the seasons roll on
Mar. 23rd, 2014 10:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
floatingleafAnother week hurtled by like a blazing comet.;) The highlights? OK, let's see...
1) The strange and mysterious ways of a menstrual cycle past the age of 40. If you can call that a "highlight". *snort* On the one hand, I must have done something right, because I didn't get the usual horrible tension headache BEFORE my period; I just felt ridiculously antsy, moody and emotionally fragile for a few days, which isn't really anything out of he ordinary. On the other hand, though, I got a horrible headache on the day when my bloodflow was heaviest (which was yesterday). It felt totally different from the typical PMS headache, but no less exhausting. I do seem to recall this happened at least once before - and I want to figure out why, so I can avoid it in the future (normally, once the bleeding starts, I feel more or less OK, if a bit weak and lethargic; at least that's how it's been for the past few years). The only reason I can think of is that for the past few months, I had been taking an iron supplement right at the start of heavy bleeding - and this time I didn't take it until many hours later. Could that have caused a headache? Also, I want to try some more good natural remedies for the whole hormonal mess; so any related advice is welcome. I think my premenstrual mood swings are getting wilder, and I need some sort of a handle on it before I have a public meltdown at work or something.;) I do like those homeopathic "Cyclease" pills I found at Whole Foods, and the "Moon Cycle" herbal tea (also from there, I think); they seem to bring some relief, but it may not be enough anymore...
2) I will be going on a little weekend trip towards the end of May, to visit New York City and a certain lovely person who lives there (do I need to be any more specific?... yes, I mean the only person I keep mentioning here with alarming regularity since last summer, LOL). It is exciting and terrifying and unbelievable and... yeah. Just a little OMG HOW IS THIS MY LIFE thing going on here at the moment.;) There could be OTHER possible travel plans in the works... but I don't want to talk about that yet. Let's take this step by step, OK? I haven't actually traveled anywhere outside of the Chicago area since... hmmm, let's see... 2008??? Or was it 2009? Too lazy to check now, but yeah, it was ages ago, and it really didn't feel like I would ever find the motivation to do it again (lack of money WAS a big problem for a while, but lack of motivation was bigger; in other words, if I REALLY wanted to go somewhere, I would have scraped the funds together, but it didn't seem worth the effort). It just somehow appeared that all the people/places I actually cared to see were too far away/too expensive, and so why bother? Well, that obviously changed. Btw, CHANGE seems to be the leading theme for me this year, for better or worse... *ponders*
3) Met a friend for dinner on Friday. We hadn't seen each other in many months, so we had plenty of catching up to do. After bringing each other up to date on what's going on in our lives at present, we moved on to other mutual acquaintances - and let's just say I got a little more information than I bargained for, LOL. A certain unanswered - and nearly forgotten - question from my past was answered, in a way that would have hurt a lot back then... but didn't now. I do realize this sounds extremely vague... but it's a long story, and I should be getting ready for bed anyway. I just... realized/confirmed certain things... one of them being that my intuition seldom fails, however often I dismiss it. The problem is, I can rarely tell the difference between my intuition and my fears/insecurities/paranoia etc. So if I don't like what the former tells me, I tend to dismiss it as the latter... LOL. And, of course, sometimes it really IS that, and nothing more. But, as it turns out, at a certain point about 11 years ago my intuition was correct... however ridiculous it seemed to believe it at the time. There is a certain grim satisfaction in that. But I am glad I didn't know it for certain until now...
