so things here in hell paso are moving right along. not very smoothly, but moving, nonetheless. test hours are long and everything is pretty chaotic, but i'm surviving and *counting down the days* til i get to go back home! i am really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed and seeing all of my family.
like i have said before, i have been fortunate to have daddy out here on this test with me. one weekend he hadn't shaved and he jokingly said that he was going to grow his beard out. i told him now is the perfect time, as mom isn't around to tell him to *shave it off.* and that's when the beard-growing began.
daddy hated his beard from the start. every day he complained about *looking like a derelict* and how it was itchy and annoying. whenever he complained about the latter, i'd get out some of my *really good lotion* and rub it on his face, hoping that it would soothe his beard. then i'd scratch it for him and tell him it looked so good! truth be told, i *really* liked the way he looked with it.
yesterday morning, daddy informed me that he had had enough of the beard. he said it was really itchy and compared his annoyance with it to my annoyance of not shaving my legs as i shave them everyday and hate going without. i told him not to do it, but since he was so sure he was going to shave it off, i snapped a couple of pics of him with it. we posted those pictures on facebook last night.
i posted them on his facebook page in one of his albums and before i could even post it as his profile pic, his phone rang that familiar ring. it was mom. i had joked to him that as soon as she saw the pic, she'd call, but i didn't realize she would be *that fast!* "SHAVE IT OFF OR DON'T COME HOME!!!" she said into the phone. dad laughed and said it would be gone that night. we took a poll of whether or not he should shave it on his facebook status, and the only three haters were my oldest sister, brother and cousin. everyone else *loved* it.
i didn't see him again until this morning when we were getting ready to make the hour-long drive to work. and sure enough, he was clean-shaven once again. i guess his beard was fun while it lasted!
You know, he's got the right facial structure for a beard. I like it. And it matches his hair... I hate it when men with gray hair grow in a beard that comes in their former hair color. Some people should avoid facial hair altogether. Like John. I remember those pics of him with a goatee and he looked like a child molester.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you're okay and staying as positive as possible!
i really liked him with the beard. he came out clean-shaven and he looked weird. but i love him regardless of the beard! and yes, john did not look right with the goatee. he looks okay with a day's growth, but much more than that and he needs to shave.
ReplyDelete21 days and i'm home!
Awww, I liked it, too bad he got rid of it!
ReplyDeletei know! i didn't think i was going to like it until it really started filling in. mom hates it, though. i guess her opinion is the only one that counts!
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