I scared the cats with the evil vacuum. Puppycat is now sleeping in the space between the tops of the cabinets and the ceiling. It's kinda cute.
I *really* need to jump in the shower now. Right about now. Any time now... This is me - jumping. thwump
It's good to have cargo. Makes us a target for every other scavenger out there, though, but sometimes that's fun too.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 32: I think I'm sobering up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Cass - Oct 12, 2006 8:52:50 am PDT #6949 of 10000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Scrappy - Oct 12, 2006 10:42:05 am PDT #6950 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Now that I have reached the age of 50, I have truly entered the exciting joyride known as perimenopause. SUCH a pleasure! Throw out your old calendar, as your period can come at any time! Sometimes after 9 days, sometimes after 40 but never ever when it's supposed to! To make it exciting, one visit will be massively painful and flowy and involve every possible accompanying hormonal discomfort and the next will be demure but go on forever! Symptoms which used to be exclusively premenstrual will show up for no reason three days in! Each period can stop and start for no discernable reason several times! All of these symptoms are, of course "Natural" and "Part of the Process."
Feh.
Betsy HP - Oct 12, 2006 10:47:23 am PDT #6951 of 10000
If I only had a brain...
I say, F*ck natural. All things evil are natural.
Except Matilda.
Scrappy - Oct 12, 2006 10:49:46 am PDT #6952 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Matilda is wondrous.
SailAweigh - Oct 12, 2006 10:58:53 am PDT #6953 of 10000
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Yes, she is.
I think we should propose a constitutional amendment banning perimenopause as an enemy of the state. Things would run much smoother if we didn't have to worry so damn much about feminine hygiene. I mean, really, having to carry around so much product all the time for just-in-case is very taxing on the body and the nerves. I know my road rage would be much milder if I wasn't racing to get home to change a tampon every two hours.
Scrappy - Oct 12, 2006 11:02:57 am PDT #6954 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Preach it, sistah!
Ginger - Oct 12, 2006 11:05:34 am PDT #6955 of 10000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Cyanide is natural. Rats are natural. Salmonella is natural. Chasing down small animals, killing them with sticks and eating them raw is natural. Squatting in the woods is natural. Sneezing and dripping from allergies is natural. I like to think we've reached the Post-Natural Age.
I have no tips for perimenopause. It sucks. Mine didn't last long because I got thrown abruptly into menopause, with is much less messy but comes with extra added hot flashes.
SuziQ - Oct 12, 2006 11:16:45 am PDT #6956 of 10000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Robin - I'm not even 40 yet and just got slapped with ALL of that. My gyn recommended the NuvaRing. This is only my first month on it, so we will see if it helps the "gee, what fresh hell of PMS/period can we inflict this time".
Amy - Oct 12, 2006 11:17:56 am PDT #6957 of 10000
Because books.
I like to think we've reached the Post-Natural Age.
We should totally promote this. Post-Natural could definitely be the new black.
My OB when Jake was born was on board. He actually gave me that pill to dry up my milk when I decided not to breastfeed. Much less painful than the other way.
Beverly - Oct 12, 2006 11:24:43 am PDT #6958 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I'm with Ginger on the instant menopause, but mine got delayed for years by Premarin. When I found out what I was taking (because I was stupid and foolishly trusted my doctors and didn't do my research because of denial. And laziness. And denial), then we went to soy substitutes, and alternative methods, and yharr with the hot flashes and the chills, dammit, often at the same time. Also with the metabolism screeching practically to a halt, and the thyroid going, "Don't need me for anything? I'll just be over here, nappingzzzz. Oh, and all that thick shiny hair? Not any more!"
Aimee, you must Netflix or otherwise rent MacLaine's Sweet Charity. Her backup girls are Paula Kelly and Chita Rivera, and there's Montalban and scads of other recognisable faces, and it's *Fosse*, and you can totally imagine Verdon as MacLaine goes through the dances.
It's no substitute for seeing a good production onstage, but it's definitely worth watching.
I want more Matilda pictures TOOO! I know that new-baby smell. Probably the best smell in the world, nuzzling the fuzzy baby skull.