A Word to the Conservative Woman or Those Faint of Heart

I am what you might consider white. Very white.  Well, my husband is hispanic only by skin and by food choice.  Otherwise, he's very white like me.  I am not prejudice in anyway and instead looked forward to learning about my husband's culture from Puerto Rico.  I have learned a lot in the ten years I have been with my husband.  Nothing could have prepared me for a Puerto Rican bridal shower.  It's rare in my experience to see a mother "corrupt" her daughter in order to prepare her for marriage.  Puerto Rican women have a strange sense of humor and I saw every aspect of that last Saturday.  Let's say it doesn't matter what age you are if you're a PR woman, your level of silliness like that of a twelve year old girl never ceases.  Especially when it comes to introducing a young woman to her "duties" of marriage.  I have been informed this is a very old tradition that introduces an ignorant bride to be of any male body parts that might be foreign to her.  A good point was brought out by someone there, that such tradition is archaic at best.  So this blog remains a warning to such a woman that has an ounce of morals inside her to know what you're getting into.  At least, be careful with accepting souvenirs, especially lollipops. 

"Emily of New Moon" Anime Series!

I was excited to find this:  an anime adaptation of "Emily of New Moon" was released this month in Japan!  I can only hope and wait for a US DVD release.  I hope to watch it with some close friends (Ceido, wink, wink ;) ), and even Julio wants to see it.

"Emily of New Moon" Anime home page

Spoke Too Soon

Last night was a bit rough.  I felt awful all day, getting worse until, when Julio got home, I asked him to take me to the ER.  I called my surgeon's office to talk to a nurse and see if I could get a new medication, because the pain medicine they gave me wasn't helping.  The surgeon is on vacation, and the nurse told me that she couldn't prescribe me anything else.  "That's what he prescribed you and that's what you should take." she said.  Unbelievable!  I was in all this pain and she was not helpful at all.  I had so much pain in my sinuses, and having the nasal junk dripping down my nose into my stomach was making me very nauseous.  I went to the ER and was there for a few hours.  They gave me two new medicines which have helped a lot.  When we got home, I threw up, but that helped me feel better.

I'd like to thank everyone who expressed their thoughts and concerns here and on Julio's site.  I really appreciated that.  Hopefully I'll be getting better in the next week or so.

On The Mend

Last Tuesday, I had sinus surgery.  It was in my best interest to have this done but no one told me it would still hurt a week later.  Once I told people I was having it done, just about everyone knew of someone who had it done recently.  They said, "She was up and moving after a day of rest." or "She felt better immediately."  So I know I wouldn't have the same recovery but when I woke from the anesthesia, my doctor informed me that he had done a lot of work and didn't know how I ever breathed through my right nostril.  It doesn't look bad, but if Arnold Schwarzenegger ever punched me in the nose, I know what it would feel like. If you heard me, you would think I just had a bad cold because of how stuffy I am.  But, it was nice to lay around for a week and rest.  In the recovery room after the surgery, the nurse said I was a model patient.  I said I feel like I'm in a day spa.  Don't have to worry about the house, kids and what I was making for dinner.  Moms are not used to "just lying around" so it was a foreign but welcome short-lived change.  I felt blessed I had my in-laws and husband to pick up my slack.  I'm just suprised I'm still leaking discharge and coughing up blood tinged mucus. Yum! I'm currently reading a book on voice over acting which had said sinus problems could dramatically change your performance.  So if there's a positive to this, I hope my voice will improve.  Once I'm off my pain meds, I hope to write something "intelligent" and "witty" so check back soon.
 

I thought I'd never say this...

but bring on the cold weather!  I love summer as much as the next girl but a problem arises when all my clothes from last fall are too tight for the spring.  Too many cookies and too many matching velor suits have me stuck in hibernation mode.  Ok, so I have bought two pairs of pants the next size up but a whole new wardrobe in that size?  No way.  So spring has been delayed in the Northeast which allows me to attempt to cut my calories and excercise before the inevitable happens...bathing suit weather! :shock: