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!!

Earth Hour

What will you be doing this Saturday night from 8:30 to 9:30 pm? Will you be voting Earth? On March 28 you can Vote Earth by switching off your lights for one hour. Or, you can vote global warming by leaving your lights on. The results of the election are being presented at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009. They want one billion votes for Earth, to tell world leaders that we have to take action against global warming. They need the world to take action on Global Warming. And you can start here. So, are you in? I'm happy to say that we are voting earth this Saturday. It's only one hour. Easy!! Lots of cool stuff you can do in the dark LOL.

What the heck?

It's very difficult for me to say ~No~ or to that ~No thank you; not interested~ and close the door to people asking for something. I got a knock on my door early this afternoon and it was a young guy. Boy, he was talking so fast that I could barely keep up with him. Ok. I'm all up to helping people when I can and when I have extra money. These type of people talk to fast and (thank goodness I knew about them before) they just want to suck you in and earn those "points" they want for supposedly take a trip somewhere in the world (this guy wanted a trip to Spain). No thank you!! These people knock on your door, start talking about what they are doing, the points they get, suck you in to sign for some magazines for 2 or 3 years... and the magazines are even MORE expensive than when you buy the subscription in those little papers the magazines have inside. I mean, they don't even ask ~are you interested?~. Noooo!!! They just ask for your name and write it on their little paper paystub and tell you they just need a hard surface so they can write more comfortably. At that point, I told him I was broke and I only had $5+ in my wallet (which is true). He then asked if I had a checkbook... no I don't!! Credit Card... no I don't!! So, he said thank you and left. Phew!! Wish I knew who he was before opening the door and start listening to what he had to say... which by the way, it was getting close to the time I needed to leave to go pick up Joel from school. I only opened the door because he looked like the maintenance guy around here. And, he was really nice but all vendors are nice.

Talking about vendors, a guy named Felipe was supposed to call me yesterday in the morning about the car but he never did. I blanked out when he called on Monday morning and I totally forgot to give him my husband's work number. But, like my husband says "if it's mean to be it will be". So, no worries.

St. Patrick's Day came and went. I made the kids green cupcakes which they loved!! And to top it off, they asked for green milk too LOL. That day, when I went to pick up Joel from school, it was so cute to see a lot of green in the kids... even silly hats, socks, and green jewelry. Everybody was in the St. Patrick's spirit. What's the next fun holiday coming?... Easter!!!