A Tale of 2 WAHMs

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©Lisa Barker

Preparing to go to your high school reunion is like finding out
you’re going to die and suddenly you realize you haven’t done everything you
SHOULD HAVE done.

In this case, how many of us are thinking - I should have gone to the
gym more!

My friend and I are planning for the upcoming reunion.  I finally
confessed that I am turning into an obsessive-compulsive ball of anxiety.
  She emailed me back:  “You, too??”

Then, she confessed.  “You mentioned what to wear and just over the
weekend someone else asked me what I’m going to wear. I hadn’t given it
much thought and then I was thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, what the heck do I
wear to this thing??’  I mean, I have a whole closet full of options
but suddenly, nothing looks good or fits the way it should, even though
I wear the bulk of these clothes on a daily basis to work, etc.”

She went on: “Then, it’s like, why haven’t I gone to the gym more
often?  (See what I mean?)  And why do I have the biggest zit on my face
NOW?”

We’re calling it BTHS Syndrome - Back To High School Syndrome.  And
it’s bringing out the awkward angst we thought we’d outgrown years ago and
re-awakening two decades of dreams we’ve had about being naked at
high school.

I was in a panic about two months ago because there are 50 - 60 pounds
more of me now than there were back then.  I spent six hours at several
clothing stores trying on outfit after outfit just to decide that I
liked what I had at home better. 

But, yeah, that zit thing - what’s that all about? I told my friend,
“YOU have ONE???  Geez, my whole neck looks like I had a pizza feast or
something - and my chin and forehead are in competition to see how many
pores they can clog.”  I hardly had any pimples in high school.  What
gives?

My husband says that it’s stress.

Oh. Great.  No, I’m not nervous at all!  Can you just hear my voice
crack?

My husband also says it’s not a Back-To-High-School thing.  It’s a
woman thing.

Hey, I resemble that remark.  Just because I’m renting a U-HAUL for
that Saturday so I can bring a few extra outfits just in case I change my
mind, does NOT make it a woman thing.   I just have to have something
to fit my mood.  And right now it’s fluctuating between excited
anticipation, compulsive anxiety and sheer mania.

I figure I will just spin a wheel and whatever mood the ticker lands on
that will decide what I wear.  Hopefully, I won’t be going butt-naked.

. . . . . . . . . . .
Jelly Momâ„¢ is written by Lisa Barker, mother of five and author of
“Just Because Your Kids Drive You Insane… Doesn’t Mean You Are A Bad
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