I misunderstood your previous update and so I thought you were on break already, so this is a delightful surprise ahaha. Oh man. I feel you on the loving wild hair and having stick-straight hair. Can confirm: Perms are terrible because your regular hair grows out straight and you end up looking like a poodle. Source: a girl I knew in highschool-- though, for her it worked out because she drastically cut off all the hair when the perm started growing out and she's had super short hair ever since.