Through The Tulips Words of 'Wiz'dom

I can’t believe that it has been five days since I’ve last posted here. I would love to say that I’ve been having so much fun that I haven’t had time to write anything, but I would be lying. Truth is, I had a nasty little flu bug that got me down for a few days. I’m pretty sure it was one in the same that Marcel had about a week prior to me getting sick.

I am happy to report that it came and went pretty quickly, and even though I’m not at 100%, I’m feeling much, much better.

Marcel has the next few days off, and he’s promised to do a few things around here, such as have a peek at the kitchen faucet which has become loose and is driving me bonkers. He’s also planning to work on the garage flooring so that he can move forward with his plans to put a boxing bag in the garage in the next few months. He thinks it will help him vent his frustrations from time to time. Maybe he’s right.

Well, it appears that my efforts to avoid Marcel at all costs so that I wouldn’t get sick have failed, since I’ve now been struggling with the same flu. I thought this morning for about half a second that I felt better, and since that moment my poor body has been spiraling down hill at a faster rate than I like to admit.

If this continues, I’ll be making my own little trip to the doc sometime this week, as I am actually running a fever, and Marcel was not. At least there is some consolation to feeling bad- yesterday I wanted to eat everything in sight, today I’m forcing myself to eat. I guess there’s a silver lining to every dark cloud.

Having the time to lounge also gave me the time to install Windows 7 on my laptop, something that up until today I haven’t made the time to do. Again, a silver lining, since so far, I actually like it, especially when I thought my email was gone, only to find that when I installed the email program on the MS site to find that all my mail appeared. Yay!!

Right now, I think it’s time for a bath, and then I’m going to attempt to eat a salad that I prepared myself, that’s just sitting there- waiting.

If you have a chance- say a little prayer for me that I feel better soon. I have much to do this week.

I know some of you may find this to be a little T.M.I. (too much information) but I’m really over having these horrible cramps every month. I know- I know- but this is my little space and I can write about what I want to, and right now- that’s what I want to write about.

Over the past year or so, those little monthly visitors have become increasingly worse, and I know I’ve mentioned it before, but I’m very certain that I’m in the stages of perimenapause. I had all the symptoms with the exception of irregular periods, and well- last month I had two, so I guess I have all the symptoms now.

I think I’m going to talk to my doc and see if he would be willing to run some blood work to see if I’m short on the hormones, just to be sure, and then see if he would be willing to give me some hormone replacement cream. I hear it works wonders, and trust me, considering the mood swings I have from time to time, I need them.

I read today that Dr. Oz (whom I adore), says that some hormones are like Valium for our bodies, and when it’s too short, we tend to stress out more than usual. Dr. Oz knows and I’d say that it pretty much nails how I feel from time to time by getting annoyed at the tiniest things.

Does anyone else go through this, or am I alone in this little journey? Come on- don’t make me do it alone. haha

Lately I’ve been watching a lot of shows that I’ve DVR’d over the past months when I was too busy to watch them on the regular nights, and I’ve noticed that there are quite a few programs talking about drug rehab. I haven’t seen the show Intervention, but I hear that it’s a great show, which helps intervene with those who are having problems and gets them help. I think these types of shows are great. Not only because it helps those who are struggling, but also because it raises awareness for those with drug problems and hopefully encourages another who could be struggling. Even though it’s not something I’ve ever struggled with personally, I know many who have, and it’s comforting knowing there is help out there.

I mentioned this little happening in one of my other journals, but I wanted to share it here as well, because it just is one of those things that I think everyone should think twice about. I know we’ve all been guilty of it at some point in our lives- making assumptions, but often times when we make assumptions we put ourselves out there to stick our foot in our mouth, pretty much the way someone did a few days ago when they asked me what weight loss supplements that I had used to lose the weight that I have lost. After they picked their jaw up off the floor when I told them I hadn’t used any, I followed it with telling them it was good ole’ fashioned exercise, and healthy eating. They were hoping for something ‘easier’ and I explained that there may be easier methods, but there was no magic pill to make it all go away for good.

So next time you begin to make an assumption, you may want to make sure you know what you’re talking about. Otherwise you may find yourself eating a foot sandwich for lunch.