frauleigneli

Man o' man. Lots of stuff has occurred since I last wrote. I spent the weekend in Milwaukee. I got  tentatively hired at Aldi (meaning that as soon as the results from my drug test are in, I'm pretty much good). In general, things have been very decent.

Something is missing. I don't know what. I go out and see my friends a lot. I stay in and do the things I usually love, like reading and watching movies and writing and making collages. I've been baking. I have SO much to look forward to, like my trip to FL with my girls next week and moving out of my parents house and being on my own for the first time. Even the stuff that comes before moving out like acquiring new bedding and kitchen utensils and shit is stuff I'm excited for. But things have felt very flat for a week or so now, almost as if life is tempered by fears and worries that I have. Which are making my hair fall out in copious amounts and causing me to rip my fingernails up. I dunno.

At any rate, since I am moving out I would like to invite those of you who have already been living on your own to offer any advice/tips you might have on how to make the transition smoothly and how to best get along on my own.

Kind of related to changes I've been making in order to get my grown-up life together, I finally switched out of pediatrics and got a new doctor and for the first time in my life I have a female physician. And I really like her. We sat down and she immediately dived into business, asking me about all of the important stuff and lecturing me about how if I'm one of those girls who is considering Yaz as a birth control option just because it's a diuretic I'm wasting my money because two cups of coffee will do the same thing, and if I just don't eat any salt before my period I won't have any troubles anyway. I didn't actually ask about Yaz or any birth control really, but I still like the fact that she provided me with all of that information because it's good to know for the not-so-distant future. Plus, she talked to me in a really level way, which none of my guy docs have ever done. Part of it has to do with the fact that I've only ever seen pediatricians who spend their lives communicating things to children and parents, which is different than talking with an adult. But a lot of it was just her personality. She was very open and approachable seeming and she made it clear from the get go that I could ask her anything I wanted. And I did. And man, what a freaking relief. I wish I could tell you guys the whole story but it's not even appropriate so I will just smile about it alone. :)

A conclusion I have come to, however, is that good doctors and facilities where people can get legitimate information are very important because there is nothing more critical to a person than their health. Every human being on the planet deserves the opportunity to take care of themselves and to know what's going on with their own body, no matter how much money they do or do not make. That's part of the reason I believe so strongly in the importance of Planned Parenthood. Those places do so much good, and help so many people. And I know people just think of them as the places where you can get free condoms or an abortion but they do so much more, like test people for STD's and do cervical cancer screenings and hook people up with inexpensive b.c. It's really pretty fantastic. 

But here is the thing; while congress mulls over President Obama's plan for health care reform, there are a lot of congressmen who are attempting to cut Planned Parenthood out of the picture. They don't want it to recieve funding in this new plan, even though it's an extremely important social facility. I can't think of any decision more impactive on a woman's health than whether or not she will have a baby, and really, it has similar massive effects of men's lives too. Why, in the name of reason and logic, would we want to short a program that helps people with that very important decision?

At any rate, you can bet your bottom dollar I will be signing some petitions about this shit and making sure that my Senators, Mr. Roland Burris and Mr. Dick Durbin, hear all about it. I would write to Tim Johnson but I already know what a waste of time that is. "Hehheh, sorry but that measure was too vague for me to vote for. I just can't support an Anti-Hate Crimes bill, heheheh." wtf ever.

Tonight a friend's note reminded me of how much I love love love Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet band. But here is the thing, guys. I am the only one in my house still awake and it's very dark and I am imagining that someone is trying to break in. So I'd better sign off and barricade myself in my bedroom before I freak out any more. I was totally going to talk about Reasons Why Guys and Girls should get the HPV vaccination. But now I'm too afraid.