it's been a long time (once again) lol

ahhh, so i'm back. it seems like forever but i decided it was time to update. where do i begin? well, summer vacation started and i am so happy it has finally arrived. this is the 3rd week of summer vacation. it began with relaxation, loads and loads of reading (yay) and spending more time with my husband. then, the big one, my husband became really sick, shivering, a fever of 103, and just couldn't move much. i finally called 911 after he started shaking again! it was scary, he was rushed to the ER, after we happened to be in an ambulance with two very unprofessional EMT's. they were talking about their lives and their boyfriends, while my husband seemed to be on a death bed. i wanted to scream. anyway, we got to the hospital and all the tests confirmed he was fine but that he apparently had a bad case of the flu and strep throat. they gave him antibiotics and we left after 7.5 grueling hours. boo. although i always knew this, i have learned that the healthcare system is very much equivalent to the public school system, bureaucratic and filled with systematic bullshit. ER doctors don't really have time to talk one-on-one with patients because they are so busy and overworked, not to mention they have to document and chart every single thing they do, which only takes away more time from the patient. grrr. so systematic and such bullshit.

it has been 2 weeks since N got sick and now he is feeling much better. we followed up with the doctor and it looks like the throat infection has cleared up, so he will be back to work on thursday as per doctors orders. whew!

in other news, tomorrow is N's interview for his greencard. i cannot wait until it is here and i hope everything goes well because i am so over all of the paperwork and incessant questions about our lives. come on already! the interview is in the morning, i will give you the update at some point, lol.

hmmm, so now i guess i feel free to talk about my PCOS here. back in 2006 i was diagnosed with a mild case of PCOS which means i don't suffer from insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, obesity or random hair everywhere, just irregular periods. at first when i found out, i was so shocked and devastated. but after talking to my mom, who told me that doctors told her the same thing, i felt better. mummy, who is such a trini said, "girl dey told me the same ting. it means nothing." haha. well thanks mom, but it does mean something. it means that i do have to watch the things i eat and continue to maintain a healthy weight. now although doctors insist that my weight is perfectly healthy, once i got married, my periods became extremely irregular. they used to be about 35 days apart all the time. then suddenly i went 2 months, sometimes 3 without my period. this did not make me happy. i happily got back on the workout bandwagon and i got a period last month. still waiting for this month. i have also introduced the natural herb vitex to my daily supplements. i have read on tons of blogs and in science journals that this is a miracle herb and sooo many women have regulated their periods this way. it has been 2 weeks that i have been taking it so far. i know i have to be patient so i will. :-) i am taking the femaprin brand. i hope it works just as well for me, as it has worked for other women.

and last but certainly not least, writing. my goal this summer is to send things out more. i have 2 completed manuscripts, one is a memoir, the other is poetry. they just need to go, go, go! lol. now that N is better, i can stop being a nurse and continue to work on my writing again. lol. oh, the joys of being a wife and a writer.

until next time...

peace and nappines <3