Swine Flu

Is the Swine Flu something to be very concerned about? Or... is it just another 'normal' flu? I've heard there was an outbreak of the Swine Flu in 1976... so, it's not new stuff. For me, it does concerns me. I have two kids and I do care about their healths. Thankfully, the schools in our District remain open and safe for our children to attend. This is the time to practice good hygiene skills... ensuring that we all wash our hands frequently and for at least 20 seconds at a time, cover our cough to prevent the spread of germs, and sneeze with a tissue or into our sleeve.

Now, there was an incident in one of our local schools that children became sick and that school was closed for couple of days. It was confirmed later that the kids were sick with the normal seasonal flu and not Swine Flu (thank goodness). School was re-opened.

I think this is kinda scary. It's spreading. There's been 159 deaths in Mexico... 7 of those deaths have been confirmed from Swine Flu... and the rest of them are suspicious. There's been one death in the United States caused by it... an almost 2 year child. Then, there are 2,498 possible cases and 19 confirmed in Mexico. The United States has 68 cases confirmed, 14 in New Zealand, 13 in Canada, 5 in Great Britain, 4 in Spain, 3 in Germany, 2 in Israel, and 1 in Austria. Scary?... I think so. California alone has 14 cases confirmed.

Living in Southern California and close to Mexico is a little bit more scary as many people cross the border daily. I have family in Mexico (Baja). I have a cousin that lives in Mexico City... and worst, my mom lives over there.

This is a good site to go and read about what's going on... http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu.

A trip to Mexico

The kids and I are taking a little trip to Mexico (Tijuana Baja California) tomorrow. We are visiting my mom so we are going to stay for two days and we'll be coming back on Sunday morning. I was going to leave this morning but since we had a Maintenance Inspection in our Unit... well, I couldn't go. Then, my mom was going to meet my nephew, Tavo, this afternoon so that she can make an appointment at the DMV to renew her Driver's License and my nephew was going to go with her... or she was going to renew it (not sure which one was).

So, my hubby had to take the tint off my car from the side windows... that totally blows!! There is a law in Mexico that it's illegal to have tinted windows in cars now and it doesn't matter if the license plate of the car is from the United States or not... it's still illegal. The only time you can get away with it is if you buy a new car like an SUV, minivan, or a pick up truck that came with tinted windows from the factory... that's the only way the Mexican Police will let you go without a ticket. Oh well!! My mom lives in Mexico so I gotta do what I need to do so that I can still go visit her. I don't understand why she doesn't come to the States and live here instead. My mom is a US Citizen and she is entitled to live in this side. But I guess, she doesn't want to because she owns a house in Mexico and if she comes here... she will be renting.

I'm watching Hell's Kitchen right now. I can't believe Robert had to leave because of his health issues. I liked Robert.

Earth Hour 2009

I keep forgetting to post about the results of Earth Hour. But, we had fun on that night for that hour of darkness. The kids were excited and Joel was counting the time until 8:30... and boy, he was bugging me about it LOL. Funny!! Sooo, the kids and I played Gin and my hubby decided to listen to his iPod. Couple of my friends also got involved in participating and it was nice to hear about it. We are really looking forward to next year's Earth Hour!!