Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Well, technically, it’s still eve here in the U.S.. In China, it’s Chinese New Year. This year is the year of the goat and I was born in the year of goat. As I mentioned in previous posts, my mom said I’m bound to be unlucky this year and guess what, I’m off to a painful start already. This morning, I was woke by a sharp pain in my back. Not again!

So I took an afternoon nap on Monday and apparently, the way I positioned myself on the bed affected some nerve in my back. Yesterday afternoon, I began to experience a little weirdness when I breathe but I didn’t pay attention. I couldn’t tell whether it was my back or my chest. It’s impossible to tell. I know, I should’ve paid more attention.

Anyway, the pain this morning was okay, not too agonizing, though it was painful when I breathe. I managed to finished do my laundry, finish my homework and my work for the month, and even got to rewrite a little of my short-story today.

I think it was that short walk to the sink after dinner that did it. I literally had to grip the edges of the sink tight to steady myself. Then I just stood there, unable to move while my entire left side hurt all over. I remember letting out a whimper-like giggle, that’s what pain do to me, it makes me laugh.

My mom immediately was like…

…uh oh, bad luck is at your door.

So we now have to head to Chinatown this Saturday to see if there are some kind of lucky charm that will help. Since when she believes in lucky charms? She told me to keep a horse in my room to ward-off bad luck.

I was like…

…where am I going to find a horse?

She also says the location of my bedroom might have something to do with my luck. She is acting very weird all of a sudden. I wonder if it has something to do with that 2-hour phone call with her friend on Monday.

More or less, my mom has helped me to apply some of that special medicine I used on my neck a few months ago when I couldn’t move and hopefully I’ll be able to breathe less painfully tomorrow. Let’s just say, this has taught me that I should not take naps when I should be doing homework.

Oh gee, thanks mom. Now you’ve got me worried about my doctor’s appointment on Friday. Perfect, just perfect.