  Homework is taking over my life. There's so much that if it falls off my desk you may never see me again. In other news...maybe I shouldn't share this, but this is a woman/mommy blog, and the problem is decidely one that only a woman could have. I can't find the string to my IUD. Oh, and I've been having debilitating cramps for the last two months. I thought it was because I had yet to menstruate after giving birth to Jack, but now I'm not so sure. But instead of scaring me, the whole thing leaves me with a sort of vague sense of exhaustion. As if I needed one more thing to think about. Am I destined to live forever in birth control hell, getting only the odd "vacation"--the surprise pregnancy? Because girls, Jack is a condom baby. Birth control pills make me a psycho hose-beast at high doses, and at low doses I can't shake the UTIs and yeast infections. I was so excited that I was eligible for the IUD after Jack. Finally, a low dose of hormones with no maintenance!
No stopping to fumble for it in the dark! No mentally calculating when my last period was and wondering if I'm in what I like to call the "danger zone! " My periods would be lighter! My cramps would be gone! I would once again be the barren goddess of zero pregnancies and lots of sex! But it looks like it wasn't meant to be. 
