I found out recently that my family and I are going back to the Outer Banks this Summer. I'm excited. Hopefully the weather will be good and I'll have a blast. It's still almost 2 months away, but I started getting ready by doing a little shopping. I needed a new bathing suit, and a bag that I could carry stuff in to the beach. This is what I bought:

I also looked at a calendar and realized that for 2 or 3 days that I'm there, I will have my period. That really sucks balls because I dislike wearing tampons, not to mention having to walk back to the beach house every 2 hours to change it in order to prevent leakage. (My experience with tampons is that I can't wear one for more than 2 or 3 hours without springing a leak).

I've read online that once I am done taking the dark blue pills, instead of moving to the green pills, I can start a new pack and totally skip my period. I'm not sure if I want to do that or not. It's supposed to be okay, as long as you don't do it often. I don't know though. I'm scared if I do it, the period I get after that will be a really bad one. What do you suggest I do?

This post contains some TMI material, just to let you know ahead of time.

The other day, Wesley and I were having sex. Upon doing so, I started bleeding. It wasn't blood like when you get hurt or cut yourself. It was almost like period blood, with it being a bit brownish in color. There wasn't a whole lot of it, and then it stopped. Since then, I have noticed some brownish-red tinted discharge. It is close to period time for me. I am supposed to start Tuesday night. I always start at the same time because I am on the pill.

This has been worrying both him and I. I've been told not to worry, that it is just pre-menstrual spotting. I suppose that could be it, but I have had my period over 6 years, and never have I experienced this. I'm either on my period or I'm not. There has never been an in between.

I know this is rather personal, but I wanted to get some thoughts from you all. What do you think? Is it anything to worry about?

This is going to be a pretty random post, just to let you know. To start off, new layout. I'm really excited because the old layout was up for a month, and I was getting pretty tired of it. I like this one so much more. My goal was to make a spring layout. I went with some bolder colors because Winter always feels so dull. When Spring rolls around, things seem to brighten up a bit.

I decided to take some new pictures tonight. I originally wanted something artistic, but all the pictures were turning out bad. So I just kept taking snapshots and making silly faces, as you can see to the right. I think of it as a token of my goofiness. It was fun though, and it cured my boredom.

My stomach has been bothering me lately. As a matter of fact, it's bothering me right now. All weekend I have been experiencing abdominal pains. Yesterday I had Wesley pull over because I felt so sick and was sure I was going to puke. He pulled over and then I was fine. It was pretty weird. I don't know if it's stuff I have been eating or not. I seem to feel bad a lot. I wish I knew what the problem was.

I have also been doing a lot of shopping lately. I've spent $200 this past week just on myself. I am running out of room to put all my clothes. I am still waiting on a package to arrive, but here is the other stuff I bought. Read more…