August 16, 2009

My mom took the children to the early morning mass at the Catholic Church, St. Teresa. Right after the mass, there was a small festival going on in Bodega that my mom and my children went to find out what was going on there. There were a few vendors and a parade with the old fashioned fire trucks. I stayed home to continue to rest before going to the apple fair. It was a good timing that when they got back, I just barely woke up with nasty cough that lasted five minutes. It took me a while to get ready. I was so eager to go so it was a drag to cough…the cough really does wear me off. Every coughs I have affect any movement or plans that I might have. Off we went to the apple fair but first we had to pick up our family friends, Perry and his granddaughter Shannon at the hotel and then went to get some cash. Finally we got to the apple fair. It was not so bad that the fair was filled with a quite amount of people and vendors. I spent few bucks on goodies such as beautiful necklace, lavender sachets, lavender incenses and some sweets such as apple fritters and apple sun tea. My dear friend, Robb met us at the fair to join us in the fun. There is one thing I need to say here: I think I make the best apple butter. I swear it and it was very strange to claim that my apple butter had better flavor than their apple butter had. When it was time to go, my mom wanted to take our family friends to my house in Forestville and I didn’t really want to go because I was already getting tired. Robb invited me to go home with him and I did while my mom took Perry, Shannon and my children to the Forestville house then later to the hotel to go swimming. Robb and I ordered pizza for dinner which was great except that I had to remove the pepperoni that was too spicy for me. When we got home, I went straight to bed after taking my medications. It was kinda amazing how such little activity can tire me out. That’s because my energy is going towards healing and from the medications too. There is something else that I also noticed---my face is now riddled with rash. I’d call them “chemo rash” or “chemo pimples”, not so quite the same as regular acne we all have. They are quite painful that I couldn’t touch them to cleanse with acne solution. Another thing to notice---my eyebrows are the last to go…the hair is slowly falling off strand by strand daily. It would be very interesting to see what look I’d have without my eyebrows. Probably nothing different.

August 15, 2009

Our family friends, Perry and his granddaughter arrived from southern California in the evening. They were driving all day long while I was taking a nap. Then we met them for dinner and I had a great appetite---a plate of spicy enchiladas. It was unfortunate that I just realized that I can no longer have any spicy foods due to the mouth sores. I also ordered a virgin pina colada even though how bad I wanted tequila in my drink but I just took a pain pill prior to the dinner. It was really really nice that we got to get out of the house and have a good dinner together. Again it was unfortunate that I forgot to take my other medications because I didn’t think that we would be gone more than four hours. It was a lesson I learned and that I was coughing so hard. When we got home, I went to sleep early for I needed a lot of rest for tomorrow’s day event. The Gravenstein Apple Fair has been something that we all looked forward to going for weeks.

August 14, 2009

I was having a great day today with my mom. We went to my house in Forestville waiting for the PGE guy to fix my bedroom’s French door but never showed up so we ended up cleaning up the living room in preparation for my neighbor, Adam to do the texture job on the walls and ceiling in the living room, hallway, bathroom and my bedroom. I can hardly wait for it to be done so I could paint in color. We had a great lunch at a Chinese restaurant after we went to Home Depot to buy some supplies for my neighbor who is going to do the wall/ceiling texture. After we picked up the kids at the summer camp, they had fun as it was their last day of the summer camp. They will be starting school next week at Salmon Creek. My children were invited to their friend’s birthday party later in the evening. Oh by the way, I finally got to get my tomato plants growing by using the Miracle grow stuff. I never gave up on them and I can hardly wait for them to produce delish tomatoes for us.

August 13, 2009

Still slept pretty much all day and the weather was unusually warm that I was not even bothered by it. We were visited by my nino (my godfather and my mom’s cousin), Uncle Gary, Aunt Marian and Steven again in the evening and we had dinner that was brought by them. It was so nice of them to bring dinner so my mom wouldn’t have to cook or clean up. We had a nice conversation and the children had a great time with them outside riding their bikes on the street with Steven. They took lots of pictures of us and I hope to receive some of them from them.

August 12, 2009

Nothing to report except a scary episode---I was nearly choking and was so pooped that I slept all day from feeling terrified and coughed so much that I may end up going to the hospital or something to get the pills out of my throat. In the evening, my nino (my godfather and my mom’s cousin), Uncle Gary, Marian (his wife) and my cousin, Steven whom I haven’t seen for almost 15 years. We talked briefly...not so long because I was still poopy from the choking episode earlier.

August 11, 2009

Maleika came over to visit and bought us Hawaiian lunch then gave my mom some clothes to mend for her and played one game of scrabble. Gosh…we finally found a good player that doesn’t use 3-letter words on the game. My mom and I love a good challenge. It is about time that we found someone to play with. The more players the more fun the game will be. Kiva (her son) stayed with us to play with my kids while Maleika went home to pack for her trip to Oregon. Maleika became an ordained minister. How exciting for her!! She also brought some torn clothes that needed to be mended by my mom so she could wear them in Oregon.

August 10, 2009

Not a thing to report except that I had a weird dream during my nap. I was dreaming that the bee flew into my mouth then I slowly woke up to find that there was a bee swimming in my juice nearby. Was it a warning or just to let me know that the bee needed my help to get it out of the juice? I was pretty pooped from coughing so hard last night and this morning that I slept until 1pm.