30 Day Sex Challenge: Woah Woah We're Halfway There!

Well, I haven't gotten The Boy to write an update yet.  Something about him being on night schedule and then I force him to go on a vacation while he's still on a night schedule and blah blah blah.

What's amazing actually is that we were a) stupid enough to start this challenge when he was on a night schedule (which means, on days he works, we see each other maybe an hour or two a day, while he's getting ready for work) and b) managed to go on a trip with friends and still had sex every day!

Historically we're not great about about having sex on trips, at least short ones.  We take a fair amount of overnight/weekend breaks to great cities, because that's part of our hedonistic Euro lifestyle now.  But we're usually pounding the pavement, sightseeing, exploring new bars, eating rich foods, being distracted by all the exciting fun stuff, and then end up in a somewhat crappy hotel or hostel room at the end of the day, exhausted.  Not conducive to sex.

On this trip - for the Boy's birthday - we went with another couple that was also celebrating a birthday, and we shared an apartment with them.  I think if we weren't doing the sex challenge, we absolutely would not have had sex on this kind of trip.  As it was, despite The Boy being exhausted from lack of sleep, we managed to do it 3 times on the trip!

Ironically, our "off day" occurred on our travel day back.  We got back home and we were both just exhausted, I was hungover, The Boy was drunk but sobering up.  Neither one of us was interested.

The next night, I was better rested and he was really interested, but I wasn't feeling it at all.  Despite supposedly ovulating - oh, is this where I drop that we're trying to conceive?  Yeah, lol - I had no desire.  And The Boy's been having some health issues and I was so tempted to try to weasel out of it.  I think I even suggested it, briefly, but after some nice cuddling in bed together, I figured "Why stop now?" and we had a satisfying quickie.

The next day, my libido was back, just as before.  Sadly since he's back at work, our last three days, while fun, have been quickies.  But they're fun and keep the mood going.

I don't know if either of us is quite as sexually charged as we felt during the first 12 or so days, but I'm really looking forward to tomorrow night when we have time to just really enjoy it.

Another factor may be that I was actually ovulating way earlier than I realized.  For me, I have a much higher libido right as I finish my period until a bit after I ovulate, and then my sex drive takes a big tumble for the rest of my cycle.  All my life I've had exceedingly regular periods I could count on like clockwork, but the last few months, things have been a little off.  I started experiencing breast tenderness right when I was "supposed" to be ovulating, which is supposedly a sign of ovulation, but it hasn't gone away, which is leading me to think I am actually pre-menstrual now, a full week earlier than expected, and was probably ovulation in the days up to the trip and during the trip, which would explain both my high libido then and my lesser one now.

What's silly is it took me writing this post to realize that hey, I actually have been experiencing all my normal PMS symptoms for a few days.  Well, with knowledge comes power.  But that also means that I apparently decided to start a 30 day sex challenge during my shortest menstrual cycle ever.  While my husband was working nights.  While we were traveling.

Well, they don't call it a challenge for nothing!