Mums go ‘out out’

So we made it ‘out out’ to quote my mate Micky. But picking a date was ever so tricky.

Organising babysitters, or hubby’s to stay home. So the kids would be safe and we could go out alone.

I try to get ready and curl my wild hair. Do adventurous makeup to add vital flare.

But I look at my shoes, a collection that’s bursting. My past taste in shoes, I’m now desperately cursing.

Why aren’t there more wedges? Or could I wear flats? No I should wear a heel, I’ve decided, that is that!

So I do a test walk, in my old friends ‘high heels’.  I’ve now lost the knack, I require new skills.

My ankle wobbles, I may break my neck…But hey I’m going ‘out out’, I’ll wear them, what the heck!

I wobble to the bar and order my wine. That first sip of grape tastes utterly divine.

It slides down like water, a great wondrous drink. Then my brain starts to change, and I radically think…

I’m 20 again, I can move like the rest. I can shake my booty. Show the youngens who’s best!

But my bum continues wobbling, long after it was shaken. My attempt an epic fail, I fear I was mistaken.

Then dreading morning comes…Who hit me on the head? Or have I reached hell? And am I just dead?

My head is thumping, my kids call my name. What’s that noise I think suddenly? They shout once again.

That’s right I’ve got kids now. Oh sh#t…what to do? I’m going to be sick and I run for the loo.

I need water and paracetamol, with a strong cup of tea. Then I greet the kids zombified as they jump up at me.

“Never again!” I say with such vengeance. While my kids are still young, I’ll skip my independence.

Then just one month later, I’ve forgotten all that pain. My friend suggests a girls night out. I’m up for it again!

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