Isolation diary: Cutting it short

By Mary Reid | Wed 20th May 2020 - 5:00 pm

I was finally brave enough to cut my husband’s hair. My first attempt was not good – clumpy might be a good word for it. So I looked up some how-to videos made by bored (but very helpful) hairdressers during lockdown. I then wielded comb and clippers with some confidence, with the result above. He seems happy with it.

I won’t let anyone have a go at my hair though. My hairdresser is hoping to open again on 4th July, but I don’t imagine that shielding will be over by then, so I won’t be getting an appointment for quite a while.

I last reported on my hair just a month ago, so here is an update, 11 weeks since I last had it cut. As predicted the fringe has now reached my eyes. It will be interesting to see how it falls in future.

What a gorgeous day today! I know I should be turning my attention to the General Election Review, the leadership timetable, and the general despair at the way Johnson and Trump have handled things – but it will have to wait until tomorrow.

So I’m cutting it short and off to sit in the sunshine.

Please note

We have been in full self-isolation since 16th March to protect my husband whose immune system is compromised.

If you are in self-isolation then join the Lib Dems in self-isolation Facebook group.

You can find my previous Isolation diaries here.

* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.

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3 Comments

Peter 20th May '20 - 8:12pm

Where has his right ear gone?

Only joking, not a bad job. Can you come round and do mine?
Ruth Bright 20th May '20 - 9:00pm

Hello Mary – thought it wasn’t so bad shaving mine all off at the beginning of lockdown (some was coming out anyway) but now I find that the grey third appears to grow back more quickly and is wavy and the dark two thirds appears to grow back more slowly and is straight!!!!
Mary Reid 20th May '20 - 9:36pm

@Peter – not sure I can do a virtual trim…

@Ruth Bright – that was a courageous move! My 12 year old grandson also shaved all his hair off at the beginning, followed by his father. It does solve the problem in some ways.