I expect I've just totally jinxed myself and the next post will be from Simon with funeral service details and requesting donations to my favorite charity instead of flowers but it would appear that I most probably won't be dying today, "probably".
Its all a bit of a blur, we did take the nap I remember that bit but after that instead of waking refreshed and full of vim and vigour I awoke wondering who I would most likely puke all over first, Loopy or Simon Of course, being the considerate person that I am, I didn't puke on either of them, I didn't puke on anyone, I just writhed on the floor in agony and slept and slept and writhed some more. I can't remember when I last felt so ill, ack you forget just how horrible "ill" is. I'm just so thankful that we arranged to meet BB on Monday and not as soon as we got here, because that would not have gone well! I was thinking it would be good to have a buffer of a few days so that Loopy could acclimatise and get settled into hotel life and do some exploring but as it turns out its me that's needing the buffer!
Right now my head is still pounding and I'm getting the occasional cramp but I'm feeling much better than yesterday so I might actually get to venture out of the hotel! Its certainly been a strange trip so far, I never even got to tell you about my total and complete melt down on Monday, OMG I totally lost it, I was just a gibbering wreck (which I will now choose to blame on my then impending illness). As per usual for me I had thought I was more ready than I really was and suddenly what I thought was just a quick couple of hours packing before we left was actually more packing than could ever be accomplished in two weeks let alone 2 hours. The heatwave in a house with no AC didn't help matters and I was soon a hot sticky hyperventilating mess, sobbing on the floor and telling Simon that we'd never be ready and that I wasn't going, EVER and that it was just too, too, cruel to make poor BB join our terrible, disorganized, mentally deranged and general all round useless family . . . . well apart from Loopy, she's not any of the above but she's also a little small to travel to Taiwan all by herself to bring her baby brother home.
Simon just turned a little pale and pretty much ignored me (his usual default position in the face of danger) whilst continuing to throw things in the suitcases. We've ended up with approx 400 "just in case/their so useful" plastic zippy bags since neither one of us knew the other was throwing them in and I seem to have brought enough tampons to last several years due to the fact that I kept panicking that I hadn't put any in and so would lob another box in but other than that we seem to have done not too bad a packing job all things considered.
I'm just hoping that between melt downs and stomach bugs we have got all the "weirdness" out of the way for this trip -keep your fingers crossed for us!
Whilst I've been typing this Loopy has been systematically peeling the wrappers off every single one of her new crayons but I'm still too weak to offer resistance and Simon is snoring in the bed so "naked" crayons it is.
However, now, since now there are no crayons left to peel, she is demanding attention so luckily for you I will have to stop my moaning and try to entertain her.
p.s Yes that is a black eye she has, we were doing a last minute shop at the weekend before we left and Simon and Loopy made their usual pilgrimage to the Apple store and whilst under the care and supervision of her attentive and responsible father Loopy managed to whack her face into a fixture resulting in this beautiful shiner. Mr Yeh, the guide who collected us from the airport (and who is a retired police officer) noticed it immediately and questioned us - he clearly has us marked down as "suspect" and will no doubt be monitoring us for any other slacker parent type behaviour. I wanted to tell him it was all Simon's fault but between his English and our Chinese it was easier just to look appropriately sheepish.
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