After 3 days of home rest I was getting anxious and craving some fresh air and sun on Friday. What did I do? I left the house and took the girls to the playground. We took a bus so I probably walked less than 1 mile in total. Yet my foot immediately told me that … Continue reading Gradual recovery →

Two days of being grounded with less than 1000 steps a day later, my ankle swelling is noticeably reducing, which is good sign that it's working. I keep reminding myself that I should avoid going out too soon like I did last time to avoid having to do recurrent grounding. While I am hopeful and … Continue reading What keeps me busy when grounded →

I am officially grounded for 5 days to properly heal my ankle. My self-imposed rest didn't work out as I was anxious to get out and run/walk. But after few days things are not getting better actually the pain level climbed up slowly. So i had a teleconsult last night and the doctor ordered me … Continue reading Grounded →

Husband has been working at Manila time since we arrived a month ago, often getting up in the middle of the night for meetings. I thought it was hard but didn't know how hard it was until last night. I had an important meeting from 8-9:30pm, then another one that I needed to join to … Continue reading Broken sleep and injury →

This week we visited American History Museum on Monday and Smithonian National Zoo on Tuesday. Very fun visits and so grateful that they are free. Girls don't get to appreciate museums much yet but the history museum has several kids friendly activities that they really enjoyed. I am not a big museum fan as I … Continue reading Museum and Zoo →