The Birth - Part Two (The Nasty Bit)
After they finished the surgery, they took out all of the equipment they hooked me into including the epidural catheter from which I was told painkillers will be given for forty eight hours post delivery.
Inmate 8011 at Dalian Hospital
On Monday evening, I began having regular contractions that came about every fifteen minutes. They kept me up the night on and off.
Around five the next morning, I woke Buchela's Daddy up and suggested we go to the hospital to check things out.
War Games
Location: Next door
Players: Buchela, Chen Chen, and Chen Chen's Cousin
Photographer: A very surprised Me
When my son goes next door to play he usually ends up riding one of Chen Chen's cars around. Chen Chen has a few and one of them is huge. Buchela loves them all.
This time, to my surprise, I found him deeply engaged in a game I never thought he'd ever get the chance to play.
War.
Arachnophobia II
Remember I talked about my fear of spiders? Well, tis the season for spiders here in Dalian.
They are seemingly all over the place!
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Arachnophobia I
We usually walk to places. It is the best way to slow down and be in the moment.
On the way to our favorite Japanese restaurant, there are these short trees on the side walk. We have, on more than one occasion, run into spider webs by simply walking past one of them.
I am afraid of spiders.
I think spiders are scarier than snakes. When I was little, I was afraid they will climb into my mouth and multiply if it hung open when I fell deeply asleep.
So, I slept under the covers.
Imagine my horror then, when I saw this massive spider on the way back from enjoying our perfectly delicious Japanese dinner. The beast was so big, at first, I thought it was something else caught in the web.
Upon the realization that it was, in fact, a spider I was, all of a sudden, seeing them everywhere I looked there after. My skin started to crawl giving me the distinct feeling that a few of them were under my shirt and pants.
I freaked.
Buchela's father remained calm and took pictures.
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