The Journey. It’s Mine. [My personal take on love, life, parenting and blogging.]

Raine and I just got back from a another long weekend. No classes last Friday in Raine’s school as it was the high school students’ turn for the DAT (Division Achievement Test). We went home Thursday early evening and just got back in the city this afternoon. Done cleaning, grocery shopping and ironing Raine’s uniforms. Thankfully I didn’t have to look for joint pain relief.

It was another weekend of pigging out and oversleeping in the mornings. The weather was beach-ready and I was raring to hit the beach. But everyone was just so KJ that my plan didn’t pull through.  Anyways….better luck next time. There will be a lot of next times anyway.

Today is the last day of February and marks what remains of the school year — 3 weeks na lang. Then it’s summer time. He he he.

Finally, Raine’s Saturday classes are over. We have tomorrow free at last. Then Monday is a national holiday (people power revolution).

That means Raine and I get to go home this afternoon. Woo hoo!

Ready the entertainment centers honey coz we’ll be home. Ooops…I forgot you aren’t home either. He he he.

Anyways…I miss home. This time we get to stay 3 nights in a row. Bliss!

Indeed better days are over. Starting tomorrow it’s back to my daily grind of waking up very early and preparing Raine for school. Not that I’m complaining. It’s just funny how time flies. Our 3 weeks of vacation is finally over.

What did I do without getting bored you might ask? I read books, novels. IN BED! Ha ha ha. For me that’s just the most blissful thing to do on a vacation, not even staying in cancun hotels will lure me out of that particular “vice”. Finally I had the time to just  read and read without minding the time. As Raine’s been busy with playing and other stuff that kids does on vacation while my mother whips up food in the kitchen. For once it is good to not think of what to eat next nor whether I will prepare the said meal or just eat out.

The highlight of our vacation is of course Raine’s 7th  birthday last December 29. (Pssst mga ninong at ninang, mga tito at tita…wala pa kayong gift kay Raine! He he he. Puede namang ipadala na lang, o kaya email me, laging naka-ready details ng bank account ko. Ha ha ha!!)

But then the summer vacation is something to look forward to as well.

And they come in various sizes. They can come in a form of a cool, red-headed lola who gave me a prayer book or a gayish young cousin (17!) who came to accompany me and Raine. (May yayo na si Raine, may tutor pa. He is a BSEd student.)

Cool eh?

Well I just wish somebody gives me a US Visa and a return ticket to DC. Then I wont be needing any Arlington apartments.

A lives an hour away from DC.

Being sick was a blessing in disguise.

Even though we’re broke, I’m at my happiest with my family and my friends.

I wish the victims of Ondoy will find their happy times too even in the midst of a twin-typhoon threat.

We found happy times after milenyo.

On October 16, our family was blessed with this little bundle:

My first niece.

buti pa nung maliiit…di ka pa nag-uutos presentado na.

ngayon utusan mo…GRABE ANG MAKTOL bago sumunod!

kambal yan, di si raine.

A kilometer away from our house, there’s water system. God knows when it will reach us. How can I buy a Grohe faucet? Joke lang, ano kaya yan? He he. Basta gripo. Wala kaming gripo kasi walang running water sa area namin. We still use the balde-tabo system.

Water comes up at night via an electric water pump from a spring water downhill. Our makeshift lababo is called banggerahan — it’s a gubatnon/bicol term for a makeshift lababo. Ours is this:

Raine took the pic!

Naka 1 month na sa thyroid problem. So far lumiit ang goiter. So another 2 months ulit na gamutan. Maximum daw 6 months. Depending on the response.

I’m really happy I’m not needing surgery. Since my c-section I’m kinda afraid going under the knife again. I’m happy too that I won’t be looking for natural acne treatments anytime soon.

I never thought…

That I could need

Someone as much as I need you

I never thought…

That I could love

Someone as much as I love you.

I know it’s crazy, but It’s true.

Kanta yan ah. Dan Hill yata.

Now that I’ve been spending lots of time with my family…I can feel the 15-year gap between me and kambal. Like if they say that some band sang some song. Nooooo…that’s an Apo Hiking Society original.

