The big darling and I went back to the eye doctor today. “The” eye doctor. The place we were when we received “the call”. I stayed true to form, and had several mini
freak outs over the last few days. I had
already postponed the appointment once, and flat out didn’t show up another
time. I suck. We had to go.
Why did this bother me? Besides
the obvious reason, I think it was truly causing added anxiety because of
something I probably have never mentioned.
And that is that when we received the call and knew what was going on,
we ran to the front door to leave and the door was locked. The door was locked and the lights were off! We were facking locked in!!
Couldn’t leave!! Couldn’t find
anyone. The place was closing. We were the last patients. And because I am SUCH a SHIT MAGNET I was
left kicking and tugging and pulling on a locked door while screaming
hysterically for someone to let us out. Imagine….why…yes…your
husband may be dead, but for added torture, you cannot leave, dear. Stand here longer, savoring the fact that every
second feels like an eternity. Bwahahahaha! What kind of evil is running this show? Anyway, this place
is a maze, I can barely find my way on a normal day. So we took off running, like mice through a
maze, screaming hysterically, all sorts of nonsense, of course. I found a maid, pushing a cart. She didn’t speak English (shit magnet) but she spoke my language in
that moment and led us to a side door.
My kids’ therapist has encouraged them to replace some of
the more gruesome images with a silly image.
Something like….a pink elephant.
Something to just distract and get over the hump quickly when the image is burning a hole in your brain. I kept thinking about what I would do when we
got there. Just in case I freaked
out. Turns out I was super distracted by
an old friend that I adore. I was busy texting and
being inappropriate and laughing at pictures and the dreaded eye doctor was a breeze.
Didn’t hurt a lick. Thank God for pink elephants. Mine was special today, the timing was perfection and I’m so thankful.
In other news, it is now time to shop for a bathing suit. I tried one on and was in line to buy it but
there were two horrible parents who were letting their baby scream so I had to
leave. I’m pissed off that my ears and
my heart are just so damn tender that I can’t listen to a shrieking baby. I wanted to hold him. I wanted to take him away from them. They didn’t look like they cared. The father who looked like a total
addict was even being mean to the small child, maybe 18 mos old, and
telling him to shut up. It was
2:00. The kid obviously did not have a
nap. I know this. I wanted to get all ninja on them. I wanted to kick them. Steal their baby. Give him to someone who knows how to raise a
kid. I thought about saying something to
them. Like please have more patience, he’s
tired and probably hungry and you guys are assholes. But I just prayed really hard and left
without my cute bathing suit. I’m kind
of angry at myself for doing nothing, but I’m not in charge of the world. Even though I should be.
On the subject of bathing suits, I will now make a public
service announcement. It is really
unfair that many of us muthas are thin enough to wear a bikini but have less
than perfect stomachs because of many pregnancies. This was discussed in the nail salon
today. I have too much skin right on top
of my belly button. I am not alone. It sucks and is grossly unfair. We want to be bikini girls. Not mommy looking people wearing tankinis. Screw tankinis. We have alter egos to satisfy. I thought there was maybe a quickie belly
button fix I might be able to get one day.
However, someone told me today that to fix this, you have to be sliced
open with a filet knife and you can’t lift your kids for a month. Umm…yeah…that is never happening. So you all will have to just deal with our
extra skin. Ya heard me? Deal with it.
If I stand up straight it’s not noticeable. When I bend over it’s worse. So I don’t plan to bend over. Be prepared to hand us drinks and pick up our
beach towels since we can’t bend over. Don’t
worry, after you hand me a few I won’t care about the skin and then I’ll pick
up my own towel.
I would have done the same leaving-without-saying-anything. If I had said something they probably would have jacked my ass up against the car and hurt me in the parking lot outside the store. I can be very blunt.
ReplyDeleteSo glad the pink elephants make the eye doctor bearable.
Omg! Your post had me tearing up, and laughing at your humor all at the same time! I hope that you are one that can honestly laugh at yourself. I am that way and I like it! LOL. I cannot relate to your eye Dr. Appt entirely but the thought of what you went through physically and mentally is too much to put into words. I learned that when something is not going right, and there is no sense why,...that, that is GOD delaying something that he did. Of want you to experience. Like GOD was protecting you in a sense. I understand this and it helps me to think of this at those weird uncontrollable times. Hopefully this thinking can help you too. As for the child and poor parents,...someone would have had to hold me back from saying something to those ignorant parents! I have no tolerance for ignorance and when a child is involved, GOD help me and get me to a safe place so I do not lash out, I pray! Lol. *Isn't it amazing how understanding you feel in a time of chaos with that screaming baby?!?! You should be very proud of yourself for not reacting and realizing that you cannot save the world. That takes strength! I can relate to bikinis and tankinis and dislike that I know that I will never ever be able to wear either one and look presentable! LOL. Hopefully in our next lives we will OWN and strut that damn Bikini!!!!!! LOL. Love & Hugs to you now, & always! Take Care of YOU!! Warmly, gina & girls.
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