Bex Key's Charity Haircut

Here is the video of my haircut! Enjoy :)

The Cut

Sorry for the lateness of this - been trying to sort lots of stuff out and get You Tube to co-operate!


As you can see from the video above there were loads of people watching - made for a great event, if a little scary! The 2 6th form manning the bucket managed to get over £200 out of the watching crowd which was fantastic! I've raised around £400 online and about another £200 from friends & family. Altogether a very humbling and exhilirating experience!

Nerve Week

Wow, getting close to hair chop time - 18 hours to be precise!

I was starting to get nervous about it but after last night and this morning I don't think I could get nervous again this week without having some sort of melt down :S

Last night was Gig Night II, a great evening of all sorts of bands and combinations of muscicians that is very chilled and very enjoyable evening. I played and sang 'Oever the Rainbow' the Eva Cassidy version. It's something I have done on the ship before (well, once) but noone at school has really heard me sing or play the guitar. In the song before I actually started to feel almost sick, and then whilst I was playing I couldn't stop my legs from shaking and even my hands were shaking as I was playing the guitar! My voice must have sounded OK though because I got a lot of really nice and encouraging comments from everyone, including the Y9's (an acheivement believe me!). It sort of encouraged me to do more - but only if I stop getting that nervous.

I contrast, assembly this morning was a breeze, probably spoke too quickly but the girls all listened and focussed whilst I was talking and lots of them have said they are coming to watch the great hair cutting.

I am feeling nervous about it. The only thing that I can see in my head is the geeky 14-year-old I was the last time I got it cut. And even though I now wear contacts, my face has changed a lot and I take much better care of my hair; I'm just worried that I'll end up looking exactly like that again!

But now I guess I get to be a geeky 28-year-old who is being supported by her friends, family, colleagues (inc one coming in on her day off!) and students in drastically changing her appearance for 2 very good causes. And if I think about that, I don't get nervous at all :)

5 days to go!

Well the day draws nearer and I'm beginning to feel nervous!

However before that I have to give an assembly tomorrow morning (about 81/2 on the scary scale) and then sing and play on Wednesday night (9 on the scale) so by the time I am sat down in front of half the school (and some press!?!) on Friday lunchtime I should be used to a queasy feeling in the bottom of my stomach.

Just come back from a fab weekend planning for Lee Abbey this summer. I can only do the second week but I really feel it will be worth going, and a week should be long enough to recover fom Peru! It was nice to be in a Christian environment for a bit and to focus on God instead of all the other craziness going on at the mo. Felt like a real break, and even though Im shattere, I do feel rested.

Sponsorhip is up to £165 which I'm very chuffed with. Not sure I'll reach my target but going to give it a right good go :)