Meri

I’m a girl. Female. Woman. Sister. Daughter. Granddaughter. Niece. Aunt.

There are some good things about being a woman. As a woman it’s okay to adore other people’s babies, I can openly admit to taking an hour long bubble bath, it’s socially acceptable to wear skirts with a ruffle at the hemline. And I am a feminist.

But.

That red tent thing? Sometimes it seems like a good idea. There are a few days every 33-36 days that I am exhausted, cranky, have abdominal pain, prone to sadness, irritable, exhausted, need refined carbohydrates and sugar. There may be times during these certain days that I am irrational and exhausted. Have I mentioned the exhaustion? I’m currently at a conference in a big college town in middle America where it is 110 degrees today. I did my delegated duties in the morning and then snuck off for a two hour afternoon siesta. And I’m still exhausted.

Soldier on, girlfriend, soldier on.