I stayed home from work yesterday.  I went to bed feeling like I was getting a head cold, and woke up with some awesome phlegm, so I opted out of being an adult for the day.  AND, I took my kids to daycare.  Does that make me a bad person?  NO.  I literally putzed around in my sweats, folded laundry and caught up on my DVR'd shows.  (#bestdayever minus the headache/phlegm)

So here we are FRIDAY.  Thank you Lord Jesus in the manger.  The weather is gorge outside and I think we have finally kicked winter.  I'm praying that my poor perennials will end up healthy despite Mother Nature's awful PMS and bi-polar attitude.

The schedule dictates that I should be writing about strong women or a strong woman.  There are just so many.... how can I choose?  Oh.  That's right.  I just remembered that I was going to jot down some ideas about Mike Pence; every woman's favorite man.

In case you live on Jupiter, Mike Pence, Governor of Indiana,  has recently made headlines because of recent legislation the would further restrict abortion in Indiana.  Pushed by Pence, this makes Indiana only the second state to prohibit a woman from seeking an abortion because her fetus was diagnosed with a disability.  Calling this a "comprehensive pro-life measure that affirms the value of all human life," women (and men) around the US are reacting in unusual ways.

ENTER --> Periods for Pence.  Organized by an anonymous women to raise awareness about the ridiculousness of the Governor's new law,  she invited women across the country to call Pence's office and discuss their menstrual cycles.  The outpouring (no pun intended) of support has been outstanding.  

The captain of the Period Ship is quoted saying, "Let's make our bodies Mike's business for real, if this is how he wants it."  I love a verbal uprising like this.  Plus, no MALE will be telling me what to do with my body.  Period (lol).

If I were Mike Pence, I'd run... not walk... to get that law reversed.  The backlash has been nothing short of crazy.  Off the record, I literally can't even tolerate the amount of bullshit that is coming out of this guy's mouth.  He doesn't have a vagina, has never had a period, experienced a pregnancy, miscarriage or childbirth and thus, he can't steer the course of what women are to do with their bodies.  I CHOOSE.  

"Fertilized eggs can be expelled during a woman's period without a woman even knowing that she might have had the potential blastocyst in her. Therefore, any period could potentially be a miscarriage without knowledge. I would certainly hate for any of my fellow Hoosier women to be at risk of penalty if they do not 'properly dispose' of this or report it. Just to cover our bases, perhaps we should make sure to contact Governor Pence's office to report our periods. We wouldn't want him thinking that THOUSANDS OF HOOSIER WOMEN A DAY are trying to hide anything, would we?"