For all the People Staring



On the left is a photo of me just about a week ago and on the right is a photo of me two years ago.  In these two photos there are a lot of differences, but the one causing all the fuss is this:

I get it, I get it.  Some of you are thinking: "What is all the fuss about?"  Well, even though the pictures don't detail it well, what was a small freckle/mole started growing and turned into a freckle/mole with a cyst underneath it.  I was starting to look like the wicked witch of the west but what is more, the cyst was growing down and causing pressure on the nerve that runs across my jaw bone.  Every time I washed my face, every time I answered the phone, every time I kissed The Hubs at the right angle, a zing of pain and numbness shot through my chin.

So, people are staring because now I look like this:

The thing was causing serious pain and discomfort okay?! I get that the band aid looks funny, but would you rather see this?

OR this?

OR THIS?!

I'm sorry that I look a little bit like the Bride of Frankenstein, but please try to make eye contact.  Staring at my band aid while I help you at my front counter in such a blatantly obvious way is rude.  Seriously.  On a side note, my stitches are clear.  How cool is that?  Hopefully this heals in a way that isn't quite as ugly....hopefully.

It's Okay Friday!!!

It’s Okay…

*That I haven’t done one of these posts, in like, AGES because this semester, well it kicked my derriere ten ways to Texas and kicked The Hubs about 20 ways.

*To celebrate in the fact that despite the business and grueling reality of homework and supporting the Hubs through a 17 credit hour semester…we made it out alive and with good grades to boot!

*To secretly dread the fact that there is only one short week of respite before the accelerated summer classes begin.

*To be slightly annoyed at myself that the first 3 of these babies focused on school, time to check-out of that mode for the moment!

*To survive on 4 hours of sleep and mass amounts of caffeine on my Friday workday because The Avengers was one of the best films I have ever seen. I’d go back tonight. And tomorrow. And Sunday. If only it didn’t cost money.

*To be freaking jacked over my friend’s new Girl’s Night Out parties she is throwing monthly.  I’m crazy excited. Crazy.

*To think that the circus sounds like a great way to waste money I don’t have this week.  I need to see an elephant.

*To take a stance on something I feel strongly against, even if it is the most popular thing emerging lately.  I won’t judge those who love it, but I want no part in it. We all have our own limitations and battles, and this one isn’t for me.

*To be ridiculously jealous of people who can see, without corrective lenses.  {Jealous}

*To sometimes wish I could move to Europe. Italy or Greece to be more precise.

Happy Friday!!!!