When it’s NOT OK to watch Oprah
Unless I have been watching my calendar closely, PMS symptoms can sometimes sneak up on me.
I get all the usual signs like when I’m at my Zumba class and I’m jumping up and down (or walking down stairs or driving over pot holes in the road for that matter), I sooooo would-if-I-could hold onto my breasts with both hands to stop the bouncing and the pain that comes with it. Don’t worry, I don’t. I know that would look creepy. (Except to DUB)
Another sign is when I go on the hunt for salty foods (read chips) and I start ranting about the crappy health food that is taking up all the cupboard space where potato chips should really live!!!!
Then I start beginning every sentence with “What the hell…” or “Why the hell…” You can pretty much insert any thing you can think of after those words e.g. …is that still doing on the floor! or, …do you have to drive like that, or …are you looking at me?? This is when, for some reason, my husband is hard to find. “What the hell is up with that anyway?”
By the time my tongue has doubled its original size due to all the salt I’ve licked off every cracker I can find in the house, I am ready for the chocolate. Bring me chocolate. NOW! (Why the hell didn’t I save a few chocolate Easter eggs for times like these?)
The final palm-to-forehead, now I get it moment, arrived today while watching the Oprah show. It was at the end of the show when I glanced at the 3 foot high mountain of completely soaked used tissues beside my chair that it hit me. With puffy red eyes and a headache only a really good cry can offer, it finally occurred to me that my eggs must have dropped and are planning their escape.
There is some relief in the knowledge of what nature is up to, in the natural rhythm of the waxing and waning of the moon. At least I think so anyway. I’d ask my husband what he thinks but he’s disappeared on me again.
9 Comments
tracy
That right there is why you and I have been friends for all these years, even when your PMS’ing you still manage to be funny! Humour is everything to me as we all know and you are the funniest woman I know !!! I need to know what Oprah had on, was it little baby kittens? John is a very very very smart man I might add !! T xoxox
bonnie
Baby kittens? Phht! She featured a man who lost his wife right after child birth and a woman whose loving husband was killed in Iraq but not before he wrote an incredible journal on how to live your best life for his son. Sob, choke, here I go again.
Janet
Enjoyed the read Bonnie! Interesting that the “Aha Moment” occurred after Oprah! I find it funny that every month, it’s the same, and I always think why am I being such a “beoch”. Then…oh yeah…Seriously, like child birth…easily forgotten until the next time.
Have a great day!
bonnie
Ha ha! That is exactly right Janet. Nature probably wired women with the ability to forget these times on purpose. Smart lady that Mother Nature!
tracy
You do know I was kidding…about the kittens, tear jerkers make us aware of our emotions and remind of that we are alive!
jacquie
Mother Nature or Goddess Tara? One and the same, perhaps? I’m definitely not the nicest person to live with at these times but, seriously, hanging out with my girlfriends really makes it better. I try not to be difficult but it’s like all the raw emotion I cover up uses this time to let loose. Sorry family!
Mary Dale
What a great post Bonnie. It’s nice to have a little reminder that all the sisters go through the same thing~
Shirl
That is hilarious! I am so glad I’m not the only one. My husband hides on me too! Poor guys. One thing he says to me before he realizes it is PMS, is….”What is the matter with you?” and my usual answer is, “I don’t know”. We figure it out eventually of course!
Lorraine
Thanks for the great laugh! And yes, mood swings can creep up on ya. It’s refreshing hearing other people’s experiences too!