Perimenopause @ MindSay 
James and I went yard sale-ing this morning. it gives us something to do and we never spend much. Maybe a few dollars. Its our Saturday morning routine! We found Morgan a drum set for xbox today! called and woke him up to ask if he wanted them...just $7.00!!! They put everything at half price after 11 am! They are gonna have a great yard sale by doing this and they were cheap anyway! Orginally the drums were $15.00! Came with the rock revolution game. I just hope they work! She said they did and they seem to be in great shape! Wont know til Morgan uses them!
Last weekend we went to Hillsville to the huge flea market there. I didnt think it was as crowded as in years past. Because of the recession many didn't travel for it. Even the vendors were down.We still enjoyed it, just getting away for a day was good! Got to see Morgan too, as he popped home for the weekend cause he bought a drum set and had to pick up his glasses that came in.It was hot though last weekend! I was ready to quit at 2, but James insisted we rest a bit then plow on some more! I was wore out! we got there at 9 that morning, and we finally quit about 4:30...still about 3-4 hours left that next day to cover it all. We got to our room about 5 and collasped. I got a shower and saw that I was sunburned! ouch! I put sunscreen on! anyway, we walked over to Sagebrush to eat. we were too beat to drive anywhere. waited an hour to sit, then waited 30 mintues for our food.... Finished at 8 then went back to room and fell into bed! we were asleep by 10! whew! Up at 7 next day and started again! we finished about 10:30...I will never do that again! I cant take the heat anymore. I feel like i'm gonna pass out in it. today while yard sale-ing I felt like it again. I get really weak all of a sudden and feel shaky, and cant get a good breath... I dont know what it is...but it bothers me. Since I turned 46 this year, I feel like my body is deserting me... Perimenopause... Hot flashes, cold,chills, now this with the heat. I get too hot now...Maybe I should get checked out by the doctor. Mood swings too! I can bite someones head off if they cross me at the wrong time of the month now!!!I cant help it either. Family will just have to deal with it!! looks like I've got a ways to go before I'm out. Most of my friends tell me it ends about the time you turn 50ish!! So I'm looking at 4 more years of this!??? Ouch!!!
We went to the West game last night..It was really wierd with Ariana not cheering... Still saw a lot of parents there whose kids graduated with Ariana. Even saw some there home for the weekend from college. Just as 4th quarter started,it starts raining...I look at James and start laughing...we wait a bit, and it starts getting harder, so pack up and leave. passed several others and we said"No need to get wet this year! Not sitting in any rain!" everyone laughed. last year see, it practically rained every football game! and we had to stay then! With Ariana cheering and James head of concessions, there was no leaving. Sat under an umbrella most of the season and learned to deal with getting wet! So, last night was fun to get up and leave with everyone else!! We sat in car and listened to the rest of the game...West won, 28-21...Its a wonder though as many passes as they threw and missed,dropped or whatever...They lost over half the team as most were Sr.'s. last years team was great..
Of course all the parents still there saw James and tried to get him back,or tell him they miss him doing concessions! Some even told him that it went downhill a bit! Oh well! It's time for other parents to step up to the plate and do it!! The new couple that took over the concessions said they didnt really know just how much work it took to keep it up! Ha! We told em!!its like having a second job with no pay! and then no other parents want to help.."Oh I have to see my child play!" what's one night??? oh well, not our concern anymore! we will go to most of the home games I guess. I especially want to see Homecoming... the athletic director gave James a pass for this year, for all the years he put in as head of concessions. Old saying goes, no one appreciates you until you aren't there!
Wow! 2 days at once on here1 I'm on a roll!!
I'm an artist, unmarried, childless, living free, bored, old, and I need to change my body. I think this because after my most recent health check up, the doctor I saw made me feel weird about my age. I'm a woman, 34 years old, and so I suppose it's typical for the doctor to ask me if I have children, if I'm sexually active, and if I ever plan on having any kids. I usually answer: "I don't have any. Sometimes, but not too recently. And, no, don't want any, thank you." So then this doctor gives me this condescending look and says, "You might want to consider someday changing your mind soon..." And then I'm told I'm going through the stages of Perimenopause! I didn't know such a thing existed, but then again, it makes sense after I go through the list of symptoms...
I'm experiencing terrible bouts of insomnia, night sweats, anxiety, severe mood swings, and intense cravings for sweets. I get migraines whenever I don't drink at least one 12oz soda a day and, after I quit smoking (thinking that quitting nicotine would help kill off my anxiety attacks) I am now addicted to chewing gum! The nights that I do get any sleep, I get really awful nightmares. My last one dealt with having sex with a giant frog while a crowd looked on and made rude comments. I'm used to having very mild menses, so when my last Moon cycle made me feel like I was the bloody version of Nigrara Falls, I got concerned. I've been trying to lose weight but have had trouble with fatique that I nod off during the day and, of course, end up tossing and turning at night.
But what I can't stand at times is the horny flashes -- where I am so damn horny I am dizzy with desire. It's like my body is betraying me. I get this irrational fear of having sex again, like my body is going to absorb semen straight into my womb whether I want it to or not! Talk about a nightmare there. I could make a good horror movie based on that -- a woman having to battle off loads of semen because if she gets pregnant she could die! Can you imagine. It'd be something like "Dawn of the Dead" but with all these guys shooting cum all over the place turning women into mindless baby making machines and the only safest place for women to go is the mall...
And I just thought I was going through my "dirty thirties."
This is all due to hormonal imbalance. Great. Why didn't my mother ever tell me about this shit? And why the hell should some doctor judge me for not wanting children? I want to bust this ticking time bomb of a biological clock and go back to bed -- in peace.
Hubby and I went down to EM and put up the miniblinds in all but the two small kitchen windows. I had it down to a routine at the end and got the last one up in 5 min. I still have to go shorten some of them, but that can wait till we get down there to do some more work. I might have some nibbles on the trailer (thanks littleblue!). I took some pics, but still need to download them for the lady who's interested. I wonder if she'll still be interested once she sees the pics? We had dinner at Northwoods Inn. Quite a favorite of mine. I just love their cheese bread. The filet wasn't bad either! :)
Today we slept in and then went to find stores that were open on Easter. The only luck we had was at Barnes & Noble and Kmart. No luck finding the cd I wanted (Don't Play With Matches by Tabitha's Secret). I did find a new Dragonriders of Pern book, but it was $25. So, I came home and ordered them from Amazon. Hmm... Dunno about that Amazon Prime membership thing
I'm so tired. Fatigued. Sore. Yuk.
I did get a couple of books from B&N about perimenopause. Very interesting subject for those of us in our 40's. Perimenopause can last as little as a few months to as long as 15 yrs or more. Fatigue, altered menstrual cycles, forgetfulness, mood swings, insomnia, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, hot flashes. All signs of perimenopause. Ain't that just peachy?
*yawn* g'nite
