Pain, pain, please go away

May 9th, 2008

It has been five weeks since I had a surgery, the wound outside seems completely healed but the wound inside is still healing. I sit down for too long and then try to get up, it still elicits a sharp jolt of excruciating pain from the pelvics and the edge of waist. This kind of pain wasn’t there right after the surgery, but after I drove around two weeks ago, the pain starts and stays until today.

Can’t do any large movement without feeling a sharp jolt of pain. And I really mean pain. I was sleeping fine some nights, but sometime the pain kept me awake at night. I pray that the pain will go away really soon.

Changing lane during middle age

May 6th, 2008

Have no idea what kind of job I can get once we move to IL. I would have to get an IL teaching certification if I would continue to teach elementary or middle school. The alternative would be to get an IT related certification or a secretarial qualification to change lane.

I do like working with computers and have been self employed for the past one year, but working for oneself has its pros and cons. One of the major disadvantages is the cost of medical insurance and the lack of employer contribution towards retirement fund. Will getting a CEH Certification will probably open up more opportunities for full time employment with benefits? The recent cancer scare had me thinking hard about the medical cost and future retirement plan. Can I retire comfortably if continue to work for myself? Hard question that needs much pondering. :-)

Sleep deprivation makes me grumpy

February 20th, 2008

Was able to have eight hours of sleep last night, so I got up feeling really good this morning. Though I am a night owl who functions better at night than daytime, sleep deprivation makes me grumpy.

Eight hours of sleep is quite a luxury, seldom get to sleep that many hours lately as they are so many errands to run, things to get rid of and things to pack during the day, and night time is my working time, working on the blogs and preparing for classes.

Selling all my children books

January 8th, 2008

Have decided to sell all the children books that I have collected over the years. If you are interested to pick up some excellent books for your children at a great bargain, please go over to Children Books for Sale to take a look.

Please leave me a note if you are interested, I would send you the link to the flickr page once I am done taking pictures of them.[Edit: most of the books are gone and almost all the Montessori stuffs are sold before I have a chance to take pictures]