Things I Love Thursday should really be People I Love Thursday this week. I’m still sick as a dog, but am improving enough to want to say a huge thank you to all the people who have and continue to prop me up through this evil bug.
I’ve been given food and medicine deliveries, including homemade, hand-strained chicken broth, cheesecake from Seattle, and chocolate for when I’m better. I’ve had my kitchen and washroom cleaned for me, received birthday balloons — several weeks early, I might add — and had friends pick up my U-Pass and return a library book for me when I just couldn’t move more than ten steps at a time. Best of all is having someone or another checking up on me everyday to see how I’m doing.
If I could go back to the girl I was five years ago (or even three), I’d tell her to stop panicking and promise that life in Canada is going to be just fine. More than that, even.
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On another note, being sick does this strange thing to me where all I want to do is speak Chinese. For several days I only wanted to listen to Mandarin radio stations and watch Chinese TV. I rewatched 《老房有喜》which came out in my pre-teens. Oh, badly written TV, how I adore thee.
sighted the first cherry blossoms budding on Iona Drive and crocuses pushing their way past black earth
this might be old news to everyone who’s been out and about for the past week, but I took it as the world’s glad greeting and a promise that it really is going to be spring soon
no flu can keep me down with that hope to hold onto!
especially not now that I’m on new medication that may or may not be contributing to my good mood, hehe
Although my mother and I are separated by a gigantic ocean by the name of the Pacific, we like to maintain a close, loving relationship. Our latest mother-daughter bonding has been through the sharing of our bodily mishaps:
Mother: Had an accident last week and gashed her head. Reports say bone was visible. Received stitches. Out and about after a day, buying groceries.
Daughter: Developed flu complications and went to VGH one night. Received IV in arm and underwent a few tests. Discharged after intaking a few bags of fluid. Still largely incapacitated at home.
Obviously, mother wins for both attention-grabbing reason for entering hospital and for speedy recovery.
P.S. If you live on campus and have anything happen to you past 10 pm, go straight to Vancouver General Hospital. UBC’s Urgent Care Centre closes at 10 pm. (Lesson learned the hard way.)
the fancy paper shredder in the office! • feeling more comfortable with someone new than you expect • a huge glass of vanilla ice cream with fudge and caramel sauce • when you push yourself out of your comfort zone and rock it • successful baking experiments • the baby who visited our office! • going to bed early • the Wesbrook Mall shuttle bus from Marine Drive to Save On • awesome coworkers • my culinary skills which occasionally surprise me • people who go out of their way to see you smile :)
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sunshine this morning and dancing tonight — what a perfect combination!
