Friday, February 29, 2008

eyelids

I have a question. It's about eyelids. 

I've been watching my baby fall asleep quite a lot recently since if I leave while he's still awake he won't go to sleep.  I see him fight against the sleep and his eyelids getting heavier and heavier until he looses the fight against them and they close and he's gone. This led me to think that the eyelid is supposed to be closed and we use muscles all day to keep them open.
I decided to try my theory out by closing my eyes to see if there was any relaxation in my face but no. It was actually hard to keep them closed and it felt like a lot of effort to keep them closed. So this is my question:

Are eyelids, when relaxed, open or closed?

I asked Shay that question yesterday. Shay is my sister-in-law's husband's cousin, therefore he is in my extended family. He is from New Zeeland but he lives in London and he was over here to visit. He is the reason why I met my husband, if it hadn't been for Shay me and hubby would have never met cause hubby would not have gone to London or to the church that Sunday and we would never have met. I guess we should thank Shay. He came to see us on Wednesday and spent all day Wednesday and Thursday with us doing awesome things like watch TV and de-snow the car for me and helping me and bus do grocery shopping and taking us out for lunch. We haven't seen Shay since we moved away from London in 2005 so it was fun catching up and finding out what everyone else we used to live with are doing now. It felt very natural having Shay here with us but I guess that's because we used to live together before. We went out to dinner with Shay, my sister-in-law and two of her friends yesterday evening to this fancy steak and frites place. It was actually called 'steak and frites' and the name pretty much said it all. It was very good. While eating that's when I asked Shay about the eyelids, but he didn't know.

Bus stayed home with his grandma last night, she's back from Cuba but she'd going back up north again today so it was a short visit. She didn't have a great holiday, maybe that's karma for not baby sitting the bus for us last Saturday, who knows. She baby sat him yesterday though and he was being difficult and cried a lot. I think it's because he missed me. Hubby thinks I'm nuts. I guess we'll never know who's right.

Now I need to go catch up on my gossip since I've been so busy the last couple of days.

Oh and hubby got promoted up to official full-time at his company so congrats to him.

Later

Thursday, February 28, 2008

sorry


Sorry about the lack of posting yesterday. I was busy. We have a guest here so I'm busy.
Will post more tomorrow. 

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

I never want to grow old


Getting old sucks. My mormor (grandmother) is 78 years old and she's very sick. It all started going wrong with a stroke almost 3 years ago and then she fell and got a disc compression in her back. She recovered quite well from the stroke but the disc compression is painful, very painful and she doesn't deal well with pills. So she's been in excruciating pain for close to 3 years now and when they finally admitted her to the hospital to help her with the pain the pills they put her on destroyed her on the inside so she's now bleeding internally and not eating and is still in pain. She was scheduled for surgery on Thursday but it has to be postponed cause of the internal bleeding that they are currently doing nothing about. They just sent her home after giving her a blood transfusion and keeping her on an iv for 3 days to get some nutrition in her. It's very hard to watch. I love my mormor she's awesome and I spent so much time with my mormor and morfar when I was young. They have done so much for me, and they have given me so many wonderful memories. It's even harder to watch what all of this is doing to my morfar. He is such a great man but he's not as strong as he used to be and last fall he broke his wrist and they didn't fix it up very well so he probably have to have it broken up again so it can heal better but he can't do that right now. He needs both of his arms and hands to help my mormor with everyday things. It makes me wish I lived closer so I could go there more often so the bus could cheer them all up and I could help them out with things. Sweden is just too damn far away.

Me and the bus might be doing the trip by ourselves in April, it kind of depends on one of my best friends. She has kindly offered to come see us and then fly back with the bus and me thus helping me do the long journey with the bus. It's difficult flying with a baby. It would be fun but it all depends on her schedule and if she can take the time off. I'm almost looking forward to having her here more than actually going to Sweden. None of my friends have made the trip yet, which is understandable, it is very far and expensive. So I can't wait to show them where I live and stuff.

Well this was a depressing post. Here is something to cheer you up.

