Don't Despair

Today, I got my new pair of prescription glasses. My last pair is two years old and in my world of constantly being online, my eyes are also constantly tired and "abused". I have been seeing squiggly lines and dancing letters. I thought I was just going nuts but it seems like the problem was that my eyeglasses needed to be upgraded. So we trooped to the doctor - my kids and I plus Ethan, and had our eyes refracted. Crap! My eyes need different lenses for nearsightedness, mid-sight and farsightedness. Of course I'd look stupid alternating three glasses as I change my focus so I opted for a progressive lens eyeglasses to encompass all three different grades. So! I had myself fitted with one and wow! It was freaking expensive. I received an set of instructions on how to adjust to my new eyewear. No sweat. However, I found the last step quite funny. It said " If you can't adjust to your new progressive lens within a few days, do no despair. Some take as long as a month or so to adjust."

Okay. I am not despairing for it only took me a few hours to adjust. However, earlier on, Ethan, my son and I were all very careful going down the two flights of stairs coming down from the doctor's clinic. We felt like the ground and the stairs were afloat. But as the instruction sheet said "don't despair" and we did not. We follow instructions to the core.

Nuts on TV

Hubby was on a golf tournament the other day. He has not been actively "golfing" of late but I guess he still has the hang of it as he went home with a prize. He said he got second place in his category. I have no idea what the category was and truth be told, I don't really care much as my house is teeming with "golfing" trophies. Even the basement has trophies way back in his basketball days. I have thrown out or or two or, alright, more than five trophies for they were ready to "retire". What interested me most was the big package he won in the raffle. All golf tournaments here have the mandatory dinner and raffle thingy after a tournament. Well, the package turned out to be an LCD TV that my kids went nuts as to who would get the TV. After much deliberation, the tv went to D3's and D4's bedroom while their TV went to my son's bedroom while his TV went to the maid's room while the maid's TV went to the garage. Now, the problem is my son's "new" tv is too big for his current tv stand and D3 and 4 need a new tv stand too. They said a new tv needs a new stand. Guess who will have to look and buy for new tv stands?

Energy Efficient

Anyone coming in my home would have a hard time calling to be let in. Utility men, postmen and other delivery persons must hate dropping by my house for meter readings and delivery of bills, letters and packages. If any of my kids are commuting and has to use the front gate as entry, they need to text or call anyone inside the house so the gate could be opened. Yes. I do no have a doorbell. I have put one time and again but somehow, it always short-circuits. I guess the problem electrical line runs under the ground. There's no way that I would dig for that electrical wire as that would ruin my garden. I'll just have to rewire up ground. Meantime, my kids have been calling my little dog's name when they need someone to open the gate. Chip barks out loud when he (it?) hears his name called out. That's my cost-effective and energy-efficient doorbell.

Expensive Gummy

I ran out of vitamins for Ethan. I generally get free supply from my brother-in-law. He comes here in Manila every June-July to visit. Ethan prefers the gummy bear vitamins. I have the big jar in my bedroom refrigerator. At 2 gummy bears per day, I was sure I still have more than enough until August. Yup! Ethan had a field day eating the vitamins! He said he was hungry! Crap! No harm done said D1. Okay then. I needed to buy my meds at the drugstore anyway so I included a bottle of gummy vitamins in my list. I bought a different brand, a local one. It was cheap at 250 PHP. When I came home and inspected the label further, I noted that there were only 30 pieces. What an expensive "bear"! It came out priced at 8.35 PHP per. Nothing comes cheap these days.

Great!

I know (and have used) a lot of appetite suppressants out in the market since the 1980s. A lot of them worked but only to a certain point as in the end, the dieter loses the energy to even bat her eyes. Yes, the diet pills are so effective, the dieter loses the will to eat. Simple. If you do not eat, you do not have the energy to do anything so your body goes to starvation mode which means your metabolism slows down. When metabolism slows down, you get stuck at your present weight. Vicious cycle I tell you. Anyway I heard about this new Jillian Michaels pill that suppresses appetite yet boosts energy. Great combination - you eat less but exercise more. Give me that pill!