Happy New Year!
I finally feel like writing. Joy for you!!
January 1st - 6th
After a splendid NYE in Times Square at Rock and Row's apartment, followed by bar hopping and diner eating until 5:30am with Gerf, I barely moved from my couch on New Year's Day. I watched 10 hours of Homeland. TEN. HOURS. Then shit went, well, not okay.
I became uber depressed that week. I haven't been really down in a very long time. I'm still not sure what happened and I'm fine now, but it was not good. Some ideas:
1. My PMS depression seems to be getting worse with age. You would think being on Auntie D would help, but it doesn't. I looked up some ways to reduce the effects of PMS naturally, which is eating right, exercising, and taking vitamins. Basically the cure for all ailments. I am going to be very diligent about taking care of myself next cycle to see if it helps.
2. I work from home now, so I was pretty lonely. Not a great feeling when I'm already down.
3. This might sound silly, but the last two episodes of Homeland Season 1 bothered me.
**SPOILER ALERT! Skip to point 4 if you haven't seen it or Juniper will yell at me.**
Without giving too much away, a character is gaslighted. The first time I heard this term was watching All My Children with my mom. Chandler set Dixie up to believe she was trying to kill their baby by planting ripped up baby clothes and some other shit around the house. Eventually she went crazy, although I'm not sure how the story ended. Knowing soap operas, it's probably still going on 25 years later.
Anyways, gaslighting scares the fuck out of me. It's hard enough to trust I'm not already going nuts sometimes, so to have a person scheme to do it to me is horrifying. The show was unsettling.
4. I'm officially 190 pounds, the heaviest I've ever been. I definitely look fatter and my clothes don't fit, but strangely enough my thigh muscles feel big and strong. Maybe the fat is underneath them? Who knows? Talk about a yo-yo diet, huh?
5. Last but not least, the inevitable MDLL part. I was DEVASTATED after NYE. I felt worse about our breakup and failed relationship than I ever had before. I kept telling myself to just get through the holidays and football, so when both ended (the Giants and Steelers aren't in the playoffs) I guess my armor fell and I felt everything. I cried for five days straight until I decided I needed to see him that Sunday.
I made an excuse to get the rest of my stuff - a scarf, hair dryer, and beach umbrella. Critical things I can't live without. obviously. Long story short there were the usual tears, hugs, professions of love, sex, fun, laughs. We had a good night.
January 7th - 12th
The next morning I got my period and my depression immediately went away. It's true it could have been the sex or seeing MDLL, but I don't think so. Every month is the same thing lately; the minute I get my period I'm fine.
Monday through Wednesday I was up in Rochester working with Iron. It was a nice and productive visit!! The rest of the week was pretty low-key (I think), at least until Saturday. I went to the salon to get my hair bleached back to blonde. I'm done with the red. Wait, did I share my red hair thoughts???
The first time I went red I was 19. Shortly after I dyed it I met Psycho Joe, my first boyfriend. I went back blonde, we broke up, the end. What's interesting is the three times I've gone red since then were always when my heart ached - PJ and I had a lot of problems, a guy I liked got married, and now when MDLL were slowly breaking up. While I've always been attracted to redheads, I seem to dye my own hair red when I want to feel attractive or not feel like myself. I guess most people change their appearance after a breakup, so it's nothing new. The pattern of my gingerness just never occurred to me before.
The stylist was able to get my hair to strawberry blonde for now. I like it a lot, so I'm happy not being my natural color just yet. When I came home I BAKED. I was inspired to make gluten-free bacon and apple cider biscuits for Bacon's bacon party. They came out awful, but I USED MY OVEN ALL BY MYSELF!! Yayayayayayayayayay!! After that I went to Megkefel's son Henry's birthday party, the bacon party, and a bar where I met some Albania men who bought me a drink and tried to get me to go to some shitty euro-snobby club in the neighborhood. I declined. It was a super fun action packed day!
January 13th
Sunday was another delightful day of brunch and a movie with Juniper and Jarv. Later that night MDLL came over again. This time it was not great.
I haven't wanted to write or talk about him much because it's all the same shit. Plus, why would anyone believe we're still broken up or he's truly processing his divorce at this point? Well fuck it, I need to talk about it. Here are my problems:
1. I don't understand how I could love him more than anything, then fall out of love with him
2. I don't understand how he says he loves me, yet repeatedly hurt me
3. I am afraid to get back with him
4. I am afraid of being alone and won't be able to find my Taco Lobster
5. I am afraid I'll run out of time before I can have a kid. I considered asking MDLL to knock me up, just so I can have one before I'm 40. This is stupid.