And here is something cute to make you smile.




Monday, February 25, 2008

no inspiration

Don't feel like writing today so I won't.

Check this and this out instead

Or go read this

Sunday, February 24, 2008

crap


Yesterday as I was trying to sleep I had this fantastic idea for a blog and I had it all planned out but now I can't remember what it was.

I guess I'll just have to think of something else to write about. 

Yesterday me and bus were home alone all evening. Hubby turned 31 last week and he wanted to go out and celebrate last night. We had it all figured out his mom (my mother-in-law) was gonna come and baby-sit, we asked her around Christmas and she said yes she'd love to so we started talking to hubby's friends about getting all the friends and WAGs together (WAGs being wives and girlfriends... unfortunately not the rich soccer/football kind). Everything was looking like it was gonna work out and be a cool evening out when sometime in January buses grandmother decided she didn't want to baby-sit anymore, she wanted to go on holiday to Cuba. Now I can see how all of you would think that going to Cuba is way more awesome than hanging out with bus for an evening (you have clearly never met my bus he is totally better than some stupid holiday btw) but you don't know the whole story here. She went to Mexico end of December. So we are looking at 2 holidays about 2 months apart. She works at James' Bay so she's only home for like 10 days every other month so we hardly ever see her cause the last 2 times she's been home now she's been going abroad on holiday. She also has 3 more grandkids that wants to see her and everyone has been sick for like the entire month of February and we could all really use her help for just a couple of days. But instead of her being home for 10 days this time around she was home for a day and a half and she's coming back for another day and a half next week and we will hardly see her. We think she regretted going right before going cause she came by here at 7.30 in the morning on her way to the airport to give hubby his birthday present and to give some kisses to the bus. 

To get to the point of this little story she couldn't baby-sit and the only other person we trust with our baby, my sister-in-law is away with her family and uncle Shay this weekend. I knew that hubby really wanted to go out so I volunteered to stay home with the bus. 

The hubby came back at 3.45 this morning and he seemed to have enjoyed himself and he seemed to have the drinking under control. Last time he went out he threw up in bed and swore never to drink again while nursing a hang-over for the next 20 hours or so. Today he even made it to work on time.

It looks nice outside so I think me and the bus are gonna go out for a walk soon.

for now you guys should all check out Lykke Li

bye now

Saturday, February 23, 2008

LOST



Last night I had a dream about LOST, you know the TV show. I dreamt that the answer to everything, all the questions was chocolate. Just chocolate. I dreamt I was on the island and I figured it out. I had vivid images of the other others standing in chocolate and about Ben making money off chocolate and of Charlotte knowingly talking into the phone about how there was only hours left and then saying chocolate. In my dream I was so excited that I figured it all out and I was gonna tell everyone that I knew what the end would be. When I woke up I was confused and disappointed. Now I'm stuck with everyone else trying to figure out that darn show that keeps me tuning in every week. 

So we ended up not going downtown yesterday. We figured out we didn't actually have anything to do downtown so we decided to go grocery shopping instead. The weather was awful and the hubby got grumpier by the minute so we made it quick and forgot the soy milk. 

The bus has decided that sleeping is for suckers and especially sleeping in his own bed. Now I have to put him to sleep in my bed and then try to move him since I can't leave him on my bed since he's way to mobile to be left alone anywhere that isn't caged in.  He just fell asleep now so I'm gonna move him.


Friday, February 22, 2008

Ups and downs

I like shopping. I like it a lot, but since we had the bus my shopping opportunities have been a bit more limited since going out especially in winter is a bitch and a half. I am now a happy ebay shopper and I like to browse ebay to see if there is anything I want that's cheap enough for me to buy so I'll feel like I've found a bargain. My ebay shopping has its ups and downs and when I start buying things I rarely just buy one thing. I buy lots and then a week later I get lots of packages in the mail and I'm very happy or very disappointed, depending on the accuracy of the description of the product I just bought.

