On Saturday I thought for sure my period had started in full. I could feel it. I had just gotten off work and was driving to my other job and I just had this very bad feeling that I was going to be having an emergency very soon – I wasn’t wearing a very thick pad. I ended up pulling in to a Dunkin Donuts to use their restroom and to grab lunch.

I speedwalked to the bathrooms and tried the women’s door. Locked. Shit. So I stood by and waited. And waited. Finally I heard water running inside the little bathroom and then… nothing. Nothing. More nothing. I started envisioning what this could turn into: Woman freaks out in DD, screaming incoherently about emergencies and bathroom hogs. It was to the point where I could feel things going on down below and I was getting really really antsy – and still the effing door did not open. I could hear someone in there, too, so I knew it wasn’t locked by accident. I just wanted to bang on the door and yell, “EXCUSE me, there are other people on this planet! What the fuck is taking so long?!”

Finally I said, “Screw this!” and used the men’s bathroom. Whatever.

Sadly, however, it was not full on period… it just felt like it was. I really don’t know if I can or should classify this as a period. I’ve been spotting very heavy for over a week now. More than spotting, less than a full blown period.

At some point I may just need to make a decision about what I would consider CD1 and call to let the clinic know. Not that it really matters if I’m off by a few days, this is just another BCP cycle. All it affects is me and my precious little calendar.