Brown Pill Week

I would consider this awkward if half of the world didn't go through the same thing.

Ladies, lets be truthful- brown pill week sucks.

You know, when you get to the 4th week of your birth control package and you get to the placebo pills. First off: you are already on your period so you are annoyed at the concept of taking a stupid placebo. Second: it tastes like crap wrapped in anxiety-filled nightmares.

Perhaps I would find the idea of a placebo more appealing if I already wasn't cursing my gender's bane; but, no, it just tastes awful. Why couldn't it taste like chocolate? Happiness? Summer?

When I mentioned my hatred of periods to my host dad (a Costa Rican evangelical pastor) he asked me if I was questioning the way that God made me. He should have known better. Of course I answered "yes. Trust me, God and I will have a conversation about this." Host dad wasn't amused. Men just don't understand...