Well, my goodness, woman, where the HAIL have you been?! Life going well? Feeling okay? What's up with YOU?
Hormones. Jesus, my great new adventure. All the girls who have showed up here with their advice have been outstanding. I am already on Fish/Flax Seed Oil, been doing the B Complex with Vit. C... I think, for me... the one thing that helped MOST, almost immediately was the black cohosh... icky as it is... so if you aren't on it, amscray down to the orestay and get yourself some. The releif it brought was darn near immediate... (thank you UD, and for the return of the gag reflex... ) it comes in pill form... I suggest that.
Quote: I have allowed myself to develop a sensual, feminine side to myself that didn't exist a decade ago, and the change is kinda cool, because it feels like growth.
Sweety, I am so feminine right now, I can barely stand myself. I'm GIRLY, for godsakes. I shop for shoes nonstop. Where in the heck did that come from?! Not that I buy them, mind you... but I certainly SHOP for them. I SHOP with mindless purpose, not with my housewife practicality. No more, "in and out and be done with it." I SCAN and see potential... whew.
I actually took a bubble bath the other day just because I felt like it and wanted to smell all sweet and dewy just for me. I didn't have a date. Didn't have anywhere to go, no one to see.... just felt like it 'cuz it made me feel 'girly.' Christ. Just to get over myself, I threw football with my oldest son today... sweet azz spirals, you should have seen me. My direction isn't so great... but he can move to catch it -- afterall... no one is supposed to stand still and catch a football. And then, for good measure, I spit... when no one was looking.
The kids are doing well. It's hard, no doubt about that... but my xH only lives about a 1/2 mile from me, and there is no qualms from either of us when the kids might want to come spend some time with me or him during my/his week, or vice versa. We try to stay as consistent as possible from house to house... we communicate about how they are doing, what they are discussing, how they might be feeling... and as long as we talk about them, we get along fine.
I don't know sometimes WHO this woman is that is emerging out of me... really, but I'm kinda sorta getting a pretty big kick out of her... and it's darn near time, kwis?
So dish, honey. Let's hear all about you... it's been 4ever....