In which I totally didn’t put my refund into savings. Also: music, massage, my uterus, and moving the ‘box to a new server.
I got my $100 refund from Iowa this week, so I promptly spent it on two CDs and a massage! woot!
MUSIC
Bombay Dub Orchestra: Bombay Dub Orchestra Recently, Comfort Music turned me onto a few tracks from this CD and I dug ’em so much I had to buy the whole thing. It’s eastern Indian pop, basically, and if you know me you know I love me some eastern Indian pop.
The first CD is entitled ‘bombay’ and I’ve already heard three of the 12 tracks. The second CD is called simply ‘dub’ and features eight remixes of the material on the first CD. I’m ripping it into iTunes now and am really excited to hear it.
Magnet: The Tourniquet I intend to buy all the Magnet albums I can find, starting with this one. (I love Magnet.) I’m still listening to the unfamiliar tracks on this one; it’s so exciting to have fresh goodies on one’s iPod.
Nod to The Rex Monday… again… for turning me on to Magnet in the first place.
MASSAGE
My massage therapist, who also happens to be Amazon Blonde, totally fucking rocks. She has a heated pad for her table, so I got to lie there in wonderful warmth while she worked on me. She’s really good at what she does, and her warm table kept me from feeling too crampy. She’s going to turn her front room into a massage room. I told her I’d bring her all of my mellow CDs to play when she’s working.
I loved that warm table, so soothing. When I got up, though, the Cramps From Hell™ arrived like an avalanche. I popped 500mg of acetaminophen and drove home. On the way, before the meds kicked in, I was all shaky and watery and trembly and felt like my guts were tied in knots.
BLEEDING
At home, I didn’t have any more Tylenol, so I waited seven hours before taking any ibuprofin because I didn’t know if you could take them both at once. This means I spent the time from nine to eleven last night rocking and crying and moaning and being in pain. Then I took a pill, but it didn’t help. Twenty minutes later I took another — for a total 400mg of ibuprofin — and was able to fall asleep.
“Some women experience increased menstrual pain in their late 30s and 40s as their endocrine systems prepare for menopause by decreasing hormone levels and thus fertility… An estimated 10 percent to 15 percent of women experience monthly menstrual pain severe enough to prevent normal daily function at school, work, or home.”
It’s called dysmenorrhea. The pain. And yes, it is excessive. Quite.
‘Normal aging,’ my ass.
MOVING
In other news, the ‘box is moving — for real. I’ve got much of my crap moved to the new server, I’ve regained control of DNS for the domain, and I’ll probably stay late tonight after work and finish the move so I can update DNS tomorrow morning. When Rants is back up, you’ll know the move is done. You may get errors trying to visit goblinbox.com tomorrow or over the weekend, depending on how fast DNS propegates and how well I test my apps before moving over.
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Oh! I so hate that you are going through this… cramps are the worst. I hate it when I describe the pain to other people and they DON’T understand it…especially women. Women who don’t understand the sheer agony of cramps all need a swift punch to the twat.
In other news, I recounted your Dead Cock bar room brawl post to a friend at the bar last night… that is one of my favs. Were your ears on fire for at least a few minutes to take your mind away from the painful the abdominal twists and knots??
‘Swift punch to the twat’! OMFG, you’re killing me! Bwahahah! -m
Oh, child — me and Anthony feel for my vagina. We’d massage it for you if we weren’t so far away.
Sendin’ our love — mwuah!
Aww. *smooch* But it isn’t the vagina, it’s half a foot north of there, dear. -m
it’s funny, for me the cramps were far worse when i was younger. the first day was always the worst though. i’ve always been contrary though. now that i’ve started into menopause, instead of drying up, i’ve got the oily skin of a puberty addled teen.
i recommend that you take ibuprofen first. either that or get some of those robaxacels (uses asa) or robaxacets (uses acetemenophen) for cramps. they have a muscle relaxant that works fairly well. were you in canada i’d recommend that you get some mercyndol, but you have to get a script for anything laced with codeine. i tell you, those are a mentruating woman’s best friend. i promise.
Codeine? For cramps? Sounds fucking perfect! Maybe my midwife can get me some samples! -m
I use a lot of ibuprofen the first 2 days–3-4 and a lot of water, lest my kidneys tell me to fuck off. Orgasm takes the edge off. Do it for medicinal purposes.
Well, yeah, but for me? Not on that horrific first day. It hurts too much for that. Ugh. -m
Sorry to hear of your pain. You can take Tylenol and Ibuprofin at the same time if you want. You can also take them in different intervels so that you are able to take at least one of them every two hours or so. I remember before I had my hysterectomy that I literally couldn’t get out of bed sometimes because of cramping. The only good thing to come out of my having ovarian cancer was the hysterectomy and NO MORE PERIODS EVER!!! Hooray for that!
My dad told me a few months ago on one of my Cramps From Hell™ posts that I should get it cut out. I was all, “Ewh!” but the day before yesterday I was considering it. -m
“Swift punch to the twat?” That is the funniest thing I’ve read in a long, long time!
I think I would look into better meds for this sort of pain. A naproxen sodium and a couple of ibuprofen might be a better mix. Check with your doc.
Hope you feel better soon, hon.
Thanks. Now send me some drugs. 😉 -m
Tax refunds are not for saving; tax refunds are for fun. Look at the word: refund.
You are SO RIGHT, you’re shenright! I need to buy something fun when my fed return shows up. -m
i too am a fan of the rex monday… but have missed quite a few installments.
i’d rather have an adonis massage me, than an amazon.
… hmm… … … thank god for a penis?
Maybe… you haven’t seen this woman. She’s the man. -m
being of the male persuasion, i dont think we can fully appreciate the suck that must be the monthly cycle for you ladies. my mom once told me it would be the equivelent of me getting kicked in the nethers repeatedly for a few days straight.
i’ve known who the tougher of the sexes are from that day forward. also, i stopped asking my mom to explain things to me. because no man should ever hear his mom say the word testicles. its just wrong i tell you.
Oh, The Suck. It sucks. I’d rather hear my mom say ‘testicles’ than hear my dad say ‘vagina.’ Just sayin’. 😉 -m