An Interesting Friday...

Apparently, growing up means you have to lose your sense of modesty.

Take Friday, for example. I spent the morning at a routine doctor's appointment and then followed up with trying on wedding dresses, and all told, I was naked in front of no less than three people by day's end. Which is two to three people more than usual. And four more people than I would prefer.

You know how the doctor's thing goes...you sit there and make awkward conversation while you get checked for lumps in various places and they do the "well woman" exam (which I'll leave to your imagination). The doctor's doing her thing while the whole time you're thinking, "I'm freezing!" and "Is it OK to leave my socks on?" and "Hurry up, I'd rather be jabbing my eye with a pencil."

Like I said, modesty has to be put out of your mind as you get older. At the dress shop, I had to stand there in nothing but my skivvies as gown after gown was pulled over my head. Which was not that bad, considering it was fun to try on different dresses, but there's a certain awkwardness in just standing there with no clothes on, trying to hold a conversation and having the lady tell you you're "tiny" in the bust area. Super.

To go off on a tangent: As if I hadn't already experienced enough uncomfortable moments that day, the doctor decided to flush my right ear. She made it sound like a 2-minute process that would be no big deal. OK, I would NEVER recommend getting this, unless you're going Beethoven deaf. Basically, it was 5-7 minutes of having a syringe full of water and peroxide pumped into my ear with the force of a mini firehose. It was super uncomfortable -- didn't hurt, but it was one of the weirdest feelings I've experienced -- and by the end, the whole front of my shirt was wet. I'm not sure I even really needed the flushing, but the doctor wanted to do it to be safe. Egad, just recalling the whole thing makes me cringe.

But back to the issue of modesty: Luckily I was clothed during the flushing process. And at least I did finally find and get a dress. All it cost me was a $20 co-pay and three birthday suits. Sheesh.