Keike, I'm glad you talked to your mum, sounds like you cleared the air AND also gave her a chance to talk about some of her experience with the menopause. No, I don't really enjoy being irritated/grumpy/annoyed either.

Rivlas, thanks for that info. It's interesting that Vit D comes from the sun and it's also responsible for/interacts with the biochemical switch that tells us how to sleep properly too. I have a terrible time with getting sunshine - seems like it's just never out there on my days off.