Stell-AGH!!

Stella is the latest addition to our growing family of purr-balls. Stella is a rescued pet and I assure you, she takes full advantage of this fact to play on our sympathies. Stella is worse than a clingy toddler. Stella follows me incessantly and more than once has almost sent me reeling down the stairs when she got under foot. Stella whines and cries at night until I tuck her in beside me for a few minutes of cuddling. Stella licks my face, arms and hands every morning until I can't stand it a second longer and grudgingly stumble to the basement to feed her. In short, Stella is a sweet, loving, beautiful ... pain in the butt!

Stella is also the reason I have almost 1/4" of bare skin in the middle of my left eyebrow today. Looking back, I blame myself. I'm a mother, I have special instincts, I should have known to lock her out of the bathroom while I waxed. Yes, she would have scratched and cried the entire time, but it would have been worth the added stress. Somewhere, deep down, I must have known from experience that she was likely to jump up on the vanity and rub hard against my arm for attention. I must have visualized my hand lurching forward and dropping a glob of the gooey substance smack dab in the middle of my eyebrow, right?

There's 1 unavoidable fact when it comes to the use of hot wax: What goes on, must come off ... and that includes anything and everything it's touched. Oh, the pain was nothing in comparison to the shock of seeing myself in the mirror with this gaping hole where the halves of my eyebrow used to meet on the curve. I glared at Stella and I swear I saw a thought bubble over her head with the words, "Oh, crap! 9 lives ... minus the look on her face ... yeah, I'm dead!"

According to the gospel of Google, I'll be pencilling in the missing area (and avoiding being photographed and hoping people don't stand too close during conversation and saving enough $ to ensure all future hair removal is done in a professional setting) for approx 2-3 weeks while I wait for the new stuff to grow in. Hmm, I wonder how long it will take for Stella's furry eyebrows to return. (I'm kidding PETA, I'm kidding! Ha. Ha. Ha.)

Feles mala.