My Life at March 2008
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March 31, 2008(Monday)
Tonight we had hotpot at home to celebrate tomorrow mom's birthday. I was also working on the homework and still have not solved the mathematical problem. I simply want to prove that a curve with three variables intercepts the x-axis at one point. This curve is cubic for one of the primary variable and I started from there. But I am not going anywhere.
March 30, 2008(Sunday)
The worship today has baptism. Then Carmen and I went out to have dinner together. Once parents leave us in a few days, we won't have time to go out together.
March 29, 2008(Saturday)
This morning the church deacon went to bank to change signature. Then we had a budget meeting for the upcoming year. The meeting is pretty efficient and we discussed the theme for upcoming year. And then I went home to catch up some sleep. Cailyn was pretty fuzzy at night lately and I think that she still thinks that night time is her day time.
March 28, 2008(Friday)
Carmen and I went to have the final checkup for the pregnancy (Oby). Then I played Ping-Pong with dad today and at night we went to fellowship again. People still think that Cailyn has lots of hair and is cute.
March 27, 2008(Thursday)
We went to the WIC office to have a routine check up for the baby. Then originally we had appointment next Monday for the oby (pregnancy) doctor. However the doctor rescheduled it to 5pm today. And then we were 12 mins late to the doctor office and the office staff said that our appointment is supposed to be 4:50pm and since we were 20+ mins late, she put a no-show to our record and we have to reschedule our appointment to tomorrow! That is quite frustrating, consider the fact that doctor in this office sometimes requires us to wait for 1.5 hours!
March 26, 2008(Wednesday)
I am getting used to work during night time. Cailyn is sometimes sleeping so I am able to utilize that time for studying. Moreover, she is quite fuzzy for the last two days but I am glad that she wasn't this morning. I also played ping-pong with dad. His skill is getting back and it is harder and harder to win now. At night Carmen and I went out to have dinner and also read some comic.
March 25, 2008(Tuesday)
I had meeting with professor today about dissertation. As usual there are lots of thing to work on and he doesn't let me go off the hook. At night Carmen and I went to buy grocery. I also taught dad how to draw graph using Excel.
March 24, 2008(Monday)
I played ping-pong with dad again and I lost. I tried to smash as much as I can without the fear of losing. I do not feel bad at all after losing 0-3 to dad. At night Carmen and I went out for walk. We also talked about what university we would end up at. I do not want to set a high hope because it always ended up with disappointment.
March 23, 2008(Sunday)
There is no hot water in the morning. Therefore I learnt more to cherish the comfortable environment that I usually have. I also went to church friend Daniel and Yangching's house to take a swing for baby. Their baby is 6 months old and don't need the swing. We got a lot of love donation from people in church. People are good to us and to Cailyn.
March 22, 2008(Saturday)
Cailyn was totally misbehaving starting from last night. She was crying, eating a while and then sleeping, and then crying again. I am very frustrated. At night we helped her to take a bath. Once again she was yelling and crying and it felt like we have just been to a battlefield.
March 21, 2008(Friday)
Carmen and I went to gym to workout today. And then at night we went to fellowship again. After crying for food on the way to church, Cailyn slept throughout the whole time after feeding her at church. I was holding her the whole time; even though my hand is a bit soar afterward, I felt good because Carmen can participate in fellowship and this is the responsibility of a father to look after the kid.
March 20, 2008(Thursday)
Dad and mom went to visit an old man, who lost his wife of 50 years last month. Therefore until early afternoon we were alone checking Cailyn. This gives us a taste about what will happen when they are gone. Carmen also helped me to cut hair. I also played ping pong with dad. At first I am always being too cautious and hesitate to smash the ball. It doesn’t felt good. At the end, I finally went "all out" and smashed the ball. It felt much better.
March 19, 2008(Wednesday)
Today is another normal day. We were taking care of Cailyn most of the day. I also finish up with filling the tax form.
March 18, 2008(Tuesday)
Cailyn seems to be a bit sick last night. She had a bit coughing and was fuzzy from 3pm to 3am yesterday. Therefore we brought her to see the doctor today. After examinations, she seems to be ok, and in fact, gaining a lot of weight! She gained two pounds (9lb 15oz) for the last two weeks. Therefore there is nothing for us to worry about. However we should not give her too much or else we are filling her stomach. Instead we should give her a pacifier in order to calm her.
At night I went to some tax session to help filling out tax form. After filling it for the third year, it is not as bad as I thought.
March 17, 2008(Monday)
Today is the one-month birthday of Cailyn. However today she is very restless. Throughout the whole day she had a lot of cluster feeding. Moreover she did not have any continuous long sleep (more than 2 hours). She kept on eating and sucking and crying. She was only able to sleep for about 30 mins or an hour. We wonder what is going on with her. Is she sick? Or have Colic? At late at night after feeding her more, I simply decided to give her a pacifier. Seems like she is more peaceful now. Let's hope that this solve the problem.
Dad cooked a feast for us to celebrate Cailyn's birthday. I also filled out some tax form.
March 16, 2008(Sunday)
We haven't been to Sunday Service for a month, and we finally returned to church for Sunday Worship today. However we have to take care the baby so we have to go in-and-out. Then I played ping pong with dad and then Carmen and I went out to have dinner and read some comic book.
