I kind of suck at this!

Not really sure how often I should update, it's been three weeks. I've had some ups and downs. Last week I wanted to straighten my hair, only because I saw some flat irons. I also saw some pics of my hair that I loved and thought about turning back. I'm sticking with it though, and on the bright side my hair is starting to loc......YAAAYYYY! It's really strange, it's locing not exactly at the root but a little ways down and it's not that much maybe a 1/2 in to an inch. I now have new concern, now I know everyone's hair is different, but everyone I ask has atleast 100 locs and I don't even have 80. I don't want them to be really small, but I don't want to them huge. I wanted a nice medium sized loc, only downfall of starting them myself. Needless to say I am happy with the decision I've made and guess that I will have to wait to see the outcome, it's moving along a lot faster then I originally thought it would. I haven't washed it since the last time, I think I may have to start washing it a little bit more cause my hair flakes and I'm finding that were it is locing has flakes in them. I think I'm going to wash it tonight and see if it clears, hopefully. After I wash it I'll take some pics and update.