Category: Creepiness

*Note to any male visitors I may have: This is a mostly-female-related post concerning boobs, blood, plastic surgery and other things that may make you feel faint and weak. Read at your own discretion .*

Lately I’ve been obsessed with watching plastic surgery shows like “I Want a Famous Face” and the dozens of plastic surgery shows on Discovery Health, like “Plastic Surgery: Before and After”. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not against plastic surgery, but I don’t think it’s something that needs to be done for cosmetic purposes only, such as Triple D breast implants or wanting to look like your favorite celebrity . Things like breast reductions, gastric bypass surgery, and other things of that nature that HELP the body are okay in my opinion. I’ve never been one to say, “I’d get my nose fixed” –because I fear I’ll end up looking like Michael Jackson–but if I had the chance, and the money, would I do it? I’m not happy with my nose, I’ve never liked my nose and think it’s huge, but would I ever get it “done”? It’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately–not just regarding my nose–and it surprises me because I never thought I’d even consider it. For years I’ve wanted a breast reduction, and any doctor would say that yes, I definetly NEED one to save my poor back. In fact, when I actually had insurance and I saw my doctor, she told me straight out that I should get a breast reduction as soon as possible. If I got insurance some damn time soon, I’d go for it. I’m just afraid I’ll end up unhappy with the result or that I’ll go to some shady doctor and he’ll totally mess me up (which hopefully won’t happen since I plan to do much research before doing anything drastic).

What’s also been making me ponder about this whole plastic surgery thing is that I don’t know if it’s just the doctors on TV saying it to get you to go with them and make them a few extra bucks, but they’ve all said after you have children your body never goes back to normal, even with exercise. And that scares me. Have any women out there gotten their body “back” after having their kids? I know that yes, there will be stretch marks and all that jazz, but does the flab stay there?? Please tell me it doesn’t. I’ve been desperately trying to get my stomach back and I’ve seen NO progress what-so-ever. A tummy tuck just looks too painful and you can bet your ass I’ll NEVER get liposuction. Have you seen how they jam that 3 foot rod into people?? It looks like they’re going to poke right through the skin *feels nauseous* .

If I ever got a breast reduction I don’t know if I could stand the pain that follows. And oh my gosh, will I lose sensation of the nips ??? There’s a big chance that that will happen and I don’t like it !! I think to myself, “It can’t be any worse than recovering from labor…”, but I think I may be wrong, heh.

I’ve seen two girls, both with NATURAL Triple D sized breasts on Discovery Health–one was 18 (or was it 15?) and another was 22. They looked SO NICE after they got their reductions. I’m not that big, but I have the same back problems, the bra strap digging/cutting into the shoulders, I have the “dip” in the shoulder–everything. I want to look nice . I want to be able to wear the blouses and dresses I like without men staring. Or women staring. A lot of women who don’t even know me and just pass me by on the street look at me in disgust for the sheer fact that I’m big-chested and that’s pretty damn stupid. I didn’t ask to have them . If I didn’t have this…CHEST…I’d probably feel much less self-concious about myself and the self-loathing would scale down. I need to get me some insurance…and soon!

But anyway, whoever’s reading…what’s your take on plastic/cosmetic surgery and would you ever get anything done if you had the chance?

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Mary and I are hopefully going to start with our walks 3 times a week again, at least. We just got back from our power walk. Each of us had one of the boys in the stroller, which added a little resistance. Since we hadn’t walked in a while (I haven’t even used the tredmil since I got the flu a few weeks, maybe a month or two, ago), we were out of breath and our calves/thighs/bottom of our feet were in pain…and we were barely a block away!

We did okay on the way up the hill. On the way back down, we saw a UPS truck and I thought, “Mario’s package was supposed to arrive today” and sure enough, it came down our street. We jogged a little bit, then I ran full speed with Jaylen and stroller in tow a little under half-way back. Needless to say, I missed the truck and I felt like I was about to barf; my mouth was so dry. I waited for Mary at the corner and when she caught up I started feeling really dizzy. I’d never felt dizziness like that before. Everything around me turned really bright fushia/green colors so I closed my eyes, grasped on to the stroller’s handles and slowly kneeled down. Everything was spinning. When I felt like I was okay, I got back up. Mary told me to stay put a little bit while I focused. I couldn’t even see straight. Totally strange. That’s never happened to me before. When we got home (and BTW, I ran for NOTHING because they left the package at the door !), I started feeling really thirsty and my chest felt like it was tightening up; like I couldn’t breathe. Either I was having a heart attack or my sugar went up. It couldn’t have been low because I know what it feels like when it’s low. I’m so going to have some type of glucose problem, and it sucks . I’ve been drinking nothing but limeade, tea and strawberry milk since we’re totally out of water. I REFUSE to drink tap water–that’s disgusting. I haven’t even had much of an appetite since last week…and when I do get hungry all I want is junk food–sweet junk food. I need to keep exercising…I don’t like feeling like this !

