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I just like throwing this out there: I had a panic attack at the gym on Wednesday. The kids were in the daycare, I had just finished working out, and it just took over me. I laid down for a good hour until it passed, and I even had my mommy come and help me out the rest of the day.
I’m telling you this for two reasons:
1. If you get panic attacks, I want you to know it’s so normal.
2. I also want you to remember that you are never too old to need your momma.
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I am getting my hair highlighted today. After I had Sam Bone, all the hair in my front head region fell out. It had the audacity to come cowering back all grey and nasty.
So, I’m doing the dye today. Decision made.
But, if you want another take on the matter, check out Kendra’s post on why she lets the grey stay. I always appreciate her POV.
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I am working on two custom 8″ hoops for some ladies right now. One involves cupcakes, and the other involves birds. Loving both designs. If you want something custom, holla atcha girl. I will stitch you up good.
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Sometimes there is a wasp in your house. When that happens, you need to get the spray hair gel out of the bathroom, and hose that sucker down. Make sure you get the gel all over the couch, windowsill and blinds. You really want to go for a big, gloopy mess.
Once the entire area is saturated, be sure to lose sight of the bug. Suspect that it fell under the couch, and text your husband one hundred times while he is in a meeting with a customer. He won’t be able to do anything, but it will help.
Try to forget about it until it crawls out from under the couch an hour later. Then, hold your son’s curiosity back while you ask your daughter to grab some tissue. Wonder what she is doing in the bathroom for three whole minutes. When she comes out with a scrap of tissue the size of a nickel, thank her and decide to kill the wasp with a library book.
Don’t tell the library.
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While we are at it, a quick tutorial on how to go to the dentist:
Plan in advance by making your appointment six months ahead of time. Make it for the evening so it is more convenient for your husband. Remind him over and over again that the appointment is at 5, so he will need to leave work a tiny bit early. After all, you wouldn’t want to be stuck with a baby and a toddler (who is having her first cleaning too) all by yourself in the dentist chair. hahahah That would be crazy!
Then, make sure your husband doesn’t show up in time. You really want to make sure that you get a chance to calm down a freaked two-year-old and pull her out from under the dental chair because she doesn’t want Mr. Thirsty to come near her. Once she is finally done, hop up on the chair with your baby in your lap. Ask the baby to lift up your shirt to nurse a few times, tear off your paper bib, grab the tools out of the hygienists hands, and have an absolute fit when you won’t let him crawl around on the floor.
Tell your husband he is a huge nerd as he sheepishly enters the room and whisks the children away just as your appointment is ending.
Do all that.
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Head over to The Annery and enter to win one of my peacock necklaces. Then, check out FLAP on Monday to win a sweet Spring flower necklace. Or, just get one of your own because I am shameless, so I will just put it out there.
If you want to do some stitching of your own, get working on the Call Her Happy Spring Stitch-a-Long!
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Visit Jen. Preorder her book. Get her other book for free. Such a deal.
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Can you do a feather for a necklace? Like this: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/38702878018993192/ but not necessarily that detailed, because I know it’s tiny and you can’t do super detailed???
How’d your hair turn out? I am desperate for a cut. Time to get on that. And how’s your stitch-along coming? I need to buy more thread. One day…
Sorry about the panic attack. So glad you momma was there for you!
Found you via 7QT…I haven’t decided about the gray, when it comes (it came early for my mom, so it probably will for me, too). It’s a woman conundrum.
And also, will you post a picture of your cupcake when it’s done? It looks super cute. :)
I don’t think “nerd” is the word that would come out of my mouth in my house. LOL that sounds very familiar…only I subtract the nursing baby and add the developmentally delayed child who is TER.RI.FIED of all medical procedures, and spends the entire time screaming at the top of her lungs.
By the way, the picture of the floor with the stuff all over it? That makes my heart relax. So glad I’m not the only one!
I use old textbooks to kill wasps. I haven’t tried the hair-gel-immobilizer method yet, that sounds wonderful! I do hate me a good wasp. If my mom is visiting, I have her kill them; I am pretty chicken, and totally w/ you on needing my Mom ;)
Also, you earn 5 gold stars for the dental fiasco. At least 5.
Your humor cracks me up. I may have snorted a few times.
1. Sorry about your panic attacks. I think it runs in families. Some of my family members get them/have had them. I’ve never had a full blown one but I do have anxiety. Sucks. And my daughter is 34 and still loves to *need* me. :)
2. Loved Kendra’s post. Been debating coloring again but decided against it. We all need to do what’s right for our own selves when it comes to the personal grooming. ;)
5. Been there, done that!!! Except I use regular hairspray but anything that will stiffen their wings works. And oh yes, I’ve used books on them nasty critters, too. Yuck.
6. You poor thing! I only had one child so whenever I have my grandchildren and things escalate I feel like a complete newbie.
There is so much I have not told my librarians, and I used to be one of them. I’m still ticked off that they made me buy an entire book because a tiny scrap of granola bar was stuck between two pages.
Jenna, I just love you. You are so sticking normal and real and you put it all out there. And I love you for that.
Also, you are a saint for that dental fiasco. I don’t know if I could have remained so charitable if that happened to me.
I decided to go gray at 38 – six years later it’s one of the best decisions I ever made (FYI – every one of Kendra’s observations is spot on, except I can’t go a week without washing). My hair is WAY more than 15% gray, though – my dad’s hair went gray prematurely and I have his hair and knew what I was getting. People ask me all the time if I have it colored this way (!!!) or they tell me how awesome and brave I am (um, not really…more like cheap and lazy). But I do love my hair now, and it’s healthier than it’s been since I was a kid!