Getting Fit for Steem Fest with Actifit and Blocktrades - 07 July 2019

No!!!! I almost finished my posting and then suddenly lost it all!! OMG!! Aargh! Nooooooo!😭😭 Starting all over again...Sorry for the rant. Another lesson learnt today that I will not soon forget, always always always do your draft on Evernote rather than direct on the Actifit app. It was just too much effort to redo everything again on mobile so here I am starting all over again on the comp. Right where was I...oh yes...

Ah...the smell of triethylene glycol, the smooth scrubbed shiny floors, potted plants dotting the walls, the cool breeze from the many fans around and the sound of the air-conditioning AHU... LOL Ok ok it's not exactly the beach or the forest but hey, we all make the best out of where we are right? Though I would really have loved to get out hiking in nature or running along the beach, heck even a walk around the park would have changed my crappy mood quite a bit. Sigh...best I can do is laugh about it.

I started my day pretty late today waking up at about 10.30 am because yesterday was a whole different story in itself. My Mum's hand had gotten worse and coupled with the pain from her broken rib, we thought that the trip back into the ER was warranted. The pain was so bad that she could hardly move and the long story short was the doctors decided to check her into the ward because they suspected a possible infection to her hand that would require IV antibiotics. I stayed over night with her at the hospital to make sure that she was ok as she could not move without screaming in pain.

Anyway, after waking up this morning we got ready and went out for roti canai and nasi kandar for brunch. The boys were rather out of sorts as they were both sick and down with fever. Yes...when it rain it bloody pours...or in my case hail and typhoon and everything.

My little cheeky Murtabak!

I picked up most of my steps today at the RM2.10 shop (YES! Everything in that shop cost RM2.10 which is about USD 50 cents.) and walking up and down the hospital corridors while my Mum was sleeping. We went shopping because I had to pick up stuff for my office workshop next week and we thought that it would be a good distraction for the boys. Their favourite being the toy aisle of course. My favourite is the whole shop! They seem to have everything from kitchen utensils and cutlery to home DIY stuff, to stationery and arts and craft supplies, party items and even food and drinks. Honestly, this is the cheapest place to buy OREO cookies! Yes, they are real proper ones.

My boys love the toy aisle there because the chances of them getting one is super high because it is so cheap! But nope, they didn't get a toy this round.

Plastic containers as far as the eye can see! Reusable too! LOL

This is a great place to get stuff to occupy your 3 and 5 year-olds without feeling the pinch! Their arts and crafts supplies are soooooo cheap...

So I picked up about close over 8,000 steps from the late afternoon activity of shopping and then decided on an early dinner for everyone. Thanks to our long afternoon nap earlier, everyone was relatively peachy...everyone but me. I was and am still zombie-fied and was a little grumpy. A little was due to the fact that I was trying to figure out how to get the rest of my steps! Steemfest! I had to get more entries in to have that small chance of possibly winning a ticket! How?! After dinner, I ran around the house doing chores and getting the boys ready for bed which helped me to pick up another 2,000 odd steps by about 8.30 pm. I was getting really tired and I still had to make the trip to the hospital to help my Mum to wash up and get ready to sleep. So off I went, got to the hospital and lo and behold I was staring down a very very long hospital corridor! Now, why didn't my sleep deprived brain think of that???!! 15,000 steps here I come!

Doesn't this remind you of some hospital horror show where zombies start coming out and grabbing people? LOL!

It was pretty late so I did quite a few laps before going back to check on Mum and since she was still sleeping I kept it up and hit the 16,000 mark! I was of course elated and ran happily back to her bedside with some restored energy. Great timing as she was awake and wanted a hot drink and some biscuits. I chatted with her whilst she ate, helped her to brush her teeth and clean her face. My sister arrived then to take over looking after Mum and I quickly headed back to the car to finish this post and drive home. Which of course you all now know that it didn't quite happen...ie. finishing the post before driving home.

Thanks again to @actifit and @blocktrades for sponsoring this contest and @anomadsoul for helping to put this together. If you are interested in possibly winning a free ticket and free accommodation for Steemfest 2019 then go check out this post and get fit at the same time!

Ok, my sleep deprived brain now needs...you guessed right...SLEEP! Good night everyone and thanks for dropping by my little space!

Hugs,
Khim

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