Last time I had one of my ebay purchasing spurs I had to start a fight with Canada post since my "too big for my regular mail man to carry"-package mail dude is old and had decided that it was too much hassle to find parking on my street and deliver my packages. He tended to not even try and just fill out one of those little "we tried to reach you but you weren't there so you can pick up your own damn package yourself at the post office" notes. The post office that's slightly too far away for me and the bus to go easily (in winter at least). He didn't even leave that note himself but gave it to my regular mail man to deliver with the rest of the mail the next day. He did this to me many times and I know cause I was always here all day on the day he supposedly tried to deliver the package and the date on the slip was always yesterdays even though it arrived today. At first I thought that it may have gotten stuck in the mail slot or that my doorbell didn't work as it should but I double checked both and it was none of those reasons, so I called Canada Post and complained. First I got this nice lady who was appalled that this happened to me and promised to redeem it. Then I got a call from some supervisor who made sure I wasn't lying by asking all of these questions. Then he promised to get my package re-delivered but then he called back and told me they didn't have space for it so I wouldn't get it until tomorrow. I told him I'd pick it up myself and he said that if this happened again to call him on his cell and gave me his number. The next package I received a couple of days later was delivered to my door by my over-sized mail deliverer who seem very unhappy and grouchy when he handed over the package to my hubby. I guess it sucked for him to be called out on not doing his job properly so now he has to deliver all my packages or I can call his supervisor again.

What does all of this have to do with anything you might wonder now... and I admit that was quite an unnecesary story to tell but since I just had another shopping spree online my mail man will be busy next week and I shall make sure he does his job properly.

Today hubby is off so after lunch we're going down town. I haven't been down town since I can't remember the last time so that should be fun.

Later

Thursday, February 21, 2008

braving the cold

I hate winter

Have i mentioned that I hate winter? It's toooooo damn cold. Me and bus just went outside to run some errands and it's like -25°C or something similar in the wind. I made sure we were both all bundled up properly with us being sick and all for the entire month of February. I put the bus in girly tights under his wool 2:nd layer thermal wear and then his wintersuit and then the baby carrier (I use an organic ERGO baby carrier and I love it!) and then I tried to zip up my Canada goose winter coat (which is superwarm) over him so he would  be all warm and sunggly, I topped it all off with winter touques for him and mee and scarves and mittens and then we were ready to brave the cold. Bus loves his baby carrier and he falls asleep in it every time without fail so while he was sleeping all warm and snuggly I made my way around to all the places I needed to go. It adds upp when you don't go out ever except for going to the doctor, so I had 5 or 6 stops to do. Unfortunatly the places I had to go decided to be closed or what I had to do there was not avaliable that early and stuff so we had to go home again knowing that we have to the cold again this afternoon.

While out wandering around the plateau we were stopped at a crossing by the police that had decided to let the cars run the red light and keep the pedestrians waiting on the corner in the freezing cold. One man thoght this was crazy and decided to stop traffic himself by waving his arms in the air and staring sternly at the drivers while crossing the street. The police man was not happy about this and started shouting at the man by telling him that he decides who can go and when. The man was having none of it and started yelling and pointing at the traffic lights and telling the police that he was just following the traffic lights. It was one big mess with no cars moving cause of the man and the policeman standing in the middle of the crossing shouting at each other. The rest of us pedestrians were standing on the corner wondering if we were allowed to cross the street now since there were no cars moving or if we were gonna get shouted at too if we tried. After a little bit the man decided he had enough of being shouted at and left the police man standing in the middle of the street shouting after him while he walked away. Then we all got to cross the street.

Wow it's pretty sad to think that I actually thought that made my day quite eventful. I need to get out more. Soon maybe, both me and the bus are coughing less today so I'm hoping we'll be well soon.

