My hotdog was good, but I got way hungrier after eating it. Also, I could not get the mustard pack open for the life of me 🌭

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The local baseball game is an activity that my husband loves for us to do as a family; so me and baby girl Moonflower come along mostly when it's Saturday. On Saturdays, the amazing fireworks at the end are always a blast and worth the wait (I'm sorry to any nearby animals though, they were in my thoughts lol).
Earlier in the day, the regular temperature was in the high 90s, and the heat index (the actual feel) was 104 degrees. 🥵🔥 And me and Moonflower looked at the weather channel app where it said it would still be 90 degrees by the time we head to the game. 🔥🥵 (5:30pm) 

We were already hot in the house, even with the AC, so I really didn't think we would be able to last out at the game but actually the temperature dropped a lot. Plus we were by the water with a breeze, so while it was hot, it wasn't like I'm frying hot and am getting sick. Thank goodness for that, we got a little lucky there because sometimes even when the sun is going down the heat can still be 🥵🥵🔥🔥🥵🥵

Big Hair, Don't Care

It's so funny how Moonflower and I had the hardest time being ready by 5:30. My husband is very organized and punctual, so if it wasn't for him we wouldn't get anywhere on time. So basically, it was time to wash both of our heads. After spending much of the day talking on the phone, I was off to a very late start as usual. It typically takes me 2 hours to detangle and comb Moonflower's hair. She has a whole lot of healthy, beautiful hair. 

When I was growing up, everyone said I had a "head full of hair." But she has way more hair than I had. 

(She is learning to comb it, and she's been washing it on her own!) 

I was running out of time and knowing that I had to wash and comb my hair too, man, I twisted the front of her hair but I had to leave the back of it uncombed, lol. But I did make the back presentable, she didn't go out with it matted or anything. Of course I would never allow that unless it's an emergency.

Then it was time to rush and do my hair since it was getting close to 5:30. I washed it but didn't have enough time for the afro puffs I have been wearing lately, so I threw on a headband. 

Joe was ready and looking at his watch, shaking his head and saying that we're gonna have to park far and walk. I was laughing as we were running around and saying how our type of hair is such a challenge but so what! If it's not hair that's taking up your time, it's make-up, or getting your clothes to look right on whatever body type you have. And good luck with that since our bodies change so much.

Another thing is, if I don't have a chance to moisturize and flatten my hair a little bit in the front, then a headband will give me a headache since it will be pressing down on very poofy hair. And that's what was happening, around whichever inning, the headache was starting so I started laughing to Moonflower as I took the headband off.

Even if my hair looked wild, so what, folks are here to see the game. As long as it looked decent when I walked in the stadium. So what if it looks a mess when I'm sitting and then walking out.

I Got it! I Got it! And Ode to 'The Jefferson's' Baseball Episode 

This was too funny. So during one of the foul balls, the ball was coming our way but because of the net and our location, there's no way it was going to go far back. So basically while the ball is in the air, some silly dude towards the back yells out "I got it! I got it!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣It was so funny, I looked back but didn't see who it was; there's no way he could get the ball, it was just so funny to me.

So get this, then I started remembering practically the funniest episode of the The Jefferson's! During my healing journey last year, I was so hypersensitive that I could only tolerate certain forms of entertainment: game shows, old sitcoms, animated shows and things of that nature. So I was watching The Jefferson's and similar shows over and over. 

Last September, in early September, I had not had my healing breakthrough just yet (it came later in September), so I was in a whole lot of mental pain, just devastated and miserable. One night though, the baseball episode had me laughing until I cried! It was so awesome! The break from the pain I needed...some tears with some good chemicals rather stress chemicals. Just whatever, I laughed sooooooo hard, pure, deep...I don't know what it was but it felt great. 

Few days I had a healing breakthrough. Now a healing breakthrough brings more tears. For me it meant I remembered how various sad moments from the past were directly tying into my current pain. Healing breakthroughs aren't fun but are necessary, well to heal. 

What are the chances though, lol. "I got it, I got it" I was laughing so hard and George Jefferson then and during all the jokes he had to endure when he dropped the ball; I'm literally giggling now, lol I love it. From George Jefferson saying I got it, to me being at a game in person and laughing at some hilarious guy saying the same thing. 

Maybe I need to make a T-shirt; "I got it" with a baseball 🤣⚾

About the episode:

The Unnatural

"George goes to a baseball game and drops a foul ball and it is shown on TV. He becomes despondent. Louise then goes to the man who struck the ball--Reggie Jackson to try and raise George's spirits"

The Perimenopause Playbook

"Perimenopause is the transition period between a woman's reproductive years and menopause. It typically lasts for several years, leading up to the final menstrual period"

When it came time to leave, after having sat so long, when I got up I was like....oh my my my! Ladies know about this overwhelming feeling during that time of the month when you get up suddenly. Woooh, I'll take wild hair any day over feeling like my clothes are stained.

So (as girls/women we have to ask for help with these things) so I asked Moonflower if I had any stains back there and she said no. Thank goodness! But I still felt like everything was about to fall out. Leaving a stadium or any enclosed space with a crowd, everyone is walking really close together. 

I was holding my dress, taking very small steps, and constantly looking back because I just swore it felt like something was about to fall out. 
I started laughing and reminding Moonflower about the hilarious topic she showed me on Tiktok. It's where these girls were talking about how their feminine products fell out in public. (The ones I read, they were the only ones who knew otherwise that would be moritfying and not funny for me.)

So man it was so funny reading a few of those posts, and in my nervousness I just had to start laughing again with Moonflower about those comments. 

When I was younger my cycles weren't heavy so getting up in class and things like that, while uncomfortable, it wasn't feeling like a volcano erupted.🌋🌋 

As we near menopause things change and it's kind of like starting over as your cycle might become the opposite of what you're used to handling. So thank goodness I was all in the clear, and in the future I will be more aware and prepared for the volcano issue. 🌋🌋

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All in all, what a beautiful night