Should up to the Arden store and they were surprised. Twice they asked if someone could, twice people said yes and both flaked.

It's so much busier than my store but I did ok. And they took down my number to call in the future.

I took a low dose of fluoxetine for my menstrual migraines for about two years and was fine with it. Agree with the sleepiness, so switching to taking it in the evening was very helpful. I did also have some weight gain. The one odd thing I had with it that didn't go away (bear with it in the beginning, I had tons of side effects initially that all went away) was the bruxism (jaw clenching). It was bad at first, and then subsided, but was always present. I learned how to be mindful about it and consciously relax, and I actually liked later on that I could use it to know whether or not I'd taken the pill (I was taking it only during and just before my periods) but it always was there, and I could tell if I was particularly stressed or something by its severity. It did seem to also help with my mental health issues, but I think at this point the therapy has superceded that.

Which is good, because I've just gone off it...because I got my Mirena placed today! Thanks, Obama! Literally the day before the inauguration. I cannot tell you how viscerally I hate that I'm making healthcare decisions based on politics, but I am also grateful that I got it done, for free, before all hell breaks loose. I'm kinda excited, and looking forward to seeing how it works for me. It's good for five years. Surely in five years we'll have somebody reasonable back in office, right?

I got my Mirena placed today!

I admire your cervix. Mine is just laughing and saying "HELL NAW, LADY."

I have rescheduled my appt for tomorrow at 11:30 am. So, one hour into the ceremonies. Hope it's not too late!

This week in "my feels via Hamilton..." Shitty roommate wants to cohost a party for Bacchus. So of course my brain went to, "You hear this guy?! Openly campaigns against me talking 'bout 'I look forward to our partnership.'" I told him I'd think about it. Latest bizarreness is putting my dog's bowl in the sink because he's "trying to be tidier." I stated my firm belief that dog bowls belong on the floor and don't need daily washing and he was like, "Okay, I'll just put it on the counter." Once again demonstrates the dichotomy that happens sometimes between "tidy" and "clean."

But in happier news, he's leaving any minute now and will be gone until next Thursday! First to protest in DC, then to see Britney in Vegas. Bless! My soul is soaring.

The one odd thing I had with it that didn't go away (bear with it in the beginning, I had tons of side effects initially that all went away) was the bruxism (jaw clenching).

That is something I'm going to need to keep an eye on, because I think I'm pushing my jaw against my CPAP mask when I sleep, which puts pressure on my teeth, which hurts. I bet I can find a nose-mask online.

There's a march on Saturday in Charlotte and I breifly thought about going. I'm mentally exhausted after working as cashier for 4 hours and I know trying to go to any kind of protest thing is going to be too much.

Which sucks. Because I'd like to go. I'll be cheering everyone on.

And YAY for seeing Britney and protesting smonster

My cervix is happy! It was totally a breeze, which I was not expecting, after some of the cautionary tales I'd heard here and elsewhere, but I feel like maybe the cramping I'd had with my abnormal uterine bleeding for the past oh, decade, was so severe that any advertised cramping with placement was light by comparison. We shall see what the next three months brings as far as acculturation, but I am seriously looking forward to potential no periods. Yay Obamacare!

Oh, lordy, my mother just called and she's had another car accident, very close to my work, so I'm headed over there to help her out. Please send ~ma!

Oh no, Epic. ~ma to your mother!

Much OK~ma to your mother, Epic.