The Shave…
Last Summer I went to the Barber as i did every 2 weeks. I was trying to grow my hair back like it was before the military shaved it all off. For some reason I just couldn’t stand having my hair touching my ears so the barber decided to give me my usual military style hair cut.
One thing I noticed while trying to grow my hair was it was not as full as it used to be. I never noticed this because in the military I kept it really short. When the Barber gave me my military hair style back I noticed it was even thinner than before I grew it back. That night I went home and stared in the mirror for a few minutes… Grabbed my shaving cream and my razor, complete baldness…
For the whole summer I shaved my head every time I shaved my face. I loved it. I could get up in the morning and didn’t have to worry about brushing my hair. The only problem I had was the first sunburn.
Once Fall hit the north eastern US the air started to get a little to cool on my head so I stopped shaving my head. I got one hair cut during the long winter up here in NY.
This weekend I woke up early and poured myself a cup of coffee, looked out the window and saw the birds flying around with the construction material required for their new home for their expanding families. I thought it was a nice day and it was time to shave my head for the summer…
That night still trying to talk myself into shaving my head I walked out side and could hear the Canadian Geese playing in the Lake across the street. This was a definate sign that I could shave my head for the upcoming temperatures. I went inside and lathered my head. Within minutes I was completely bald…
Now because God love to play his little jokes on me in this life on earth, the next morning I woke up to 6 inches of snow. I don’t think I have ever felt the pain of cold this bad before, and I lived in Alaska for four years.
I am starting to understand why my father who is bald by nature has decided on moving south to the warmer climates and has invested in hats that provide shade, where I had to go out and buy a few winter hats.
