Boo

J is slowly getting better. Thank you for the prayers. Please keep them coming as I am tanking out now.

Crazy

We are in crazyland right now. J feels wretched and has for a few days. We went to the doctor and he didn't know what was wrong. Long story short: it looked like J had Dengue Fever, but now it seems he has Swine Flu. Why 'seems,' you ask? Because we live in a small, remote town without great medical care. Even 'tests' run by doctors here are 'inconclusive' and unhelpful. Now I'm not making sweeping statements about all health care in this country. In mega cities people come from all over the world to participate in medical tourism because of relaxed government regulations (read: do it at your own risk) and amazingly low costs. It's just that most cities don't offer the health care that those few famous cities afford.

So we're waiting it out. J feels like his bones are broken. His joints hurt like mad, he has a fever and chills. I feel so bad for him but what can I do? No one ever called me Florence Nightingale. All I can do is give him generic acetaminophen (we're out of American Tylenol), try to let him sleep, and pray like anything that I'm not wiped out next. Would you pray that too? For me and the kids? And that J will heal quickly? He's got a job assignment to perform on Wednesday...

Movie Saturday

J is sick with an ear infection. We needed peace and quiet today and so we decided to watch a movie, the new Alice in Wonderland, on our Mac. We used iTunes, which is pure genius when one lives overseas and has no access to Hollywood Video. I popped popcorn (over a gas flame) and we ate Indian chocolate. It was a raging success, all in all. And though I'm no feminist, I must admit that I pretty much loved the new Alice. That's mostly because I'm taken in by anything Tim Burton does. He really does know what my dreams are made of. Does that make me mad, I wonder? Hmmm...Perhaps it does.

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All in a day's work, people...

Promises

Phir Milenge, Hamare Pariwar

Bon Voyage, Lovelies