New hairstyle? Hate the current one!?

I HATE my new haircut. I had very long hair (half-way down my back) for years, and after my wedding I decided it was time for a change. I wanted to go pretty drastic, so I had about 14 inches cut off, and donated the hair to Locks of Love. I have VERY thick, wavy hair. I love the colour - a deep auburn - but I've never been crazy about the texture. On top it's pretty smooth and not that wavy, and underneath it's very coarse/wiry, and pretty curly - so when I brush it out, it just has an all over sort of wave. I told the woman cutting it that I really don't have time to style it everyday. I have a 1 year old baby, I work full time, and I go to school full time. So, I told her all that, and that I wanted something short and funky and fun, but very low maintenance. I tried going really short (kind of a pixie cut) several years back and it looked awful on me, so I don't want to go that short again. What the hairstylist gave me is what she called a graduated bob. Basically it's your typical bob but it's shorter in the back. I guess that was her idea of funky. Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. To be honest, it's kind of boring and the only way it looks good is if I straighten it every day. (1) I don't have the time to do that every day, and (2) It's really bad for your hair to straighten it that much. And now it's too short to even pull it back in a ponytail for when I'm having a bad hair day (seems like almost every day now). I just don't know what to do with it. Any ideas? It's just not at all what I wanted, and I'm afraid the only thing to do now is to wait for it to grow out, and have crappy hair in the meantime.