Aqua Net - Circa 1980s

                                                                                Date: October 15th of 2022 
                                                     Day: Saturday
                                                     Time: 1:35pm

Starting another day off doing what I do every other day and will continue to do for as long as I can until I can't any longer, then find a way still to keep on doing it.

     I sit in front of a mirror - taking in my reflection and wondering who the hell invented these things anyways? I mean like why? Why would someone want to be reminded of their flaws each time they passed by this less then transparent look into the future? I, for one am not one that needs to be constantly reminded of the aging process.

And just when did I turn into such a "girly girl" that I must keep my looks in proper perspective or my whole day is ruined?

     Growing up I was always a "tom-boy" if you will. Though I was raised as an only child, my interactions were always done with boys. I never made friends with a girl - not when I was in my pre-teens, before the age of 16 years. I think that mainly comes from the fact that I played football, picked berries, chopped wood & loved a a good old Saturday night barn burning Wrestling match.

As a kid - not to much struck me as out of the normal when I wore sweatshirts, wrestling boots and worked on my bikes. Life was good and I was very content.
     I enjoyed nothing the way I enjoyed sitting in front of the television while screaming & cheering as full ass grown men flew though the air - each covered in blood in their own right.

At some point though, I became a little older. My bike was parked in the garage and my new favorite way of getting from here to there was of course with a cute boy. How my hair and make up looked consumed me. Aunt Rose hated that it took a full can of Aqua Net to get my style precise. Please - if my plum mascara didn't perfectly accentuate my shimmering pink lips - matching the bandana around my right boot that coordinated with my nail polish - life was just over as one would believe it.

     I at this point, while discovering boys - figured out that wrestlers were just that. Guys. Cute guys. Guys that I wanted to hang out with and eventually did. Some of them I dated. Some of them - we just had some good jokes and laughs but a lot of them now, just memories.

I moved on to the not so "crazy" life of your other 1/2 being on the road in a different town or city every night - to just plain dating. Guys I worked with, guys I grew up & guys next door. I remember them all - a lot of the dates too but the things I remember the most ... not a one of them best mess up my hair or make up. Yeah! That was a thing back then and still is to this day. I loath having a single hair out of place.

     My kids say that I look like I came from the 80s with my "big wig" and Mimi eye shadow but I really don't mind them saying that because for every ONE times they do - 10 more times someone says how much they like it or how awesome it is. Hell, someone even stopped me at the Poison - Motley Crue concert to tell me they loved my look. I can't help but smile to myself and in my mind give myself a hefty pat on the shoulder. I don't need someone else to do it for me. To validate that I know I look good. Don't get me wrong though, there is always that 1 out of 20 people who say I look killer, that has to make a snide comment - I just feel bad that they can't be a Cool Mom like I am. Maybe someday little grasshopper, maybe someday.

Todays kids are growing up much faster then I ever did or ever wanted too. I still to this second in time don't feel the need to rush anything. Life is good if you slow down and enjoy it.

     Each time I see a girl with mile high hair or a guy in parachute pants, I give a silent nod - saying under my breath ... That is cute "kids" but we invented that look. It was all ours and all 80s and to tell you the truth ... the 80s really kicked some neon colored ass in more ways then one.

As for today, I have gotten older. I have been married. I have been divorced. I have been remarried and have had 5 children but I still hate getting my hair wet - I still do full eye make up every morning, I still carry pink shimmer lip gloss in my bag and still have a tote full of back up supplies so my hair and eye shadow are always - as you kids say now a days .. poppin'.

                                                                  Kazz 💋