Getting Dressed

Is it me, or am I the only one ready to start a letter writing campaign to the makers/manufacturers of "Garanimals?"  For all of you with the quizzical looks on your faces, Garanimals is a company that manufactures a children’s fashion line of separates, each piece can be mixed and matched to form outfits. Not to mention, the clothing has Velcro in place of buttons and zippers!!  Sometimes I find that it’s a chore for me to pull this up, button or snap that; make sure you loop the correct hole in your belt.  Getting dressed can be surmised in one word - Exhausting!!!  Sometimes, hell I’m lying – All the time, I long for the simpler days of pull up and throw on… LOL.  I mean how great would it be to just pull up your jeans without the hassle of putting that darn button through the impossibly small hole?!?!  And for those who may be raising an eyebrow or rolling your eyes, thinking “why don’t you just buy your jean size!”  My answer to you is:  I am wearing my correct size, it’s just the fact that due to my disease, I have limited range of motion in my right hand and my fingers have curved – like I’m unable to make fists and I also have issues with grip control.  All of these challenges make it difficult to do the simplest task.   So basically, “In your face!” How do you like those apples?!?!  Do you feel bad now? LOL, well, don’t! It's just sometimes, we get so consumed with appearances.   We tend to think, if you appear to look healthy on the outside then, you’re healthy all around.  The truth is, diseases like mine cannot really be detected just by looking at me.  I’m in pain literally all day, every day – I'm not even exaggerating! I literally have felt pain all day, every day for 13 years! That would drive a sane person CRAZY!!!!   Sometimes it’s just joint pain, other times its muscle pain, and on those really horrible pain days, I’m dealing with both!  That my friends is a true nightmare!  So, NOW do you see why I long for pull up or throw on clothing?!   You know, Garanimals should expand its line to accommodate adults. I mean, it would be wildly popular for not only disabled adults like myself; but, for adults who have fast paced lives, you know like, moms and dads on the go, and even strippers can benefit from easy access clothing!  Can you imagine how much revenue they’d gain??!?! Just a thought. Note - if they (Garanimals) decide to market these fashion lines to the aforementioned populations, you know it was actually MY IDEA and I should be compensated accordingly! Just Sayin.’