Sorry for cheating but this was easier than putting them in two places. If you want to see pics from my weekend excursion then click on the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2242568&id=9219468&l=4355a2b187
or cut and paste if it doesn't work=)
23 April 2009
20 April 2009
More excitement than I wanted last night....
I need to start this entry by being thankful for the A/C room I’m sitting in. Let’s go back 24hours to review how I got here.
Saturday afternoon I went out to one of my new favorite places. I enjoyed a great meal and did some reading. I went home for a short nap before I headed to a small group meeting. Toward the end of the meeting I started to feel uneasy in my stomach. I was a bit gassy. I went home and went to bed in hopes of checking a new place out Sunday morning. I was woken up by sharp pains in my stomach. This could be two things: my IBS reacting to the foods I’ve been eating or I had eaten something bad at the restaurant the late Saturday afternoon.
The stream of fluid that came instead of poop when I went to the restroom let me know that it was definitely something I ate. I went back to bed to quickly return to the restroom. After about four rounds I felt safe to go back to bed. I slept for several hours before waking up to the urge to find the toilet again. After this round I went to get something to drink to insure that I wouldn’t start dehydrating.
I went to the kitchen to make this lemon drink that we drink to boost our electrolytes. As I lifting the bottle of lemon juice from the fridge the top fell off and the bottle went crashing to the floor. Now I have lemon juice and glass all over my bare feet and kitchen floor. After semi-successfully cleaning up the mess I went and stood under a cold shower to rinse the lemon juice and glass off my feet. I promptly went back to bed.
Several hours later I was up visiting the toilet again. Then I went and found some cracker/cookie like things. The crackers here are too buttery to eat when sick. They don’t have saltines. The best option are these semi-sweet biscuits that remind me of teething biscuits. I broke down and drank my Dr Pepper that my roommate found for me. It really helped settle my stomach. I went and crashed again.
I woke up in time for the inauguration of our A/C. I decided to get online and set up a skype date with my sisters and nieces. In the process I connected with a friend on facebook. Chatting with her made my day. We chatted for a while when I got a surprise group call from two of my friends. As I was letting my facebook friend go and answered the skype call the power went out. SUCK!
I was hoping it would come back on soon. I especially didn’t want to miss chatting with my sisters and nieces. I wanted to make closer with my friends so they didn’t think I punked on them. I also was expecting a late skype call from a friend who I hadn’t been able to talk to for almost a month.
Alas, upon examining things our entire power box was blown. We thankfully were able to call a friend and head over to spend the night in her well A/C flat. It might be a few days before we get power back. Different markets are closed on different days. Our market is closed today. We are trying to find an electrician in another part of town that would be willing to come to our part of town to check everything out and see if he can fix it.
I’m feeling much better. I ate toast for breakfast. I think I’m going to rest today and not go to my language helper. I start my language camp tomorrow and I will need to be well rested. I’m typing this and other emails and will have to wait to post/send. I can’t get the Wifi to work at my friend’s house.
Wifi is working now. Good news! The issue was the main wire to our power box had come loose. That’s why we’ve been having so many outages lately. It’s fixed. I will be going home to an A/C home in a couple of hours. YEAH!!!!
Saturday afternoon I went out to one of my new favorite places. I enjoyed a great meal and did some reading. I went home for a short nap before I headed to a small group meeting. Toward the end of the meeting I started to feel uneasy in my stomach. I was a bit gassy. I went home and went to bed in hopes of checking a new place out Sunday morning. I was woken up by sharp pains in my stomach. This could be two things: my IBS reacting to the foods I’ve been eating or I had eaten something bad at the restaurant the late Saturday afternoon.
The stream of fluid that came instead of poop when I went to the restroom let me know that it was definitely something I ate. I went back to bed to quickly return to the restroom. After about four rounds I felt safe to go back to bed. I slept for several hours before waking up to the urge to find the toilet again. After this round I went to get something to drink to insure that I wouldn’t start dehydrating.
I went to the kitchen to make this lemon drink that we drink to boost our electrolytes. As I lifting the bottle of lemon juice from the fridge the top fell off and the bottle went crashing to the floor. Now I have lemon juice and glass all over my bare feet and kitchen floor. After semi-successfully cleaning up the mess I went and stood under a cold shower to rinse the lemon juice and glass off my feet. I promptly went back to bed.
Several hours later I was up visiting the toilet again. Then I went and found some cracker/cookie like things. The crackers here are too buttery to eat when sick. They don’t have saltines. The best option are these semi-sweet biscuits that remind me of teething biscuits. I broke down and drank my Dr Pepper that my roommate found for me. It really helped settle my stomach. I went and crashed again.
I woke up in time for the inauguration of our A/C. I decided to get online and set up a skype date with my sisters and nieces. In the process I connected with a friend on facebook. Chatting with her made my day. We chatted for a while when I got a surprise group call from two of my friends. As I was letting my facebook friend go and answered the skype call the power went out. SUCK!
I was hoping it would come back on soon. I especially didn’t want to miss chatting with my sisters and nieces. I wanted to make closer with my friends so they didn’t think I punked on them. I also was expecting a late skype call from a friend who I hadn’t been able to talk to for almost a month.
Alas, upon examining things our entire power box was blown. We thankfully were able to call a friend and head over to spend the night in her well A/C flat. It might be a few days before we get power back. Different markets are closed on different days. Our market is closed today. We are trying to find an electrician in another part of town that would be willing to come to our part of town to check everything out and see if he can fix it.
I’m feeling much better. I ate toast for breakfast. I think I’m going to rest today and not go to my language helper. I start my language camp tomorrow and I will need to be well rested. I’m typing this and other emails and will have to wait to post/send. I can’t get the Wifi to work at my friend’s house.
Wifi is working now. Good news! The issue was the main wire to our power box had come loose. That’s why we’ve been having so many outages lately. It’s fixed. I will be going home to an A/C home in a couple of hours. YEAH!!!!
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