Change ...

yes, I changed my blog template again. Decided that I didn't quite like the last one ... it was a bit too flowery .. lol.

Anyway, my blardy blardy vertigo is back again. I was ok for a mere few days only. I am so bummed. It's NOT back full force ... just a bit. But still.

I am going to make an appt to see an ENT specialist .. I really can't take this.

I am vertigo free !!

Finally, on Friday ... I was back to normal. It was a BIG relief. I was getting sick and tired of feeling dizzy.

I was waiting for a friend to pass me something last week .. here is a pic I snapped with my Omnia. Still hate the camera resolution ... bah! .. My old Nokia N73 took better pics even though it was 3 megapixels. Just that the N73 didn't have Wi-fi ... that really sucked.



Heh, I was sitting on some steps here at the foot of my friend's block ... I actually got out of my car. hahahah !!

seriously ...

it looks like my vertigo is here to stay ...

sigh.

I'm still having it .. it's been almost 3 weeks now. really really very bummed out. It's not super bad now .. but there are days when it's not so bad .. and days when it's really really awful. And those days, it's really very hard to NOT feel grumpy cos everytime I move my head wrong or suddenly, I feel the earth spinning. It's almost debilitating I swear.

My doc says that it's likely I'll have it for life. I kinda thought it'd go away and come back periodically ... but that hasn't happened so far.

Anyway, today, I witnessed maniacal driving IN THE BASEMENT carpark of the Woodlands Civic Centre when I dropped Lauren off at kindy. The fella was driving really fast and taking the corners fast too. Blardy idiot. How dangerous. As he parked his little teeny car and got out, I got a look at him. Blardy skinny dude. He obviously felt he was HOT and was a good driver to boot.

Huh.

I decided to leave him a note on his windscreen. I thought it was damn blardy good of me not to use words that rhyme with "clucking" and "lick" ... I decided to be courteous and wrote down plainly and politely that his driving was dangerous and that there was absolutely no need to drive fast in a tiny, cramped car park. I'm sure he read my note and threw it away in disgust .. but at least I told him his driving sucked. lol !!!

My hubby feels that one day soon, I'm going to get into a fight with another driver and that will either result in our car getting scratched or worse, me lying dead in a ditch ... and I always have the kids with me .. so it's kinda irresponsible to get into a fistfight in front of them ... And let's face it, if it's a fight with a guy .. skinny or puny he may be .. he'll still win .. and I seriously don't want to get hit. Or spit on.

*shudder*

Started a new blog ....

yes, this one is for us to spree together !!!

My first spree will be from Drugstore.com .. their Lil Critters vitamins .. all on sale. I also want to order Spiffies toothwipes for Calista ... well, in anticipation of her cutting her first tooth anyway. lol. And Sambucus .. which is cheaper online.

I'll be organzing other sprees .. Gap etc .. just bookmark my blog and look out for new sprees !!

http://spreewithkristalangel.blogspot.com/

Happy shopping everyone !!

In a place called "Vertigo" ....

no not the U2 song ...

I have vertigo for real ... darn it .. and my docs tells me that I seem prone to it and it will probably come on and off all my life.

I can't believe my luck.

Of all the things to be afflicted with, it had to be this one. I absolutely hate the feeling of being dizzy ... Wikipedia defines it as such ... Vertigo (from the Latin vertigin-, vertigo, "dizziness," originally "a whirling or spinning movement," from vertō "I turn"[1]) is a specific type of dizziness, a major symptom of a balance disorder. It is the sensation of spinning or swaying while the body is actually stationary with respect to the surroundings. My vertigo is not due to a bacterial infection BUT a problem in the inner ear balance mechanisms (vestibular system) says my doc.

I first had it in March this year .. that was a bad episode ... I threw up a couple of times ... it went away and then came back 2 weeks ago .. I was finally on the mend then it came back again a few days back.

WTH.

I can't swivel my head fast .. I can't look up and down suddenly .. and I have to lie down slowly ... it's killing me man.

Before you ask how I drive my Odyssey with this, well ..

Driving is not a problem cos I pretty much am looking straight ahead most of the time ... I just flick my eyes over to the side mirrors and turn my head slightly to check my blindspots so it's actually quite bearable.

Everything else is not. I was giving Calista her bath and had to pick her up from the bath tub .. I nearly toppled as I looked down and then tried to look up after picking her up.

sigh.

I am not on any medication currently as I am breastfeeding .. my doc urged me to stop temporarily and take the meds but Calista isn't trained to drink formula from a bottle so I'd rather not. So now I suffer ... the doc told me that without medication, it'll take longer for it to get better.

Complacency ...

Hubby was grilling Claudia on her spelling earlier this evening ... she was fine and got all the words correct.

Stanley ... ever the encouraging father ... *me rolling my eyes upwards here* .. told her ... "hmmm good. Don't get complacent. Remember the last time we got complacent? .. Mas Selamat escaped" ...

I burst out into laughter and said .. "That's because we weren't on duty that day guarding him" ..

LOL !!

Scraping the bottom of the barrel ...

yes, we have hit rock bottom.


out of sheer boredom, we drove to Singapore Expo on Sunday after church (we had lunch at the airport first though) .. to see the SKC Dog show.


sigh.


Yes, we have run out of things to do. Anyway, my friend was there with her puppy .. a little Yorkie and I thought it'd be nice for the girls to see other dogs. The girls did have fun looking at other people's doggies .. and there were PLENTY of them there ... nice ones too .. small ones and huge ass ones. I bet those generate GINORMOUS piles of poop. EW.


I say it now ... DON'T get a dog. A dog is a lifetime commitment and responsibility ... and they take up quite a bit of time and money.


My girls love our dogs. Yes, PLURAL. We have 2 dogs. Isabel, we brought back with us from the States .. she's a Golden mix and Kimmy, our Maltese, we got when we returned cos we though Isabel would be lonely.


Although I bathe Kimmy once a week ... and hubby bathes Isabel once a week too .. we still have them sent to the doggy groomer once a month to be groomed ... nails cut, fur trimmed etc. And because we are firm believers that feeding premium dog food will result in better health, my dogs eat good food.


Kimmy actually has to eat prescription food from the vet cos she's susceptible to gallstones ... she had surgery a year back to remove some teeny gallstones in her bladder and the doc informed us that it might recur. blardy hell. anyway, so far so good and the prescription food helps with her skin as well.


So anyway, yes .. having dogs is troublesome. While I do love my dogs and treat them well, I usually advise people NOT to have any. Especially if they have kids. Or are planning to.

Anyway, back to what we did on Sunday, ... we went to IKEA Tampines after that. That life-force sucking place ... I ALWAYS spend money there. Why? Why? Why?

So that was how we spent our Sunday. We need new lives. Seriously. Or at least an overseas posting again .. I'm dying to go back to the States.