Medical stuff

Ugh - like most people we have been sick. All except Leo and P - just us girls I guess. The kids had last week off from school and thank goodness we decided against going to Rome for the week! It started Mon morning with M complaining about an earache. OK -I will call the Dr and see when we can bring her in. Earliest at the clinic closest to us was 3. She cried and cried all morning because she was in so much pain. Then, around noon, she said "hey it doesnt hurt anymore, and my ear feels wet." Great! No wonder it hurt! Around that time Leo called and asked if we wanted to meet him for lunch, I wasnt sure, but when M heard it was Vietnamese food, she perked right up! Pho is her favorite food! Her favorite restaurant on Mercer Island is I (heart) Pho! We met at VietCafe. P had a headache and bit of a sore throat, I was tired, but nothing big, M was feeling a little better. Anywho, the restaurant was great! P had "Caramel Beef with rice" around 250rbls and it was delicious!!!! mmm. Even natasha loved it! M of course had her chicken pho (also 250 rbls), I had beef pho. I made the mistake of ordering the "spicy" thinking it would be, well, spicy, but it was more spiced than spicy - kind of tasted like beef stew (a tomato-y base, garlic, maybe a little cinnamon) which was odd, but still tasty, just didnt quench my pho craving. So - there is my recommendation. Good food, good price, and we did not order the "business lunch" these are their regular prices.

After the ENT with M, picked up her antibiotic - Dr said the ear infection was also in her throat. Her med (augmentin) was actually fruity flavored (!) as opposed to poor P who had to take an unflavored (terrible!) one. - It's not fair!

Next day my throat started hurting, then went downhill. My throat on one side, then my ear on that same side, fever, then my jaw, my teeth hurt, even my hair hurt. I waited to go to the DR, because, well, that is what I do. Finally on Sat (yes, I got progressively worse through the week and did nothing about it! - shame on me!) we went to the DR, they sent me to an ENT. After some mix-ups and general chaos over my meds, I finally got it all straightened out and am feeling MUCH better. (and still able to nurse natasha with no ill effects yet)!

So all last week we did absolutely nothing. Well, one night we went out to dinner. We went to Tibet Cafe which was also very good and good prices. Hot and sour soup was delish. Only thing I didnt like was it was quite small and so many people were smoking. We all reeked when we left, and I didnt feel great of the kids being exposed to all that smoke. Especially since we were all sickies.

I have to say the kids, once again, did great. Even though we were literally in the house the entire week, they played and played playmobil and lego, they read, I taught them to make friendship bracelets (christina, guess what M is making your boys for xmas?!) and they played a bit on the computer. I ended up making computer a privilege to be earned, as opposed to a "right" that can be taken away. P especially doesnt like this new arrangement, but he has been drawing, and reading more, practicing piano, so there you go! (although he constantly asks - did I earn computer time, when can I play computer, mom, can I play) - I told him he will not play every day, more like 3 days of good behavior, then maybe 30-45 min computer time.(awww, mom!). It is kind of tough since they dont watch tv, but it is good for them - builds character, right?! They do watch Little House on the laptop in the kitchen while I make dinner, and they really like that - we are almost through season 2.

Now that I am feeling better, I look around and the apartment is a mess! a weeks worth of laundry piled up! dirty bathrooms! messy kid rooms! I havent studied my Russian! ugh - I need to get motivated to get working.

You know when you have so much to do, you dont know where to start, so you do something totally not a priority, like crochet mittens?