So while in the Dr.'s office today I ran into an acquaintance. I don't know if I would call her a friend, but she shares a child with an extra chromosome just like Rhett.
So in the midst of untangling Rhett from his oxygen cord and his feeding tube, I look up and see her. She looks at me, and says, "Oh my gosh!! Pam!! How are you doing? I didn't even recognize you, but I guess that figures, you have gone through hell lately."
WHAT?
Okay, I admit it, I didn't look my best. I have been taking care of a child recovering from surgery for two weeks, I've had a 5 year old with pneumonia, and I have been running back and forth to therapy appointments, and testing appointments with my 12 year old. Today I was in jeans and a t-shirt, my hair pulled back, minimal makeup, and wearing my glasses. I didn't think I looked that horrible.
I have lost 18 lbs since November, and I felt pretty good about that until today. I just can't believe that she had the audacity to say something like that to me. I am sure she was just trying to be sympathetic, but still, it hurt. Really bad.
You know, I used to have my contacts that I wore so I wasn't always hiding my face behind my glasses, but they cost money, and when I ran out of them it was around Christmas time. Since then I haven't had the time to order them, let alone the money too. I usually go tanning, or at least use the tanning lotion, so I am not so pale, and I used to go get my nails done, and my hair done. But we just don't have the money for me to do things like that for myself anymore. That used to be my me time that I did. Now I am lucky if I get in a bubble bath without being disturbed after 15 minutes because there is some type of tragedy going on in our house.
So my question is, what do you do for you time? How do you take care of yourself, and look semi-decent with no money?
I've got to do something. I feel so frumpy right now, especially after today.
Tomorrow is mine and Andy's 10 year anniversary, and I had hoped to look nice, but just haven't been able to do anything. I know he loves me no matter what I look like, but it's so hard to take any time for myself anymore. Sigh.......
So while in the Dr.'s office today I ran into an acquaintance. I don't know if I would call her a friend, but she shares a child with an extra chromosome just like Rhett.
So in the midst of untangling Rhett from his oxygen cord and his feeding tube, I look up and see her. She looks at me, and says, "Oh my gosh!! Pam!! How are you doing? I didn't even recognize you, but I guess that figures, you have gone through hell lately."
WHAT?
Okay, I admit it, I didn't look my best. I have been taking care of a child recovering from surgery for two weeks, I've had a 5 year old with pneumonia, and I have been running back and forth to therapy appointments, and testing appointments with my 12 year old. Today I was in jeans and a t-shirt, my hair pulled back, minimal makeup, and wearing my glasses. I didn't think I looked that horrible.
I have lost 18 lbs since November, and I felt pretty good about that until today. I just can't believe that she had the audacity to say something like that to me. I am sure she was just trying to be sympathetic, but still, it hurt. Really bad.
You know, I used to have my contacts that I wore so I wasn't always hiding my face behind my glasses, but they cost money, and when I ran out of them it was around Christmas time. Since then I haven't had the time to order them, let alone the money too. I usually go tanning, or at least use the tanning lotion, so I am not so pale, and I used to go get my nails done, and my hair done. But we just don't have the money for me to do things like that for myself anymore. That used to be my me time that I did. Now I am lucky if I get in a bubble bath without being disturbed after 15 minutes because there is some type of tragedy going on in our house.
So my question is, what do you do for you time? How do you take care of yourself, and look semi-decent with no money?
I've got to do something. I feel so frumpy right now, especially after today.
Tomorrow is mine and Andy's 10 year anniversary, and I had hoped to look nice, but just haven't been able to do anything. I know he loves me no matter what I look like, but it's so hard to take any time for myself anymore. Sigh.......