Sarah: Off the Record

It’s been both terrifying and incredibly relieving to revisit and let go of some core beliefs I’ve carried throughout life.

There’s such a thing as the food chain, and humans--despite our many flaws and failings--are at the tippy top on account of our big brains, opposable thumbs, and capacity for sudden and shocking acts of violence. And I’ll be goddamned if I let a scuttley little rock creature reverse the entire goddamn food chain because I happen to be unexpectedly at the beach.

But hey, they promised, don’t worry! Menopause is coming! MENOPAUSE! There’s an entire Greek root in there that means END. By 2025, I was about to turn 50, which kind of sucked, but there was a silver lining: all of this (literal) bloody misery would soon be coming to an end. Huzzah, I said to all who would listen (and to all who I forced to listen). Hu-fucking-zzah.

I’m not sure why we humans went all in on this “what would you take to a desert island” trope, which seems to assume we’ll both be aware — ahead of time — about this marooning and that we’ll somehow not able to also plan for our rescue.

Moving beyond the cursory list of things THC can do that feels a lot like the list of things I feel compelled to share so you don’t think I’m a pothead, I’d be remiss in pointing out how absolutely brilliant I become after approximately 5 grams of THC has magically metabolized. The ideas I have! Here are three — please don’t steal them. These are all part of my retirement planning.

As a 51-year-old mother to two fully grown humans, I am relatively certain that "Jet Lag: The Game" was not created with my demographic in mind. Maybe it's part of the charm for me — one can only muster so much enthusiasm for yet another Hot Menopause Take (spoiler alert: menopause is, in fact, hot, and not in the good way, but in the sweaty-panic way). I was looking for something utterly different. Jet Lag is definitely that. The osts of this show haven't mentioned menopaus

So, there’s no unifying theme on this blog. It’s called “Off the Record” as a nod to my day job, but that’s as structured as we’re going to get here. I might post about my cats or my family or my job or most likely, stuff I like that I hope you’ll like, too. I have no idea what might come up here, but I promise whatever it is, it will be real.