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Another stupid damn day, which I knew it would be.

Went to Plague Central, the office that needed coverage just because so many of their people are out (most with confirmed or suspected Covid.)

I wiped everything down, used hand sanitizer obsessively (though theirs was weird in that it smelled like straight alcohol until it dried, and then smelled like I dunked my hands in perfume), and wore my mask all day even though I was mostly alone in the office.

I'd planned to console myself by eating delicious eggrolls from the Chinese place in the same strip mall... but they aren't open for lunch anymore.
So after work we went to get takeout from somewhere else... but when we got there, they were out of what Alex had ordered, and claimed the online ordering system didn't include any contact info. So we waited almost an extra forty-five minutes for our food... then got home and discovered that two of the four things we'd ordered weren't in the bag.

Just kind of all-around frustrating.

Also, my period started today, so I'm just all around not having a good time, lol. (Though hey, it's four days late instead of three days early like the last two months.)

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Ugh, that sounds miserable.

Lots and lots of hugs. Do you have to go back to Plague Central?

Ughhhhhh. Stupid restaurants not keeping their websites updated. That's always so frustrating.

And periods always suck. I'm pretty sure mine'll hit sometime soon. Probably on or right before Valentine's Day, not that it matters for me, mind you. I have no significant other. But still. Ugh. And Mercury's in retrograde - don't forget that. Blame that for the glitches in your order.

Thank you.

*Hopefully* Plague Central was a one-time deal. (The field manager is covering the office, but had to work over the weekend, so needed a day off.) But I had creeping dread all day yesterday and last night that they were going to call me back there again today. That didn't happen, but now I'm afraid they consider me "on the table" to work there.

The restaurant thing was very annoying. (Also, they've run out of things before and HAVE called me to ask if I would be willing to substitute. *Maybe* their system has changed since then, but... the site asks for contact info specifically.)

Periods are the worst. I'm thinking about trying an online birth control delivery or something to see if I can regulate it a bit, because the debilitating cramps and 9-day periods are fucking killing me. But a V-day start date sucks, because it's hard to feel great (single or with someone else) at that point.

Of course Mercury is in retrograde. I didn't actually know that it was, but HOO BOY the last couple days sure have felt like it, to the point I was wondering.

That's good that that should just be a one-time deal, and I guess it makes sense if the manager needed that day off when they'd been working that much to cover everyone else being out. Still. That's a long-ass commute, and it would be good of the company to cover the cost of y'all's gas.

Periods are horrible. Kas has been taking b/c pills to just cut them out entirely (you take all the main ones and skip the placebo week ones when you have a period). Of course, she sometimes forgets to take one and then doesn't double up on them, so she'll have small periods, but hopefully, that'll stop if she just makes herself take them. You might look into that and just stop them entirely. I've had some friends suggest I do that, and I'm like...that'd be great and all, but I'm 47. I'm in the home stretch for being naturally done with my periods, so I'd kinda rather wait them out - as gross and painful as they are - than to introduce yet another medication into my system.

Oh yeah. Mercury's in retrograde till sometime this month...right through Valentine's Day. LOL Figures.

Yeah, I very much hope it was just a one-off thing. I definitely wish they would at least compensate me for the gas, but company policy is NOT to cover any expenses for commutes, unless it requires someone to travel from one office to another, in which case they'll pay some amount for the in-between mileage. (And that's just because they're legally obligated to, lol.)

I think I'm going to look into some of the 90 day cycle ones, where you have a period every 3 months. I've considered just choosing to skip the placebo week entirely that way to skip them entirely, but I don't know if that has potential complications farther down. (Though it might be worth it, lol.)
I also understand just wanting to wait them out. I hope they wrap up their nonsense for you sooner rather than later!

Of course it is, lol. Because of course.

That's just bullshit if they won't compensate for gas. Ugh.

I hope you can get your periods taken care of. I don't know if there are complications. Most of the people I know who do it so that they don't have periods haven't said there are complications. For me, it's just easier to wait them out because I don't have that much longer to go. Hopefully. I know my mom was in her early 50s when hers stopped, so. I'm so close!

Remember how I said I was probably starting mine soon? Yeah, I woke up this morning, and surprise! Jean Grey had arrived. >_< But at least, it'll be over soon enough.

Right? I feel like it's reasonable to ask, but they consider that they don't compensate for regular commutes, so they won't compensate for ANY.

Yeah, I haven't really heard of any issues caused by just using bc to stop them entirely. (My GYN five-ever ago was opposed to it, but without any real reason given, and I was young enough not to really question it. At the time that would have meant I'd run out of my px, because I could only get a 90 day supply, and couldn't refill "early." Nowadays I think I could more easily get enough that I wouldn't "run out" by skipping my placebo weeks. Or even the once-every-three-month type would be more tolerable. You're so close! I hope it's soon!

Yuck, sorry she's visiting a bit early. (Hopefully done by V-day, though! Even if you don't have any plans for the day, it's one less cruddy thing to deal with.)

Well, I know with Kas' insurance, because of the way our NP wrote the prescription she gets, her insurance covers her b/c even with her not taking the placebo week of pills, so I would think that you could do it without fuss if that's how your doctor writes the prescription? I really hope that mine is soon, too. I'm so tired of periods, but I just don't see the point in trying to stop them at this point just because I am so close. I hope. LOL

Yeah, I'm glad it'll be out of the way for Valentine's Day. Even if I'm not dating anyone or involved, I'd still like to not be dealing with all the bullshit of it for the holiday. I mean, I'll probably watch RomComs that I like best and I'm actually planning on cooking a nice steak dinner for the three of us with baked potatoes and salad. And I'm also intending to buy myself - and probably Kathy and Kas - some flowers for the day because no one usually buys me flowers right now, and I think I deserve the treat of them. Same for my sister. :)

My downfall there is that I don't have a doc, lol. I DO have insurance again, and just keep dragging my feet on finding a doctor. In CO you can get birth control without an appointment. A coworker also recommended Pill Club or Nurx, the online birth control services. She said the one she'd used offered the 90-day type as a choice.
I totally understand it not being worth the hassle, when they'll hopefully get rid of themselves soon!

Oooh, that sounds like a great Valentine's Day! You definitely deserve flowers!

Oh wow. That's pretty awesome about b/c there. Here you have to have a prescription, but then...that may be because Texas is conservative as shit.

My period is already down to a light side, so it's not going to last long at all. That's one of the things about my periods as I've gotten older these last few years. They're more predictable and they only have a day or two of heavy-gross and then lighten up much faster. They also yo-yo between 4-5 days instead of a full 7 (or longer as some of them used to be when I was younger). My sister thinks that might be a sign that they're headed to the end.

Thank you! I definitely think Valentine's Day will be good. I'm also going to use a strawberry cake mix and put it into this Nordicware rose pan that a friend bought me ages ago. https://www.etsy.com/listing/953843049/nordic-ware-nonstick-sweetheart-roses? https://www.nordicware.com/rosebud-cake-pan

Yeah, the ability to get b/c from a pharmacist here is a really good thing that happened in CO, for sure.

That's good! I feel cheated that mine is so bad, because that doesn't run in the family. I seem to be the only one with horrible 8-day gore-fests, lol.

Oooh, tasty cake in a pretty pan sounds great!