Work was an absolute bear this week, starting at 8 on Monday morning and going all week, and do you know what did not help me cope with that?
Getting my fucking period, after 2-3 years (depending on what you count), and after over a year on hormone therapy, WTAF, body.
Hormones suck and bodies are the worst.
Waking up this morning with cramps and debilitating backache was not fun (seriously, I could hardly stand up and walk). However, to look on the bright side:
- first of all, I slept until 10, thank you eye mask, I haven't slept that late in forever
- second, I didn't have a single thing on the schedule, nothing that HAD to be done today
- finally, codeine helped take the back pain down to manageable
One thing that helped me cope this week was having some time off to look forward to. Two things, actually:
- We get next Friday off, for 4th of July, and I took the following Monday as a vacation day, so 4-day weekend
- Later in July, I'm going to Key West for a few days with friends, and my intentions are to rest and relax as much as possible. I am so looking forward to the down time. More on that to come.
Another happy thing that happened today is that the canvas photo print I ordered of Maggie arrived. And as the photo I picked doesn't have an obvious up or down, I have to decide which way to hang it:
I mean, you could argue for any of them, right?
Anyway, that's enough for me: time to go back to slouch on the couch. What a day.
I like the second photo of Maggie but I couldn't tell you why! Your period?? Ugh, my stopped when I was 50 and never came back. I wasn't sad.
ReplyDeleteNo, I wasn't at all sad when I thought I was done for good!
DeleteWhoa, what a crazy thing about your period! Not to be bossy but you might want to get that checked out, because it could indicate a fibroid or something, particularly after 2-3 years.
ReplyDeleteI kind of love all the ways the picture could hang, it's hard to choose.
I'm getting an ultrasound next week, just to be sure. Thanks for encouraging me!
DeleteThe last picture made me laugh!
ReplyDeleteFibroids are supposed to go away when your periods do, like they're the exclamation point at the end. After mine came back a dozen years later I waited over a year before I started having it checked out. Don't be me. That was dumb. Biopsies, ultrasounds, and now minor surgery is tomorrow bright and early and we should finally know.
(Sorry, that was me. Didn't mean to go anonymous there.)
ReplyDelete"Slouch on the couch" might be my new motto, ha.
ReplyDeleteThe Maggie photo is fantastic. Love it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bummer about the period! Bodies are so weird!
So, so weird, and thank you!
DeleteCan I complain about my period, too? I have mine regularly, but there's SO MUCH CLOTTING. I feel so drained of energy and I hate it. Why does being a human being in a human being's body have to be so hard?
ReplyDeleteComplain away! Bodies are so annoying, and honestly sometimes it feels like women's bodies are especially so.
DeleteWhat in the world! I can't believe your period came back after 2-3 years. That's INSANE!
ReplyDeleteI can't choose a favorite orientation for the Maggie photo. All of them are perfect!