Love ignores those little “Discretion Advised” labels.

This has been a pretty crappy year for me, medically speaking. Don’t get me wrong – it could be so much worse. Instead, it’s been a pretty constant trickle of ouches, and doctor visits, and Oh-my-god-are-you-kidding-me?s. Bladder infections, UTIs, messed up horomones (you know those are fun), possible endometriosis, colds, upper respiratory infections, and that’s before I list what the kidlets came down with.

It would be too much for any woman…unless she had girlfriends like mine.

My girlfriends have listened as I catalogued each new symptom – in great detail, mind you – while I tried to figure out what the heck was wrong with me now. They laughed at all the right places (and none of the wrong ones) as I related my consultations with Dr. Google and Dr. WebMD. (Very helpful fellows, those two, if a bit alarmist.) The girlfriends hung in there and offered advice AND alcohol. There’s not a care in the world that could withstand both of those cure-alls. ‘Course, I couldn’t really drink half of what was offered because of all the sodding antibiotics I’m on.

Still… That’s all I needed this week: someone to sit with me, offer me a drink, and not make me cry. Or to let me cry. Either way. (Oh, those poor, confused girlfriends of mine!)

So: Thank you. Thank you for listening to all the ick. Happy Love Thursday, everyone. May you always have girlfriends (or guyfriends) to listen, especially when you need to tell it exactly like it is.

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