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[katallison]

Your TMI for the day: so far I've noted two distinct upsides to menopause (or perimenopause, or whatever the hell this is that I'm in). The first is, well, the obvious; and the second is that, if one lives in a cold house, in a cold climate, hot flashes are of the good, bringing, as they do, intervals at least during the day when one is actually warm. No downsides noted so far. I'll give things another cautious hopeful few weeks, and then, in an appropriately Crone-like spirit, on winter solstice I'll have a big bonfire of the tampons, in the back yard. (Which means, of course, I'll either have to shovel away some snow, or use the Weber grill, which somehow reduces the blah-blah-Gaia blah-blah-moon wanna-blessed-be aspect of the whole thing, but will also probably reduce my chances of setting the house on fire.)

In other news of no interest, the story has broken the 100,000-word mark. The finish line is beginning to shimmer into view; the remaining gaps are mapped out in my head, and words are slowly and laboriously being shoved into them. I do think I shall make my end-of-year deadline. Jeeezus and hallelujah.