March 15, 2008(Saturday)
We had some friends visiting us today; we also did not get much sleep (only about 4 or 5 hours) so we are quite tired. I also spent some times taught dad how to use blog. I taught him quite a bit of computer thing lately. I taught him how to use Excel to summarize the expense of mom, I also taught him how to use PowerPoint and now blog. Hope that he would not be overwhelmed.
March 14, 2008(Friday)
I played Ping-Pong with dad again. I think that this week I played a lot of ping pong, more than any week in my life!
At night we brought Cailyn to church. This is the first time that she goes out (other than doctor's visit). I tried to make sure that we go on-time and I am glad that we aimed at leaving home at 7:00pm and we left at 7:20pm and we arrived church before 7:30! Also we are showing off our little Cailyn and we are proud parents. People always say that she is cute and has lots of hair! However we did not get to sleep so hopefully we will have energy for the night shift.
March 13, 2008(Thursday)
I played ping pong with dad. He does not smash as much and therefore he made far fewer mistake. At night, we also went out to have some grocery shopping and exercise.
March 12, 2008(Wednesday)
The weather is awesome today. Carmen and I went out to have walk. It is good to go out to get some fresh air or else we are always inside a small area. We also went to exercise together. This is the first time that we have done this since we have baby!
March 11, 2008(Tuesday)
Carmen and I went out to have a walk today. Other than that, things are pretty normal: taking care the baby, working on dissertation, sleeping, etc.
March 10, 2008(Monday)
I played ping-pong with dad again today. After some practices, he got much better. However he lacks the energy to play for a longer time and we only played for 1.5 hours.
March 09, 2008(Sunday)
I tried to be a bit straight to Cailyn because she kept on "cluster feeding" yesterday (i.e. eat for 1oz, then sleep for 30 mins, eat for another oz, and sleep again). We want her to eat about 4oz each time and sleep for 3 hours. Therefore even though she cries I don't feed her. Then she got tired and slept. And then it seems better because she can eat more and sleep longer.
Carmen and I went to have a walk at College Mall so that she can get some fresh air. Thanks to parents, we can afford the luxury of spending some times together.
March 08, 2008(Saturday)
We had some friends visiting us today. Also, today Cailyn slept too little. She constantly has the cluster-feeding, i.e. eat 1 oz every hour. She does not get good sleep and does not get good food. Therefore I tried to let her cry for a while so that whenever she eats again, she will eat more.
March 07, 2008(Friday)
I played ping-pong with dad today and I won. That means so much to me! This is one of the things between a father-son relationship. I used to be bad in ping-pong and dad always won over me. However he hasn't been playing this since 1990, plus the old age. And I have a good shape today. Therefore I won! I let him smash the ball to my side and I smash it back. That is good.
At night we briefly went to church for 1.2 hours for the outreach event. There is dinner before hand but we did not go for dinner. Christians from Purdue University went to host a music evangelical night and that turns out pretty well. We left half-way though because we need to get back home to have some sleep.
March 06, 2008(Thursday)
Happy birthday to Hansel. Welcome to the club of 30's.
I brought parents to go to places where they can buy grocery. Once they have an idea where to go, I think that it should be very easy. Especially since they always drive to various places for open houses.
March 05, 2008(Wednesday)
This morning I drove parents-in-law to airport. Then I picked up parents from the airport. Parents have been waiting to come for a month to see the baby girl. They have been seeing the girl on the website and now they are excited to see the baby. Even though they did not sleep the last night (because they took an overnight flight) and should be exhausted but still helped out to take care the baby during the day.
March 04, 2008(Tuesday)
I had a meeting with classmate Greg today for about two hours. And I also went out for workout at gym. This is good to get back to some study schedule and also exercise schedule. Having parents and parents-in-law helping out during these times is really helpful!
March 03, 2008(Monday)
We went to check the pediatrician for a two-week routine checkup. Now Cailyn is 8lb1oz, 21 inches and the head's perimeter is 36cm. That is a healthy and good grow. So far everything is normal.
For the rest of the day I am just working on paper. I have totally dropped the Game Theory class already. It is because I don't see myself using any material from this class and I have something more important to do. I did not register for this class so that doesn't matter at all.
March 02, 2008(Sunday)
Rather than 24 hours a day, I am living in a place where there are two 12-hours day. I usually sleep for 4 or 5 hours after dinner, and another 3 or 4 hours after 10am (when parents-in-law woke up and helped taking care of the baby). During the night time I tried to sleep but then Cailyn woke up easily and the quality of sleep is pretty bad. Therefore last night I spent the whole night time awake and worked on the dissertation. I am glad that I got some breakthrough. Even before the baby was born, I am used to work during night time. Therefore I can adjust to it pretty easily. I also want to thanks parents-in-law to help taking care the baby during day time so that we can get some rest.
Since the past few days Cailyn started to cry because she wants attention and wants someone to hold her. Before that, her cry is almost exclusively because she is hungry (not even a wet diaper cause her to cry). She is getting smarter now.
March 01, 2008(Saturday)
I am trying to come up my dissertation topic. I had some idea but I still can't formulate the problem. I am pretty slow recently and I hope that I can gain the speed soon. Let's see a week from now whether or not I have any breakthrough. I also went to do exercise and my body shape is better than last week (but not as good as what I used to be before the baby was born.)