Note to Self:
October 18th, 2005
The birth control pills that were fine for you to take in your 20’s may not work so well when you’re 37. I’m just sayin’.
I finally made the connection between my health issues the past two months (both physical and emotional) and the day I started the pill. Hmmm. I don’t know if I’m pre-menopausal or what, but messing with my hormones this time around really did a number on me!! Now I know why something just didn’t “feel right” all those weeks. The combination of the pill and everything else is what threw me over the edge. I chucked the pills last week, went for a colonic, have been resting and taking better care of myself and I’m starting to feel normal again. My version of normal for me, which is good enough for now! There is no negative energy or *drama* in my life to stress over anymore either, and I hope it stays that way for awhile.
So, yeah. The past week has pretty much been about lots and lots of rest, water, no going out, and being very diligent about taking all my supplements. Funny thing about vitamins, minerals and other supplements: they help you, but only if you actually take them. Buying them and looking at them on your kitchen counter every day doesn’t do a whole lot for you!
My beautiful, sweet friend Christine is moving back to Quebec. She finally made up her mind (she’s been wavering on that decision for a long time for a lot of reasons). I’m hoping to see her this weekend but I still won’t be able to paaaartay so it will probably just be dinner. I really hope I get a chance to see her again after that before she leaves and have a fun night out with her. I need to think of something really special to do for her or give her because she has been such an amazing friend to me. I’m going to miss her sooooo much!! I think I will have to write something because there is nothing I can buy her that she can’t buy herself, that would express how much her friendship has meant to me over the years (and Hallmark, here I come!). Have I ever mentioned that she is the one that gave me my first Polyjesters CD and started that WHOLE THING!? Yeah. It’s all her fault.
Anyway, I’ll start working on my “trip to Toronto” entry soon. I want to record that for myself too!
Haha, when I read that opening paragraph, my first thought was, ohmigod, you’re pregnant!
That’s too bad that Christine’s moving back to Quebec, but hopefully it will be a good move for her. I will always remember the night we were standing on 17 Ave at 4:00 in the morning, for what seemed like an hour, trying to get a cab home. And all she wanted to do was to keep partying and all I wanted to do was go home to bed!! And when we finally did get a cab, we had to drive all over the city to find a road that wasn’t flooded so we could get back to the south side of the city! What a night THAT was!!
Oops haha yeah, I guess that opener can be taken that way!! Being pregnant is the furthest thing from my mind though, so I was totally thinking from the age/hormones point of view when I wrote it!
I totally hear ya with the supplements thing-I take them but always forget to take my last batch at night..and they don’t just jump in my mouth and do the work for me-what a pain..but your entry just reminded me that I have to take my morning vitamins still-and I will…lol so thanks for that!
Too bad about Christine moving away-but good on her for making that decision…she was such a nice person to have met a few times and I can only hope that she keeps in touch with you!! I am sure she will miss you TONS too but now you can always arrange a trip out to Quebec and have another person to party with down there too!
And what is all this business about birth control????
Hi Donna!
Thanks for your message, that was such a nice surprise!
Yeah, I had a run-in with The Pill myself a coupla years ago. Don’t trust them. (well, I hate taking pills of any sort, especially those that alter the chemical balances in my body). Not a Pill fan, me, lol.
Sorry to hear you were out of sorts, but very glad that you’re taking it easy and being kind to your body. I’m a great fan of listening when the bod speaks, I think it can prevent all sorts of sh*t in our lives.
I finally got the Kelly CD (all bought and paid for, lol) on your recommendation. Am I ever loving that!
It’s awful when a cherished friend moves away, and you suddenly realise (in my case) what an unfillable gap they will leave behind them. Makes me think of that Celine song: Goodbye’s the saddest word…
The Pill? Of course! It makes perfect sense doesn’t it? Good, I’m glad you have located the culprit! Sounds like you are on your way back to the land of the living…just in time to help me move
Christine, sorry to hear she’s moving. I’ll miss her and I only met her once! Good luck in Quebec!