06/January/2015, Day 006. Tuesday.
Maybe this time Grump has learned a lesson: NEVER insult a Filipina! Sweetie was still a bit sore from being called, "fat and lazy", this past Saturday. Finally Grump relented, and admitted to her that he was upset and depressed because of her lack of affections. They kissed and made up. Hooray!
At school today, Kuya made a snowman out of paper plates. He has two new classmates, a boy and a girl.
Dodong and Lola did what Dodong and Lola usually do, namely, hung out together.
Tonight Grump and Sweetie went to Pubix to buy Dodong's baby food, which was still on sale. Then they went to Krogers to buy a dozen persimmons, which Sweetie loves.
Peace and Hugs!
P.S. - after we went to bed last night, Kuya had a bad coughing fit, then vomited all over himself. Yuck!
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Monday, January 5, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 005
05/January/2015, Day 005. Monday.
It was back to work for the Old Grump. After the lull of the holidays, work is beginning to pile up again. Just today he got assigned two new projects.
Sweetie is still a bit mad at Grump, but she is getting over it ..... slowly.
As Publix is still selling the baby food Dodong eats for half price, ( Earth's Best Organic Baby Food, if you're curious), Grump and Sweetie went shopping after work, and bought 26 jars of the stuff. Tomorrow we plan on doing the same.
Now .... we plan to EXERCISE! Grump really needs it, being old and fat, and Sweetie is getting a bit plump too! But now we're make ourselves skinny and sexy. Look out!
It was back to work for the Old Grump. After the lull of the holidays, work is beginning to pile up again. Just today he got assigned two new projects.
Sweetie is still a bit mad at Grump, but she is getting over it ..... slowly.
As Publix is still selling the baby food Dodong eats for half price, ( Earth's Best Organic Baby Food, if you're curious), Grump and Sweetie went shopping after work, and bought 26 jars of the stuff. Tomorrow we plan on doing the same.
Now .... we plan to EXERCISE! Grump really needs it, being old and fat, and Sweetie is getting a bit plump too! But now we're make ourselves skinny and sexy. Look out!
Sunday, January 4, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 004
04/January/2015, Day 004. Sunday.
Old Grump and Incredible Sweetie were still a bit ill today. But even worse, they were still quarrelling from yesterday, barely speaking to each other, and when they did so, in a tone filled with bile.
Despite this, things were accomplished. Grump and Kuya both got haircuts, (on orders from Sweetie, by the way!), and Sweetie managed to buy lots of baby food for Dodong at half price.
Dinner was a disaster! We tried takeout from the newly opened Panda Express here in Macon, GA. Several of Sweetie's friends had recommended it to her. Our opinion of it can be summed up in one word: YUK! If you're hard up for cash and you're looking for something to eat, you'll do much better at Taco Bell, IMHO.
How bad was it? No one liked it, not even Lola, and Grump and Sweetie, (on speaking terms again), went to Publix and bought a small pack of sushi to eat, as both were so hungry.
On reflection, maybe there is a good side to the Panda Express experience. Nothing brings folks together like sharing a terrible meal!
Old Grump and Incredible Sweetie were still a bit ill today. But even worse, they were still quarrelling from yesterday, barely speaking to each other, and when they did so, in a tone filled with bile.
Despite this, things were accomplished. Grump and Kuya both got haircuts, (on orders from Sweetie, by the way!), and Sweetie managed to buy lots of baby food for Dodong at half price.
Dinner was a disaster! We tried takeout from the newly opened Panda Express here in Macon, GA. Several of Sweetie's friends had recommended it to her. Our opinion of it can be summed up in one word: YUK! If you're hard up for cash and you're looking for something to eat, you'll do much better at Taco Bell, IMHO.
How bad was it? No one liked it, not even Lola, and Grump and Sweetie, (on speaking terms again), went to Publix and bought a small pack of sushi to eat, as both were so hungry.
On reflection, maybe there is a good side to the Panda Express experience. Nothing brings folks together like sharing a terrible meal!
Saturday, January 3, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 003
03/January/2015, Day 003. Saturday.
Despite both Old Grump and Incredible Sweetie being ill, the day didn't start off too bad. Sweetie made some yummy french toast out of croisants for breakfast, and then for lunch we all had burgers from Five Guys Burgers and Fries.
It was some time in the early afternoon that the trouble started. Grump, who was feeling irritated from some unexpected money pressures, like a true clueless dolt called Sweetie "fat and lazy", and hurt her feelings. The atmosphere here has been tense and icy ever sense.
On a positive note, we were able to get Lola some affordable insurance via AFLAC. If you know someone who doesn't have insurance, this might be an option for them, that stupid (un)Affordable Care Act, and EVERYONE who voted for it, be damned!
Despite both Old Grump and Incredible Sweetie being ill, the day didn't start off too bad. Sweetie made some yummy french toast out of croisants for breakfast, and then for lunch we all had burgers from Five Guys Burgers and Fries.
It was some time in the early afternoon that the trouble started. Grump, who was feeling irritated from some unexpected money pressures, like a true clueless dolt called Sweetie "fat and lazy", and hurt her feelings. The atmosphere here has been tense and icy ever sense.
