Life isn't fair

Today was a gorgeous day. For Singapore, it was cool. That means - oh I dunno - a real feel temperature of 95 instead of 105? Ha! It wasn't as humid as usual. WAHOO!

Better still, the kids were in a great mood. When my children are happy, they are the absolute most adorable and wonderful people on the planet. I have such fun with them!

Yup, today was pretty stellar - except I was sick. Big sigh.

At first, I thought it was something I ate. I had to leave the party early last night because I was feeling so crummy. Today wasn't much better and now I'm thinking maybe I have a mild case of the flu. Bummer. With only two weeks to go here and discipline learned from my reporting days, I put on a happy face and soldiered through a bunch of errands.

First, I ran down to Chinatown to exchange Maisie's Halloween costume shoes. Then on a whim, I took the MRT to Little India. I'd heard that the market there is a cool place to see. They're right. The Tekka Market is cool. It's a fresh market. When they say fresh, they mean fresh. Every single thing there is fresh out of the water or off the land. The only way you'd get fresher eggs is to steal them from the hen house. I walked in, smelled all the fish, saw them whacking off the heads and turned right around and left. Turns out, the market wasn't the best thing to do on a queasy stomach. I'll try to go back for a good look around and this time bring my camera. 

I picked up the kids and we just hung out. Thank God they were so pleasant today. Maisie played nurse all afternoon - very cute! Poor things, they really, really wanted to go swimming, but I just wasn't up for it. Hudson brought me all his bathing suits and swim diapers one at a time. "Swim pool. Swim pool." They were so disappointed. I was, too. We only have two weeks of swimming left!

Silly, but I'm suddenly feeling all the better. Physically, not so much, but emotionally I'm pumped because the EMMYs are on tonight! I was a little blue that I couldn't watch them. I worked on so many awards shows in my early career that I watch them totally different than most folks. Outside of gaping at all the gorgeous dresses, I get high from looking at all the technical stuff. I'm such a TV nerd!

Anyway, I'm going to settle down with my banana and toast and watch the show - even though I already know who won. Sigh.

OH NO!!! They only showed the preshow. The EMMYs aren't on at all!! Worse yet, I only saw the last 10 minutes which means only a couple of dresses. Psyche! Oh now I'm back to being blue. Oh man... that's just not fair.

Danielle says Digby is fitting in really well and that they were thinking about changing their name and running away with her. I'm glad she's so well-loved and having such a good time. I hope she still loves us when we come home!!