That Pesky Inner Child

A few days ago I was at Michael's - 
in the back by the yarn,
chatting with another MCM
(Menopausal Crochet Maniac)
when all of a sudden I was DRENCHED!

I kept looking at my new friend... chatting away... expecting to see a trickle down her forehead as well... but there was none.  Which meant only one thing... 


and it was NOT a broken air-conditioner!
SHIT - I thought I was DONE with these!

I should never have experimented with my dosage!
Luckily, this arrived in my inbox... in the nick of time!  

They must have heard about the woman melting at Michael's...

From inbox to mailbox in three days...
Now that I have my new STASH - I can double-dose for a week or two - 
and kick that inner child out of the house!  
She is old enough to live on her own... buy her own car... pay her own bills!
Have her OWN HOT FLASHES!


Oh... and Happy Anniversary Amberen!
Maybe I should lobby for some free merchandise, in exchange for this free advertising!
Hmmm.... I'll have to noodle that...

Hot Flash Alert - back to daily dose!

http://marvimarti.com/2012/01/17/hot-flashes-marriage-hell-no/

DANG.  

I had a couple HOT FLASHES this week!  
NOT GOOD.
  
OK... so I WAS cleaning and purging, and I KNOW this is Arizona, and we ARE in our humid  (it's all relative) Monsoon Season - but there is a definite difference - and these were the REAL DEAL! 

For those of you who can't relate, I would like to thank Marvi Marti for finding a cartoon which captures the ESSENCE!

I also have been feeling somewhat sluggish lately, and gained a couple pounds back.  So I'm going back to my daily dosage.  Hopefully that is the culprit.  I might even double up for a week or two to just to kick back into gear sooner.

I'm not sorry I tried the every other day experiment... now I KNOW.  

Drat - I missed the Fourth of July 15% sale... 
wonder if they will do it for Labor Day?

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2012

I had an unexpected vacation for the whole month of June - literally stranded in Portland and Orcas Island while waiting for my new (very old) car to be repaired... making sure it worked so I would make it, driving all the way home to Phoenix!  I am not complaining, mind you - I mean really... being STUCK on Orcas Island?  I am SOOO grateful I had a home to stay in (my Aunt Barb lives there) and was able to spend some much needed time with my daughter, who is working at a local resort for the summer... it was an absolutely fabulous experience... if you have to be stranded somewhere, I HIGHLY recommend it!

POINT BEING... I was still taking my AMBEREN, skipping Sundays.   But in the middle of June, I realized I hadn't brought enough of my pills with me - and took them every other day to make them last.  When I realized my trip was going to be much longer than anticipated, I had the rest of them shipped to me.  I didn't feel any different taking them every other day, and decided to start doing that on a regular basis this month.  

My moods are still on an even keel... 
the weight is peeling off a little bit at a time. 

I feel like my old womanly self more every day... and never want to give them up.  

But to save money and make them last a little longer, 

I will skip a couple more days each week... 

I'm such a cheapskate!  

Starting today, I will skip Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday... 

taking them Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - 4 out of 7 days.

Good thing I got that silly Pill-Minder thingy - it's turning out to be quite handy after all! 

Oh... and by the way... 

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! 

 It takes on a whole new meaning this year... 

for while I am always grateful to live in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave... 

this year I am also celebrating 

FREEDOM FROM HORMONAL MOOD ENTRAPMENT!  

©Russ Burden