Adventures in Lip Balm

As mentioned in yesterday's post, having lip balm around on a constant basis has kind of always been my "thing". (Yes, it still is.) Nowadays I typically reach for the same lip balm, unless I happen upon any in freebie bags from events I attend. Back then, brand, no more than flavor, scent, or color, mattered all that much. I needed the moisturizing assistance; whatever my parents purchased from the store, I'd make it work for me.

Our family was back from an event, not too far from the house, when, during the conversation I contributed a little bit & then realized my lips were dryer than they should be. I reached into my pocket for a lip balm tube & reapplied without much thought.

Soon afterward, my brother who was sitting to my right, asked me about what was on my lips. After all, I was at that age when I might be trying to under-the-radar play around in Mom's things. Apparently he didn't realize that I'd just applied the lip balm - even if I were to be trying to "borrow" from Mom's things, I don't know that I'd be trying to travel with her things as well.

I explained that I'd just reapplied lip balm. I probably even pulled the tube (link to Amazon as well as the image link in the top left) back out of my pocket to show him. It was at about that moment when he said, directed to our parents riding directly in front of us in the driver seat & front passenger seat, "Remind me not to wear Cherry lip balm." As with the slightly generous "helping" I'd applied, I somewhat appeared to be wearing red, or a shade of red, lipstick.

While I'd been showing him what I'd applied & not what he'd thought I might've applied, our parents were talking amongst themselves on another topic. Once my brother made his "reminder declaration" Mom turned around toward me to learn what had made him say this. I explained what I'd done, merely reapplying to remain moist & not be uncomfortable.

Mom also took into account my brother's age (as well as the fact that he basically never needed to apply lip balm) &, as she turned back to face forward out the front window, remarked something about the product maybe being a bit colorful & carrying its own shade, yet reminding him that, based on the circumstances it wasn't that big of a deal, especially as, my being a female, I was fine to have the color, & him, basically never turning to lip balm for moisturizing needs, it really wouldn't be affecting him in the long run.

He wasn't without HBA department needs, however; the family medicine cabinet almost always carried a full stock of OTC allergy meds (link to Amazon) on his account. Waking up on school mornings listening to him try & decide if he could sniffle it back on up & in, or if he needed to be blowing it out, became a soundtrack all its own.