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  Menopause Risk Assessment, Saving Ovaries Can Better Women’s Health As organs start to fail, other health complexities come with it.   The female reproductive system is no stranger to this phenomenon.   “The primary problem of the gaining population is the serious detriments caused by the aging of various organs and the decline of their functions” (Zhang et al., 2019).   Ovaries are one of these organs that women, and the public, accept will fail on them one day, most likely when they still have decades of life ahead of them.   Organ aging is highly associated with a variety of diseases, and menopause is a cause of this.   “The decline of ovarian function and the arrival of menopause, which then lead to multiple organ dysfunction, such as heart disease, osteoporosis, cancer, obesity, senile dementia, and so on…the risk index is much higher than that of men of the same age” (Zhang et al., 2019).   Once one organ starts to go (the ovaries) other orga...

  My Family Does Not Want Me to Donate My Eggs.  I Did It Anyway. By Victoria Vinci There’s an episode of “Sex and the City” where Miranda, a corporate lawyer, is on a date with a man who has hair plugs.  They’re openly talking about how he’s much happier to no longer be bald, even if that means having artificial curls growing out of his forehead.  And over a lamb dinner, Miranda mentions that she’s been considering freezing her eggs, it takes the pressure off the biological clock issue, and she refers to this decision as a “ fertility savings account ”.  Her date tells her this is something she should not do, for as a society we “don’t want desperate women having babies at fifty”.  He goes on to say, “maybe some people aren’t meant to procreate.  Maybe this is the world’s way of weeding out the weak”.  I watched a rerun of this episode at fifteen years old, never imagining I’d be in Miranda’s position, and my family would be playing the role of h...

Ever since I can remember I've worked multiple jobs.  It's how I saved to buy my own house, and it's how I've learned to live.  But this year, 2019, I decided to quit my second job and commit to only one.  This is the first time I've only had one job since I was a teenager.  My main job is at a small bank as a universal banker.  It's not what I want to do forever, but with still taking classes towards finishing my bachelor's degree it's worked into my schedule pretty nicely.  I make a decent hourly wage, about eighteen dollars an hour, and I only work about thirty-eight to forty hours a week.  I have every Wednesday and Sunday off, and I work a half-day on Saturdays.  Overall, it's manageable.  I get great paid time off options and benefits, such as a 401K, tuition reimbursement, a pension, and commission based incentives.  My second job, the one I recently left, was at Sunglass Hut .  I worked at Sunglass Hut for three years and ...

If you're like me, a huge Gilmore Girls  fan, than this weekend was your weekend, Gilmore Girls weekend!  With the premiere of the new Netflix revival, all I've seen on the internet is Rory and Lorelai themed items plastered everywhere, as it should be.  And with that said, I did come across something Gilmore in an unusual place, Groupon.com .  So if anyone is interested I'm sharing my small but incredible find.   Gilmore Girls Oversized Lounge Shirts Starting at $18.99 Gilmore Girls Sweaters Starting at $21.99 I think I'm going to spring for one of the lounge shirts.  If I do I'll definitely post about it later on.  I'm hoping they go down in price tomorrow, Cyber Monday, that'll be the real indicator if I plan on getting one or not.

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"The Rainbow Comes ad Goes" by Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt I started reading this book while in line to meet Anderson Cooper at a book signing in Madison, Connecticut.  This was truly an excellent and interesting read.  Gloria Vanderbilt had such an insane and thrilling life, and Anderson Cooper was perfect at interviewing his mother.  I definitely recommend this book to anyone, whether a fan of Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt, or just someone interested in pop culture and biographies.  This was a fast read.     "The Starboard Sea" by Amber Dermont I bought this book because it was on sale and it was inexpensive.  However, I ended up loving it, and I'm so happy it was on sale that day in Barnes and Noble, for if it wasn't, I probably would have never read it or picked it up.   This book is about the lives of very wealthy teenagers at boarding school, but the main character, Jason, is spilling the secrets on ...

Ever since I was sixteen I've been trying to go color my hair blonder and blonder.  I've been a blonde for more than half my life, I started going blonde when I was eleven, but continued to go platinum once I reached high school. With fall coming up, I decided it was the perfect time to change up my look a bit.  I didn't want to do anything too drastic, but I did want a nice change.  So I went to my friend Jen, a hairstylist at Blades Salon in Wethersfield,Connecticut, and she had the most perfect idea, instead of dying my hair another color, she used a red glaze to stain it. Above is a picture of me right before getting my hair done.  As one can see my hair was very blonde.  My friend Jen mixed the glaze together, added a bit of heat, washed it out and boom, I was a red head.  It's been a week now and my hair is incredible!  It's so soft and looks a lot healthier than it's looked in years.  The red adds a beautif...