Reading: Still deciding. I finished "Missing Pieces" by Heather Gudenkauf last night (review next Tuesday for Show Us Your Books!). Whenever I finish a book it takes me a day or two to pick a new one (as long as I don't have a Netgalley archive date approaching!).
Listening to: Switching between Alyssa's Spotify playlist (which she made public- have a listen!) and Piper Chapman's Spotify playlist. Good stuff all around.
Watching: I was so sad to find out that CBS cancelled Angel From Hell after a mere 5 episodes. I really liked it! Le sigh. Currently watching The Walking Dead (anyone wanna talk about it? Please?!), end of S2 of Grey's Anatomy (I started from the beginning, but also watching current season, which is HELLA confusing), S3 of Catfish, and the end of S1 and current seasons of Married at First Sight. Oh, and current season of Top Chef and Big Bang Theory.
Organizing: My student loan paperwork. Apparently there was some "glitch" where my student loan lenders didn't realize I was exempt from paying them because I was in grad school part-time last year. It's been a major pain in my ass for the last month or so when I noticed I was getting all these "delinquent" notices and was like "WHAT now??"
Smelling: my dying flowers, which are actually still quite fragrant.
Wishing: That my tax return would come in, even though I just went to file last week, and even though it's less than it was last year.
Craving: Even I'm sick of hearing it, but vacation. A real, week-long one with a flight involved.
Wearing: black pants, maroon long sleeve top, gray tie cardigan.
Going: To my friend's wedding in Williamsburg, VA. We're heading down on St. Patty's Day, and stopping in DC for a few hours before continuing on to VA. All those "colonial Williamsburg" commercials actually paid off, especially since Busch Gardens doesn't open until the following weekend! Argh! I've never been! But I'm sure it'll be fun nonetheless.
Learning: Patience. I hear it's a virtue, and one I need to work on.
What's currently up with you? Linking up with Jenna , Anne, Christy, Kristen and Gretchen!



Vacations are so necessary and I totally don't count it unless there is a flight involved haha! I love that cardigan!
ReplyDeleteAny vacations on the horizon?
ReplyDeleteI hope your gyno can help you. That sucks!
I guess I shouldn't complain about this, but when I started birth control my period got way more regular (it was always iffy) and that's when I started getting the HORRIBLE cramps... But last month it was practically nonexistent. Like I freaked that I might be pregnant for a second there...so I feel like I need to go to the OBGYN for that. I don't want monthly pregnancy scares! Hahaha.
ReplyDeleteYou make me want to watch so many shows that I'm not watching! I need more hours in the day. Ha!
Colonial Williamsburg is cool! Have a great time at the wedding!
ReplyDeleteYou need to advocate for yourself and talk to your doctor about the possibility of a reproductive disorder. Today happens to be Endometriosis Awareness Day (which I have) so perfect timing to share. Could be PCOS, could be endo, could be something, could be nothing. Women have been told for eons that cramps and tremendous pain are normal...but it's not. Ask for an ultrasound. Debilitating pain is not just part of the package deal—and it makes me sick that women have been trained to think this is our monthly "normal." It's not. So please tell your doctor you'd like to check things out with an ultrasound, and if your insurance covers it, a trans-vaginal ultrasound. It's uncomfortable and invasive, but important for diagnostics in this case. Don't back down or be told that sickening pain is just your lot in life because you're a woman. It's not. (Sorry if all this is TMI.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, glad you're enjoying the playlist ;) and I'm craving the EXACT same thing. Not in the cards anytime soon though...sigh.
vacation!!!! need one so bad given how much work is sucking.
ReplyDeleteUghhhh cramps and stuff are the worst to deal with!! I have been there. I hope that you and your doctor can figure out something that works for you. Dont settle! And ummmm sign me up for vacation!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat Alyssa said...
ReplyDeleteAlso, I've been craving the same thing. If you want to listen to a Walking Dead podcast with fun accents, my friend does one. Now...I have never listened to a podcast, so I don't know how they work. But, they have a facebook page called The Oz Walking Dead podcast.
I hope your gyno helps! Just my two cents...I got a copper IUD like 6 or 7 years ago, knowing that my periods might get worse, but I really did NOT want any hormones anymore (I had the same issues as you, nad others). It was fine for a couple years but over time my periods got worse and worse. I'd routinely wake up in the middle of the night in extreme pain, unable to go back to sleep, and when it finally happened this summer and was so bad I actually came thisclose to calling in sick to work, I decided to get it taken out. I was super nervous about getting back on the pill or something (because hormones), and I reluctantly decided on Mirena (hormonal IUD). I've had it for like 6 months now and honestly I LOVE it. I don't even get a period anymore, let alone have to deal with debilitating pain from it.
ReplyDeleteWilliamsburg is really close to where I'm from but I just finally went to actually see colonial Williamsburg a couple years ago. I'm sure you'll have a good time! And I hope you get that real vacation!
Thanks for linking up! I totally agree about the Williamsburg commercials! I really want to go there!
ReplyDeleteI really hope your GYN can do something for you. I went off the pill a year and a half ago and I've had a lot of problems since...heavy periods with painful cramps, two ruptured ovarian cysts that landed me in the hospital...it's been terrible... but I don't want to go back on BC because I'm planning to start trying to get pregnant in the next year.
Student loans are the bane of my existence. I'm also having problems with them. Somehow my principle interest jumped $5,000...NOT my interest rate...my principle...ummmmmmm?
ouch!! i hope your gyno can help you, that sounds horrible. i definitely would have told that person doing their hair to GTFO haha. and student loans - wtf?!
ReplyDeletewait, so you are watching the current season of greys but you havent seen in between season 2 and now? or you have? i haven't seen the current one, the last episode i watched was last season's finale and i'm still not over it haha.
our tax return came in within like a week so... maybe? haha. thanks for linking up with us!
Ugh so sorry about your cramping. I've been there where you NEED that alone time in the bathroom and you want to kill anyone who's hanging out. The worst. I hope you get some help! Thanks for linking up :)
ReplyDeletePretty flowers! Lilies stay alive for so long after being cut, especially if the water is fresh. So pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up!