I have dreaded this for years.
(Go here to read about what has brought me to this point.)
Clearly the time has come to do this, and tonight I decided May 1 should be Day 1.
So….I stand before my bathroom mirror, puncture the seal, and squeeze the first ominous dab of apparently benign white cream on my slightly quivering index finger, touch it to the back of my left hand, and….sighing deeply…spread the cream from the backs of my hands to the bottom of my shirt sleeves, then on my forehead, then on the back and sides of my neck.
Let the fun begin. 
