Am I missing something?
Recently, I was on line in the car waiting to pick up my oldest from after-school tutoring and I put down the book I was reading (with a bored sigh) and glanced in the rear-view mirror. The mother in the gargantuan white SUV behinde me (on her cell phone when she first pulled) was half-hidden by her visor and working her eyebrows over with tweezers. I was struck! Is that what I’m supposed to be doing…working on my beauty regime in the ten minutes I have before dismissal? I see women putting on makeup as they drive by my house and I think, “That’s so unsafe!”
Okay, so my daughter has already informed me that I’m not very good at being a girl, so am I just clueless because I don’t wear makeup or jewelry? Is the five minute drive to school when and where I’m supposed to preen? By the way, where is this makeup being kept? Is it in the car? Is it in the purse? Count me out if it’s the purse because if one speck of powder hits the lining of my black Coach I’ll lose it…and so will the guy that bought it for me! And my car is messy enough, thank you very much! So I guess I’ll just have to stick to my books and keep on being boring me with both hands on the wheel.
