Island Girl

I have not been feeling good for the last couple of days. I had the cold and now a very bad cough. I stayed up all night last night coughing like I had something terribly wrong in my lungs. My mouth and throat is parched and when I try to breath it irritates whatever is in my air passage hence the nonstop coughing. I have tried two different kind of cough medicine along with mentholated candies but nothing seems to be working. Right now I am hoarse like I have been talking nonstop. I hate this feeling. The only good thing that I can think of is that I can still type so I can update my blogs. And since my boys are both sick (we all have the same virus or whatever menace is causing this) we rarely talk unless we really have to. The little man who is not used to his parents not being talkative walked to his father this evening and asked if the latter was okay. Poor thing. I hope we will get over this cough and cold because it is annoying. I have tried to forget about being sick by reading online but when I thought that Minka Aire fans is an airline company instead of a lighting fixture brand (which I only realized when I saw chandeliers and lanterns when I searched for it), I know I am really sick. Why, I am not coherent. I need to rest some more. If there is only a way to get rid of this cough I will be very happy but I guess I will have to let it run its course. I hope it will start warming up instead of this see-saw of temperature which I think is one of the reasons why we are sick in the first place. Now I have to go to bed. Good night everyone. I hope I will sleep good tonight.

I need to go to the dentist to have a thorough teeth cleaning. It had been a while since I had it done but I have not even looked anywhere for a reputable dental office. The husband complains about his teeth all the time and he said he needs to go too, only his needs more work than I do. We don’t have dental insurance though and we are not ready to pay a lot of money to have our teeth cleaned and fixed. It has been a problem since then. We are worried but we are not doing anything about it. Very typical of us, lol. It is not like we have to go out of state to get dental implants Plano since I am sure there are plenty of dentists near us being we are living in the city. Money always figures in our decisions. I just hope that we will have enough saved up so both of us can go when we are ready.

I might go to the mall in a few days. It is my idea of recreation. Pitiful, isn’t it? Lol. I am what my husband’s daughter call an anti-social. I don’t go out with friends. I only have the husband and the little man for company. My friends live on other states and we talk online every day. But as for looking for friends near me, I am not that interested. So my only form of fun is going to the beach with my boys and going to the mall to shop. Oh, I do love to read and I get online anytime I want. It does not make me less a human being I don’t think. I just want my life that way, with less complications. Anyway, so I am due to go to the mall to window shop. I like to do that not only to be around other people but also to look at clothes and shoes. Also to see different views. The point of purchase displays are creative and engaging which makes shopping more fun. Sometimes I go home without any purchase after spending hours in the mall. But I always go home happy and content. Whatever I could not afford or refused to buy on that visit I make sure to check the next time just in case it is marked on sale. You might not believe this but I come home a nicer person after each time I shop. That is why the husband does not complain when I plan a trip to the mall. He knows I will be a different person after getting dizzy rummaging inside the store for hours. It is better this way than having to deal with other people other than my family. I guess I really am messed up

We spent the whole day coped up inside the house yesterday. The little man was sick. He had fever and was throwing up all over the place. We were so worried because anything he drank or ate, he spewed out mere minutes after. I gave him Pedialyte but he only took sips. He kept on asking milk which I broke down and gave him last night and the result was bad. I ended cleaning up a big mess. It was like that the whole day except when he was taking a nap and at bedtime where he slept through the night. This morning he is still weak but he seems to be feeling better. Our little hellion is back at playing with the computer and yelling and running around. We are so relieved. He still has to eat a full meal but I know he will eventually ask for food before long. We are happy that his temperature is back to normal and that he has not puked since he woke up (I hope I am not jinxing myself). I would rather have the chaos and the noise to deal with than having to take care of a sick child. It just breaks my heart being helpless when I know my boy is not feeling good.

The last two days we had been busy. We were on the road most of the time. We decided to go to Washington D.C to renew my passport instead of mailing the application. It was a nice trip mainly because there were no mountains. It was flat land through and through. Well, except for a few miles nearing D.C. which was not really bad at all. We stopped in Virginia to sleep and drove early the next day to Washington where the Philippine embassy is at. Instead of eating at restaurants we decided to bring food and stopping by at drive-thru to save time. After my application was turned in we decided to go home right away. We did not even get to look around because traffic was bad and parking was not free. Besides we did not want to stay another night away from our bed. The little man was as usual in a good mood. He generally is especially when he knows we are going on a trip. All I had to do was make sure I have enough snacks and milk for him between meals and he was fine. When he started yelling it was dark (he was alone in the backseat) I gave him my phone which he typed in the numbers 1 to 10 and some random numbers like 4396841. I had to grab the phone from him when he started laughing because I knew there was something going on. I don’t want him calling anybody we do not know. I am lucky the little man is not fussy unlike other kids which takes a lot of entertaining when on the road. He can even be happy with just a drinking straw. Anyway, I got the passport application out of the way. It is supposed to be mailed to us in about six weeks and the husband already marked the date. I will have the new machine readable passport by then. Hopefully.

It had been months (I think) since I posted any pictures in this blog. I have been lazy taking pictures lately. I find it a burden to bring the camera whenever we go out. Besides, I don’t even know if an opportunity to take pictures is possible since I have to keep a grip on the little man’s hand all the time should he try to run off. But I will try to find time to take more pictures when presented with a good subject. So I have made the decision to bring my camera wherever I go. Stuff it on my purse to be precise. As for now I will continue to update my blogs with posts without pictures yet. One of these days I will post pictures but not on every post though because I don’t want anybody to think this is a photo blog. I want to be able to post anything and everything in this blog from muscle milk review to the things I see or what I feel and what the weather is like. Mundane things that comprise my day. After all this is a personal blog

I have the worst headache today. I just want to curl in bed and sleep until I feel better. But I can’t do that. I need to keep an eye on the little man who is here messing with kitchen utensils even after I told him no. To add to the headache, I am also nauseous. The husband wondered if I might be pregnant but I don’t think there is a chance I am. I want to lie down in the couch but doing that is risking falling asleep which is not good. I don’t trust this little boy running around here without supervision. So here I am, instead of being in bed relaxing I am writing about food that burns fat while alternately playing Freecell on my computer. At least doing this guarantee’s I will not sleep. If nothing else I will ask the husband to keep an eye on his son for an hour at most while I take a nap.

I talked about having an average BMI on my previous post. It means that even if I think I am fat, I am not. Or that is the way I understand it, lol. Finding out my BMI is on the average does not make me feel confident though. I know I need to lose a few pounds and keep it that way so I will feel good about myself. Now this is easier said than done. Been there, done that. Especially if one does not have the discipline. I know I can buy diet pills anytime I want but it is better for me if I actually follow a weight loss exercise program program because that is what my body needs, exercise. Sometimes I can’t keep up with the little man anymore. He is very active and when I try to keep up with him I get either dizzy or short of breath. I have not brisked walk in a long time and I am out of shape. I plan to change that. I do need help though. I am sooo lazy and I get easily distracted. I need to focus and start doing what is right and maybe, just maybe, I will lose the unwanted pounds.