In continuing with my lunch time updates, today I bring to you the story of my ... uterus? :P This is a warning - this could be a potential TMI (too much info) post, so read at your own risk. Hah. Like I'd ever say anything inappropriate.

Anyway, the story starts last Wednesday. It'd been a pretty hot week in Taipei, and I was really craving ice cream. So after dinner we made a trip to 7-11 to grab some yummy chocolate ice cream (they didn't have the ones we normally get though, BOO!). Next morning, at around 5 am, I remember dreaming that I was having a really bad stomach ache and was passing gas like no other. Then I wake up and I can't figure out if it was the remnants of my dream or if I was really having a super bad stomach ache. After lying in bed for like 10 minutes, I finally realize that the pain is real. I thought all I needed was to take a dump. However, sitting on the toilet for 15 minutes produced no poo, but lo and behold! My fantastic friend, the period had arrived. I finally figured out that I was experiencing cramps (super duper painful cramps that left me in a cold sweat) and that no amount of sitting on the toilet was going to rid me of the pain. Took the day off work and just rested.

I know what you're asking. What's the point of this story and how can I not realize I was having cramps? It should be something all girls know, right? Well, this goes back to the title of the post. A couple days before this incident, I'd told my cousin that I had never experienced cramps and was all gloating and joyful about it (that's why I had no idea it was cramps). Couple days later, damn, I get my first cramps ever and boy was it painful. Never eating ice cream the day before my period is due, and never saying never again.

The End!