On a positive note, we were able to get Lola some affordable insurance via AFLAC. If you know someone who doesn't have insurance, this might be an option for them, that stupid (un)Affordable Care Act, and EVERYONE who voted for it, be damned!
So How Are Things Going, Old Boy?
If you've read my latest posts, you know that in the last few days I've been suffering with another bout of nasty sinus crud that my fat old body seems irresistably prone to picking up. If you want to waste five or ten minutes, read on and listen to me whine about how this sad state of affairs came to be.
On Friday, December 26th, the day after Christmas, (as if you didn't know that!), the four of us, Ronelin, John, Thomas and me, drove down to Jacksonville, (actually Atlantic Beach), to visit my parents. We had a good meal Friday night, followed by a good night's sleep, and then a nice breakfast Saturday morning.
By Saturday afternoon Thomas was acting fussy, and feeling warm. As the day went on he got worse, so we gave him some infant tylenol, which seemed to help. All then seemed well, until that evening.
Once we were in bed, Thomas began to cry. He cried and cried and cried and cried and cried and cried, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT! Ronelin got no sleep at all; I got about 2 hours in fifteen minute increments here and there. In the wee hours of Sunday morning we decided we needed to get him home, so we made an early phone call to my parents, then set off for home about 6:00 am.
Fortunately Macon has a really good after-hours pediatric doctor's office, so we were able to get him medical attention once we got back home. It turns out he had an ear infection.
To make the drive from Jacksonville to Macon on very little sleep I had pumped myself full of caffeine, (energy drinks mostly). Unfortunately I was still all jacked-up when we went to bed Sunday night, so for the second night in a row I got very little sleep.
Monday was a work day for me, so I had to drag my sleep deprived fat old body out of bed and slog off to work. By Monday afternoon I was starting to feel unnaturally congested, with a nasty tingling in my throat. By Monday evening I was sneezing and coughing and doing my best to produce gallons of snot.
I didn't sleep much Monday night either. Even though I was dead tired, the stupid sinus troubles, (coughing, unable to breathe, snot running down my throat, pounding headache), managed to keep me awake for large chunk of the night. Tuesday morning I was a wreck; I had to call in to work sick.
So that's how I've been this past week. I'm living on Mucinex DM, Ibuprofen, and Vitamin C at the moment, waiting for this crud to go away. It might be a long wait. Once my body catches one of these sinus nasties, it jealously holds onto it for weeks and weeks, as if reunited with a long lost lover.
On Friday, December 26th, the day after Christmas, (as if you didn't know that!), the four of us, Ronelin, John, Thomas and me, drove down to Jacksonville, (actually Atlantic Beach), to visit my parents. We had a good meal Friday night, followed by a good night's sleep, and then a nice breakfast Saturday morning.
By Saturday afternoon Thomas was acting fussy, and feeling warm. As the day went on he got worse, so we gave him some infant tylenol, which seemed to help. All then seemed well, until that evening.
Once we were in bed, Thomas began to cry. He cried and cried and cried and cried and cried and cried, ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT! Ronelin got no sleep at all; I got about 2 hours in fifteen minute increments here and there. In the wee hours of Sunday morning we decided we needed to get him home, so we made an early phone call to my parents, then set off for home about 6:00 am.
Fortunately Macon has a really good after-hours pediatric doctor's office, so we were able to get him medical attention once we got back home. It turns out he had an ear infection.
To make the drive from Jacksonville to Macon on very little sleep I had pumped myself full of caffeine, (energy drinks mostly). Unfortunately I was still all jacked-up when we went to bed Sunday night, so for the second night in a row I got very little sleep.
Monday was a work day for me, so I had to drag my sleep deprived fat old body out of bed and slog off to work. By Monday afternoon I was starting to feel unnaturally congested, with a nasty tingling in my throat. By Monday evening I was sneezing and coughing and doing my best to produce gallons of snot.
I didn't sleep much Monday night either. Even though I was dead tired, the stupid sinus troubles, (coughing, unable to breathe, snot running down my throat, pounding headache), managed to keep me awake for large chunk of the night. Tuesday morning I was a wreck; I had to call in to work sick.
So that's how I've been this past week. I'm living on Mucinex DM, Ibuprofen, and Vitamin C at the moment, waiting for this crud to go away. It might be a long wait. Once my body catches one of these sinus nasties, it jealously holds onto it for weeks and weeks, as if reunited with a long lost lover.
Friday, January 2, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 002
02/January/2015, Day 002. Friday.
As most days when Grump isn't at work turn out to be, (as TOO MANY days turn out to be, in Grumps opinion!), today evolved into a Shopping Day.
Despite the fact that Grump's fat old body was still wracked with whatever crud has recently chosen to infect him, and the overcast, cool skies and sporadic bursts of cold rain, we all jammed into Grumps tiny car, (the bigger car was unusable since SOMEBODY barfed all over his car seat yesterday), and went shopping.
