The Mother of all Beards

It's almost mid-May, and "The Beard Growth Project" is still alive. It keeps defying my expectations. Even though my wife has a love/hate relationship (more hate than love) with my facial hair, she is still not demanding me to shave it all off. Go figure. Work isn't getting in the way of my beard growth either. They can't very well tell me to shave. There's nothing in the dress code or anything else that I signed when I took on the job that says "no giant, stupid looking, sparsely follicle'd beards allowed".

It is starting to pose a problem with my eating though. The moustache part of my beard keeps ending up in my mouth when I go to eat something. So I'm constantly having to pick my own facial hair out of my mouth. Also, it tends to collect crumbs and condiments rather easily. After today's breakfast, I actually had egg on my face. But hey, this could be a blessing in disguise. Eating might become so troublesome that I might start losing some weight.

One can only hope.

3 Months In

Today is May 1st. I started "The Beard Growth Project" the 1st of February. This beard of mine is now officially 3 months old. I'm not sure if that can be recalculated into beard-years . . . you know, like dog-years. This is, by far, the longest stint of facial hair growth I've had. In the past, my beard would get about a month and a half old before it fell prey to my electric shavers.

Now, I can't guarantee that this beard will survive to see June. It might. But I'm a little uncertain. There's pressure from my better half to get rid of it, or at least trim it down to a goatee. I'd lose all that awesome mutton-chop'y-ness I've got going on right now. Also, people at work are starting to look at me funny. That's a minor concern though. I don't care much for what they think. But when the Site Lead raises an eyebrow as I walk up to receive an Award of Excellence, I get a little antsy.

Anywho . . . "The Beard Growth Project" will keep fighting the good fight until it can no longer do so. Signing out for now. See you in a couple of days.