Hair Today Gone Tomorrow

The deed is done. Children in Need is (or will be) about £900 to the good. And the pictures are here!

Beforehand I was beginning to get nervous. I brought the kids over to East Kilbride early, and paced my pal's living room for an hour or so before the big event; probably wore a hole in it. Then a quick drive to the office, and lo and behold; no-one was expecting me and all the managers were in a meeting. Being pretty nervous and not really able to organise a piss up in a brewery anyway, I just kind of loitered while people admired my cute kids (a favourite passtime of mine anyway). Fortunately the management appeared sooner rather than later, rounded up an audience, we recruited a cameraman (Graham) and a barber (Donna), and away we went...

I think the actual process was probably worse for my wife Seiko and the kids than it was for me. I couldn't actually see what Donna was was doing to my head, and I didn't really mind, since it was all coming off anyway. Seiko was supposed to be taking photos but just looked on in shocked disbelief; luckily Graham did a stirling job and there was another camerawoman taking stills as well (thanks to Claire for the 'during' picture).

Actually holding the hair afterwards was a bit freaky; it really doesn't look right when it isn't in situ. I thought I might want to hang on to it, but I find I am much less attached to it now I'm not attached to it (if you catch my drift). Lots of people seem to think it will be worth something, so I'll see if I can flog it to someone.

All in all it has not been as strange as I thought it would be. Okay, my head is cold - everyone said it would be and it is... but other than that, I feel normal. I don't actually miss the hair, my head doesn't feel noticeably lighter or anything. The kids still know who I am, they don't laugh at me or burst into tears at the sight of me, although I have caught Seiko staring at my head a couple of times...

So what now? I'll probably keep it very short at least until Christmas, since I got a lot of donations from down south, I feel like I should show them a bald head! After that, I'll probably revert to my old lazy ways, so it'll just grow until it is a yard long again!