OK, really gotta sign off now and get some sleep... *sigh*
1) The strange and mysterious ways of a menstrual cycle past the age of 40. If you can call that a "highlight". *snort* On the one hand, I must have done something right, because I didn't get the usual horrible tension headache BEFORE my period; I just felt ridiculously antsy, moody and emotionally fragile for a few days, which isn't really anything out of he ordinary. On the other hand, though, I got a horrible headache on the day when my bloodflow was heaviest (which was yesterday). It felt totally different from the typical PMS headache, but no less exhausting. I do seem to recall this happened at least once before - and I want to figure out why, so I can avoid it in the future (normally, once the bleeding starts, I feel more or less OK, if a bit weak and lethargic; at least that's how it's been for the past few years). The only reason I can think of is that for the past few months, I had been taking an iron supplement right at the start of heavy bleeding - and this time I didn't take it until many hours later. Could that have caused a headache? Also, I want to try some more good natural remedies for the whole hormonal mess; so any related advice is welcome. I think my premenstrual mood swings are getting wilder, and I need some sort of a handle on it before I have a public meltdown at work or something.;) I do like those homeopathic "Cyclease" pills I found at Whole Foods, and the "Moon Cycle" herbal tea (also from there, I think); they seem to bring some relief, but it may not be enough anymore...
2) I will be going on a little weekend trip towards the end of May, to visit New York City and a certain lovely person who lives there (do I need to be any more specific?... yes, I mean the only person I keep mentioning here with alarming regularity since last summer, LOL). It is exciting and terrifying and unbelievable and... yeah. Just a little OMG HOW IS THIS MY LIFE thing going on here at the moment.;) There could be OTHER possible travel plans in the works... but I don't want to talk about that yet. Let's take this step by step, OK? I haven't actually traveled anywhere outside of the Chicago area since... hmmm, let's see... 2008??? Or was it 2009? Too lazy to check now, but yeah, it was ages ago, and it really didn't feel like I would ever find the motivation to do it again (lack of money WAS a big problem for a while, but lack of motivation was bigger; in other words, if I REALLY wanted to go somewhere, I would have scraped the funds together, but it didn't seem worth the effort). It just somehow appeared that all the people/places I actually cared to see were too far away/too expensive, and so why bother? Well, that obviously changed. Btw, CHANGE seems to be the leading theme for me this year, for better or worse... *ponders*
3) Met a friend for dinner on Friday. We hadn't seen each other in many months, so we had plenty of catching up to do. After bringing each other up to date on what's going on in our lives at present, we moved on to other mutual acquaintances - and let's just say I got a little more information than I bargained for, LOL. A certain unanswered - and nearly forgotten - question from my past was answered, in a way that would have hurt a lot back then... but didn't now. I do realize this sounds extremely vague... but it's a long story, and I should be getting ready for bed anyway. I just... realized/confirmed certain things... one of them being that my intuition seldom fails, however often I dismiss it. The problem is, I can rarely tell the difference between my intuition and my fears/insecurities/paranoia etc. So if I don't like what the former tells me, I tend to dismiss it as the latter... LOL. And, of course, sometimes it really IS that, and nothing more. But, as it turns out, at a certain point about 11 years ago my intuition was correct... however ridiculous it seemed to believe it at the time. There is a certain grim satisfaction in that. But I am glad I didn't know it for certain until now...
OK, really gotta sign off now and get some sleep... *sigh*
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Date: 2014-03-24 03:37 pm (UTC)Ooh, travel plans sound exciting :D
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Date: 2014-03-24 04:44 pm (UTC)Yay for the NYC trip!!! Good news!
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Date: 2014-04-11 10:34 pm (UTC)One of the goals of your NY trip, at least as far as I'm concerned, is VC fic inspiration. That's neither here nor there, I just had the thought ;)
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Date: 2014-04-12 02:43 am (UTC)Well, yeah, for me the cramps themselves were much more painful, too, when I was younger. Now the worst part seems to be the headache I get right before I start bleeding... and the emotional disquiet/weepiness of the few final pre-menstrual days. You can probably tell, by the way I overreact to stupid stuff, when the hormonal doom &
gloom is upon me... LOL.
I wonder whether drag queens wish they suffered girl disease...
They probably do - only because they have NO CLUE what a bitch it can be.:P
One of the goals of your NY trip, at least as far as I'm concerned, is VC fic inspiration.
Of course. That's a very important goal. I believe I may have already felt a touch of inspiration when you mentioned the rats on the subway...;)