Day 27

Today is a very sad day. My aunt passed away this morning. She's my dad's only sibling and she was the one who took care of me when I first arrived in the United States. Another reminder that we do not hold tomorrow in our hands. We do know that there will always be an end but I guess when you love someone so much, no matter how 'prepared' you are for the loss, you'll never really still be ready. I still keep the keys to my Aunt's house which she gave me ten years ago. She would always tell me that I am welcome to stay with her anytime and even forever. I miss her already...

Day 26

Nathan's still sick and constantly wants to be carried. He can't seem to sleep very well since he's coughing a lot and has runny nose. Good thing he doesn't have fever...

Day 25

My midnight snack while cramming for an exam =P...

Day 24

Ever since I started my pathophysiology subject, I've been introduced to a lot of diseases, some I've never heard of, some I'm familiar with. The last chapter I read about fractures was an eye opener. It says that most fractures or falls were complicated by osteoporosis. Women are more prone to having osteoporosis but it is a disease that is preventable. At my age, increased calcium intake plus vitamin D and a more active lifestyle away from smoking, drinking and caffeine are recommendations to prevent osteoporosis. This awareness made me go to the supplements aisle first at Costco when we went there. I picked up a bottle of One A Day to at least augment what is lacking in my diet. I plan to live a long healthy life so I can watch my children grow =).

Day 23

There's still a freeze warning today because the temperature is still too low. But it's Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, known for the best day for best deals in the stores. John went to Walmart at midnight but wasn't able to buy anything because of the expected super duper long lines and the things he wanted were gone already =P. The sales are usually till noon so we hurried to Target at 10:30am and searched for the best buys we could find. Each boy picked his toy like an early Christmas surprise =). I was able to look around for doorbusters which were left from the morning's frenzy. I found character pajamas for Tristan and Nathan for $5 a set. Yay =)! Nathan insisted on wearing the spongebob pajamas tonight =). He's been coughing a lot and has a slight fever. He hasn't been feeling well since yesterday =(. But look at the happy face, always ready to smile when he sees the camera pointed at him =).

Day 22

The lowest temperature today is 19 degrees F. It's so cold! Yesterday evening I was looking at our neighbor's tree and was thinking of taking a picture of it today to show the beautiful autumn leaves. When I woke up this morning, all the leaves of the tree have fallen! I looked around and saw that the streets in our neighborhood were full of scattered leaves.

Day 21

It's been so cold these last two days we didn't get the chance to play outside. The kids are on Thanksgiving break this week. Tristan keeps himself busy by playing on the computer. I let him play 30 minutes at a time so he won't hurt his eyes. But sometimes I get too busy to keep track =P. But he's nice enough to remind me that his time is up and he will just play after he has rested. My Tristan is a good boy =).