La Croix Sweetie.. La Croix!

In my hey day (varsity - circa 1994) I loved the show Absolutely Fabulous.  I was a fun loving party going student and was pretty sure I would end up like Patsy and Eddie... absolutely fabulous - well without the drinking, drugs and promiscuity! But I thought I'd age absolutely fabulously!  How wrong was I.

Men have a mid-life crisis to look forward to.  Sports Cars, Hair pieces, Younger Models (and I'm not talking about the Sports Car!) What do women have to look forward to - Menopause?   Hot Flushes. Night Sweats.  Mood Swings. WTF? Thanks Mother Nature.  Bitch. 

I'm too young to be going through Menopause and since I'm female - I can't use a mid-life crisis as a reason for the way I'm feeling.  Perhaps I'm going through an identity crisis.  As I approach 40.. I find myself reflecting on my life and thinking "Is this it?".  Who am I?  Between being a wife, mother, employee, class rep, friend and chief cook and bottle washer, I think I may have lost myself somewhere along the line. And this is perhaps why I've been thinking about Absolutely Fabulous lately. 

In one memorable episode (on turning 40) Eddie said "This is something that is happening to me. This is something that I've got to deal with, alright. I'm sorry if that sounds selfish, but it's me, me, me!" 

As a mom (working or not) when does it become all about "Me, Me, Me!!"

The other night I was feeling rather crap.. so He Who Can Do No Wrong said he'd give me a make-over.  I was pretty keen.  I'm not a big make-up wearer - but when I do wear make-up I find it lifts my mood and makes me feel a whole lot better than I'm actually feeling.. So I was pretty keen.

My Make-Over - Take 1

I tried not to appear too disappointed - was this really how my son saw me?  So the next day I asked him to do another make-over.  The result:

Take 2





So either  HWCDNO was able to see into my soul and artfully project exactly how I was feeling (crazy psycho 80's throwback hillbilly) or he was just really a crap make-up artist. So I decided to give it one last try.

Take 3

(I have subsequently given up on the make-overs.)

Instead I think I need to perhaps drown my sorrows with My Friend With a Life and do some shoe shopping this weekend -   " La Croix Sweetie, La Croix!"