Ugandan Hairstyle! :)

(Amy) Oh, and by the way - I LOVE MY UGANDAN HAIR-DO!!!! Not many white mzungus get their hair done, although a few have - the lady how did my hair had done another white girl before so she knew how to do it, as it is SO different with my type of hair! I went into town yesterday and kept getting looks and stares - I look kid of funny being completely white with an African hairstyle :) I actually think I look more Egyptian than anything - I think because of the WHITE skin with the hairstyle!?! And Leah and Richard said the same thing! That 's one of the first things that Leah said after she said she really liked it! :) I walked in the front gate with it done and pulled back and Leah and Mark just stared! It was so funny! Mark just sat on the porch with this look of "Woah - that looks really weird, but prety good" on his face - with this funny little grin! And Leah said "It looks so different, but I LIKE IT!" :)
and then later she said - "You know, I think you look like an Egyptian?!" Then yesterday, Richard said, "Have you ever seen that movie about Joseph from the Bible?? You look like one of the ladies on there from Egypt!" (after telling me it looked great and he loved it :))
It has been so easy to take care of -I just have to put a bandana over it at night and I can't get it wet. Leah is still thinking about it - she might wait a couple weeks and the get it done.
Oh, and for everyone's information - we had the appointement at 7:30am - gave the lady money to go buy the hair extentions, and then we actually got started at around 8:30am...
My hair was finished at 3:00pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was one of the longest days ever!!!! I sat in someone's house, on a 2 inch mattress, then finally sat on a pillow at around 12pm, and by 1:30 - I was ready to quit! They said a lot of girls can't do it - they get halfway done and say take it out - I just want to leave! I was SO tired of sitting! You have no idea! The lady doig my hair was sitting on a stool behind me and let me just say that we became quite close during those 6 1/2 hours! towards the end - when she was doing the front of my head (she started at the back), I was sitting in between her legs - had been all day, but I was laying my head back in her lap completely too tired to hold up my head anymore!!!! I'm still getting used to having extra hair on my head and having stiff hair, but it's really great!
But it was worth it! :) I am so glad that I finally got it done, and Betty told the lady a great hairstyle to do! Thank you, Betty! :) I didn't have a clue what I was doing, and Betty just handled it all! It was so great! Hope you liked the pics! :)

- your ugandan hair model :)