Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Sunshine equals cancer

It is official, I am starting to act old.
My 30something birthday is coming up and my skin has begun to age.
The wrinkles have been kept to a minimum due to a rigorous morning and night cream ritual for many years, but I have started to burn VERY quickly.
When I was younger I used to tan all the time. A tanned face meant no makeup required. I dont do that anymore.
I tend to burn now.
About 7 or 8 years ago, I FRIED my ears two summers in a row. I didnt learn my lesson the first time around but the second time I burnt them so bad I had blisters. I was wearing a baseball cap and not a wide brimmed hat.
Well I learned my lesson.
I started to freak out about skin cancer after mom got sick. Now I dont even think about tanning.
I have about 6 bottles of sun screen in my cupboard. I tend to buy a new one every year even if the last years one wasn't finished. I carry around these suntan lotion wet nappy things for emergencies. JiXiang is subjected to baby stuff for her face and body. I dont take any chances anymore. My arms get brown but there is still a ton of sunscreen on them.
Well I have even go so far as to buy the old lady sun umbrellas.
I have two. Both of them cream coloured. One is a long handle type, the other is a collapsible bag carrying type. I used to have a black one but I left it in Taka's van after the BBQ. Li gets embarrassed walking with me when I carry it.
This morning I decided the sun had officially reached a point where my face cream needed extra help and I came to work with my open umbrella in hand.
I look like an old lady but I believe I will look all young and youthful later.
hehehe
I better.
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So I guess I should tell ya the important and not very good news.
As of august 26 Li will no longer be working.
His boss searched every where, hired new people, but still can not find someone who lives in our town that can drive Li every day after work. His boss is not happy and Li is silent, but there is nothing that can be done.
We were expecting it though.
I have been working through how we were going to handle this when it happened. I dont want JiXiang to stop her daycare. She loves it there, it creates a routine for her and it has had very obvious social benefits towards her development.
In a brief, totally not in depth, conversation last night Li and I decided that JiXiang will go to daycare every morning and Li will pick her up around 1o'clock every day. He will be daddy in the afternoon. He wants to find an evening, most likely restaurant job, but he cant start until 6ish. I get home then and he can then go to work.
It will wreck havoc on our relationship but it is not a permanent situation so we both know we can handle it for a few months.
Then we are going to have to SAVE SAVE SAVE!.
We have been doing good in this department but we could do a bit better.
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