Not Seen in Picture
So we all have those moments… you know the real story that is not in the picture or post? I’m going to share my most recent “if people only knew” moment. Who knows maybe this will inspire more “not seen in picture stories” to help us all feel a little more human .
To bring all up to speed… I own Hairroin Salon, one in Los Angeles for the last 12 years and one in NYC for 3 years now. Do I like to make thinks difficult? You betcha.
I only know one speed and that’s head first, full sprint. Often resulting in some interesting situations. On a monthly basis you can find me flying with my kid from LA to NYC and back; 5 days a month for the last 3 years. I first began these travels with Cassette (who is 4) and now its Radleys turn.
“You get to be bi-coastal” …. Yes I do … there are a lot of awesome things about it… and just as many crappy things. Here is my story of one of the “crappy” parts :
Here is the picture… What you see if you will…
It’s of my amazing sleeping 3 month old baby in the back seat of an uber. We were in route for JFK airport after an exhausting first of many, will be trips to New York.
Awww so cute … how fun… #boss…. And so on. What you can’t see is me stressed out next to her. We are quite possibly going to miss our flight home…why are we late? Because I always think I have way more time then I do. I just had to push it with one last meeting before we left and now I’m paying for it.
It’s the last flight out of course. I’m out of formula…oh and … I have to pee. Not like “oh no, I really have to pee”. No.. that was 30 minutes ago that I had to really pee. Now with my post-baby loser of a bladder this is next level. Also side note, I thought it was a good idea to wear high waisted spanx stretch pants for the flight … basically now a vice grip on my sorry excuse for bladder.
I do the math. If we are due to arrive to the airport in the next 15 min… I don’t check luggage …. And run we just might make our flight. Leaving no time to pee before going thru security.
It is then I realize that not only can I not wait another 15 minutes, but as soon as I lift this heavy ass car seat I’m gonna blow. Then I have my best/worst idea ever, so we have a chance at making our flight.
I tie the baby blanket around my neck. Swallowed my self respect and dropped my vice grip stretch pants. I Grab 3 of Radley’s size 1 diapers and filled those suckers up. Yup… I peed in baby diapers. I then wrapped them up and put them in my backpack. I do the best I can for clean up with ½ a pack of wet wipes for myself and the seat.
So with a slight sent of pee I exited that uber, car seat in hand. Toss the dippers, run to my flight making it just in time . We arrived safely home and immediately take a well deserved hot ass shower.
I began to contemplate how many of those “not seen in picture” moments there are out there. I decided to share mine in hopes that some stressed out person trying there best to make it can get a good laugh at me. Know that you are not alone. Even in the should be easy parts of life, like an uber ride… life can be challenging.