Lemon

For those of you that didn't know before- I am a lemon. Thus, the lack of updates on the blog. I have had a miserable three weeks with just about everything going wrong that could go wrong. It all started with the discs herniating again in my lower back. Followed almost immediately with bronchitis and swollen vocal cords. The doctor told me not to talk for awhile. (Hard to do when you are a teacher.) I fought through the pain and continued swimming, which is the only form of exercise I am allowed to do. This was giving me a little relief, until my knee decided to pop out in the pool. Now, it hurts to walk and put weight on my leg and swimming is excruciating. I went and had it x-rayed. The doctor told me the joint is very swollen and inflamed and to keep off of it. (Hard to do when you are a teacher.) So now that I can't swim, my back is getting steadily worse. Sitting for more than 20 minutes at a time is ridiculously uncomfortable and my feet usually fall asleep immediately after sitting down. So, I am basically bed ridden when I am not working, which is actually hurting my neck. I haven't quite figured out that one yet but laying in bed causes my hands to go numb!

Jenny is six months pregnant and in way better shape than I am right now. If I drop a marker on the floor, I almost want to break down and cry because it hurts too damn much to bend over and pick it up. Luckily, children are easy to train and I got kids in every class that pick up after me.
I am now seriously considering taking out a loan to pay for a spinal surgery. I can't handle living in this much pain anymore. I am going batty.

Jenny, however is doing great. She looks great, feels great and is getting more and more excited about our coming boy. We have bought almost everything we need for the nursery now and are going to start decorating this week. (If mom, ever sends me those hi-res photos!) We just need to buy a stroller and a changing table and we are set. I also need to order some cool baby clothes from North America. All the baby clothes in Taiwan are super gay. Gay in a bad way. Not gay in a fashionable way. For some reason they put little bows on everything. Doesn't matter if it is a boy or a girl- it has to have bows in Taiwan. Which might be why most of the men in this country are so effeminate. Hmmmmmm.

We are getting hit by a typhoon right now. It looks bad on TV but Tainan is always sheltered from the worst of the storms due to us being surrounded by mountains. I think Taipei could get seriously destroyed tonight but we will be okay. I will try to go out and get some photos of the carnage later.

I will also add some photos of Jenny later.