Hospital
HAPPY 20th BIRTHDAY EMILY AND ESTHER!!!! =) (sorry i couldn't make it)
Boxing day shopping at 8am on sunday morning...left at 9am and made it early for church =) *pat on the back*
Went over to Andrew's for dinner...good times but lots of ppl couldn't make it. After i went to see my mom in the hospital, she went to emergency that evening. She has shingles and on top of that, the pox became infected..so she's been having fevers also. She's taking antiviral drugs, antibiotics and tylenol3..aiya. I diagnosed her with herpes simplex virus a week ago...very good-who needs med school =) I brought her back to the hospital the yesterday at 4pm..we waited for 4hrs before getting a room (8pm)..then stayed til 5am, she got 2 sets of antibiotics....it was exhausting but good bonding time w/ my mom. A while ago at a prayer meeting, Scott asked us to pray for his parents...he said how it's hard to watch them get old cuz as children we have this perception that our parents are big and strong (esp our father's) ...as i was sitting beside my mom's bed...i finally realized what he meant. It's hard to see our folks not at their best. But she's getting better.
I drove her over to my grandparents today...we stayed almost the whole day...then i brought dinner back for my dad. Lots of family time these days.
So what's this thing w/ lottery? I don't get it. From a statistical point of view, the chances of winning are close to 0 yet people spend $20-, $30-, $40 on these lottery tickets. And who are the ones that play?...the poor...the 'lower class'..maybe some of the 'middle class'...and then they lose their money...get more poor...ugh..it's such a vicious cycle. I know my parents' business is based alot on the lottery but i can't stand it watching ppl play as if if they don't buy the next ticket, they're going to lose their million. It only makes the poor more poor.
Boxing day shopping at 8am on sunday morning...left at 9am and made it early for church =) *pat on the back*
Went over to Andrew's for dinner...good times but lots of ppl couldn't make it. After i went to see my mom in the hospital, she went to emergency that evening. She has shingles and on top of that, the pox became infected..so she's been having fevers also. She's taking antiviral drugs, antibiotics and tylenol3..aiya. I diagnosed her with herpes simplex virus a week ago...very good-who needs med school =) I brought her back to the hospital the yesterday at 4pm..we waited for 4hrs before getting a room (8pm)..then stayed til 5am, she got 2 sets of antibiotics....it was exhausting but good bonding time w/ my mom. A while ago at a prayer meeting, Scott asked us to pray for his parents...he said how it's hard to watch them get old cuz as children we have this perception that our parents are big and strong (esp our father's) ...as i was sitting beside my mom's bed...i finally realized what he meant. It's hard to see our folks not at their best. But she's getting better.
I drove her over to my grandparents today...we stayed almost the whole day...then i brought dinner back for my dad. Lots of family time these days.
So what's this thing w/ lottery? I don't get it. From a statistical point of view, the chances of winning are close to 0 yet people spend $20-, $30-, $40 on these lottery tickets. And who are the ones that play?...the poor...the 'lower class'..maybe some of the 'middle class'...and then they lose their money...get more poor...ugh..it's such a vicious cycle. I know my parents' business is based alot on the lottery but i can't stand it watching ppl play as if if they don't buy the next ticket, they're going to lose their million. It only makes the poor more poor.
posted by A Mandar @ 7:56 p.m.
3 Comments:
At 1:18 a.m.,
Jaysfreak said…
Yeah family time is great :) Hope your mom gets better fast. That's so true about the lottery. If anything, you should just pay like $2 for a ticket. That gives you the chance to win, to pay anymore is a waste.
At 1:36 a.m.,
living for an audience of ONE said…
I will pray for your Mom! That can be very taxing on the nerves.
Someone once wrote...
"Lotteries are a tax on the mathematically ignorant"
And they asked
"What is Ontario trying to do, recycle the welfare money?"
I once watched a woman spend $20, win the big prize of $250, and then over the next 5 hours lose it all, and play an additional $20.
At 2:58 p.m.,
sammi said…
Happy New Year, Manda! =)
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