It’s Monday. Spring break has come and gone and the weather finally seems to have turned the corner. Can I get an Amen?! How about a dose of sobering reality?
No filter. No touch ups. Pre-workout photo from last week. In my in-need-of-a-makeover office.
How about this one?
I was totally going to make my annual skin screening at my dermatologist, I swear. Another mole was not playing nice. Except I just kept putting it off with lots of excuses. It’s a long drive, it sucks up work time and I can’t find a sitter. Blah, blah, blah. All excuses. All the time. Then the triple threat, as I am now calling it, appeared. It doesn’t look so bad in the photo, except that it was. SO BAD. It was painful, large and two days before so swollen I looked like I just had my wisdom teeth removed. I didn’t want to leave the house. My vanity made me make the call. I needed this painful monster gone. And get a skin screening too.
It took a lot for me to publish this photo. It’s not in a flattering light. There’s no makeup to hide that disaster. But the reality is that this is my life (hooray for hormonal in your 30’s acne she said in a monotone) and much more like way back when my blog was all about my life and not what I wore or what cute outfit or fun workout I put together. I used to write about real stuff. Marriage, parenting, and so much more. But things change. Life gets busy. You blog as a brand. You write elsewhere and all that other stuff.
Insert paragraph about what blogging used to be like back in the day. Realize no one cares.
I’m not saying I’m going to turn around and start using this space for writing about my personal life again. I’m just saying that sometimes a dose of reality without the sponsorship and air-brushing is just what the doctor ordered. And in case you are wondering, I totally worked out six days in a row over spring break, took pictures of NO OUTFITS, had some kid-free time where I painted cabinets in a frenzy all over my house and actually got my skin screening. Three shots to the face later my volcano is dormant and another breast is marred due to a suspicious mole. It’s like 2007 up in this joint once more.
That’s kind of a nice breath of fresh, spring air.
I can’t the pics to load! Honestly I like a little real life in blogs! It makes me feel ok about having my hair up, sweats on and no makeup!
Ugh. Sorry about that. Sometimes copying them doesn’t cut it. They are loaded the “right” way now. Thanks for letting me know!
You are gorgeous and true. Seriously lovely! Three cheers for blogs that are about life, rather than only aspirational fantasy. (But I still like the style-y stuff too, especially from you!)