Unzipping Your Skin

I know what you're thinking, "That is totally gross!" Those of you that know me know exactly what I'm talking about. You have probably felt this way before but just didn't know how to express it in words. Ask yourself, have you ever been about to do something, or experience something that you would rather not. It's kind of like that South West Airlines commercial, "Wanna Getaway?"
One of the times I have felt this way is the night before I was to have my first child. It was a planned cesarean and I had been so stoked about it for pretty much the whole third trimester. However the night before while, laying in my bed with my legs freshly shaved and my toes beautifully painted, all I could think about was how exciting this would be if I could unzip my skin, step out of it like a pair of footed pajamas, and put it back on when the "hard" stuff was over.
Unzipping my skin doesn't only occur when something scary/exciting happens. It has been known to happen when my children (as wonderful as they are) have somehow made me feel like I want to run out of the house screaming. Don't get me wrong, I love my family and I thank God for them daily but I would be lying if I said I never felt like droppin' them off at MawMaw's to go grocery shopping at the Wal-Mart in Delaware!
I say all of this to say I would like to unzip my skin right now. It is the last night of Anthony's set of nights and I feel like a one man band (picture Bert in Mary Poppins). I know relief is coming, it's right around the corner and I'll make it, I'll be fine. I just wish I could take off my skin and chill. Oh well, I'm sure my kids feel that way too, and when my daughters call me when they are mommas crying and saying "they don't think they can handle what life has given them", "and how in the world did you do it"? "You have the patience of Job", so on and so forth... I will tell them all about how I wanted to unzip my skin, and hopefully they will see that they are normal and that yes life is hard and anyone who says it isn't is lying or hasn't really learned to live. Can I get an Amen?!