I'm almost positive it's due to the Mirena getting down to its last legs, but the doc seems to think it will continue doing its job until next spring.

I actually had it relatively easy as far as being allowed to stay home from school due to period agony, so I was grateful for that. The first day was always the worst, and I usually spent it sleeping, or trying to, clutching a hot water bottle and waiting until I could take my next dose of painkillers, which never actually killed the pain, but just made it not completely suck to be alive. By the time college came around they'd eased off some, but were still a week or so of Do Not Want.

The blondies were ... okaayyyy. The recipe needs some tweaking, or perhaps I overmixed the batter, but they came out kind of dense. The flavor was good but the texture was not great, and there was a slight separation of the pumpkin from everything else.