suddenly started to insert green lines on our photos where no green lines should be. Argh! This photo was taken sometime in the last month so it's not that old.

Friday was the first of the month and on the first of the month members of long hair boards measure their hair. Religiously.

Except I didn't.

I measured mine on Saturday.

I wish I hadn't.

My hair hasn't grown half an inch like most people's hair does over a period of a month. It hasn't even grown a quarter of an inch. No my hair has decided to go backwards!

I did have a small (very small) trim last month so I have to take that into account but it's also obvious that I didn't get any growth at all last month to compensate otherwise I wouldn't be going backwards.

I haven't had regular growth since I hit waist. Before that I got a steady half inch (1.25 cm) each month. Since then, things have not been quite so steady. In 18 months I've only gained between three and four inches.

I'm now at 33.5" (or 85cm). Last month I was just over 34". I so wanted to reach 36" at least, preferably 38". Somewhere around tailbone. I don't think it's going to happen.

I strongly suspect - as much as I'd like to deny the fact - that I've reached terminal. That is, the longest my hair is ever going to grow.

Sigh. Rather than lamenting the fact that my hair just won't grow, I can look at the positive:

• It's not too long to wear down at this length;
• I can still do many of my favourite updos;
• If I ever grow out the fringe it won't take a lifetime to catch up with the length (only about 5-6 years);
• I can now concentrate on thickening up the hemline. It's not noticeable in the photo (and maybe it's just my imagination) but I think there's some thin spots on the sides and I'd like to see them fill in;
• It's still long. Perhaps not in the long hair world (I've seen photos of women with hair that is longer than they are tall) but in general, it's still longer than the hair of most in the population;
• ... (there must be more reasons but I can't think of any just now).