Are you PMS'ing?

Yes, that is the question my husband asked me when he got home from work tonight.  Was I crying?  Was I in bed with the covers pulled over me?  Was I yelling at the kids?  Was the house too much of a disaster?  Was I standing at the freezer with an open container of ice cream digging in?
No.  To all of those things.  Typical things women might do (and I have done, okay maybe not the ice cream at the freezer as that would waste electricity) when we are going through this hormonal craziness.  So, I am sure you are wondering what I did that made him ask that question...
     I dropped a knife.  Yes, that is all it took for him to figure it out.  Okay,that is all he witnessed.  I also did mention something about spilling chicken guts all over the kitchen.  I was pounding chicken and the bag broke and it's contents flew.  Fun time.  You see, when I am PMS'ing, along with all the crazy emotions, candy and ice cream cravings, and complaints of not fitting into my clothes come things I never hear women talk about.
     1. I drop things.  A lot.  Food, groceries, kids, you name it.  It is like my fingers just stop working.
     2. I burn things.  Or overcook.  Or add the wrong measurements to a recipe I have made a hundred times.  Basically I ruin food.  I should just know this, and order pizza.  Sometimes this is actually my first hint that it is that time of the month.  Not that I don't ruin things on other occasions, but I am a decent cook and I don't make the mistakes I do when it is this time of the month.
     3. I get nothing accomplished.  It's not for lack of trying.  It just seems that when I try to do something, it doesn't work.  Today I went to Target, needing a couple of basic things, soap for my kids, PJ's for my son, printer ink (to print all those coupons!) and what did I walk out of the store with?  Nothing.  Sometimes I forget what I am looking for but I actually made a list.  I just spun my wheels there.  Not just that, but all the plans I had for today, just vanished.  Nothing accomplished really other than things that were absolutely essential like taking my daughter to her well check.  But nothing extra that I was planning on doing.
I actually was in a pretty good mood for most of today.  Even with all of that going on.  I didn't cry or yell more than normal to my kids.  I probably did eat a little extra chocolate.  My house while not clean is at least picked up.  2/3 of the kids got baths.  But, now that I look back on my day and my lack of accomplishments, I am feeling the emtional part kick in.
And I am really looking forward to some ice cream tonight:-)