This Will Make You Feel Better:

My brother is an actor and is around a lot of beautiful people. I allow myself to feel intimidated by these people, even though they are usually very friendly and nice. One time a few years ago I was sharing this with my brother, referring to his beautiful girlfriend. I said that I didn't know what to talk to her about as my life seemed so regular and boring compared to her's. He looked at me and said "YOu have the life she wants." Really? Hmmm. How about that. That gave me pause for thought. NOt that I don't like my life, but sometimes when I am around people who don't have kids and have such an entirely different lifestyle than me, I don't know what to share about mine. Anyways, I am getting to the part that will make you feel better about yourself- at the expense of myself looking like an idiot! My brother was over last week, as they were filming a movie nearby and brought over an actress that night to our place for dinner. She was very sweet and engaging, and pretty of course! I was feeling really comfortable, ignoring the fact that I had not had a chance to shower that morning, had crammed a hat on my head, and was wearing my sunglasses because my eyes were still healing and were really stinging. I was handling all these things fine and telling myself that just because I had 4 kids and was not wearing make up, and am a stay at home mom doesn't make me necessarily unglamourous or less attractive....until- wait for it... my husband leaned over and subtily pulled a DANGLING BOOGER off my nostril that had been hanging there for goodness knows how long!!! WHY, WHY, WHY, WHY???????????