Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
The alarm went off bright and early this morning. After a horrendous day at school yesterday, a night of pampering and fine dining eased the tensions and lifted my spirits. I was eager to get going this morning to once again face the day with nothing but vigor and determination.
Last night I bought some products from Origins and was excited to see how the skin brightening scrubby stuff was going to work. I stepped into the shower and thus began my day.
I picked out a beautiful purple jumper (that my sister gave me this summer) to slip into. I wore it on the first day of school but hadn’t worn it since. I also found a nice blouse in my closet that I hadn’t worn for years. I put them both on and my outfit was stunning! I don’t get that excited about clothes very often, especially my own. I have dropped a few pounds, so the jumper fell very nicely over the ol’ womanly curves. I dried my hair and curled it, then put it back in a barrette. I smoothed on the Perfect World skin fixer and the Eye Doctor wrinkle-taker-away. I then put on the foundation that I was given a sample of from Origins. (Foundation tends to make my chin break out, and that is just not what I want, so they let me take a sample of the stuff to try out before buying it.) I put some mascara on, and then I put my lips on.
Oh my gosh. When I looked in the mirror, I saw a pretty girl. I think my whole refreshed attitude and outlook emanated from my brightened skin! Watch out world! Here I come!
I walked into school with such a confident aura about me. Everyone who saw me complimented me. As one teacher said later in the day, I glowed. And I did, I think. It’s what a refreshed soul can do for a person.
No matter how good I felt and how good I looked, the moment I stepped into the teacher’s lounge and saw the message on the whiteboard, I was bummed. Katy’s father had passed away last night. While we were getting pampered and having fun, her father succumbed to all the stuff going on with him. He has been in a care facility for over a year after he had to have his foot amputated. When that didn’t seem to take very well, his whole lower leg was taken. He had never really fully recovered from that and was often a bit disoriented and whatnot. Finally, he just let it all go. It was a sad way to start the day.
Although I still felt good about myself the entire day, my thoughts were with Katy and her brother and mother. I know that for them it would be a very sad time for them, but that they would know that Katy’s dad was now comfortable and “in a better place”, and that would make it easier to grieve. Katy will be gone for the next week. I’ll miss her, but I know that she needs to spend this time with her mom and brother. Planning lessons is the last thing that she needs to be thinking about right now.
It’s the ebb and flow of life.
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