Expertly Ignoring Change

Last night I pulled a whole bunch of antisocial bullshit and took Isabell on a long walk just to get away. Actually, it was really nice and I’ll probably take her out again after I shower. Lately I’ve been feeling that my mood has been lower than I like it to be. Part of me was worried that this was going to be another bought of depression resulting in a renewed zoloft prescription. I’m really good at jumping to worst case scenarios, though.

I went to bed around 10 last night, fell asleep listening to podfics a half hour later, and slept in til around 8:30 this morning. That’s the first time in about a month that I’ve slept past six! It felt so good! And I’m in a pretty decent mood! =) Let’s not even think about the fact that I work late tonight and open tomorrow. 

Also, I’m going to chalk some of this moody business to PMS. Sometimes I think my hormones jump the gun and give me mood swings at the slightest hint that I might get a period. So I end up with PMS symptoms that come and go a week before anything actually happens. Body, why are you so weird? I appreciate you, but it’d be cool if you could make up your mind sometimes.

Well, I have a date with my dog, a leash, and Ernest Hemingway. 

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August 8, 2012

My body is the same way when it comes to PMS. I feel like if I take my birth control even a few hours later than normal my whole body starts priming itself to be a moody emotional mess.

August 8, 2012

A week before my period I usually get a day that is either really angry, or full of self-pity and thoughts of how everyone is doing me wrong. Strangely, that day would have been while my family visited but my mood was quite even. Except that I yelled at my brother for missing the bus, but he deserved that.