Andrew lost his dad when he just started college. I never met him but I know he would be so proud of Andrew… and that he’s watching us and praying for us in heaven.

Around 3 a.m. last Sunday morning, I woke up with a severe abdominal pain. I had no idea what was causing this terrible pain. Was it food poisoning? Indigestion? I thought I probably ate something wrong but then I had the similar pain last week which didn’t make sense. I could barely walk because of the pain when I got out of the bed. I suggested Andrew to take the kids to church by himself. My parents were worried so they wanted to stay with me just in case but I insisted that they go to church. I just wanted to rest and sleep. I thought, what’s going to happen in a couple of hours? I should just sleep and get better. I fell asleep for about an half hour but then my pain got even worse. I woke up crying and there was no one in the house. I called Andrew and he had left both of his cell phone and blackberry at home. I called my parents and they were not answering the phone either. It was around noon and the church doesn’t end until at least 12:30. I started googling how much an ambulance ride costs. We live a block away from a hospital where I delivered my both kids and seemed so stupid to call an ambulance. Should I wait 30 more minutes or should I dial 911? What if this is just a food poisoning and I’m just going to waste money for one minute ride. I’ll be all embarrassed when my pain turns out to be nothing serious? I was going crazy… Then I got all emotional thinking about my kids and started to cry on my bedroom floor, hunched over in pain. I must’ve cried for a few minutes like that then I heard a car outside. I crawled over to the window and saw it was Andrew. I opened the window and said that he has to take me to the hospital immediately. My parents arrived shortly after that so we went.

I was admitted inside right away but they had to do a few tests including a CAT scan which took forever. They gave me IV with pain meds so I was beginning to feel better after a few hours though. Long story short, after being in ER room for almost 8 hours they told me what I had was a collapsed cyst on my right ovary. This acute pain was caused by the irritation of the lining of the peritoneal cavity known as the peritoneum. The peritoneum can be irritated by blood or the contents of the cyst. The doctor told me that I will continue to have the pain for the next couple of days so I should be resting at home (no work!) and I have to follow up with my doctor the next day…

I was relieved that I wasn’t dying and I can return to my kids and my family. What a day.

I took off work for a spa day with my beautiful mom today! It was much needed R & R time with her. 🙂

My first day back from the trip, I found this gorgeous flowers on my desk. I feel special~

Kids and the husband have been taking turns getting sick for the last month or so, it was evident. I have bronchitis…

I had the honor of accepting The Art of Packaging Award Gala invitation this evening at New York’s University Club, benefiting the Marc Rosen Scholarship for Graduate Packaging Design.

The winners:

I had a little photo shoot session with Andrew (the husband) for my new bio picture this afternoon. Not sure which one I should use…

9 pm

10 pm

11 pm

12 am

Behind the screen, back stage

1 am

1:30 am: wrapping up

The big day, first rehearsal at 8 am, then the real presentation was at 2 pm. We finished by 5 pm. Then to the airport by 6 and got home around mid-night.

This was one of the hardest business trips! I’m glad everything went great and all in all, it was a successful trip. I’m just a little bit tired, that’s all. Just a little…

Before I entered into the dark hole (work) I took an early walk on the beach this morning. I arrived here bright and early yesterday which means I was already sleep deprived, but I know how busy I was about to get so I’m here. Getting my priority straight.

There were so many jellyfishes on the beach. Pretty.

*Let the record show that this was the last time I saw sunlights during this trip. Lame.*