Going off half cocked*
This entry was posted on 4/6/2006 7:44 PM and is filed under uncategorized.
No, the title has nothing to do with
this post (although if I ever get pics or, you know, a cat scan, I will let y'all know). Anyway, on with the story:
When my daughter was oh, probably 7 or so, she got out of the tub and came to me and asked me to look at her eyebrow.
It was...well..it wasn't there. Well,
half of it wasn't there.
I kind of freaked. I asked her what happened and she (being a smart child who knew Mom was freaking) said 'I don't know, I just looked in the mirror and it was like this!'
Now, I'm not the sharpest crayon in the box but even I doubted the veracity of this statement. After much interrogation (rubber hoses may have been employed), I learned the truth.
She had shaved off half her eyebrow .
When I asked why (about a million times) she could only tell me 'I don't know'.
Now, I used to be a kid and I know that 'I don't know' actually means 'I'd prefer not to tell you because as much as my behavior has vexed you, I believe that the reason WHY will drive you around the bend and then I will have to go live with the gypsies."
She is 16 now and still doing weird stuff. But her eyebrows are intact. Small steps, people.
* Get it? Half cocked? Eyebrows?