Today is a special day for all of you who didn't know. It's  a very special birthday today. Our very own Canadian Ellen Page is turning... hmmm 20-something I think. Oh and hubby is turning 31. So far we haven't celebrated him since he left at 7.15 this morning while me and bus were still sleeping. We do hope he had a nice breakfast and lunch and that we get to eat dinner with him. We've gotten a blueberry crumble for him for tonight. We know he likes that. 
In the past hubby has watched too much "True Romance" so he tries to be all depressed and sad on his birthday and he likes watching movies by himself in hopes that a call-girl named Alabama is gonna come and be his true love or something similar. Anyways me and bus knows that he secretly loves his birthday and the gifts and that he even loves the whole month of February (which is the most depressing month of the year) cause of his birthday. We know that he loves the attention and the gifts and that if we made a big deal out of it he would love it. But he likes to seem difficult and tortured or something, he thinks it makes him seem mysterious and he wants to be mysterious. Mysterious or not we love him very much and we wish him a happy happy birthday. 

Now I've gotta go make lunch for the bus before he eats the powercable to the computer.

Love you babe happy birthday!

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

bus

I was gonna write something but bus just woke up so it'll have to wait. Later maybe

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Another day another doctor.

We went to another doctor today, he was very nice. The bus has a throat infection so he's getting another round of antibiotics and I had to have chest and sinus x-rays but it was all good. All I have is a good old fashioned virus that will supposedly go away by itself after weeks of making me feel like crap.

Met up with my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law and my niece and nephew who were also visiting a doctor, a different one from the one we were seeing cause the kiddies are sick too. Left the bus with his grand-ma while I was having my x-rays. When I was done my sister-in-law was waiting with my niece for a chest x-ray for her. It's a hard winter this year and everyone is so darn sick.

In 2 days my hubby turns 31. Let's just hope we are all well by then so we can eat cake and be happy.

Don't really have that much more to say today and bus just hit his nose¨
gotta run

Monday, February 18, 2008

Busy/Lazy

Since I've been busy today with bus being cranky and clingy and laundry needing doing and me being sick I haven't had the time to write something so I thought I'd attract your attention to some other quality reading.

For the urban parent or anyone who wants to read awesome blogs by other parents and good reviews of products and books and stuff for kids, check out Babble


Or if you are into the celebrity gossip, check out PopSugar

That'll keep you busy until tomorrow.

Sunday, February 17, 2008

8 months

Today is buses 8 month birthday and soon he will have been outside longer than inside... he has also had a fever for 10 days out of those 8 months.

He's feeling better today playing away in his room. I attached a photo of him that I just took so all of you can see.



So we had to go back to the hospital again yesterday and unfortunatly we didn't get to see our nurse guy this time so we had to wait close to 3 hours there. Right before we got to see the doctor I spotted our nurse guy at the nursing station and decided to go ask him how long we had to wait just to see if he could work some magic and get us seen quicker. He recognized us right away and told us we didn't have to wait much longer. I don't know if it was him that made us get to see the doctor almost straight after that or if it was just the fact that we had waited for 2 hours already and it was just our turn to go. I am thinking it was him though. I like to believe that he's looking out for us and lets us see the doctor before everyone else. Anyways bus still has a virus and they can't say how long it's gonna be but we have to come back again if he still has a fever on Monday evening. He's better today though no fever all night and none so far today so we're really hoping it's gonna stay that way.

I'm still sick, no fever but my throat is super sore and I'm still coughing like a 65 year old man who's been smoking all his life. Been drinking raspberry tea with honey all morning and eating soft food like bananas and yoghurts. I'm hoping I'll be better by tomorrow since I have a date with Julie and I'd really wanna get out and talk about other things than fever and poop and tempra. I could actually really do with all of us being healthy for the rest of the year or at least the next couple of months cause I do think we've had our fair share of sickness for now.

That's all for now folks I have playing to do.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Sick

Sick and tired of bus being sick and now I'm sick too. Almost coughed up a lung yesterday and overnight bus woke up at 1 am and screamed and was completely inconsolable me and hubby tried to calm him down. He didn't want hubby to walk with him he only wanted me and I was feeling like crap, I was shaking and it hurt to breath and I was all faint and stuff. I had to suck it up and walk with him anyways though. When that didn't work the first couple of times my hubby walked with him and finally managed to get him to sleep again. 

