Okay, So It's Not *ALL* Perfect...

Yes, it's 2:30 in the morning again. I seem to be on a funky schedule...a lot of it is just my insanely screwed up thyroid.

Adriana spent most of the day today throwing up EVERYTHING. Poor little dear. Our laundry is a little worse for wear, but she seems to be doing better. She's finally taking little sips of juice/water after pushing everything away for the last 12 hours. Thanks to Kim being able to make VOIP calls for free from her computer, I was able to call my sister Bridget back in the states and get some advice since I don't have a lot of my things from home. I know the UK isn't a third world country, and I can get the equivalent of a number of things here, but Adri's little tummy needs to be American a bit longer. Just incase it's the water, for some reason, I'll see if boiling it helps any. Her tummy might not have liked the yogurt she had for breakfast either...I dunno. We'll see how things go today. The picture above is of Kim bathing Adri in her sink. We had already gone through four changes of clothes--two of mine, two of Adri's--before Kim got home from work. And we had been in the bath twice too. We're talking PROJECTILE vomiting--Kim's poor carpet will never be the same again. Luckily she has a washer, but no dryer, so all of her radiators are covered in clothes and blankets :-) We're supposed to go to an open house tonight at Kim's school, so hopefully Adri will be feeling up to it. I'm looking forward to getting out and meeting some of Kim's friends that she talks about all the time.

Speaking of friends she talks about...Russ evidently texted her and said that he would try to pop by on Friday. He wanted to drop off two tins of Pear Drops for me!!! I'm not one for hard candy, but these things are yummy!!! They're pear flavored, but they have a touch of mint or eucalyptus or something, because the flavor--excuse me--the flavoUr (that's for Russ) just seems to radiate in your mouth. We looked for them at Tesco the other night but couldn't find them. What a sweetie he is!!

And before I sign off for the night...or...uh...day...I'm still confused as to what day it is--I wanted to post a picture that I took of a fox in the garden next door to Kim's flat. He was SO adorable! The look on its face reminded me of (and make me homesick for) Rosie. We sometimes call her "little fox" because sometimes when she lays down, she'll curl her tail around her body. And with the little white tip on the end of her red tail, she looks just like a little fox!

Cheers mates!! (or "laters maters" as Kim likes to say...)

posted by Brandi at 7:49 PM