Island Girl

I have a very bad headache. This has been going on for two days now. I took Tylenol but it did not help any. The pain starts at the back of my neck that I asked the husband what the symptoms was for. We both don’t know and I hope it is not something dreadful. Anyway, I am here trying to get the little man to settle down and to leave his father alone while he is taking his nap. We had ours earlier in the day and he is feeling refreshed and energetic.He is having dinner right now and while waiting for him to finish, I am surfing the net for just about anything from headaches to Mesothelioma lawyers. I promised to give him a bath after this so I can’t stay longer in front of the computer. I will be back to do my own thing later though when I am finished taking care of my boy’s needs.

I am holding the little man while typing this post. It is not easy but like what I always tell the husband, I am now used to multitasking. Anyway, both were asleep earlier after our romp on the beach. The husband was laid out in the living room couch while the little man was in our bed sleeping with his butt in the air. He sleeps like that all the time since he was a baby. The husband with his bad back is finding it hard to be comfortable that I think about bed wedges every time I look at him. I don’t know if it will do him good though. They are currently watching The Queen which the husband has been complaining about not being good but he keeps on watching it anyway. While I am here talking to friends while waiting for them to tell me it is bedtime. Clearly nothing much to do here.

After mulling it over for days, I finally decided to fry the dried fish I bought last week. I fried two packs of different kinds and I am happy to report that it does not stink as bad here right now. The fish must have been fresh because this was the first time that I did not complain about the smell. The husband does not care so whether it stinks here he will not say a word. I ate one fried fish with rice and tuna afritada. It was so good I thought about appetite suppressant all the time I was shoving food in my mouth, lol. I did not eat much though. Just the normal serving. I have not forgotten my weight loss quest.

I did a few exercises this morning. The little man was laughing at me and took part by jumping on top of me when I was trying to do sit-ups. What an inopportune time for him to do since I really have a hard time getting up when I do sit-ups when I am serious, what more when I am laughing? He is such a handful. But anyway, true to my and the sister in law’s promise, I started my little “slimming regime”. I don’t know if it will work. I know it will take time but I am willing to wait. I just hope that cutting back on unhealthy food and doing some exercises will do the trick. I hate to spend money on weight loss pills just because I let myself go and get fat like this. I did this to myself so I should be able to correct it. It has been days since I had french fries but surprisingly I am not craving it. Let’s hope it will stay that way. Those fast food goodies are really bad.

When the stepson was still in high school, his father talked to him about possible courses he can get when he goes to college to have a degree. The husband does not want his son to be on the line of work he is in. Aside from the fact that it is mostly hard work, it consumes most of his time because when he gets off work friends and family calls him to fix their cars for him which is most of the time free of charge. He said he would want his son to maybe venture on tech jobs but he said it would be better for him to be on the medical field. But it turned out his son has other plans and that does not actually include long term ones. As long as he works part-time and he goes to school with enough units to qualify for student loans, he was happy with it. I can tell the husband is disappointed but it is his son’s life. He did the best he can and there was only so much he can do. We just hope he is happy with his decisions and it will prove to be good in the long run.

The husband and I have plans to travel to different places when he retires. That is still a long time to come but it never hurts to talk about it. It makes for fun conversations you know, planning and talking and thinking where to go and what to do. We don’t have any specific places to visit, we will probably rely on the spur of the moment thing so we might just tour the country or do a Machu Picchu travel which in case you don’t know is in Peru. The possibilities are endless as long as we are able to go, we will. We might have to start saving though and hope that the economy will get better because we are kinda in a bind right now. We can’t go anywhere without money, lol.

I was in the grocery store earlier to buy some food and like most days, I wander around. I love going to stores and looking at stuff deciding what to buy aside from the ones on my list. While running around the store looking for groceries on my list I ended up in the pharmacy isle. I was looking at over the counter diet supplements debating whether to try one kind or not but when I looked at the price, I changed my mind. True, I want to lose weight but I am not ready to spend that much especially now that money is tight. I guess I will just have to lose weight the natural way if I can. It might be hard but I will try anyway.

Happy Easter everyone! For the first time we went to church last night as family. And save for the stepson, everybody was there. We had a good time even if we had to bring the kids to the “crying room”. It is a room inside the church where parents can bring their kids when they are starting to get loud and still hear mass. I was on my toes most of the time because of the little man but it was still a pleasant experience. The stepdaughter and her family got baptized in my church too and they seemed to be happy about it. The little man mellowed after running and playing with other kids and was quite for longer periods that I was able to bring him to where his father was seated inside the church. He may have been rowdy at times but considering it was his first time to go, I think he did a good job. If I can make him go several more times then he probably will get the hang of it and will behave. It is hard to make a two year old behave  but we are doing our best to make him.