december is all about two things

[cahn]

-State of Christmas music: who even knows. I feel like as it has turned out there are a lot of moving parts that I'm unconvinced will all come together, but if it does, I think I have an outdoor instrumental program that lets people have a bit of some reasonably competent Christmas music while doing our best not to put anyone at risk? If our family or the other musical family in the ward turns out to have to quarantine during that time, maybe I don't have a program? As for the video part, I have pretty much given up on that, I have sent a lot of harassing emails and now it's up to them, I'll make a little video with the kids and everyone else can just make a little video or not, and anyone who does will post them to the ward Facebook page. What we really needed was someone who would string all the videos together so we could have a group watching experience, and no one including me was willing to do that. (This is also So Not My Job. This is the job I said no to last year when it was in person and *less* work.) But, like. What are they going to do, fire me? (...which... I would super not mind, except that it would probably mean being slotted into another calling that required more work or at least more work I was unsuited for. :) )

-State of Yuletide: ahahaha. I laugh. Honestly it is overall pretty low stress because this year I am writing short fun things and not trying to figure out ambitious or long ideas. But now I have somehow been sucked into helping out with a rather ambitious idea, so I am actually spending quite a bit more time than I'd anticipated on that. On the other hand, it is not my ambitious idea, so I don't actually have to be stressed about it. :) I'm really invested now, but it's great for me because I can do mostly the fun parts, lol.

-bonus bullet point: A chance remark online got me googling reusable menstrual pads, omg I was skeptical at first but I love these things so much, the best thing I've bought all year. I am using primarily ones from Tree Hugger Cloth Pads from Canada which, have I mentioned, are so great. I'll do a proper better review of them later... probably in January. But I have now finished my first month of using solely cloth pads and I am so happy.

Comments

[luzula]

Re: menstrual pads, I switched to a menstrual cup more than ten years ago, and never looked back! But I know they don't work for everyone.

[cahn]

:) I have been envious of people who use menstrual cups for years! But yeah, they don't really work for me, sadly.

[luzula]

I have been known to go about the apartment looking for it, and then realizing it's inside of me...

[cahn]

Hee! Have you ever left it in too long? (Not the primary reason they don't work for me, but being both lazy and absent-minded I do wonder if I'd do that.)

[luzula]

Er, yes, I've occasionally left it in 24 hours towards the end of my period, which I'm sure isn't good! But I've never had any ill effects from it, at least.

[mildred_of_midgard]

Me, reading this: Hmm, I should check that out. Oh, wait, I don't menstruate any more. Ha!

It's funny how old habits die hard.

Good luck with music and Yuletide!

[cahn]

Hee! Yeah, that will probably be me when I reach menopause, you do something for years and years...

[mildred_of_midgard]

Took me a year after my surgery to stop climbing into bed and having a jolt of "Wait! I forgot to take my pill." In fact, in the cab on the way to the hospital, 6 hours away from losing my uterus, I was reflexively worrying about not having taken the pill the night before--Oh, wait! The whole point of the surgery was to not have to take the pill any more. :P (Menstruating gave me excruciating cramps; the pill gave me akathisia; various other attempts at birth control led to more bleeding and worse cramps; surgery was awesome.)

[thistleingrey]

Yay, menstrual thing that works well for you! (Cups don't work for me either. Neither would pads alone, I think--maybe in the second half. I am waiting and waiting for menopause because there is no point in losing this much every damned month at my age....)

[cahn]

Ugh! Yeah, my sister is like that, pads alone don't work for her (though she does use them in addition). Our mother hit menopause relatively late, so I think we've got a while to go, but we'll see.