If you’re hot and you know it raise your hand.
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Oh, me. (hand raised high) Me, me, me, me, me. I’m hot and I know it. (This is me — in my mind — a really hot chick.)
But not all the time. Most of the time I’m the same temperature as everyone else. But sometimes, I’m raging hot. Wildfire hot. Exploding gas hot. Oh, I’m not on fire, I’m just having a hot flash.
Sometimes those hot flashes happen at night, while I’m in bed, all cozy in my fuzzy jammies. Those night time hot flashes are the worst. Wake up all wringing wet. Have to strip naked and take a cold shower. What kind of madness is this?
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(This is me — in reality — a really hot chick.)
Yeah, I know. I’m as surprised as you are. What the hell happened? What happened to the woman in the yellow dress?
Well, we all age and there’s not a damn thing any of us can do to stop it so we might as well share a laugh about it — right? So, here’s a mash-up video from Chonda Pierce about women of a certain age. I hope you enjoy it. Feel free to laugh out loud.
How are you aging? Gracefully? Or kicking and screaming? What do you do when “those” moments hit? I’d love to learn any tips and tricks for staying comfortable and sane through this “phase.”
Fun fact about me: I older I get, the more adventurous I get.
Word of the Day: Theurgy
Original post by Jansen Schmidt, November 2014. Photos courtesy Google Images. Video courtesy YouTube.
Thanks for the Monday laughs! And oh yeah, you’ve got to laugh about getting older…takes the edge off harsh reality, right?
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Good Monday morning Coleen! I’m glad you enjoyed the post today. Isn’t Chonda funny? I laughed out loud when I saw this video.
Nothing pretty about aging, but I’m doing it anyway. Beats the alternative.
Thanks for stopping by.
Patricia
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Put me down for kicking and screaming. Doesn’t do any good, unfortunately. 😦
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I tried kicking and screaming, Cathy, but I’m still aging. Damn time for marching on anyway.
Thanks for visiting. I hope you enjoyed the video!
Patricia
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bahahaha! I feel your pain!
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I know you do Debbi, but you look mah-vel-ous! We “middle-aged” (wink) women have to stick together in all of our gloriousness.
Thanks for stopping by for a little Monday fun. Always good to see you here.
Patricia
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It’s a hood thing my kids never come into my room at night. I usually have to strip down to next to nothing in order to sleep. I’m soooo HOT. Except when I’m freezing because its 50 degrees.
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Hi Kristi and I know what you mean. I get burning up hot but then when I get up to cool off, I freeze because I’m all soaked with sweat. It’s a no win situation. My poor husband, I’m always either stealing his covers or throwing mine onto him.
His comments in the morning are usually something like, “You trying to freeze/burn me to death?”
Thanks for visiting and commiserating. Hopefully this “phase” won’t last too long.
Patricia
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I have enough trouble sleeping as it is, so I don’t put up with that crap any more than I have to, thank you, Happy Hormone Cottage! And now you know why the founder named it that, LOL. Seriously, you should check into bioidentical hormone replacement therapy–it really does help and doesn’t have the nasty side effects that big pharma’s offerings can. In any case, good luck!
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I’d love to know more about that Jenette. Can I just google that term? I’ll check into if. My mother swore she got breast cancer because she took the hormone replacements and she told me to try to suffer through if I could because she didn’t want me to take the risk.
I’m currently taking an oral supplement called Menofreeze, which seems to calm some symptoms, but not others. I’m game for trying anything natural.
Thanks for the advice. I love having helpful friends.
Patricia
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Patricia, you should be able to find lots of info on the Internet about bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. It’s different than the stuff from big pharma, which has indeed been shown to have a correlation with cancer. Probably the best info I’ve found is in Suzanne Sommers’ book I’m Too Young For This. I go to a clinic here in Dayton called happyhormonecottage.com (good info on their site too), and they treat people from all over, but there are lots options for you in SoCal. Good luck and feel free to email me if you have other questions!
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I’m in Northern California, but I’m going to check it out.
Thanks for all the tips.
Patricia
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I’m thinking that theurgy comes into play when one is praying for a hot flash to end?? Maybe. I’m not there yet. But I know it’s on the horizon. I think I’m more adventurous too, but in different, more purposeful ways. When I was younger some of my adventures were spontaneous and probably in the “stupid” category. 🙂 Wishing you a happy week!
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Hi Coleen. I know what you mean about the spontaneous “stupid” adventures of youth. Been there, done that. Most of them I can laugh at now, but then, ai yai yai.
So you’re not yeat a hot middle-aged chick? Then you are definitely a hot young chick!! Enjoy that while it lasts.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great weekend.
Patricia
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Chonda is a hoot! So funny!
Those hot flashes are no fun. I’m glad I got some of my grandmother’s genes because she had an easy time with it. I have a fan next to the bed and a spray bottle. Those do the trick. I’m thankful my hot flashes are short and not too bad. Some of my friends have gone through pure hell (yeah, pretty hot), and I feel so bad for them. Hope you get some relief sooner rather than later.
I want that blonde’s girlie figure. Do you think that photo is airbrushed? Tell me it is! No one should get to look that good!
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