I am going into meltdown. Ditz is just completely doing my head in. She simply can not be calm & sensible & her theatrics are wearing me thin.
Now on Saturday at rehearsals the bad news arrived. Ditz was given a list of things essential for Sunday's performance. We have to buy a new bra. None of the ones she owns is suitable. She needs a flesh coloured one because of the lights ~ which means we have to buy a proper bra & not a sports bra ~ which means more expense. Believe me this will be an exercise in who melts down first; Ditz because she has to be fitted & she is intensly modest, or her mother, who has to deal with a traumatized child. I am not looking forward to this one.
It gets worse. The next thing on the list is make~up. I can hear all the cogs whirring as you wonder what is the problem with this woman?! No~one in this house wears make~up! No~one in this house has ever worn make~up. No~one knows the first thing about buying it or applying it. We are all highly allergic so just never dealt with the whole make~up thing. Ditz can't even do face paint & she loves face paint. Drama, drama, drama! Foundation, blush (what is blush? sounds dangerous), mascara & lip gloss. Lip gloss we have. I have limited opportunities to buy this stuff. I have Ditz ~ & believe me she will turn this simple exercise into a full blown circus.
Ditz is also going into meltdown because no~one is coming to watch her do her thing. Both sets of grandparents will be away. I refuse point blank to payA$80~ for a seatless ticket outdoors with no food provided. I have had 2 people offer to buy me a ticket this week. I told them to put the money towards Europe for next year. It is a better way to spend $80~ However, because I am not going the logistics of drop off & pick up become a nightmare that I just don't want to know about. Sound check is at 10am & I have to find this place ~ which means I leave the island before 8am. What a way to spend Mother's Day! I shall be so jolly glad when this concert is over.
I do need to add though Ditz's redemption: after 3 hours of non~stop rehearsal the natives were getting pretty restless. They stopped listening to directives; they began chaffing at the bit; the noise levels increased (hard to work over the top of); their attention became non~existant ~ & these are children attending the best schools in the city. Ditz & one other boy were the exception to this sad refrain & Alison began singing the praises of homeschool which had produced a child still able to focus after 3 hours of intense, non~stop work, still able to be quiet & attentive, still cheerful & prepared to keep working to get it right. This is my very ADD, ditzy Ditz! Way to go Ditz!
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I was confused for a moment, as Mother's Day isn't until this weekend here (Sunday) LOL
I don't do the makeup thing either - hate most of the stuff. Bit of lip gloss. I did it a bit as a teenager, but it was often weird and overdone - think massive black eyeliner, black lipstick, yeah...
Did you ask what blush was? It's powdery (or sometimes I think there is a gel form) stuff that gets brushed on the cheeks to add a little colour to them....
Hmm, do you guys have any cosmetic stores nearby that might be able to show her what she *needs* and how to apply it? Some places will do that....
I know there's a lot of stuff out there that is labeled as "hypoallergenic" and such - my mother is the sort who reacts to *everything*, so while she doesn't wear makeup, she does buy things like deodorant and lotions in that hypoallergenic, tested by dermatologists, scent free, etc etc stuff.....
Do they not make skin tone sports bras? Ugh, I hate bra shopping. I have *one* right now LOL ...I hate the darn things - shopping for AND wearing. Mine's a sport bra style - I can never ever ever find the other kinds comfortable.
Ugh though, fitting - Diane tried to talk me into doing that (she thinks it would help me find comfortable ones) and I'm like, uh no. :-P
Actually though, maybe she wouldn't have to go through that - there are charts you can use...you measure yourself around this way and that and that's how you figure out your band and cup size....I'll peek 'round online and see if I can find one...then maybe you can help her do that and she won't have to be all embarrassed with some strange lady fussing on her.
And hey that's not fair - they shouldn't charge the parents of the performers! Seriously. That sucks. Will anyone be recording it that you could get a copy of later? Okay confession, that wasn't my first thought. My very first thought was whether there was some way you could sneak in with it being outdoors....*bad moly* GRIN. I guess I'm not completely cured....
Multiple yay's for Ditz's redemption! ;-)
My mother has never worn makeup. She drenches her face with moisturizer and she has the most gorgeous sking I have ever seen! She just turned 70 on Tueday but her face is probably 25 years younger!
Our youngest, Laura worked at Victoria's Secret for a time and she loved it! She always got a new bra when they were introducing new products. She also had to learn how to properly fit women for bras. Having had 3 daughters. I rmember the trauma and the excitement of bra shopping!
Connie
You are quite right Moly. Mother's Day is this coming Sunday.
If we'd had more time I would have found somewhere with a consultant for the make~up but we didn't so what we have is what we have & it will have to do for now. As for bras ~ I don't even own one these days. Think the flattest land surface you've ever seen.
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