10 Months In

My 10 month anniversary has come and gone on the 18th and I did nothing special to celebrate.  10 months, not all that special just 2 months shy of a year.  I will harp more on that on my actual loc-a-versary!  Here I am at 10 months with a list of 10 issues and/or lessons learned:

1. Locks still not locked yet, budding yes, but not locked
2. Since I stopped B&B around month 7 I have experienced some bunching. To combat the bunching I have been pulling it loose, that led to a lose of a lock (BIG OOPSIE)!!!
3. I have woken up days telling myself like I'm tired of looking like this and want to cut it off!  To combat this I pull my hair into two ponytails and put on a headband, its working so far.
4. I do have to use a clarifying shampoo about once a month.  The lint from sweaters and any material is ANNOYING.
5. Overall I lost 3 locks, all my own doing.  1 was from trying to pull the bunching out and I popped it.  The other 2 were from retightenings.  1, I popped too much hair and it was hanging on for dear life, the other other I joined and tried to cut the budding of another one out and cut the joining (OOPSIE).
6. I don't have to retighten my whole head within 5 days.  I now retighten over the course of a week or two. 
7. I can't go longer than 4 weeks otherwise my hairline looks very untidy and my locks seem to shrink up. 
8. Although I don't suffer with dry scalp, I need to give my locks some moisture in this cold weather.
9. I don't feel the need to seperate my locks after a wash because after a wash I style either braid out of rolling so I'm manipulating my hair.
10. Sleeping with a satin cap and satin pillowcase is best. In case your cap comes off you still have the pillow.