a case of cabin fever

michelle and i have been cooped up in our tiny portland apartment for a few days now. the only respite we had was dinner with ninang gracious and ninong jay on wednesday and friday night. (gracious and i went to dinner, just us women on thursday at romano's). last night was dinner at the espenida's and we had great fun eating and playing cranium, until it was time to go and michelle could not hold back and leave behind a souvenir on their colorful rug. =(

just as we were putting her coat on, michelle, who has been feeling under the weather the whole week, got 'sick' and threw up what little she ate that night (mostly milk). on our way we home we had to make a quick stop at the grocery store to buy fever reducing medicine and yogurt (the only food she would eat when sick). she's feeling slightly better now but still clingy. i hope she feels better for our flight back to san francisco tomorrow. i guess this kind of cold, wet, gloomy weather has given us the case of cabin fever (and a real fever for michelle!). shortly after waking up, i still feel tired and sleepy and just want to crawl back into bed. michelle woke me up this morning with a soft tap on my shoulder and her tiny voice saying, 'mommy, hug me.' (makes my heart melt!)

i was hoping to go to the lloyd center today and have michelle try out ice skating with her dad who is the better skater, but it's just not gonna happen. i was also hoping to eat at caprial and john's kitchen for lunch, too, but we'll have to make do with left overs from yesterday's lunch. 'caprial's cafe' was the cooking show i always watched when we first got cable back in the philippines. i was elated when i found out she's a portland native and wanted to try out her food. maybe i'll have the pleasure of trying out her tasty dishes when we return in better weather.