Stress and my drugs of choice

I am my mother's daughter. (That is a scary thought sometimes.) She doesn't handle stress well. That's probably because she simply doesn't handle it. I am only slightly better than my mother. I really need to just let things go.

I've been stressing this week. The past few days during my daily workout I worked HARD! I go to Jazzercise ("Come on girls-let's see those big Jazz hands!") I figure if my options are Jazzercise or alcohol, the former is a much healthier bet. The past 3 days I left class very sweaty and red faced. Typically I sweat when it's hot and humid outside, but I don't normally sweat much during my workout. I suppose orgasm would help too, unfortunately stress usually puts a damper on my libido (much to my husband's dismay).

A little St. John's Wort helps take the edge off of stress and anxiety too. And chocolate! Gosh I don't think I could live without chocolate. My favorites are Godiva Truffles (specifically the Extra Dark Chocolate Truffles and the Double Chocolate Raspberry Truffles.) I am also partial to Dagoba Chocolate Lavender Bars and Endangered Species Bars with dark chocolate and blueberries (the Sea Turtle wrapper). I have chocolate on the brain. Chocolate is my friend.

There are some issues bothering me this week and I'll be happy once they have been addressed and are gone. (If I can just keep myself from wringing a certain someone's neck!) But I know I'm also a tad hormonal right now. Once my monthly comes I will feel a tide of relief. I am not one of those women who views it as a curse or something that is horrible. I accept it as part of who I am as a woman. I think these should be available in every corner drugstore (of course that won't happen because it would cause most women to realize that disposable feminine products are obsolete). For the past 5 years I've also had considerably less pms than I used to. But right now, this month, I'm feeling hormonal. It will not be a curse, but a blessing in a few days when my monthly comes. The minute it does the stress will wash away with it. It always does.