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| whoa ~ haven't been on xanga in a LONG time, and it took me a while to figure out how to post a new entry!!! it's so different now!!
anyways, the final countdown has begun for my master's recital, which will be in just one week....may 4th at 5pm....so hopefully in exactly one week from now, i'll have finished this thing and will be rejoicing with friends and family at how WELL it went!! :)
it's open to the public, so feel free to come if you're in the area ~ i realize most of the population is NOT in the area....so no worries if you can't make it. prayers would be very much appreciated though, as it's been QUITE a while since i've done this performing thing.... and also quite a while since i sang, etc. (other than at church, but totally different). :) i had forgotten just how allergic i am to champaign/urbana..... till the weather got nicer, and i wasn't able to sing AT ALL b/c of my sinuses and runny nose, sore throat b/c of the post nasal drip, etc. it was awful, until i got hooked up with some meds. nice.
i'm pretty excited about my program, as most of the songs aren't done too often (or ever before at this school, according to my prof), and there are some pretty interesting songs. i just hope baby brain doesn't kick in and render me dumb onstage on the day.....a high price was paid for this day to finally arrive.....living with my two babies away from hubby, who stayed in chicago to work and support us, and having to ask so many friends to help out and watch the babies while i went to campus to rehearse or have my lessons or study, or run errands..... and when the kids were sick, and i didn't have enough babysitters, and then i got sick, and didn't have hubby around....that was pretty hard. but i am such a wimp compared to the single mothers out there who don't have an end date.....my experience is temporary and in about a week or so, i'll be back home, but even this period of about 6 weeks was still pretty darn hard.....
i was pretty thankful that when a mouse decided to get stuck and die on one of the traps in the garage, we had a guest over who took care of it ~ it's a new home near some fields. but i am more thankful for the body of Christ.... when someone took time out to lend a hand (i.e., take one or both girls for a while, or bring food, or just come and hang out) or simply ask how i was doing....or pray for me and the girls.
God is very gracious and utterly lavished me during this entire process of preparing for this recital. i was scared that i wouldn't be able to fully prepare in just a month (usually there are SEVERAL months' prep for a recital), and i about had a seizure when my prof decided to add another set of 3 MORE songs to the recital with just 3 weeks left..... but even in all of that, through the many prayers of my mom, hubby, and some close friends, it might be a pretty good time for everyone....not to mention that ronaseo will be doing the yummies for the little reception afterwards. yummm 
welp, better get back to reviewing the songs. i have 2 dress rehearsals/run throughs this week, and that will be the true test of whether i've got all these songs (italian, german, english, french) not only in my brain, but more importantly, the ability to spit them all out at the right time and on the right pitch with the right technique, etc., etc., etc.
by the way, ella's sick.....running a fever for the past couple days....and very uncomfortable..... fussy pretty much all day, which is VERY MUCH NOT like her..... ashley went up to chicago with daddy for the week, so i can focus better. she'll be playing with grandparents and cousin daniel this week. hopefully she'll get at least a "few" naps during the week..... never been away from her this long before. feeling a little like weaksauce right about now..... pray for my girls!!! thanks! | | |
| so last night, ashley began vomiting at around 7pm. she was hungry
afterward and asked for food, so we gave her milk. then, she vomited
again.....we called the doc and he told us to keep hydrating her little
by little ever hour, but every time we did, she couldn't keep even
fluids down..... so when she vomited for about the 7th or 8th time by 1
a.m., we called the doc again and headed to the ER. they said she
wasn't in danger yet, and told us we should keep hydrating her orally,
even if she does keep vomiting.... but also gave us some meds for the
nausea.
it was so heart-wrenching when she kept begging for food and drink.....
she literally sounded like a broken record ("mamma, mamma" (which means
food), and "milk, milk, milk, milk, juice, water......" (alternating
from korean to english, in case we couldn't understand what she was
asking for....), and bernie and i were dying, b/c we couldn't continue
to feed her when she was begging us so intently.....
this morning, she's a lot more alert and responsive, and we already
gave her a little milk twice, totaling about half a cup.... so if all
goes well, we'll have her back on solids by later in the day. please
keep our little one in your prayers..... we went to the hospital i'm
going to deliver in, just in case, with all my bags ready and packed.
:) but no word from baby #2 yet. maybe she's waiting for grandma to get
here in just a little while. yay!!!
will keep you posted. :)
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| "...your brain has actually been shrinking during pregnancy. Researchers have noted that the brain cell volume of pregnant women actually decreases during the third trimester of pregnancy, only to plump up a few months after delivery. So you're not imagining your brain drain...."
that explains a lot, but.........great. | | |
| everything's ok. got monitored for like 5 hours, and baby is healthy and everything's fine. :)
thanks!
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