I'll be keeping the beard, at least for the summer. Reception has been quite positive, and any naysayers have kept silent. Right now I'm trying to figure out the appropriate length at which to keep it. All I can tell you right now is that the first setting on my trimmer is too short, and I've never used the second. I've only just recently figured out that I've been using it improperly (revealing the inadequacy of the first setting), so perhaps the second will suffice. I need to balance sufficient body without significantly altering the shape of my face. I'm just vain like that.
In other news, my body has finally rebelled against its physically exacting regiment of No Down Time. Since the beginning of May, I've been pushing myself continuously, and today is really the first day of the month where I can sit around and do nothing. It began as it usually does, with a faint dryness in a tonsil. Then the dryness spread to both, and developed into a full-blown sore throat, which was accompanied by moderate nasal congestion and a light cough. These symptoms developed over 3 days, with almost one full day devoted to each. Now I'm in a phase of heavy congestion and an occasional chest cough. The good news is that the soreness in my throat has disappeared, which usually indicates that I'm on the mend. I predict a full recovery by Tuesday, at the latest. The dryness started on Wednesday evening, following a short day at work, and a trek into the Gatineau hills. I suspect that my body had relaxed prematurely due to the short day, and was left vulnerable thereafter. Could have been the French air. One never knows.
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