10 July 2008

This has been an odd sort of week.
We went to Ikea in Beijing with other families on Monday. That's an all-day ordeal, considering the 5 hour round trip and that it claims to be the 2nd biggest Ikea in the world.
Tuesday was pretty lazy. Nothing going on. As I predicted, the gas meter guy showed up at about 7:30pm, read the meter and I paid him cash. It rained all day and we stayed in.
Yesterday was going pretty lazy, too. Marilyn had been feeling a little more tired than usual and had taken a nap. I was on the laptop watching a video with headphones when she tapped me on the shoulder. She had gone to the bathroom, leaned on the counter and then had awakened on the floor staring up at the door knob. She doesn't remember anything. She had cut the inside of her upper and lower lips with her teeth(?), had hurt her nose and put a dent on her forehead at the hairline. She wouldn't go to the doctor and spent the next 3 hours throwing up and suffering diarrhea while I held on to her in case she felt like passing out again. She then slept for a little while, worried about how bad she might look and at 8:30 went to bed until around 6am. She's still pretty banged up today. Her neck and shoulders hurt. Her nose, lips and forehead are very tender.
This evening she told me she doesn't need to be "watched" anymore. She made some rice and we had a little dinner together. She is in the living room looking for some "chick flick" for us to watch together. Oh joy!
Later y'all,
In His Name,
Mark/Dad/Grandpa