I'm doing okay today though I only slept 5 hr last night so I'm dragging a bit. The fireworks and firecrackers kept me up and then I couldn't fall to sleep afterwards. I was pretty tired when I got up so I did pilates for exercise; I needed a rest from jogging anyway. I read with the SAD lamp and had breakfast. Then, I cut up chicken & sliceed sausage, sauteed them each separately then sauteed precooked shrimp (to get the water out of it as it had been frozen), chopped onion & green bell pepper & minced garlic in preparation for gumbo I'm planning to start this afternoon. Art today was very frustrating; nothing was working right. Finally, I managed a dog sketch that's so-so as I wanted to produce something today. Just one of those days; it happens.

My period is now 2 weeks late. I really thought I was going to start 2 weeks ago; it felt like it but then nothing, not even pink spotting. I am never late. It's probably perimenopause, could also be because I've been exercising pretty hard outdoors in the heat; I know hard exercise messed with my cycles in the past but it was really an ED thing WAY overexercising (like exercising4-5 hr daily) & undereating; I didn't stop getting my period until my weight was super low. I definitely couldn't take an IUD failure at this point in my life.

I'm feeling a bit stressed now, a combo of my art not working out and probably hormones & fatigue too. I'm not depressed or anything, I've just had better days. Hopefully I'll feel better after eating lunch. It's getting on to 1:30 PM, and I usually eat lunch by noon since I wake quite early most days.

I hope everyone has a great Saturday!