Cry Me A River

It took me awhile to get over the whole hair loss thing but Molly <my wig> made it a much easier transition. I just wish they had a Molly for my eyes. I have lost most of my eyebrows, not that I had many to begin with and all but two of my eyelashes.

I have never had bushy eyebrows and my "bangs" are long so no one notices their absence. I have also been wearing my glasses all of the time instead of contacts so I thought I would be all good with no one really noticing the lack of eyelashes. This theory would work if I would stop crying.

I never really thought about the fact that your eyelashes block and dirt and debris from getting into your eyes, as it happens automatically. Plus I do not make it a habit of standing in wind storms, so I thought..I'm good. Little did I know that a change in temperature can cause a non-eyelashed eye to water.

Due to the fact that I have no eyelashes, the way my body has decided to cope, and flush things away is with tears. This really isn't a problem unless you are say...oh I don't know...out walking your dog and wind hits you. Which is pretty easy to do in January in WINTER. Every time I take the dog for a walk, I am sure my neighbours think I am a basket case <like they need another reason> as by the time I get back to the house, my nose is red from sniffing and tears are streaming down my face faster than I can wipe them away.

Today I was "visiting" at work and they were painting, my boss is just casually talking with me about his upcoming wedding when all of a sudden I got a whiff of the paint fumes and my eyes started to water. Not wanting to appear like a sap  <or demented> I try to casually wipe the mound of water forming in my eyes away, well as I was doing this I must have had a little something on my finger; hence causing the mound of water to start streaming down my face. As anyone knows...if a man sees you crying, he will think of anything to get away....fast. I had to quickly explain..that it is because I don't have eyelashes! I am not sure if he believed me, but luckily I am not a sentimental person...so I think I am good as he did come back a while later and I kept it together.

I wish I could say that I have figured out a way to make this stop but I believe I will have to wait to grow a pair...of eyeslashes...come on April!