Chronicles of Mommyhood

Hot Date!

 

The Hubby is out of town so I had a hot date with the "other" man in my life, Gavin!  We had a lot of fun, baking cookies, painting, and eating said cookies warm with cold milk.  After a warm bath and a little Kung Fu Panda my date feel asleep by 9:30!   Hey it was better some dates I went on back in college!

I never do these

I never do these meme things, why well I usually think to much about what the right answer is but I'm doing this one,I'm just gonna go with the flow.  I saw this over at Fergie's blog

If money didn’t matter what would you do with your life?
I would just travel
What’s the biggest misconception about you?

I think I appear to be more "together" than I really am
Beauty or brains?

brains

What is your weapon of choice?
Words

Who was your first celebrity crush?
Todd Bridges, back in the Different Strokes Days LOL!

What’s your family’s nickname for you?
Gussie or Gus....my dad called me greedy gus as a baby and my mom thought Gus was too "boyish" and everyone started calling me Gussie

What is your most embarrassing guilty pleasure?
Edy's ice cream right out of the carton, it is better that way
What’s the last book you’ve read?
Confessions of a Fat Bride by Lauri Notaro-HILARIOUS!
Name one thing that scares you?
rodents

What’s the biggest mistake you’ve made?
I wouldn't know where to begin!

Who would you cast to play you in a movie about you?
Angela Bassett

If you ran for President of the United States, who would be your running mate?
Barack Obama! 

Who is your favorite TV mom?
Claire Huxtable
What’s the fastest way to pick a fight with you?
Mess with my child

If you could tell one person to shut up, who would it be?
I am not sure

Who would you die for?
My son

Name one celebrity with whom you would never procreate under any circumstances?
I'm gonna go with Fergie and say Flava Flav

It would be an honor if some said my writing/poetry reminded them of_____________.
I am not a writer if we are talking blog writing I will say my girl Liana over at Welcome to the Dollhouse

Name one sex act you would never perform if you were the opposite sex?
Yep skipping this one...

Would you ever pose for Playgirl/Playboy?
NO Never even if I had an awesome body

When was the last time you cried?
Last night

What’s the greatest personal tragedy you’ve ever experienced?
Loosing my dad my senior year of high school

Complete this sentence: By this time next year______________.
I will be better in the areas I need to be better in

All Better

Thank God!   Gavin is much better his skin is still a bit dry, but the peditrician has given him a clean bill of health and he went back to school last week.  I wanted to share his recent school picture.  He looks like such a big boy!  I can't believe he's 4 already!

Who Knew People Were Still Getting Scarlet Fever?

Man has it been a long week, and it is not even over.  Well Monday we had a big snow storm here on the east coast so we all stayed home.  Monday night, before bed Gavin complained about his eye bothering him and then he work up with his left eye swollen shut and a rash growing! Instantly I began to trip out and we rushed Gavin to the nearest ER thinking he had some weird allergic reaction.   While in the ER his fever spiked to 103!  After some meds and rest, they informed us that it must be some sort of viral rash. 

Ok so what the heck is a viral rash and are we about to be quarantined!  The ER doctors were no help.  They only explained that a chicken pox is a viral rash, but what he has is not a chicken pox, it is a non descript rash, give him some Tylenol for the fever, and benedryl for the rash.   The bright side was that he was in good spirits and acting pretty much like himself.  But to me all of that did not explain the swelling eyes. 

Good thing I called the pediatrician because I took him in on yesterday and lo and behold he has Scarlett Fever in need of antibiotics!   As soon as I heard Scarlett Fever I was thinking like in the olden days and people died!  Apparently it's a lot like strep throat and she has seen 5 other kids in the past two weeks with the same thing going on.   I was going to post a picture of my poor little scaly boy, but I won't embarrass him like that.  But he's on the mend thank God, and in very good spirits so I'm glad!

Back from Guyana

I don't really know how to begin to express how awesome my journey to Guyana South America was.  It was fulfilling and enriching to my Mind, Body and Spirit.  I really thought that I was going to work and be a blessing to the people, but by my second day there I felt abundantly blessed myself. 

As I prepared myself for the journey I wanted to make sure that I took everything in.  I wanted to experience the culture the best I could in the short amount of time that I would be there.   I wanted to be prepared for all that I would see that was not like the norm, all the sights, and different food, and the smells.   The flight was about 5 hours from New York city overnight.   I woke up to the most beautiful sight I have ever seen in nature.  I woke up and watched the sunrise while in the sky.  It was amazing and I felt it was the perfect message for the trip "See Beauty in Everything God Created".  

It was just a fantastic trip.  The Guyanese people that I encountered are a very loving people.  I was in Guyana over Valentine's Day and was surprised to see that Valentine's Day is a really big deal!  Every where we went on Valentine's Day people were dressed in red and wishing you happy Valentines.  Some of the teenagers and children from our sister churches even made Valentine for members of our delegation. The holiday is more about family love and not just romantic love and I thought that was very nice.   Families who can afford to go out to dinner together.

One of the highlights of the trip was the women's health fair we convened.  We had a really good turn out.  I had the opportunity to work with group of teenage girls and we had a slumber party.  It's funny because teenage girls all over have the same issues, the same interest and everything. 

Well I can't really sum up the whole trip here, but I am sure I will be referring to it more from time to time.  But I will leave you with some photos. 

Our Hotel

Yes that is a KFC in the background, there was also a Popeye's Chicken and a Pizza hut.  This little girl (in her school uniform I loved seeing the kid's in uniforms) sold oranges (yes green oranges) in the market place after school  6 for $100.   That was like 50 cents US.

 

   

The Guyanese love President Obama!  I asked a few people why the like him and the general consensus was "he doesn't just care about the United States he cares about us all!