I've actually been faithful about trying new things daily...just not so much about writing about them. I blame it on poor time management skills - yes, my own - but I'm trying to work on it. For the first time in my life I am now a baseball mom. I never thought it would happen - a gymnastics mom, yes. You know, the ones who line up in the gym lobby and look smuggly at each other when their daughter learns a skill that the others haven't gotten - well I planned to be the one with the smug look on my face. Instead, I'm watching my daughter find her passion as a softball player, and my son run the bases with the exact same strange running form his dad had. How did Chris's dream come true and mine become squashed? I'm not sure but somewhere in the midst of my pouting on the cold, steel bleachers, I lost all ability to manage my time well, and now I'm playing blog-catch up for all of my faithful readers - yes, all three of you.
On Wednesday I went to work without eyeliner. This is a big deal! Whenever I don't wear eyeliner people look at me strangely and ask if I need a Tylenol...or a nap. Don't underestimate the power of make-up people, have you seen Jessica Simpson's before and after pictures? She's not all that great - seriously, if I had her make-up artist I could be in US Weekly too. Anyway, I didn't actually intentionally not wear eyeliner - my time-management issue just caught up with me and I completely forgot. I noticed it when I got to school, but unlike usual, no one asked me if I was sick, or tired, or depressed...I'm attributing it to the fact that my bangs are in need of a cut but are currently long enough to hide the affect of eye-makeup - this might be the start of a trend...
On Thursday I baked muffins. This is also a big deal because I don't bake. Ever. I actually used to bake but it was so time consuming that I gave up and decided that ordering a cake from Publix or Coldstone is a much better option than slaving over a mixing bowl. I think I might have been a baker if I had realized earlier in life that you can actually make a cake from a box...but I didn't realize this until well after I was married. My mom always made cake from flour, sugar and eggs (etc.) and frosting from powdered sugar, milk, and butter (or cream cheese if it was a carrot cake, which was made with piles of freshly grated carrots.) This was just too much work for me but by the time I discovered cake mix and frosting by Duncan Hines, I had also discovered pre-made cakes from the grocery store. Anyway, Thursday I broke down and baked muffins for the cheerleading bake sale - I used a mix...and I'm still suspicious about the fact that it comes with "fresh" blueberries in a can...I thought blueberries could either be fresh...or in a can...but both? It's slightly suspicious.
Finally, we come to yesterday...when I got my nails done. Getting my nails done is not new - I go every two weeks, but I did get a new color...and not just any new color - the new color. Navy blue - the color that Jessica Simpson's make-up artist has probably recommended to her, and the color that my middle school girls are wearing (I'm not sure which one of these makes it more trendy). My nails are the one thing I can get away with changing regularly to show my personality without getting fired. I asked about a nose piercing, but was directed to the faculty handbook, which basically says "don't even think about it." I'd also like another tatoo, but I have to think carefully about where it's placed...believe me, middle schoolers have a way of finding these things...so it's nails for now, navy blue and sparkly...but you never know, I might find a place for that tatoo sooner than later...if I can fit it in between baseball games...
On Wednesday I went to work without eyeliner. This is a big deal! Whenever I don't wear eyeliner people look at me strangely and ask if I need a Tylenol...or a nap. Don't underestimate the power of make-up people, have you seen Jessica Simpson's before and after pictures? She's not all that great - seriously, if I had her make-up artist I could be in US Weekly too. Anyway, I didn't actually intentionally not wear eyeliner - my time-management issue just caught up with me and I completely forgot. I noticed it when I got to school, but unlike usual, no one asked me if I was sick, or tired, or depressed...I'm attributing it to the fact that my bangs are in need of a cut but are currently long enough to hide the affect of eye-makeup - this might be the start of a trend...
On Thursday I baked muffins. This is also a big deal because I don't bake. Ever. I actually used to bake but it was so time consuming that I gave up and decided that ordering a cake from Publix or Coldstone is a much better option than slaving over a mixing bowl. I think I might have been a baker if I had realized earlier in life that you can actually make a cake from a box...but I didn't realize this until well after I was married. My mom always made cake from flour, sugar and eggs (etc.) and frosting from powdered sugar, milk, and butter (or cream cheese if it was a carrot cake, which was made with piles of freshly grated carrots.) This was just too much work for me but by the time I discovered cake mix and frosting by Duncan Hines, I had also discovered pre-made cakes from the grocery store. Anyway, Thursday I broke down and baked muffins for the cheerleading bake sale - I used a mix...and I'm still suspicious about the fact that it comes with "fresh" blueberries in a can...I thought blueberries could either be fresh...or in a can...but both? It's slightly suspicious.
Finally, we come to yesterday...when I got my nails done. Getting my nails done is not new - I go every two weeks, but I did get a new color...and not just any new color - the new color. Navy blue - the color that Jessica Simpson's make-up artist has probably recommended to her, and the color that my middle school girls are wearing (I'm not sure which one of these makes it more trendy). My nails are the one thing I can get away with changing regularly to show my personality without getting fired. I asked about a nose piercing, but was directed to the faculty handbook, which basically says "don't even think about it." I'd also like another tatoo, but I have to think carefully about where it's placed...believe me, middle schoolers have a way of finding these things...so it's nails for now, navy blue and sparkly...but you never know, I might find a place for that tatoo sooner than later...if I can fit it in between baseball games...
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