*enters the hut*

[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

Bleh period time bleh blah. I should really start keeping track of it more formally - a few years ago before my cycle got all bass ackwards, I was like the freaking U.S. Atomic Clock. I could predict down to the hour when the Crimson Tide would rear its head. I was straight out of a textbook - 28 days on the nose. Never more, never less. Then I went to college and that was no more. It could be anywhere from 25 days to 50 - who knew? Sometimes it'd just skip a month entirely. Lazy little bitch. Now, it seems like it's finally getting back to "normal" - from my completely informal and uncertain observations (MUST MARK CALENDAR. MUST MARK CALENDAR. Ehh, I'll do it later.), I'm regular or some semblance of it again. I'm getting back to my love-hate relationship with the flow, rather than a hate-whatthefuckareyoudoing relationship.

My period makes me want to take long baths, paint my toenails, read feminist literature. It makes me want to talk to other women, eat soup, and watch the moon. It forces me to be more in tune with my body. I know that sounds like a bunch of new-age bullshit, but it's hard to explain. Aside from the fact that it serves as a built-in, flashing neon "YOU'RE NOT PREGNANT!" sign during the months when I need it, I admit that I like her. I mean, you live with something or someone for 10 years and know you have another 30-40 to go, you find something positive in it. I'm fortunate in that I don't suffer from especially debilitating cramps, so that's easier for me than it is for some others, I'm sure.

She can be a raging pain in the ass, but I love her. Sort of like me. :)

Comments

[melonaise.livejournal.com]

I'm awful about marking down my period, too. The last two times I've remembered to do it on www.midol.com. They have a little symptom checklist, too, which is really what reminds me. ;) "Ugh, my back! ooh, I should mark this on the Midol site." ;) They're missing a couple of my symptoms, but they have a decent representation.

[isolt.livejournal.com]

It might be that your cycle changed because you had originally been in synch with someone you were living with at home? That would explain why it suddenly changed when you left for college.

[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

Well, the only person I was living with was my mom, who's post-menopausal, and I know I wasn't in synch with any of my high school friends. I think it was probably just stress and/or changes in diet and routine, that sort of thing. Although synched cycles are kind of cool, and it did happen to me and my best friend at the beginning of high school.

[melonaise.livejournal.com]

It could be that all the different hormonal signals in the dorm are throwing your cycle off-- it's used to setting its own pace, and now it has a dozen different indicators. Do you have a roommate?

[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

I don't have a roommate, but that's a good point about all the hormonal signals from living in a dorm with 100 other women - I hadn't even thought of that.

[yellow-stars.livejournal.com]

lol. your user icon is great. i thought i was the only one who thought that mouse resembled something...

[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

The first time I saw it, I did a double-take...took me a few seconds to realize it was a mouse and not a porno picture, lol.

[rainfire.livejournal.com]

LOL!! I love your icon!! :)

[mary-contrary.livejournal.com]

Ehehehe, thanks. I saw it and it was just too glorious to NOT use. :)