Month: February 2013

A young new military wife from Chuck’s unit posted this today. It’s a little negative and dramatically put for my taste, but true nonetheless. And we’ll go way longer than 3 days without talking, most likely. Last deployment, I went as long as 4 weeks without hearing anything! It’s not easy hearing a friend complain about a measly business trip. Such is the life… we are more independent because of it 🙂

Anyway. The first weekend was soooo quiet here by myself. I have felt drained and moody though, so I needed a weekend to unwind. Basically all I did was clean and nap. Hopefully things will pick up once the weather warms up… otherwise it’s gonna be a long ass deployment in this lonely little town. It is just the first week, but I can already tell it will be worlds different from the last deployment when I led an interesting, dynamic, and engaged life up in DC, where there was bustling activity and various forms of human interaction as soon as I stepped out of my apartment.

With the exception of leaving my Bean alone all day, I think I will look forward to going back to work on Mondays… apologies for the momentary lapse in positivity!

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Super Annoyed!

Can a pharmacy just switch out your medication without telling you?? I get home and open my refill of birth control and it’s a totally different brand. I looked it up and apparently there was indeed a switch (to something “cheaper”), and lots of patients were taken by surprise. Even more annoying, the replacement gets terrible reviews, almost across the board…

I was very happy with my pill and don’t want to change it. Switching birth control pills is no walk in the park. Grrr. 

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I’m really not sure how I feel about this article that a Facebook friend posted condemning Beyonce for her sexy performance during the Superbowl.

I’m so torn on the issue of female sexuality. On one hand, I agree we are overly sexualized, and that creates all kinds of problems – from body issues in girls, to objectification and abuse by men. On the other, I think it’s a positive thing for women to embrace their sexuality and be equal to men in their sexual confidence, especially after so many generations of repression – not to be hidden away like some forbidden fruit. It is natural, after all…?

Religion tends to demonize sex, and while I agree the context of marriage/monogamy is the healthiest way to do it, I disagree that it should be repressed or portrayed as anything close to satanic (yes, this writer actually evokes Satan’s name in describing Beyonce’s image…)

Like many things in our human condition, sex can be abused… but I grew up fearing it, and was overly self-conscious and under appreciative of my body, thanks in part to the religious approach. Modesty has its place, as does the celebration of the female body – and I guess I’m just unsure of where to draw the line sometimes.