Cala - my curly sistah. I do the same thing: batten my hair to my scalp just so it won't catch on nearby trees or in the car door ( <-- have done both). My hair's down to my hip soaking wet; air-dried it barely makes it to my shoulderblades! And it frizzes, like an outer pelt. Humid days I have fuzz on my head. I sometimes can hear it frizzing...'eeee'...makes me wanna dip my head in a vat of motor oil.
It takes an hour to blow my hair dry straight, and it's longer than my arms so it's exhausting too - my hairdryer actually smokes after 20 minutes or so. But I can't have it short, short is worse and it's just not worth the effort. I've been living under it for a while now, and it has won the war.