It's That Time of the Month

Happy New Year and I am late. Yes, I was THAT kind of late—actually about 4 months late give or take. One may think that it would be sweet not to mess with any feminine products for about 4 months but it actually kind of pissed me off. Because it means I am in perimenopause. And reminds me every day that I am getting old and wrinkly. Or maybe it is stress. Which doesn’t help with the wrinkles and belly fat either. I had felt healthy getting it every 28 days, real close to the full moon schedule in fact. Maybe there being a Blue Moon last week is what knocked me back into cycle.

Or maybe it was the launching of the Pad (remember this from Nov? Click here if you don't) And that Laura and others I know got their flo going on this first week of the New Year--you know how women get into sync with each other.

Well the Pad has also been in hibernation for a couple of months, resting up for some big travel plans. But now it’s time to get started and Pass the Pad.

Go HERE now to leave a comment and FOLLOW our new blog. This pad is going to travel the world with all of us fabulous women, in the order of everyone signing up. This pad is going to have one heck of a passport traveling up and down and around the equator and Prime Meridian. It’s going to travel fast too—typically we only need the pad for about 4 to 7 days, right?

What will you do you do with the Pad once it’s your time of the month? Well, you won’t use it. Take it around your town—send us some photos if you want. Write a post that we’ll put on the Pass the Pad Blog. Write about where you are in womanhood. Or a memoir.

For example, I was 13 and a half years old when I first needed a pad. I started on January 12^th (I wish I could make a living just on these crazy date facts I never forget). I was sitting in class with a friend named Juli and we both complained of some aches and pains. Turns out we both started for the first time on the same exact day. See?--women hanging out together. And I could have done without some stupid grown up professional male comments earlier that year. That previous summer I was at a doctor check up and the doc says, “Isn’t it about time you started your period?” And that same summer before 8^th grade a friend and I ran into our former 6^th grade elem school teacher (a male) who looked at me and said, “When are you going to start looking like a woman?”

Oh, I don’t know, um, maybe when I turn 18 and would be legal:

As Laura describes, “the Pass the Pad blog is simple now...nothing fancy. Not too many rules. Easy. And I am sure as things progress, a natural flow will follow. There will be cute buttons to grab for your blog. Better design. More information. T shirts. Canvas bags. Steak dinners. Appearances on Oprah. It will be huge. But for now, we'll take it a month at a time, just like women do.

So, although it is not perfect, it is a start.

I have decided that it is finally that time of the month for all of us.

It is time for this pad to be on its way!

Wanna piece of the pad?

Wanna connect with your fellow blogging sisters?

If so, let me know! Leave me a comment, and then you must go here to get started.

I am really excited to see where this pad takes us all”.