Linda and Robin threw a great holiday party last night at their house. We played Pokeno, which is sort of like bingo. A lot of people came over, which was fun. Connye's son won the big pot of money at the end. We play with coins so it's not like anyone loses or wins a ton of money. Connye is Linda's childhood friend. She came to Hilton Head in Oct. 2011 so Cleo and Sidney are very familiar with her and give her big hugs and kisses when they see her.
I had a lot of fun playing Pokeno. Roger didn't play, he watched the kids - there were 4 kids aged 5 and under - and he watched football. The girls are fine for the most part, it's really Sidney who needs to be watched. It was so nice of him to watch all of the kids while I played Pokeno. Some of you know how much I love to play card games. I also love bingo so Pokeno is a perfect mix.
This morning, I took Sidney to a nearby urgent care center (Solantic) because his eyes were red and crusty. He was diagnosed with a sinus infection - the mucus drains into his eyes and irritates them making it look like he has a pinkeye. I already knew exactly where Solantic was because on one prior trip, Sidney had an ear infection and I went there to get the diagnosis.
After Solantic, Sidney and I went to Target and got him amoxicillin and antibiotic eye drops. He's fine taking the amoxicillin because it tastes like bubble gum but he does not care for the eye drops. He cries and yells when we administer the medicine. We have to give him the eye drops (2 drops in each eye) four times a day for 5 days. Agh!! He takes the amoxicillin 2 times a day for 6 days.
Sidney is contagious right now, not sure when he stops being contagious because I forgot to ask the doctor. I will look it up on WebMD. So, we are trying to stop him from touching Cleo and Kaelin's toys. It's nearly an impossible effort. I got some antibacterial wipes at Target. We will use them a lot at Tiffany's house so Sidney doesn't infect all of Raven's toys.
Tonight, we are going to Tiffany's house. She is Roger's cousin. She is married to Deacon and they have 2 daughters, who I wrote about in an earlier post. Raven is 5, not 6 like I wrote before. Kayla is 13, not 12 like I wrote before.
Tomorrow I am going to a 9:30am Weight Watchers meeting. There is a Weight Watchers center a few miles from Linda's house. While in FL, I have tried to make wise choices. Carol, Linda's cousin, brought cupcakes to the party last night and I had half of a chocolate cupcake with chocolate peppermint frosting. I had the other half for lunch today. That is moderate for me because I could eat many cupcakes in one sitting. The other cupcakes did not interest me too much because they were too fancy, e.g., bananas foster and tiramisu. Normally, I like vanilla cake with chocolate frosting or chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. I branched out with the pepperminty frosting. It was nice and something I would like to try to replicate in the future but I would use vanilla cake to balance out the chocolate frosting a bit. The peppermint flavor was subtle and not overpowering.
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