I went to the store this morning to get toilet paper and left with $128 worth of groceries but no toilet paper. I meant to get some on the way home from the evening's baseball game but I forgot.
What's wrong with me? I'm on my period.
I swear, I get suddenly stupid when I'm menstruating, and I've noticed the same thing about my normally very sharp female friends.
I can’t remember to buy toilet paper. My friend, Lisa, can’t finish a sentence when she’s on her period. Karen calls me but she doesn’t know why.
The other day, my friend, Cindy, stopped mid-thought and couldn’t recall what she wanted to say. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me,” she said. “I’ve been like this all day.”
Are you on your period? I asked. “I am!” she declared. Well, that explains it.
I know the blood loss is not supposed to affect our brains, and I’m sure no reasonable medical doctor will back me on this, but I think part of my mind shuts down when I’m on my period.
I can’t remember birthdays, to pick up friends at the airport or to turn off the hose in the pool. Hell, I’m blogging now because I thought I forgot to do it earlier only to discover that this is my second blog of the day. Did I mention that we’re out of toilet paper?
(We're making due with Kleenex.)
But this brain deficiency only occurs for a few days every month. The rest of the time, I’m a model of efficiency.
Now I can’t remember what else I was going to say.
Karina Bland is raising her 9-year-old son in Tempe with a lot of love, humor and support from her friends and family. A longtime journalist covering child welfare and education issues for The Arizona Republic, she blogs about raising good kids.
HEY, I resemble that remark
HEY, I resemble that remark :)
I am waiting for mine to kick in this month and my in laws are visiting - that's going to be really nice. Uh, what did you want again??
I have heard that when you ovulate you become clumsier. I would agree with that as well. Like being a woman isn't tough enough sometimes - we get to throw all this stuff in as well.
Think I will go back to bed....tehe
KarilouMomof2 is a discussion leader for arizonamoms.com living in Tempe. Her daughters are 9 and 6.
Haa Haa!! Wow that is
Haa Haa!! Wow that is totally me!! I blamed the gum I was chewing last month. I bought some of that new "Five" gum supposed to highten your senses. My husband had apparently asked me something, and then he was just staring at me and if I looked any dumber I would have probably been drooling, but he said whats wrong with you I was asking you a question. I said "Oh, it's the new "Five" gum i'm chewing it's making me dumber!!" He he!!
Lisa - Mom to her spunky little Scarlette
I wish I could blame it on
I wish I could blame it on my cycle, but no such luck as it happens regardless of whether it's that time of the month. Now I blame it on my kids. I was smart before I became a mom, now I just wander aimlessly around as one kid stares at me with googly eyes and the other one screaming MOMMY MOMMY MOMMY.....HI.
I am dangerous when shopping by myself, especially when I have a specific thing I need to buy.
Case in point:
Let's say I go to the store to buy toothpaste and tampons. Everything is fine, I go in and head towards where they keep the items I need, then all of a sudden...OOH SHINY...and it's all over.
It is better to be hated for what you are, than to be loved for what you are not.
I just thought I'd take this
I just thought I'd take this opportunity to say I'm on my sixth year without a period (hysterctomy due to endimetriosis) and I truly feel sorry for all of you. :o) But I remember what you're talking about - and I "sorta" feel your pain. :o)
sure, fine, whatever
I know what is the deal?
I know what is the deal? It's got to be the hormones. I get kinda edgy. I tell people that if they see a zit on my head to know that I might be acting a little funny.
See, I think that we're so
See, I think that we're so over-extended that anything that makes us feel like doo-doo, will topple our house of cards. I've been forgetting right and left, lately (I made three seperate trips to buy shaving cream and went to the wrong Walgreens to pick up a prescription...that poor Pharmacy Tech! If you're reading, I'm sorry!)...AND, I've been suffering from allergies this season - and I don't even HAVE allergies. Two weeks ago, I spent the night in the ER on an IV of steroids because of anaphylaxis (that's when the physician gave me an
Epi-Pen and informed me that I DO have allergies, whether I think so or not). So, "period"...or up too late...or allergies...or work deadline...or kid with science fair project...or mail order prescription requirements...or a forgotten pin number...or taxes...or silly putty in the carpet...it's all the same to me!
"Only a life lived for others, is the life worthwhile" - Albert Einstein
I had a bunch of fibroids,
I had a bunch of fibroids, so I had a procedure last October that left me with all my parts and pieces, but no periods. It's absolutely wonderful. I do, however, know when I "should" be on cycle, because, since everything else is still working, I still have all the other symptoms.
I used to think that part of the problem was the fact that we dump a boatload of iron every month. If that were the case, though, I wouldn't have locked the keys in the car last week.
Thanks for the laugh! Loved
Thanks for the laugh! Loved your write up. Yes - I experience this too. Let's keep laughing about it though so we stay kind of sane!
Mom of teenage boys!
How funny - I guess I've
How funny - I guess I've never thought about this before. Next time I'm on the cycle I'll try to pay attention to it. Only because I know I have those 'forgetful' days, but never kept track of when this happens. Well, hopefully you are almost done with this cycle and can get back on track (and don't forget the toilet paper.) Hee hee hee...
LisaMommy is a 38 year old discussion leader for arizonamoms.com from the Paradise Valley/Scottsdale area. Her two boys are ages 7 months and 3 years old.