Let's Make the Men Uncomfortable...

Hormones suck.

I was watching Hallmark's Christmas Open House Weekend or something of the like.  This is the first weekend that they start marathoning all the made-for-TV Christmas movies.  These are generally happy movies.  Christmas romances for those of you unfamiliar with the spectacular.

Now, I'm not sure, but I must be premenstrual, because I cried during both of the movies I watched.  One of them was a nice romance, I think.  I'm not going to lie, I don't even remember what the first one was about.  The second one was also a nice romance, however it had a sad twist to it.  Two characters lost loved ones in the past and the memories were cropping up in the present.  There, you now know the entire premise of the movie.

I was watching with my grandmother and I hate to cry in front of anyone.  So, I was hiding my tears in my hoodie and scratching my head to block my profile.

From that point on, everything seemed to upset me, even if just a little.
I cried for random little things and had to hide my face again.  I almost cried when I said goodbye and left my grandparents' house to go back to school.
I almost cried while driving, which is not a good thing to do.

I don't know if sitting on a heating pad for a sore back bakes and diffuses the hormones, but I'll never do that again.  My word.  It was awful.

So, sorry men.  We can't help it.  You'd be upset too if you had to suffer through this particular week.

I'm not going to go look up hormones and periods because honestly, I don't want to know.  It happens to me, and I just want it to be over with.  If you're curious, you can search it.

Just so you know, men, it isn't a picnic.  It does hurt, and in more places than you might think.  We can cramp.  Our breasts can get sore.  Sometimes our ovaries even hurt.  Backs ache. Not to mention we break out in acne.  And then we bleed for days on end.

Yes.  This is uncomfortable.  And believe me, I'm almost done.  Just one more thing.

Women, take care of your bodies.
Men, take care of your women.
And definitely don't get in our way the week before.

Heavy Lifting

So, it's been a while.  The diagram of the eye is in high demand, apparently.  Good for you!  You're looking into things.  The eye is a very important organ.  I think I can safely say that I would rather lose hearing versus sight.  Although I'd rather not lose anything,  to not be able to see a loved one ever again, to never be able to read words on paper would be devastating.  Take good care of your eyes everyone! Thank you for continued visits.

My back hurts.  A lot.  Nothing to write home about, I guess.  It isn't crazy pain... just the pain of experience. I work at a physically demanding job... in a library archives... moving huge boxes and ancient volumes of court records.  Sure, I lift with my legs, but they're barely three feet long.  I don't get a lot of leverage down there.

Exhaustion sets in after a few short hours and I just want the day to end.  It always does, of course.  I get a few hours of good eating and sleeping time--I'm big on eating, despite my small stature--and then another day starts.
Add this to my full-time student status and life is a whirlwind of exhaustion.

Thank my gorgeous stars, I graduate from both college and archives in December! Now for the real heavy lifting!  Time to find real work.  Wish me luck all.
Just a short post to get me back into the swing.  Have a great night all.  Back to the archives in the morning!