Also known as anxiety as I live it. I come from a long line of anxious women. It's really almost comical how deep it goes sometimes. Recently I was presented with a conundrum and I thought it would be fun to share.
So I moved in with my mom, into my step-sister's old room. Above my bed are like a couple randomly spaced, lonely glow in the dark ceiling stars. Hmmm WTH is up with that and what to do? Of course the OCD and woman in me is bugged the hell out of these things. If the whole ceiling were done it would be cute for my daughters who also share the room. But taking them down would be the easy, logical thing to do. Or so one would think. Here's the deal, my mom has anxiety too and the both of us under one roof is a bit caustic. So on top of my own issues I have the "trying to not poke the bear" factor of trying to figure out how my actions will make her feel. So I wonder if I should take the stars down. Well, I did not put them up, but I could ask if she minds my taking them down. Of course I am concerned with being able to get the adhesive off cleanly and will it make it tacky looking with dirty stuck glue left-over and what the hell would she say about said spots on the ceiling if I cannot cleanly remove it. And then I would have to go buy a whole new set anyway to cover the potential mess. SIGH. On the other hand if I were to go ahead and just redo the ceiling with many more stars I run into problems. a) what if she doesn't want more stars on the ceiling? b) what if i can't match the stars precisely and I end up having mismatched stars and lying in bed each night being driven crazy by it? c) what if they don't come with the same kind of adhesive, and they don't stick well and I'm being pelted in the head whilst sleeping with this plastic pointy objects, perhaps putting my eye out, or my mother sees the ill sticking stars and lays awake at night in fear for her grandchild's eyes? d) what if after I move out, my mom tries to take them down and THEN discovers the adhesive is hard to remove and it leaves the ceiling marred and I have to hear about it and live with the fact that I ruined my mothers calm with ceiling star adhesive? AHHHHH! And how do I ask her if I can replace them without the whole "I don't know right now, we'll discuss it later" meaning why are you poking at me when I just worked 10 hours and no one appreciates me, I want and have to sit in this chair and chain smoke watching lifetime tv and I can't deal? Or I could get the whole "they don't make those stars anymore and I know this for an absolute 100% fact because I have not seen them in stores lately and I'm all knowing and all seeing and if you challenge me or prove me wrong it just shows what a horrible daughter you are to be so petty" type ordeal. Or of course I could get the "i don't care BUT......." type of thing and then all I would hear about is me and my "bright ideas". It really is nerve racking, this star thing. I want to scratch the itch these things are causing me but how to do so without gaining a butt pain? I guess these sweaty palms, shortness of breath, and headache will just have to stay. I guess it isn't worth the trouble and I can just live with my stars (however wrong, wrong, wrong their installation is) and deal. I mean what's a little panic attack versus dealing with my mother??
Monday, July 13, 2009
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