Did You Get This Presentation, Too?

It was probably 4th grade,

maybe 5th.

If you are old enough,

you remember 

"the presentation"

I'm talking about . . . 

girls go into one room

and boys go into the other.

It was at this time 

I found out I would have

a "blooming garden"

growing inside me 

once a month.

No blooming flowers, beautiful garden art, sweet bird and Victorian lady in my house this evening. But the flowing water does make a statement.  LOLOL

 That's how the whole experience

was shown.

I think it was a production

of Kotex and Disney.

When we left,

we got our prerequisite books

and a calendar,

just in case. 

I already had my calendar

and Mom had done 

a pretty good job 

getting me ready.

Not that we had talked about it,

I don't know if we did.

but there was a walk through closet,

between Mom & Dad's room and mine.

This was the closet Mom used.

She had the tallest box of pads

I had ever seen sitting in there.

I know when I realized 

they were there 

I asked about them.

Then, 

when I realized that a 

brown paper shopping bag 

would appear
 once a month,

I asked about that too.

So, I knew about

what I had to look forward too.

Seemed like the norm.

So "the presentation"

was old hat.

When I brought 

the pamphlet home,

I put it where 

I always put stuff from school  . .

on the dining room table.

Later that evening,

the brother was sitting 

on the west side 

of the buffet

reading it.

He never said anything about it,

but I guess he realized

that his little sister,

I'm 4 years younger,

was growing up

So, today  the 

rivers through the garden again. 

Not as bad as it was earlier in this month.

But, then again, 

this one was man made.

For those of you who have had  a D&C

you know the procedure,

into the operating room,

instead of stirrups,

the legs are out up on 

"leg holders" that are

a lot more secure 

than the stirrups,

I must say. 

Now,

for the worse part 

of the day.

Not the surgery,

lying there,

legs up,

in a cool, Operating Room 6,

with cool air 

"cooling me off"

waiting or the anesthesiologist

to arrive. 

Wonder if you 

can catch a cold

there?

Hope not!

If I had to cough,

it would probably

pee my  pants . . . 

just one more 

"pain in the posterior"

to deal with.

Signed,

Wonder if Cough Syrup Would be Drank or Rubbed On?