HAL: "I'm sorry, Fresca:The way menopause is affecting my body reminds me of HAL 9000, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Not as scary, but a definite reminder that it's not my consciousness that's in charge of this space suit.
I wonder if blogs will be around. First there were logs, then blogs, next . . . iblogs? Or we could go back to logs. That would be nice, too.
I'm having trouble imagining myself at 49 or you at 79. I'm told on good authority that this is the direction we head, but there's no way Time doesn't bend; or break; or at least TAKE a break. It doesn't; it's as indefatigable as Life, but without the cackling.
Iced mint tea helped me through the meno stages. Didn't regulate anything, but made me feel better to drink it. Lots of ice - and a dash of rum, every now and then...now, meaning first thing in the morning; then, meaning then again around lunch time, and then again at bed time.
I doesn't last forever, but it damned well feels like it's gonna!
Not so much fun as the rum remedy, but I've found that carrying a folding fan in my purse is very helpful. It beats looking desperately around for something, anything, with which to fan one's face, NOW, before one explodes in a fiery flame.
The way menopause is affecting my body reminds me of HAL 9000, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey. Not as scary, but a definite reminder that it's not my consciousness that's in charge of this space suit.
Linking hot flashes to 2001 = why your brain is THISworthy.
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MEG: I have this amazing image of you in thirty years thinking, Oh! HAL is messing with my thermometer, just like Fresca said all those years ago.
ReplyDeleteLet's see... I'll be 79 (godwilling)--you can drop me a note, in whatever communications technology we are employing then (godwilling, again)!
I wonder if blogs will be around.
ReplyDeleteFirst there were logs, then blogs, next . . . iblogs?
Or we could go back to logs. That would be nice, too.
I'm having trouble imagining myself at 49 or you at 79. I'm told on good authority that this is the direction we head, but there's no way Time doesn't bend; or break; or at least TAKE a break.
It doesn't; it's as indefatigable as Life, but without the cackling.
Bill will be 109.
Iced mint tea helped me through the meno stages. Didn't regulate anything, but made me feel better to drink it. Lots of ice - and a dash of rum, every now and then...now, meaning first thing in the morning; then, meaning then again around lunch time, and then again at bed time.
ReplyDeleteI doesn't last forever, but it damned well feels like it's gonna!
CROW: Would gin work too?
ReplyDeleteNot so much fun as the rum remedy, but I've found that carrying a folding fan in my purse is very helpful. It beats looking desperately around for something, anything, with which to fan one's face, NOW, before one explodes in a fiery flame.
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