I’m Having My Eyes Done

I confess, I’m having cosmetic surgery today – yes, I’m as vain as all those women I’ve made fun of for years (including my grandmother).  The thing is my eyelids are droopy and not only is there really no point in applying more than one color of eye shadow anymore, but I’m getting headaches (and more wrinkles) from scrunching up my forehead to keep my eyes open all day.  OK, now I’m just rationalizing – really, I just want to take off a few years and not feel so tired looking all the time.

So, I’m going to impose on my poor mother who is actually quite busy and have her take me to the doctor and take care of me for a few hours afterward.  Of course it’s only outpatient surgery and her ulterior motive is that she wants the surgery too, but is too chicken to do it until I act as guinea pig first.  But, I’m also going to impose a little on my children whom I will not be able to pick up from school today (their grandmother gets to do that after she tucks me in) and my husband who will probably have to handle dinner tonight.  And I suppose I’ve imposed on my doctor, his assistant and my pharmacist because I am so unprepared that I didn’t pick up my prescriptions on time and they have to call in everything at the last-minute. As I write this post I’m starting to question my sanity.

But here’s the deal – it’s not often about me any more so I’m indulging a little.  I just want to do something for me. And, I want my husband and sons to be proud of their mommy so I like to look nice for them.  And, I figure I can spend my down time that I’m supposed to spend chilling for the next 4 days getting caught up on my son’s school auction project.  And I am acting as a test subject for my Mom too so there, I’ve now convinced myself it’s not about me and my conscience is clear.  Gee – I feel much better now.  Oh, and I’ll blog about the recovery experience in case you are interested…

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