Stupid Period

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Jan 132012
 

(TMI warning. Squeamish males may want to hit the pageback button now.)

My monthly courses tend to follow a pattern. A day or two of anemic flow, a day when my uterus attempts to eject itself from my body, and another day or two of anemic flow. During that middle one, I carry half a dozen maxipads with me to work. Usually that’s enough.

Yesterday was the main event, periodically speaking. The cramps, the clots, the constant abdominal ache, the period shits. Yeah, guys (if you’re still reading), this is why we get cranky.

Last night I went to bed wearing a tampon and a maxipad. When I woke up the bed still looked like a scene from Hostel. Dammit. I’m not a fan of getting older, but I sure won’t miss this crap.

Just to add to my fun, the vent hose to the dryer has come loose. I don’t know who designs these things, but the screw I need to tighten to clamp it back down is under an overhang with three inches of clearance. My screwdriver is seven or eight inches long. Who the hell designs these things?!

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Achoo

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Jan 052011
 

Less than a week into 2011, and I’m already enjoying my first cold of the year. Not the worst cold I’ve had, but I still feel crappy and off-kilter. The Director has been home sick all week, and yesterday the creeping crud caught Alpha Geek. So far the Artist seems to have escaped the plague.

The weird thing? This is the first time in decades that I’ve caught a cold when I wasn’t about to start my period. Usually I manage to miss them unless they come through the household during that premenstrual window.

This morning I went to interview for the master’s program at NCSU. Hopefully I didn’t suck too badly, despite the sore throat, sniffles, and general malaise.

Tomorrow’s the first day of class at the community college, as well—since I’ll be on campus, I can drop by the offices of the teachers I’ve e-mailed for recommendations, and get a definite yea or nay from them. Next week I take the GMAT, which is like an SAT for graduate school. The deadline for all this stuff is a couple months off, but I figure the sooner the better…

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A Little TMI for the Season

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Dec 252010
 

I can’t decide which part of having a period is more fun:

Spending the night unable to sleep because the cramping and discomfort keep waking me up, or…

…sleeping soundly through it and waking up to find my bed resembles an abattoir.

Just a little visual to add to your holiday cheer. Enjoy.

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Thought So.

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Mar 112010
 

At the end of last week, I caught a cold.

Two days later, my period started.

No surprise. I’ve never been remotely regular (except when I was on birth control), but for the majority of my adult life if I catch a cold, I’ll usually catch it right before my period. That just seems to be the time when my immune system is looking the other way.

Just one more way my period tries to makes me miserable.

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Blarg

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Jun 192009
 

(Warning to the men: “female issues” ahead)

After several days of dribbling and sputtering, my period has finally opened up the faucet. Today I’ve had the whole gamut of fun: cramping, bloating, gushing, digestive upset, clots the size of my thumb. I’m going through maxipads like crazy. Every time I stand, sit, bend over, clear my throat… I drench another one.

I’m not a big fan of getting older, but I’ll be real glad when I don’t have a period any more.

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