The actual post wasn't supposed to rant like that. That was pretty weird. The actual post was about my attempt this year to think about costume wearing.
Seeing as I don't have a job, and my family isn't exactly qualifying for the Obama tax, I decided that I would look into my closet and attempt to see what was going on that could possibly be a Halloween costume. Keep in mind, I've never gone dressed as anything. Every time I wanted to, I would fall ill. So that sucked. This time, I decided, be prepared, check it out early. I rifled through the clothes.
I spotted it, that last relic of innocence, my Girl Scout uniform. The last time that I recall wearing it was in 6th grade. Wow, that was a while ago. I figured, why not try it out? It'll be a little tight, but whatever.
What I hadn't counted on was the fact that I must have been all of 4' 6" and 90 pounds five years ago. My god. The skirt was a size 10 in children. I am a size 2 in women. Well, I attempted it anyway. I squeezed myself like toothpaste, sucked my breath in and prayed. The skirt literally just passed my butt. I thanked God for small mercies, but I realized there was no way I could leave my house without being a harlot. Even leggings would not help here. I would be a slut. And this is high school we're talking about. I don't do slut. Sluts don't do me. I attempted to tug it down a little. There, a little better. Then, I realized that I could not zip it shut, and if I wanted to wear it, I would have half of my damn body looking like it was falling out. So that wasn't working out. At all. Jesus Christ.
It made me think of some of the things that I still try to get away with in my life, things that are clearly too tight. My bedtime of whenever is not working out. I am so tired all the time. My teacher was staring into my eyes and talking to me, and I was still falling asleep, while looking at him. That was no good at all.
The moral is: You can't try to do the same old things for completely new situations. (You just can't be a Girl Scout again Olivia!)
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