(Hardly) Fit Friday :P

Perhaps I should rename my Friday posts to Fat-Ass Friday.

I was gonna start my diet and exercise regime this week!  I really was!!

Then family arrived from away!

I had a meeting Monday night.

I had a dinner Tuesday night.

Wednesday night is a blur!

Thursday night was for my aesthetician.

AND TONIGHT is not likely to result in any workouts neither :S

I have a bike date with my best girl friend Saturday and a long ride planned for Sunday.  I am going to make this happen!

Have a great weekend everyone and next friday I will post those dreaded before pics and that should wipe out any potential excuses to get my ass in gear!

Facing Forty Sluggish but Motivated

When Will I Get Off This Roller Coaster?

Good afternoon world!

I have started a positive and upbeat entry this morning and then after letting it rest for a bit I recovered it only to change directions completely because I am no longer in the same mood.  Work has zapped my happiness but I get upset with myself for letting that happen!  I have to learn to control this roller coaster that I find myself on.

I have decided, rather, to speak of this roller coaster in terms of my marital relationship.  I am going to be exposing feelings that I have never shared with many people but I am choosing to share them with YOU today.  Just in case I am not alone and it sparks a discussion that may help ladies (including myself) get through this year with as few scars as possible.

As I have mentioned in a previous post I have been with my husband for the past 24 years and the relationship has been it's own roller coaster ride but mainly it has been fairly stable.  We have adjusted with the birth of our three children, we have grieved the loss of family members including four children who we never got to hold, we have traveled as a family, grown as a family and went from struggling to being financially stable and enjoying life.  He is a hard working man who loves me and our family dearly.  How blessed I have been because how many people can say that of their high school sweetheart?!

Why then do I want to leave sometimes?

What makes me resent him and my choices?

I have a great family who I love dearly!

I have a committed husband who stands by me through my medical issues, crazy moods and who supports my career goals.

My children need him and I know that my life would take a huge shift if we ever left.

Why do I think about resting in a bathtub ALONE for as long as I want?

Why am I wishing that I choose the music we listen to or the TV channel that plays at night?

Why am I wanting some alone time?

This is crazy because we argue less than most.  We have issues regarding our views on parenting but we are doing ok and not messing our children up TOO badly.

So where are these emotions coming from?

Is it from a lack of exploration when I was young?

Is it from a lack of experience with other men that has me wondering what it might be like?

Is this the curiosity that killed the cat syndrome?

Will this pass?

I do not want to be the kind of wife that cheats because I like my husband and don't want to hurt him like that.  I want to keep my promises to him …

But I am suddenly noticing guys that I had never paid attention to.

I think about sex almost as much as men do but it is rarely thinking about it with my husband.

And it is not because he doesn't please me … he does!

SO WHY??!!

WHAT is wrong with me?

This too shall pass, right?!

Facing Forty a Sexual Basket-case :S

Losing my Brazilian Virginity

Good morning everyone!

As I approach forty there are a number of new things that I am wanting to try and experience and I am wasting no time getting things done.  For instance, I wanted to learn to run and run a race (completed June 2014), I wanted to get my ass in shape to wear my bikini on a cruise and feel good (completed November 2013; however, gained back some fat and I am working at getting rid of it for the next cruise), eat better and exercise regularly (in progress).  I am pleased with my progress with my long list of things that I want to do/focus on but there remains a number of things that I have yet to complete and moving from shaving to waxing was one of them.

You see, during the past 38 years I have managed to maintain a high level of grooming in the privacy of my own home.  It wasn't until I exposed my private parts to complete strangers while giving birth that I would even consider asking some stranger to wax my vajayjay.  As my little blonde hairs became fuller and darker I started thinking more and more about taking the plunge and taking my vajayjay back to its former glory by waxing.  So, during the spa session that I blogged about yesterday I decided to finally take the plunge, here is what happened:

Daughter2 decided to bring along the iPad and the magazine and had her fingers crossed that there would be wifi and nobody else in the waiting room.  She was pleasantly surprised to see that she got her wish on both accounts.  I left her to her electronics and proceeded to follow my aesthetician to a private room with an exam table (without the stirrups) that you might find in a Dr's office although it had a white crisp linen on it.  To one side was the wax and in the centre of the exam table was a hand towel and a packet of baby wipes.  She turns to me and smiles and explains that I am to get nekked, I can freshen up with the wipes and then place the towel over my vajayjay.  I feel the need to expose my mental state to the lady and tell her that I am a waxing virgin and I am somewhat shy and ignorant about the process.  She assured me that she has taken many people's waxing virginity and reassures me that everything would be fine.  She exits the room and I am left alone with my fears and thoughts.

