For the fourth time I am bald...
I have been struggling with this all summer.
So for a little back history here. About 3 years ago, I was working at the USDA ARS research center in Temple, Texas. I had been a lazy person and hadnt gotten a hair cut in over a year (I think the actual count was 15 to 16 months). Well I was given a bunch of shit for having hair down to my shoulders. So after a few months of my co-workers, people at church, and friends continually giving me crap, I decided to get a hair cut.
I went to the cheapest place I could find (I spent the afternoon going to different places) and sat there and waited to get a hair cut. After an hour of waiting I just left. I called a friend who had gotten into town to see if I could borrow his mother's hair trimming clippers. I figured I could cut my hair just as well as any one else. I went hog-wild and trimmed my hair with a little help and had a buzz cut....a nice short buzz cut. I looked in the mirror, pulled out my razor and shaving cream, lathered up and shaved my head bald for the 1st time.
So the next day at work, I was first mistaken for some random person as I was working on whatever I was working on, and then after realizing who I was, I was given shit for shaving my head bald (I couldnt win for loosing).
Well, so I let my hair grow for a month after the first bald head shaving experience, and decided I kind of liked the bald head, and so I shaved it bald again. This didnt bring too much surprise to people as they had seen my head bald a month earlier. And that was the 2nd bald head experience.
The third experience was 15 months ago and having been the fruggle person I attempt to be, I hadnt gotten a hair cut in a period of 6 months or so. Well I let someone cut my hair, knowing full well that I could shave it off if it was bad. Minding that the hair cut wasnt too bad being the persons first experience at it, and I tend to wear a hat most of the time, I was fine with keeping the hair cut. Well I was wielding on some project at work, when a piece of slag jumped onto my head and burned a patch of hair to the scalp. I am not one to have a singular bald spot on the crown of my head, so I did the only thing I could. I shaved it bald.
So a few weeks ago, my sister-in-law had been harping at me to get a hair cut (again I had gone a few months with out one). So I contemplated where I could go to get one done quickly. I settled for the neighbors (they offered to do a buzz cut for free). So I had a ..2 buzz cut for a week, and the entire time, I was thinking how much cooler my head would feel if it were to be bald. So a week ago, I returned to the neighbors and had them do a ..1 buzz to see if that were any better. I should note that at this time, my sister-in-law had been vocalizing her opinion against me having short hair or shaving my head bald.
Yesterday, I returned a second time to the neighbors for a hair cut, only this time I brought my razor and cream. After 45 minutes of carefully shaving my head (didnt want to cut it), I returned with a bald head.
I kind of like it. Only now I have to keep it âlotionâ-ed. Dont want it to dry out or anything.