It's All About Me

I was in Bearpaws & Hollyhocks tonight for Jo's Little Women Club, and my Home Gals and I started talking about a topic that seems to consume a whole lot of my time lately--my health. Just so you're up on the latest, my theory NOW (and, really, it may only last today--tomorrow it might be something different) is that much of what I've been experiencing is perimenopausal symptoms on top of nicotine withdrawal with just a sprinkling of anxiety tossed in. Yes, as a matter of fact, that WAS a very heavy sigh you just heard from me--I'm seriously tired of thinking about it. My stomach "issues" have gotten a whole lot better, but I'm still not sleeping very well and now I seem to be having hot flashes and night sweats. Sheesh!

So why am I bringing this up? Well, gosh darn it, I just saw a video HERE all about how now there's a theory that MEN suffer from postpartum depression too! Really? And I'm pretty sure that they suffer much, MUCH more than we women do, considering how sick they get with things like viruses. And if you asked them, they'd probably tell you they do postpartum depression BETTER than we do too. I'm sure happy that back in the day when I suffered from postpartum depression, I didn't have to share the limelight!

I hope I can get through menopause before someone decides that men suffer from menopause. I don't want to share. Men already have that mid-life crisis thing they use as an excuse to act like adolescents. Now that I think about it, maybe WE'RE doing the menopause thing wrong. Just think how much better we'd feel about all of it if we could buy what we want and do what we want as long as we're having hot flashes?

Did you all get a chance to check out that link I gave you yesterday? People of Walmart. Yep, there are some odd ones out there, and I always think Walmart brings them out. That's NOT to say I don't shop at Walmart on occasion--most people I know DO. But the odd ones stand out--and they all seem to hang around Walmart.

In fact, I posted a comment last week on Dawn's blog mentioning that she'd confirmed my belief that the oddest people hang out at Walmart--this was after she bought just about every bottle of Massengill in her local Walmart. Why? Well, go visit her and read the story. There's just no way I can make it into the Reader's Digest Condensed version here.

That People of Walmart site? There's a photo of an old man with his shirt half unbuttoned, and he has boobs. Okay, maybe HE suffered from postpartum depression, but generally, I'm not buying it. That's about all that's on my mind tonight. Time, now, to go take a Tylenol PM and see if I can get through the night without waking up 28 times.

P.S.: I just noticed Yahoo has a clickable link, "Find Out if You Have Alzheimer's Symptoms." Maybe THAT's what I have! I'll investigate and let you know. Or I might forget.