No One but a Mom

Hello most humans and many others,

Well, now for the rest of the story of yesterday's exciting day. If you personally know Missy Linda, you will appreciate this story even more than if you don't. We all know how Missy Linda refuses to hardly even answer the door without make-up, and she definitely doesn't leave the house without foundation and some eye make-up. She says (and it's true) that she has such blotchy skin color, and such purplish circles under her eyes, and somewhat colorless eyelashes along with light eye color, that she doesn't even look like the same person with make-up as she does without make-up. All this explanation to set the stage for how unusual what she did yesterday was.

When Tio Kane took his tumble down the stairs, he was very sleepy from working on his school project most of the night. However, he had planned to run to the store quickly to grab some milk and Diet Caffeine-free Dr. Pepper because he was out of both, and they are his life sustaining liquids.(!) So when he hurtled to the tile floor, he was somewhat discombooberated as well as injured. He asked Missy Linda if she would go to the store for his supplies since he would die without these magical liquids.

You should have seen her! Since Missy Linda had just been up a short time, she had not had a shower, and definitely was not wearing her "face." Since her hair is short and she has unusually oily hair and skin for someone her age, she looked a little psychotic when pieces of her hair couldn't be convinced to lie flat after a night of fitful tossing and turning.

She slipped into the clothes she had worn the day before. Her reasoning for that was that she wasn't clean, so why dirty up another set of clothing. She chose her crimson OU baseball style cap, pulled low down to her ears and eyes. Since it was a little cool, she wore her OU windbreaker in an attempt to keep contained any body odors she might have pre-shower. She looked somewhat like a bank robber.

First Missy Linda decided to try the closest 7-11 to buy just the minimum amount to get by until later in the day after her shower and making up her face. Unfortunately for Missy Linda, Diet Caffeine-free Dr. Pepper is not that easy to find, and 7-11 didn't have any. They didn't have hardly anything without caffeine. On to plan B.

That meant she was going to have to go to Hood Mart where she frequently shops. All she could do was to hope there was no one there who knew her. Missy Linda gathered herself together and went in where she had to go in order to get what she had to have for Tio Kane. She was a little distressed that the store was so busy early on a Saturday. On a weekday at that time, it would be nearly empty.

As far as I know, Missy Linda got the milk and pop without incident in the store. Of course, she thought she was traumatized by having to do that, but she had no proof that anyone was unduly offended or terrorized by her appearance or uncleanliness except her!

See what kind of craziness I have to live with every day?