6. I love so many things about him, but his lack of effort, drive, and interest in lifing have become dealbreakers. I told him Sunday night I need to be with someone who takes life by the balls, throws them against the wall or gargles them in their mouth...whatever that means. My point is I need to be with someone who shares my passion for living it up, trying it out, and just doing.
7. I'm worried asking for someone who fits the above won't have the good MDLL traits, that I'm asking too much. Is there a loving, sensitive, kind, and generous man out there who is also driven, interested, experienced, and makes an effort to keep me and us happy?
8. It's possible I only lusted MDLL and not loved him
9. We know what most of my family, friends and our mutual friends think - he's a fuck up and I can do better. How can I be with MDLL if no one really likes him??
10. I feel guilty putting my needs first when he needs a friend
January 14th - 15th
I'm having a good week despite a somewhat upsetting Sunday night. Monday I had a meeting in the city, then went to Crazy Ass to work the rest of the day. It was nice to be around people instead of cooped up in my apartment. Please note, by no means am I complaining about working from home! I am SO incredibly happy to not have to deal with slobbering nosy bosses and shitty office mates. It is a bit of an adjustment having nowhere to go in the morning, though. I have to make a point to leave the apartment, which I did not do today.
So there you have it. I've managed to live a lot of life the first two weeks of 2013. Despite the first few depressing days and my MDLL confusion, right now I couldn't be happier. Living and lifing is much better than the alternative!!
The stylist was able to get my hair to strawberry blonde for now. I like it a lot, so I'm happy not being my natural color just yet. When I came home I BAKED. I was inspired to make gluten-free bacon and apple cider biscuits for Bacon's bacon party. They came out awful, but I USED MY OVEN ALL BY MYSELF!! Yayayayayayayayayay!! After that I went to Megkefel's son Henry's birthday party, the bacon party, and a bar where I met some Albania men who bought me a drink and tried to get me to go to some shitty euro-snobby club in the neighborhood. I declined. It was a super fun action packed day!
January 13th
Sunday was another delightful day of brunch and a movie with Juniper and Jarv. Later that night MDLL came over again. This time it was not great.
I haven't wanted to write or talk about him much because it's all the same shit. Plus, why would anyone believe we're still broken up or he's truly processing his divorce at this point? Well fuck it, I need to talk about it. Here are my problems:
1. I don't understand how I could love him more than anything, then fall out of love with him
2. I don't understand how he says he loves me, yet repeatedly hurt me
3. I am afraid to get back with him
4. I am afraid of being alone and won't be able to find my Taco Lobster
5. I am afraid I'll run out of time before I can have a kid. I considered asking MDLL to knock me up, just so I can have one before I'm 40. This is stupid.
6. I love so many things about him, but his lack of effort, drive, and interest in lifing have become dealbreakers. I told him Sunday night I need to be with someone who takes life by the balls, throws them against the wall or gargles them in their mouth...whatever that means. My point is I need to be with someone who shares my passion for living it up, trying it out, and just doing.
7. I'm worried asking for someone who fits the above won't have the good MDLL traits, that I'm asking too much. Is there a loving, sensitive, kind, and generous man out there who is also driven, interested, experienced, and makes an effort to keep me and us happy?
8. It's possible I only lusted MDLL and not loved him
9. We know what most of my family, friends and our mutual friends think - he's a fuck up and I can do better. How can I be with MDLL if no one really likes him??
10. I feel guilty putting my needs first when he needs a friend
January 14th - 15th
I'm having a good week despite a somewhat upsetting Sunday night. Monday I had a meeting in the city, then went to Crazy Ass to work the rest of the day. It was nice to be around people instead of cooped up in my apartment. Please note, by no means am I complaining about working from home! I am SO incredibly happy to not have to deal with slobbering nosy bosses and shitty office mates. It is a bit of an adjustment having nowhere to go in the morning, though. I have to make a point to leave the apartment, which I did not do today.
So there you have it. I've managed to live a lot of life the first two weeks of 2013. Despite the first few depressing days and my MDLL confusion, right now I couldn't be happier. Living and lifing is much better than the alternative!!
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