First stop was Sam's Club to buy some decent rice. Most of the grocery stores around here don't even carry a basic jasmine rice, which, considering how poorly Americans cook rice anyway, (at least according to Sweetie), probably isn't that much of a catastrophe. We picked up some other goodies at Sam's, (fruits and such), then zipped back home so Grump could rest his battered old body.
After a quick lunch of eggs, hotdogs, and rice, we went shopping again, this time to get bedsheets for the twin mattresses on the new bunk bed we bought for Kuya and Dodong. After that we stopped off at the grocery store to buy food for Dodong, and some more fruit, this time persimmons for Sweetie.
Now it's not quite even 6:00 pm yet, but Grump is already making mutterings about going to bed! What better to do on a dreary cold rainy day than sleep and save up your energy for when the sunshine returns?
As most days when Grump isn't at work turn out to be, (as TOO MANY days turn out to be, in Grumps opinion!), today evolved into a Shopping Day.
Despite the fact that Grump's fat old body was still wracked with whatever crud has recently chosen to infect him, and the overcast, cool skies and sporadic bursts of cold rain, we all jammed into Grumps tiny car, (the bigger car was unusable since SOMEBODY barfed all over his car seat yesterday), and went shopping.
First stop was Sam's Club to buy some decent rice. Most of the grocery stores around here don't even carry a basic jasmine rice, which, considering how poorly Americans cook rice anyway, (at least according to Sweetie), probably isn't that much of a catastrophe. We picked up some other goodies at Sam's, (fruits and such), then zipped back home so Grump could rest his battered old body.
After a quick lunch of eggs, hotdogs, and rice, we went shopping again, this time to get bedsheets for the twin mattresses on the new bunk bed we bought for Kuya and Dodong. After that we stopped off at the grocery store to buy food for Dodong, and some more fruit, this time persimmons for Sweetie.
Now it's not quite even 6:00 pm yet, but Grump is already making mutterings about going to bed! What better to do on a dreary cold rainy day than sleep and save up your energy for when the sunshine returns?
Thursday, January 1, 2015
A Day in a Year in a Life / Day 001
01/January/2015, Day 001. Thursday.
Happy 2015 One and All!!
Welcome to a new year of the continuing adventures of Old Sweaty Grump, Incredible Sweetie, Kuya and Dodong, (the Wonderkids), and Lola, with occasional appearances by Grandma and Grandpa, and Angel.
Today was rather subdued for us, as both Grump Kuya, (particularly Kuya), were fighting a stupid sinus infection type crud. As I'm writing this, (a bit after noon), Kuya is still sleeping, after being up for only an hour or so this morning.
Sweetie is tired too; she is laying on the sofa, watching a cooking show on the Food Network on TV. Meanwhile Lola is busy, busy, busy, cleaning in the kitchen, washing dishes, taking out trash, sweeping the hallway, cleaning up the bathrooms .... whew! Just writing about her makes me tired! Sweetie insists that this is NOT how things usually work around the house, with her laying about while Lola works, but I now have evidence to the contrary!
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So as the day went on, Kuya seemed to feel worse and worse. He didn't even want to eat any of the freshly baked soft pretzels we bought at the mall. This concerned Sweetie; she insisted we stop shopping, and take him to the doctor. This was probably a good decision, because on the way to the doctor's office Kuya barfed.
He vomited all over himself and his car seat. Yuck, yuck, yucky! Sweetie and Grump cleaned him up as best they could, then the three of them sat in the doctor's office for more than two hours, (yes - 2 hours!), while they waited for the doctor to see Kuya.
Fortunately nothing serious is wrong with him; he apparently just has a virus. But it was quite a frustrating afternoon/evening for the family!
Happy 2015 One and All!!
Welcome to a new year of the continuing adventures of Old Sweaty Grump, Incredible Sweetie, Kuya and Dodong, (the Wonderkids), and Lola, with occasional appearances by Grandma and Grandpa, and Angel.
Today was rather subdued for us, as both Grump Kuya, (particularly Kuya), were fighting a stupid sinus infection type crud. As I'm writing this, (a bit after noon), Kuya is still sleeping, after being up for only an hour or so this morning.
Sweetie is tired too; she is laying on the sofa, watching a cooking show on the Food Network on TV. Meanwhile Lola is busy, busy, busy, cleaning in the kitchen, washing dishes, taking out trash, sweeping the hallway, cleaning up the bathrooms .... whew! Just writing about her makes me tired! Sweetie insists that this is NOT how things usually work around the house, with her laying about while Lola works, but I now have evidence to the contrary!
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So as the day went on, Kuya seemed to feel worse and worse. He didn't even want to eat any of the freshly baked soft pretzels we bought at the mall. This concerned Sweetie; she insisted we stop shopping, and take him to the doctor. This was probably a good decision, because on the way to the doctor's office Kuya barfed.
He vomited all over himself and his car seat. Yuck, yuck, yucky! Sweetie and Grump cleaned him up as best they could, then the three of them sat in the doctor's office for more than two hours, (yes - 2 hours!), while they waited for the doctor to see Kuya.
Fortunately nothing serious is wrong with him; he apparently just has a virus. But it was quite a frustrating afternoon/evening for the family!
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