JustaMom---I thank you for your ideas, but I only wish I had time to do any of that.
As it is now, I just wash my hair and comb it dry with a pick. Sometimes I just stick it up in a bun or ponytail when it's wet cuz I really don't have the energy to mess with it before my 8-o'clock classes.
I really just want my hair to be sort of wash-and-go now, but I definitely want to keep it at least medium-length. I don't know what to do...I guess I'll debate it for a while.
I have a good hairstylist that I've gone to before. She cut my hair really cutely a few times, but that salon is more than I can afford right now. Besides, she's in my hometown, and that's an hour away from campus.