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I finished with the Lil’ Mama code checks today and out of 91, I only have 35 (34 not counting me) members left, just as I’d suspected. How disappointing. The drama-queen in me wanted to just close down the darn thing but I thought about how long I’ve had it, and how it really was the first clique for moms and I decided I’d keep it. I’m happy that the members I do have, have stuck with the clique so long .

Anyway, Friday night we all got ready and headed over to Jorge and Maggie’s when Mario got home. Eenan didn’t go, as usual, since he was sleeping over at Mary’s. Mario wanted something to eat, so we stopped at Star’s. I was driving and absolutely hate driving when Mario’s in the car because he makes me 10,000x more nervous than I already am. After getting his and John’s food, and Jaylen & my milkshakes, we went to drop off some movies we’d rented. Then we finally got to Jorge’s. Hiram was there, too. We all just laughed and a had a good time. We kept trying to convince John to do the “Riverdance”, but he was being a poophead and didn’t want to. The guys (well, except Jorge LOL) said they’d Riverdance if John would. They even had this whole syncronized dance planned out, but John refused . It would have been fun. Even more fun had they done it and I had my camera .

There was also this poor, old little chihuahua running around the neighborhood looking for a warm place to sleep. His owners just left him out there in the cold (and trust me, it was cold). We were all sitting in the garage, and he happily pranced on in and found a bed in the corner. He had this huge bump on his side…looked like someone either beat him or he got run over and his ribs were broken . Mario and Jorge kept trying to run him out, because they thought he was looking for a place to die (rudeness!), but the rest of us begged/yelled for them to let him be and they did. Jorge and Maggie let him stay over night and in the morning, when they opened the garage door, he ran out LOL. Poor little guy.

On Saturday we just chilled out here, then in the afternoon Mary and I left to pick up Yadira and the girls and we left to Nuevo Progresso, Mexico. Mary needed a root canal, and getting it fixed over here would cost about $400, not including what her insurance covered. So we went to Mexico, where it would cost about $150. I had a holey tooth since the filling had fallen out and decided I’d brave the needle and get it redone. Mary said it would cost about $15 per tooth, which was great. The dentist was really nice and was making small talk. He kept saying he couldn’t believe I was 22 and that I had kids. We talked about how young I got married/had kids/etc. and about where in Texas we were from. I ended up getting 4 teeth done, and it came out to $35. Later on, after talking with Mary and Yadira about what the dentist and I talked about, Yadira said he was flirting and that he gave me a good price because he liked me . Whether that’s true or not is beyond me, but I’m thrilled I got a bargain LOL. I didn’t know I had so many darn cavities . I brush my teeth twice a day (should maybe start brushing 3 times considering how much crap I eat) but I don’t think it helps that I eat so much candy. I hadn’t flossed in forever, too . Last night when we went to Wal-Mart though, you can believe I bought some spearmint flavored floss. I don’t want my teeth to fall out !

I want to go back next week when Mary gets her root canal done. (She couldn’t get it done that day because her tooth/gums were too infected and they wouldn’t go numb. They gave her medication and she’ll hopefully get it done this weekend.) They highlight your hair at this one salaon for $15! I so want to get highlights and now that Mario actually agreed of course I’m getting them done. I haven’t dyed my hair since before Jaylen was born…or since before I was pregnant with him even! I need to get my hair cut first…I never frickin’ went to get it done! Yadira said she wanted to get them done too. I just hope they don’t ruin my hair .

Mario got a flat tire on his way home from work last night. He bought a new tire, replaced it and now our car isn’t making that horrible side-to-side jerking it was doing. The old tire was all shredded and might of had a “ball”, so Mario thinks it was probably just that and not the suspension. Yay!

Tomorrow’s Monday…which means another week of waking up early. Gosh I hate it . I try to take a nap during the day but I can’t. The times I do take a nap I wake up with a headache and feel shittier than I did before. Blah. I should get to those dishes (been putting them off, as always!) and take a shower and head to bed before it gets too late. Er, late-er.

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