I am a virgin blogger! YES! I puff my chest out proudly, well, maybe not, now that I think about it, anyway, nevermind.
Let's talk about what a GiGi is for the purpose of this blog. Though I loved that movie with (oh crap, I'm having another senior moment) you know, the beautiful actress from the 50's, 60's and 70's that looked like pure class on a stick even though we were supposed to believe she was really that naturally thin instead of anorexic, a word that wasn't common knowledge in her day. Oh! Okay! Got it! Crud! Lost it again while typing those words...AUDREY HEPBURN! There! Got it! Anyway, what were we talking about? Oh yes! That movie she was in, GiGi! Well, not really, but I needed to address that we were not talking about that kind of GiGi.
We are also not talking about anyone or anything, including poodles named GiGi. For our purpose, GiGi is a term often used by women who are not only young at heart but they are working hard to stay looking that way on the outside and have no desire to be called G-R-A-N-D anything or any of those other delightful endearments like MeMaw, MeeMee (not really so bad), MaMaw and, well, you get the picture. Don't get me wrong, your children having children (as long as they are not too young or might as well be the way they act) is an awesome thing! I absolutely adore my son's children (note how I skillfully evade that word that shall not be named here)!
I know much of my life I heard that having your children's children around was simply the best. When said around others, everyone nods sagely whether or not they are in this situation themselves. Well, I'm going to be honest about this and I urge others to do the same. It won't hurt anyone to tell the truth about this so why lie? If you have not personally experienced being around your children's children then you really have no idea no matter how much you try to convince yourself or others, you simply don't! We are a club of shared experiences that only those with them can say they truly understand.
We all made that realization about how great it was when we hit parenthood but I have to tell all of you who aren't there yet, your children's children are just pretty frickin awesome! When you were a parent, unless you could afford a live in nanny, you made tremendous sacrifices for that role, including your sleep and your good looks, until after a few years (unless a super model or actress), you finally got your "sexy back" though it was the hardest thing you ever had to do, only to find yourself knocked up again! Go ahead, blame it on the sleep deprivation but I'm not ashamed, I blame it on a bottle of Patron!! And there I go puffing out my chest with pride again when I shouldn't. :( Well, I don't care, my surprise package also turned out to be one of the best things ever in my life, but that is for another day. Back to our GiGi discussion.
I have heard it said that, "60 is the new 30". I believe this was propaganda put out by 60 year-olds who were still trying to hold onto hope or 30 year-olds who gained comfort in believing they had another 30 good years coming...HA! However, I do kind of subscribe to the idea, it's just that 60 looking like 30 is really a stretch and I fear anyone falling truly falling into that category is made up mostly of dermal fillers, Botox, and bionic parts, but that is okay, REALLY, as long as it all looks good. Someone who avidly insists on being called GiGi or some other word that does not imply you are the "Grande Dame" of the family, most likely does a little cosmetic tweaking from time to time. Just be sure you know what you are doing.(another subject for another time).
So now that we have established what kind of GiGi we are discussing, or, I think we did, yeah, I'm pretty sure we did, Let's talk about why A GiGi For The 21st
Now that we have the housekeeping business out of the way, lets talk about what I do believe on this subject and why.
(Back to the Above in a minute) - Part of being a GiGi for the 21st Century is finding a way to contribute... somehow. In my case, what comes first to mind is that today is the first day of this trial I am doing for my doctor where I am trying out a topical formula developed by he and his partner based on their extensive knowledge as to what medications seem to work best for their migraine patients. These have been formulated into a topical cream that I must now apply 4 times per day to my affect areas (that is basically all around my hairline, even in the back, and down both sides of my face) and keep a log. That is actually what inspired me to go ahead and start that blog I have always meant to start. I mean, at least I now have a topic that might be of interest to many people.
Lets talk about what a migraine is for a minute, no, lets not, because if you have never had one (headaches don't count), then you cannot understand and if you have, well, then, why should I preach to the choir?
And WHOA!!! I totally forgot out starting this blog! I'm not sure where I was going with the subject matter but obviously another topic we must visit is ADD of my hobbies and projects! Good Grief! My apologies to you all but now that I have reminded myself of this I will try once again to be vigilant starting with what did come out of this strangely unfinished message. We have established the covering of the following future topics:
- Why be called GiGi?
