Mid Life Crisis AKA Menopause

How Ironic, up again at 4:30 am. This has been going on for so many months. The problem is I don't have to be up at this hour. I'm self-employed, I could sleep till noon . Two years ago I had my thyroid ablated with the little "glowing" radio-active pill. That's a whole different blog, so I'll save it till I'm in the mood , but anyways, between the thyroid levels not wanting to stabilize, and being well ..Uh-hum...not in my early 40's no more, they call it perimenopause, I am sleep deprived, I try to convince myself this is the best time of the day.



Anyhow I am checking my emails for notification of payments, orders etc, and from my best friend Jayne (also not in her early 40's any longer) is this forwarded email. I had to hold back the giggles for fear of waking all the non- perimenopausal men in the house up.



Hope you enjoy it, and if you happen to be in your twenties in a tube top, please take no offense. you'll most likely get there someday.



Here's the email:





"Mid-life is when you can stand naked in front of a mirror and you can see your rear without turning around.
Mid-life is when you go for a mammogram and you realize that this is the only time someone will ask you to appear topless.

Mid-life is when you want to grab every firm young lovely in a tube top and scream, 'Listen, honey, even the Roman empire fell and those will too.'
Mid-life brings wisdom to know that life throws us curves and we're sitting on our biggest ones.
Mid-life is when you look at your know-it-all, cell phone-toting teenager and think, 'For this I have stretch marks?'
In mid-life your memory starts to go. In fact the only thing we can retain is water.
Mid-life means that your Body By Jake now includes Legs By Rand McNally--more red and blue lines than an accurately scaled map of Wisconsin .
Mid-life means that you become more reflective. You start pondering the 'big' questions. What is life? Why am I here? How much Healthy Choice ice cream can I eat before it's no longer a healthy choice?
But mid-life also brings with it an appreciation for what is important. We realize that breasts sag, hips expand, and chins double, but our loved ones make the journey worthwhile. Would any of you trade the knowledge that you have now, for the body you had way back when? Maybe our bodies simply have to expand to hold all the wisdom and love we've acquired. That's my philosophy and I'm sticking to it"









Thanks for the giggles this morning Jayne