Woke up again around 5 am and my hubby thought the baby was very warm, I couldn't feel it at all thought he was about the same temperature as me so he should be fine. Hubby convinced me to check his temperature and it turned out he had a fever of 38.8°. Since I couldn't feel it I decided to check my temperature too and I had a fever of 38.5° great. Gave tempra to the baby and treo to me and tried to go back to sleep. 

This morning the bus was feeling better and was creeping all over us in bed while I still feel like one of my lungs had gone on vacation. Still coughing like mad too. If the buses temperature stays down we'll be all good but if it goes back up we have to go to the hospital again. 3 days with fever is max for little tykes like him and especially while being on antibiotics.

Well he's sleeping now and hubby is reading the paper so I guess I should have a shower and see if I can breath a bit easier and hopefully we won't have to go to the hospital today and the bus is gonna be happy and healthy for the rest of his life!

Don't fancy going outside it looks pretty but cold.

Friday, February 15, 2008

New beginnings

So I finally decided to leave the world of myspace behind... it's been good but I just can't be asked to deal with the constant friend requests and crappy bands wanting my attention.
Don't have too much attention to give away anyways... my bus (Swedish pronunciation please: the u is supposed to sound like it does in `cruise´ not like in auto bus. so read it like buise) my baby boy has been sick for forever now, 2 weeks to be precise. He has something called broncholitis which is very common for little babies to get and it's a respiratory infection that makes it hard for him to breath and he coughs a lot and as if that wasn't enough he got an ear infection too and when he finally got better thanks to antibiotics he got a fever again yesterday which is caused by a virus according to the nice doctor at St Justine children's hospital here in Montreal.
He's so big now my bus... he'll be 8 months on Sunday and soon he's been here in the outside world as long as he was in my belly and then time will just move so fast that before we know it he will be taller than me and have a girlfriend (or boyfriend if that's what he fancies). He's already so big and he falls asleep by himself in his own bed nowadays and he eats all sorts of food and he creeps (which is a form of crawling where the belly doesn't leave the floor) and he pulls himself up to standing against furniture. He is 23cm taller now than when he was born and he's more than doubled his weight.
It's so hard when he's sick because to see him in pain or being so uncomfortable you just want to do anything to make it better but then when he cries and cries for hours and just want you to walk around with him and it's 3.30 am it's hard to handle. Me and hubby have been fighting an awful lot while he's been sick mainly due to sleep deprivation and generally being sick and tired of hearing him scream and just wanting him to sleep so we can get sleep. The bus has turned out to be quite a terrorist, a sleep terrorist that is, we joke about him being a very good torturer all he has to do is cry for hours while keeping you awake and you'll tell him anything he wants to know just to make it stop.

Yesterday was valentines day but instead of doing something romantic me and the hubby and bus was at the hospital trying to figure out how come bus had a fever of 39° when he's eating antibiotics. We did get awesome special treatment at the hospital and the doctor asked us repeatedly if we worked there cause she had never before seen anyone with status 4 (not serious can wait status) being seen within 30 minutes. We think it's because we've been there 3 times in 2 weeks and we've seen the same nurse at the nurses station every time, he sent us home the first time and the second time another nurse realized bus had low oxygen level in his blood so I think he felt bad for sending us home the first time. Anyways he recognized us and sent us straight into a private room waiting for the doctor and then sent the doctor straight to us. We got quite a few evil looks from the packed waiting room when we left, I don't think they liked us getting special treatment. We loved it though and now we shall expect it every time we go there and be very disappointed the next time.

It's snowing here today for like the 45th day this winter or something like that I think we've gotten close to 3 m of snow this winter and every time it falls they make us dig out our cars from the massive snow piles and move them back and forth so they can plough the street and try to find new places to dump the snow (2 of the 5 Montreal dump sites are full already). I had to drag my ass out of bed at 6.30 this morning to move the car so I wouldn't have the car towed and get a nice $93 ticket.

Well that's it for me for today I guess. The bus just woke up and I have to see how much fever he has now.

Later