When I originally started toying around with idea for this post, it was going to be called "Grey Hairs and Wrinkle Cream" and be about my continuing worries that I really am getting to be too old to have children. I don't know about your mothers, but mine liked to blame her grey hair on me and my brother. Obviously I don't have that option, and the cats don't cause me that much worry. I suppose I could try blaming the grey hair on IF...
Instead, I am discovering the incongruity of breakouts worse than I ever had as a teenager and quite how obvious those grey are. Seriously, why is never the grey hairs that fall out, just the normal brown ones?!?! Besides, I thought pregnant women were supposed to "glow," not be covered in zits. And yet somehow HCG is making me break out like mad. On top of that, I ended up with several small scrapes on my inner elbow from the post-blood work pressure bandage, which is not helping my mood.
Clearly I am approaching the point where I should probably keep my hair colored... right as I am realizing exactly how broke we are and having to cancel my hair appointment. (In my over dramatic way, I am starting to wonder if I'll be able to afford any non-necessities ever again. The joys of hormone fueled moods...) My mother went grey early, so it's not surprising that I would do so, too. It just makes me feel old. The acne, on the other hand, is just irritating.
There is something cosmically wrong with having to deal with grey hair AND the bane of our teenage existences all at the same time. No fair!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I would love to send you an invite to my blog, but I don't think I have your email. Email me at catholicmutt(at)gmail(dot)com, and I will get that sent your way.
I definitely blame my gray hairs on IF!!! I've resisted dying it because I'm cheap and that feels so defeating. Sorry all those hormones are wreaking havoc =(
ReplyDeleteI totally feel your pain. I stopped coloring my hair 3 1/2 years ago when we started TTC. I wanted to limit my exposure to toxins. Bahh. So much for that. 3 1/2 years later and I need to dye my hair all of sudden because clients comment that I'm going grey! And yes I'm also simultaneously breaking out worse than ever. Love your comment, 'i thought pregnant women were supposed to glow not be covered in zits.' hahahah
ReplyDeleteAhhhhhhhh!!!! I just came across an article about acne when getting older, its craziness!
ReplyDeleteI totally blame my grey hairs in IF and hormone craziness!
ReplyDelete*on not in.
DeleteUpon discovery of my first gray hair - while also having 2 giant pimples on my chin - there may or may not have been a major temper tantrum thrown.
ReplyDeleteIf there was, the only witness is unable to speak "human"...