Movember

Its almost November!

This year my husband Andrew is organising a "Movember" group.

For those of you who spend large amounts of time under a rock [without TV] Movember has become somewhat of a phenomenon in Australia. Its more than just an an excuse for guys to sport terribly ugly facial hair for a month while their WAGs put up with it, its actually a major fundraising and public awareness campaign for men's health - in particular regarding prostate cancer and depression.

These things are NOT sexy!

Andrew is particularly invested in doing something about it, because he has a rather large black dog [black dog is a modern australian euphemism for depression] that he has a lot of trouble with. Sometimes its small and just in the background, but it gets quite large and terrifying not just for him but for those who are around and care for him too. So he's doing something about it.

So for Movember, I have to put up with Andrew's bare chin and upper lip, which will become all stubbly and itchy to kiss and then finally a revolting looking moustache.  If you care about me, or Andrew or men's health why don't you donate to his Movember group?

By the way, in case you're looking for help with depression you're experiencing, if you're wondering if what you're experiencing could be depression, or you want to know how on earth to deal with someone who has depression [which trust me is really hard sometimes!] then I recommend that you go to the Black Dog Institute and or Beyond Blue were you will find tons of helpful resources about it.