The Days Of My Life: Clown Today, Lion Tammer Tomorrow!

I awoke yesterday morning to the sound of my alarm clock blaring and my husband snoring away (as usual... I swear it could be the third world war going off around him and he would still sleep right through it!). So, I snap up, look at the digital number display and decide that I can hit the snooze button one more time (even though I have already hit it twice) and try to catch nine more minutes of peace (and sweet dreams of hot fireman rescuing helpless kittens from trees) before the darned thing gives me my final blow horn of warning. (I swear, whoever invented the alarm clock better not ever cross my path first thing in the morning. I wonder if they are the most despised person in the world, after so rudely awaking so many from blissful dreams.) After nine more minutes of bliss I jump up, now wide awake, look at my still sleeping husband with envy and hit the off switch, nearly knocking the darned thing to the floor in the process. I then throw on my slippers and head to the shower. The first blast of cold water hits me and now there is no doubt about it, I am fully awake. I hastily finish the shower, throw on my towel and then stand in front of the mirror. Now this is my favorite part of the day, the part when I get to turn my face into a work of art! I dump out the contents of my make-up bag and begin my work. I start with my foundation and here is where all the problems begin! Why is it that the first two times you use a liquid foundation it works perfectly and covers so smoothly but, use it more than twice and it is cakey? (I have always wanted to use a powder, but I need the coverage and protection of a liquid.)
So here I am on use number five from this bottle and what do you know, its going on cakey! So I try to thin it out by rubbing my face cream on top… BIG MISTAKE!!! Now it is cakey and blotchy and I am running low on time (note to self: stop hitting the snooze button so many times!). I figure that I can just finish the rest of my make-up and head off to work, after all I only see young kids all day, and surely they won’t notice that my foundation looks like the base of clowns make-up! I hastily finish my make-up, throw on my favorite hot pink t-shirt and blue jeans, then run out the door. As I start reversing, I look into the rear-view mirror and realize that my clown like cakey base is accentuating the rest of my make-up in such a way that I look like an amateur clown in training. During my drive I grab a tissue and blend, blend, blend and blend some more until I feel like I am free and clear. When I pull up to work I take one final look in the mirror and decide that its not perfect, but at least I will only be hanging out with the kids all day and we will stay far away from the park for today.
The kids and I head up to the playroom and start playing when the oldest child (who is four) suggests that we play circus. Not thinking about my earlier antics I tell the child that it sounds like a great idea, and the younger child agrees. Both of the children start naming off the characters that you would see at a circus and deciding who they are going to be, when the oldest child tells me that I should be the clown. I ask him why he thinks I should be the clown and he promptly responds “because you are already all made up to be a clown, all you need is a big red nose!”.
After work I headed home and was checking my email when I excitedly opened the new Sephora email learning about the Bare Escentuals Foundation. I found the best place to go and purchase some today, even though I am more a fan of liquid, I figured after what had happened it was worth a try. I came home and tried it on right away, it went on so smoothly. So I washed my face and tried it on again, still very smooth. Today I used it for the third time, still very happy with the results, and when I went to work today when the kids wanted to play circus I happily agreed. I was very relieved when today they told me I couldn’t be the clown because I wasn’t “made up right”, but that I could be the Lion Tamer!