Then while watching Narnia: Prince Caspian…I was trying to figure out the voice of Asland. I think it’s Liam Neeson’s voice. (I’m not sure though). Then I asked: do you guys know who was the voice of Mufasa in The Lion KIng?

Ate…we haven’t seen The Lion King.

NYeh!

What???!!! You guys haven’t seen The Lion King????

Di nyo kilala si Simba??!!! James Earl Jones, annnnuuuuu baaaaaaa???

And I said all those like not having seen The Lion King is sacrilege.

And the two were staring at me like I’m from Mars.

2-day intrams.

weekend.

monday holiday.

woohoo.

we stay home that long.

for sure sleep.

for sure pig out.

maybe hit the nearest beach?

we’ll see…

So it seems that my rapid weight loss is due to the hyperthyroidism.

I was actually happy that I’ve been losing weight. But then the hyperthyroidism is actually the one doing that.

Here are the common symptoms of hyperthryroidism:

• nervousness or irritability
• fatigue or muscle weakness
• trouble sleeping
• heat intolerance
• hand tremors
• rapid and irregular heartbeat
• frequent bowel movements or diarrhea
• weight loss
• mood swings
• goiter, which is an enlarged thyroid that may cause your neck to look swollen

Guess what?! I had all symptoms! The weight loss heightened like 10 times. So weight loss supplements really weren’t necessary.

Raine and I just got back to the city early this morning. First of all, i lived like a pig (read: eating, sleeping and watching TV only) during the whole weekend. My mother was sooo kind enough to give me that break. Raine was of course happy to play with his playmates ’round the ‘hood. So it didn’t matter whether it was lola or me tending to him.

I felt the -ber chill this weekend. I was wrapped in clothes, from head to toe. Bathing was a tremendous challenge, what with the water being icy cold. Well maybe not really…but to me it was. Anyways, If only I didn’t have to take a bath. He he. So I boiled water in the pot each time.

Or maybe it is just really hot in this city?? I really don’t know. I’m getting a temperature shock each weekend we come home. Early this morning, we were already waiting for a jeepney by 6 am. I was wearing long pants( for a change!!), a top and a light jacket. Ang lamig kaya ng hangin sa dyip ano! Anyways, by the time I brought Raine to school…I was still wearing that very outfit but sans the jacket.

One mom couldn’t help commenting: uyyyy…first time kita makitang naka-pants ah! I laughed. Then said: oo nga eh. Eh nag-pantalon na ako…kasi baka isipin ng mga tao di ako marunong mag-suot ng pantalon eh. Then we laughed together, out loud.

Anyways…this has truly been a long day and I am surprised that I am still standing. The highlight of my day though is getting my free cellphone from Smart. Woohoo. Nothing fancy, but i like it (Nokia 5000). Free ba naman, who am I to complain?! Di ba?

There’s this group of moms who looks at me in funny, weird ways each time I enter the parents’ waiting area in Raine’s school. There were even times that after checking me out from head to toe, they whispered at each other’s ears and then laughed with all their might. I don’t exactly know why…but I’m guessing it is my daily get-up. Shorts (usually a little bit above the knee), shirt blouse/loose shirt and a pair of slip-ons. Well I just go there to fetch Raine. Besides ang INIT kaya dito noh! In the morning I put him inside a tricycle to go to school. I don’t go with him of course because most often I haven’t taken a bath yet.

So I just go back there at 1130, take Raine to lunch, change his sando and put some powder on his upper body and go back home again at 1 pm once Raine is inside his classroom again. My last trip to the school is at 4 pm and then both of us go back home. But not  until Raine had his fill of after-school play.

Our house is a minute walk to the school. Yes, a minute! It’s that near. I just go there for Raine. Why would I dress up? I’m not going to work in some office nor I’m going to go to some party. So why would I dress up? I’m comfy with my daily get-up, so they better take it or leave it. Somebody said I dress cool and makes me look at a lot younger. Well…thank you very much. I just wanna move around in clothes I’m comfortable in.

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