I remove my shorts and panties very slowly because I had received a 5.5 hour thigh tattoo the day before and my leg was sensitive.  I then look at the wipes and I place them to the side as I had just cleaned up before I arrived, I mean who wouldn't?  Then I start thinking… that is right, who wouldn't and yet they have the wipes there… so perhaps I should use a wipe just to make sure.  I take two because you can never be too clean.  I am feeling a little under the gun because I have taken too long so I give my privates a quick and rather forceful scrub, jump on the table and quickly throw the itty bitty towel (nearly the size of a facecloth) over my waxing area.  I made it just in time for the gentle knock to sound from the door.  She is here!  Let the waxing party begin!

So, in walks the lady and asks me to lay my right leg to the side.  Oh dear, that is the side of my healing tat and I know instantly that this was ill planned.  I should have gotten the wax yesterday and the tattoo today … oh well, here goes nothing.  The lady notices how gingerly I am relaxing my leg and takes greater notice of the tattoo that extends from my knee to my hip.  She says that if I can withstand that this waxing will be a breeze.  This makes me feel instantly like superwoman and I know that this will be nothing!  She dips her popsicle stick in the wax and lays out the first strip.  It is really warm but kinda feels nice and then she places the strip of cloth over it and without notice RIPS out my hair from deep down inside my inner leg.  I kinda chock but I think that it is not gonna be too bad… I mean, I have felt worse pain.  Oh was I SURPRISED when the next RIP came because that was not as tolerable.  I quickly ask her if she has a tattoo… to which she replied that she did not.  I then explained that the next lady who walks in full of tattoos should not be told that the tattooing will make the waxing feel like a walk in the park because, in fact, I would re-tattoo the tattoo from yesterday TODAY rather than to continue this session.  She giggles and explains that some areas are more sensitive than others.  INDEED they are and to my surprise the worse was yet to come!

So there I laid for about 15 minutes allowing this lady to torture me.  I moved my legs as I was instructed and listened to her tell me that it gets easier the more I do it.  That all these years of shaving has caused my follicles to enlarge and thus the additional pain. I then question why they don't give the client a popsicle stick to chop down on while they torture us and she just giggled.  What she clearly didn't understand was that I was serious.  Finally, she appears to be done and she asks me if I want it all done… what kind of a question is that?  Of course I do!  I am here aren't I?  I paid $50 for this misery and I want my money's worth.  So, she tells me to roll onto my tummy and I oblige.  Now she separates the cheeks of my booty and smudges hot wax in my crack.  I lay there wondering if my haemorrhoids are exposed and what would happen if hot wax gets down too far?  I am now somewhat mortified because after seven pregnancies and three live births I doubt that my rectum is as pretty as the young girls that she has seen.  Then I begin to question myself about why I wasn't concerned about my vajayjay not matching the young girls standards.  WHat is wrong with my brain, seriously!

Anyway, the booty waxing was the least painful and dare I say nearly pleasant after all the suffering she just put me through.  It is quick, just two strips and I think that she may have put powder there afterwards but I was still lost in thought about my ass not being beautiful from the point of view that she had.  She tells me we are done and I bounce off that table like tigger.  I stand proudly and look down and without any thought I exclaim, "I just paid $50 to have my beautiful vajayjay look like a plucked chicken?"  To my horror I have red bumps and stretch marks … that is right ladies, if you get as big as I did while pregnant and swollen to the point of unrecognizable proportions you get the battle scars forever, even in places you never expect.  I disappointedly put my panties and shorts back on while she explains that I should exfoliate and not to wait longer than 3 weeks for the next treatment.  After 4 treatments it should hurt less or I should be more accustomed to it.

So today I am typing this entry with a pretty, yet stretch marked vajayjay and am perfectly smooth EVERYWHERE.  Will I endure it again?  HELL YA!  I mean, if I don't all of that would have been for nothing.  Will I have it ALL removed again?  NOPE!  Next time I am leaving a little to give it a little character while hiding some of the battle wounds.  I have decided that I will do it four times and if it gets easier I will continue but if not, I will abandon the idea.

Now, I have a question for you all… do guys get their testies waxed?  What are your experiences with waxing?  Let me know that I am not alone in this :P

Facing Forty bald :)