May 14, 2024 - Tuesday



We went to Wild & Free this morning...against my better judgement. I am not a person who enjoys mud and it had been raining *just* before it was time to leave. Thankfully, nobody got very muddy. They did get very wet. But not very muddy! They also all got into poison ivy, so I was freaking out by the time we got home and forced everyone to scrub themselves with Dawn and put their own clothes in the washer. 

I had an appt. with my NP at 2pm and I was feeling slightly anxious about it. I know that I need some kind of med adjustment, considering I've been so off around my period for the last few months. I hadn't gone to see him in a while and I was starting to worry that I'd feel judged. However, as always, he made me feel at ease, assured me that it was a normal issue, and told me that he hopes I'm not carrying a bunch of guilt about this; that my hormones being out of whack is not a personal choice or anything that I can easily control. I really appreciated that, because I do feel guilty and like I'm a bad wife and mom because of my frequent freak outs. He had a couple of options for me, so I'm going to try something new once the prescription is ready. I'm looking forward to something helping! At least being on the path to finding something that's helping. 

Ben made tacos for dinner and I spent a million years cleaning and doing laundry, but it looks like I spent 10 minutes. Always a good time over here! I skipped book club because Ben is playing MtG tonight and I felt like it would be too crazy to be involved in a call while Ben was occupied with something else. 

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