I got out of my house this morning. It was for my monthly haircut and eyebrow wax appointment. I told her to go back to the reverse bob that I got so many years ago for the first time. I was 26. But now, at almost 40, it’s so much easier. I can’t stand the feel of hair on my neck anymore. Having had MS for over 20 years, I have a very extreme sensory disorder now. I had my mom take a picture of my short hair in the back just to make sure. The woman who has been waxing my eyebrows and cutting my hair for 20 years is expecting her second child in January. I made an appointment for December but I told her I will just wait until she gets back from having the baby to get a haircut after that. I waited over a year during the beginning of the pandemic so it’s okay with me.
We didn’t rent a van this time so instead, Sean accompanied us to be the brawn to get me in and out of the car. Over the years, my core strength has diminished but my knee injury has sent me over the edge and saying that now I am in a motorized chair all of the time, my car strength definitely has been affected and is almost gone completely. My mom did not mind sitting in back so Sean decided to go to Cold Stone Cremery that is right by my house. I am definitely not a huge fan of eating ice cream when it is freezing outside but Sean and my Mom were getting a scoop so I told him to get me a scoop as well. As he was getting out of the car, I told him that, “ mint chocolate chip is my jam!” And it made me smile that as he was closing the door he just said, “I know.” As Sean and my Mom were in the store, I started fiddling with the radio.
I have written before that I am old because I enjoy music from my young adulthood but now I am almost 40. Sean has been driving my car for over a year and my radio stations are all messed up but somehow, I got to 80s on eight. And the opening bars of this song had just played. This song reminds me of my Mom!
I listened to the entire song and smiled to myself. Sean and my Mom got back into the car and I ate my scoop of ice cream. It was totally of season but I really enjoyed it! I spoke with my Mom as I am drafting my blog post and I started to laugh. I was remembering back when I was p music club and got a new CD that I was listening to for the first time in my car. It was The Incredible Journey. I showed of my Momt the CD case as we drove to wherever we were going. Once we got back and I put my car in park in front of my Parents’ house, my Mom just ejected the CD and told me that, “I’ll have this.” She got out of my car and walked toward the porch. I looked completely aghast and shook my hand. I just decided to let her have it! It’s like the Diet Coke commercial, she IS the reason I like them!