As I said, today is a good day. we got out for some fresh air. Can you believe the wonderful weather we are having in October, I am sorry to have missed so much of it but grateful for a short trip out today. We took the mountain bike and left it at the shop to be fully inspected and tuned after the accident, then headed to the park where Candy (one of our dogs) had a serious workout chasing the RC car around the field. Then just now as I was writing this one of my work colleagues stopped by with a card and gift from the team. I asked him to thank everyone and let them know I am missing them. It was great to see him and catch up, but if he sounds his air horn as he passes the house in the morning my threat stands (lol).
Ok what's the deal with shaving, well as you can imagine with my neck in a brace and instructions not to move, shaving is somewhat of an issue. This issue is made all the more pleasurable by the fact that stubble rubbing against the collar is like someone sticking a thousand tiny needle's in my chin. The shear pleasure of the experience combined with the fact that I start to look like a homeless person is just another one of the many benefits of a collar. Now don't get me wrong the fact that today I am in a collar that can be removed vs the practice of putting the neck in plaster is an infinitely better thing. That said this thing sucks on so many levels.
So when it comes to shaving Sarah is my savior. Now letting someone else shave you is an interesting experience and not something I had ever experienced. Nope, I have never been to the barbers for a shave and until now I have never needed help. I would love to say that the experience was awesome out of the gate, but lets face it how many experiences are ever awesome the first time unless you are in the hands of a professional. Ok if your mind went to other place's bring it back right NOW! I am talking shaving for goodness sake.
So let's clarify. Sarah is not a professional barber, I have never been to a barber, we do not have a barber's chair and the extent of Sarah's shaving experience is zero unless you count legs and under arms which she can shave at an alarming rate with seemingly no care or attention. Shaving equipment is limited to a faithful combination of a Gillett razor and shaving gel. So when Sarah said "I'll shave you" I was both grateful and somewhat nervous to let someone else, even someone I trust explicitly loose on my sensitive man face.
Was the "First Time Good For You"? - Those where not the exact words and as a dutiful and thankful husband my answer would have been yes, but the truth is you are never going to have a good shaving experience propped up on a bed 20ft from the bath room with someone who has never shaved someone else before and has never had to shave themselves. Oh and when I say "Experience" until now I have only ever considered shaving a necessity, not an experience.
Now I know Sarah will read this and to be super clear, she did the very best she could in a caring and loving way and I do not want you to think I am ungrateful in anyway when I tell you the first shave sucked. It sucked because neither of us had experience in what we where doing (Ok keep your mind on the subject). The water was tepid, the foam and razor where cold and the bristles stiff which lead to every stroke of the razor feeling like my bristles were being dragged out of my face by angry bees.
Based on the lessons from the first experience's we decided that more research was needed and decided on an investment in a real razor. Not brave enough to embrace the cut throat we went for a safety razor and brush. I would like to say that was the end of the learning but as you can guess, with news tools comes new learnings and the challenge was accepted.
Today the shaving experience was night a day different from the first time and a testament to the support I receive everyday from Sarah. I will continue to do my job of giving her a client upon whom she can hone her newfound skills and cannot thank her enough for taking the time and putting the effort in to learning the skills needed to give me a close and comfortable shave.
Here are the new tools of the trade. I look forward to driving myself once the collar comes off, but not every time, skills have to be maintained after all.
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