My beard

Not sure how interesting this is for people but at least the photos might be entertaining. Since the first of January I stopped shaving. I had wanted to try growing a beard but never really ended up doing it. So Andrew and I both decided to try growing one for January and it ended up going on until the end of February.

We were in Cape town the last time we shaved and it was hard to decide what we would look like with a beard as neither of us had ever had one before. The girls kept giving me updates on whether they thought a beard would suit me as it got longer towards the end of the holiday in Botswana. By the time we were starting term they had got to a decent length.

The views of teachers were mixed most didn’t like it. In fact our neighbour immediately told me she didn’t like it the first time she met me after the holiday. Others said they liked it but thought clean shaven was better.

By the end of January we were thinking of getting rid of the beard but I thought I wanted to see what it would be like if it got longer as I don’t think ill be growing one again any time soon.

As it got longer it started to need looking after a bit which was challenging really as I just have some craft scissors but I managed.

Anyway by the end of February I had decided to shave it off as I found it a bit scratchy and irritating generally.

I shaved it off in stages just to see what some of the other styles would look like so enjoy.

I liked having a beard and it did feel weird not to have one once I’d shaved it off but I think I prefer being clean shaven. I definitely look younger without one though as some of the students mentioned it to me.