<--- This is me making fun of myself :-)
About five years ago, I was still taking birth control pills. I was thinking about getting off them because I knew I was starting to experience a lot of moodiness that hadn't occurred when I was younger. During the last few hormone pills in each pack, I would cry at the drop of the hat.
One day at work near the end of my cycle, I was leading an improvement project. Sometimes these projects get very stresful and very emotional even for a male. And usually I can handle stress well. (I'm a female engineer in a male dominated field, and I feel that it's very important for me to remain objective and not to let the males "see me sweat".)
The more "egos" involved the more stressful these things get. And there were a lot of egos on this project! My new boss (at the time) was also on this team, and I was trying to impress him. It was a very, very stressful project. I thought I was hadling the stress well considering the time of month until an outsider to the project who had little knowledgte of the project said that the team's plans were "****". (He said it very diplomatically and professinally, however "****" sums up his thoughts well.) I have never thought much of this individual and I usually am able to ignore him and/or work around him. However on this day, he said this in front of my new boss who didn't no better. (However, I later found out my new boss saw right thought him. yeah!) I walked out of the meeting intending on being alone. My boss followed and I broke down crying in front of him. I swore I would never take another bcp in my life that day.
Now here's the irony. I'm taking bcp just this one month to get rid of cysts in my right ovary so I can ttc again. I thought I would be able to handle just one months worth of bcp. Now, next week I'm supposed to lead another project, and we will get off to an intense start to get the project under way. I'm also going to finish my pill pack at the end of this week. Aunt Flow should come Sunday or Monday. And I just found out my boss wants to be on the team. He hasn't been on one of my teams since the last time I took bcp -- the month I swore I would never take them again.
I just have to laugh at the whole thing, or else I might cry.
In the five years, I've worked for this guy, we have developed a great professional relationship. He's promoted me twice and I've got higher raises from him than any other boss. However, it's still funny he's going to be on a team when I'm at my emotional lowest. I hope he thinks I don't cry during all my projects. lol
Thanks for letting me vent. Hopefully, my hormones will play themselves out over the weekend, and I'll be fine on Monday. Only time will tell.....
Mindy
Irony 
Thanks for sharing.
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