The price you have to pay as a parent

The following e-mail was sent to me by a friend.

With the rising prices of commodities, people would always say that having a child is expensive. After all, you would have to think of food, school, clothing, allowance, toys, and a lot lot more (which may also include housing, educational plans, and life insurance lead). 

But is it really expensive?

 I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but
 this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It’s nice.

 That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!

So you see: benefits of having a child >>>> costs of having a child!

No to heat stroke

With the very high temperature we are experiencing nowadays, it is possible for a person to experience heat stroke.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):

People suffer heat-related illness when their bodies are unable to compensate and properly cool themselves. The body normally cools itself by sweating. But under some conditions, sweating just isn’t enough. In such cases, a person’s body temperature rises rapidly. Very high body temperatures may damage the brain or other vital organs.

Heat stroke can be life-threatening and even fatal. So avoid that scenario wheren you have to file for social security disability and make sure to take the necessary precautions to avoid heat stroke! Bottom line, your body should be “cool.”

• Avoid hot foods and heavy meals—they add heat to your body.
• Drink plenty of [nonalcoholic] fluids and replace salts and minerals in your body..
• Dress infants and children in cool, loose clothing and shade their heads and faces with hats or an umbrella.
• Limit sun exposure during mid-day hours and in places of potential severe exposure such as beaches.
• Do not leave infants, children, or pets in a parked car.
• Rest
• Take a cool shower, bath, or sponge bath
• An air-conditioned environment would help
  
• Wear lightweight clothing

And let’s pray that this very hot weather will go away soon!

Source: CDC.

Down with the "pox"

Have you had Chicken pox? Do you remeeber when you got it?

Wendy has chicken pox right now. The spots are just starting to come out, and she loos funny [what kind of a mother am I?]. If not for the fact that it is a disease, people do look amusing having these spots, as long as they are not too many.

I remember when I had chicken pox. My sister told me para lang daw ako pinapak ng lamok. Yes, I had very few spots, which i thought is good because that meant I would have less peklat or markings (no need to look for the best acne facewash!). But that might also mean that I might have it again! Whooo, scary!

I also remember when my mother had it, perhaps around 12-15 years ago. She would use singkamas juice, wiping her skin with the fruit, to make sure that there would be no marks when the spots are gone. If this is effective, I do not know. But there are creams in the market nowadays that can help with these peklat, and even with the itch.

As of now, Wendy is in quarantine. She says she’s super bored… and she’s just in her third day!

Energy down the drain

It’s Monday again. But I feel like it’s the latter part of the week already! I feel so tired!

Weekends are supposed to be our relaxation time. Unfortunately for me, the long weekend was a swirl of activities. I barely had rest and sleep…and this is because of some errands [tiring but fun]!

If only for this past weekend, I can relate with and forgive celebrities when they become irritable at times. I mean, when your energy seems to be drained from a Moen kitchen faucet, and nothing is to be left, it’s so hard to be nice to everybody!

I don’t like starting the week this way, especially when I think that there are still 4 working days left!

Haay…I can’t wait for the weekends again!

A second home

Yesterday, we spent the whole day looking for an apartment for someone who is going to be a freshman this year at UST.

As we went around looking at apartments, I was brought back memory lane more than 10 years ago, when I was the one looking for a dorm in UPLB. We went from dorm to dorm, apartment to apartment, inquiring. Let me tell you, getting insurance quotes is easier! Of course, the dorm will be your second home away from home, so you want it to be “perfect”! So many considerations! Is the environment safe and good? Are the rooms “livable”? How’s the water? How about the fixtures, are they all working properly? Etc. Etc.

I’ve had so many good memories living in dorms and apartments while in college. I’ve made bonds and freindships that would last a lifetime. I’ve had great experiences I’ll never forget. I’ve found a second home.

Haay…college memories! So nice to look back at those times!

Holiday Friday!

It’s another glorious Friday, and what’s more, it’s a holiday! Yay!

What I love about the current administration is the many holidays it has implemented. So many celebrations, kulang na lang pati birth announcements would  be declared holidays! He! He!

But hey, I’m not complaining! I know that too much holidays is not good for business…but it’s good for us mere employees!

I just hope that this is a legacy of the Arroyo administration that will be carried on!

Have a great Friday everyone!