Life, etcetera

The Dante’s Inferno Test has sent you to Purgatory!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Take the Dante’s Divine Comedy Inferno Test

MWahahaha.

Now how did I end up in hell in the first place?

Gluttony: Low

Wrath: Very Low

Sloth: Medium

Envy: Very Low

Lust: Very Low

Pride: Very Low

Take the Seven Deadly Sins Quiz

What Olivia Means

O is for Optimistic L is for Luscious I is for Intelligent V is for Vibrant I is for Irresistible A is for Animated

It’s scary how accurate this test is…

Your Love Life is Like Annie Hall

“A relationship, I think, is like a shark. You know? It has to constantly move forward or it dies.”You believe that love (if you even believe in love!) is a very complicated thing.Maybe love is pain. Or maybe it’s all a big therapy session. You’re still figuring it out. Your love style: Brainy and a bit neurotic Your Hollywood Ending Will Be: Realistic and reflective

What Movie Is Your Love Life Like?

A new blog!!! Yooohooo…visit me here please

Feeding My Baby 

Things have been quite difficult lately. It’s really demotivating to have to trudge day after day after day wondering “What next? What else could possibly go wrong?”. It’s tiring and it’s really taking a toll on me.

I sometimes wonder why it has to be so hard. I am not really planning anything grand or anything bad. I just want to do things which will put my life and Andrea’s in order. I guess I’m still reaping the results of several bad decisions and missteps from the past. I just wish it were a little bit easier and simpler. I seriously have been setting my life on track and I’m working really hard to make sure this happens…but there are just too many problems that pop-up…sigh.

Looking at the big picture I know my problems are almost petty it’s not like my husband’s cheating or I’m in a job I hate or I’m suffering from mesothelioma. I know this in theory but it’s getting harder and harder to remember this fact.

Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out. But I can usually shut the bitch up with cookies.

FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY

Making the Domino Tag come alive again

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Tagging Numi, Ren, Aves and Vicki. Thanks Ladies!

I went to Shopwise this morning and I was so pissed. More than half of the things I needed to buy were not there. They didn’t have EQ diapers (Andrea’s new daytime diaper), they didn’t have Absolute water, they didn’t have baby wipes, they didn’t have Oishi Cheese Pillows, they didn’t have Philadelphia cream cheese…

I could just go on and on about the things they don’t have. My goodness…if they took away everything overpriced from their shop they’d be left with absolutely nothing….

 GRRRRRRRr

A tag from LITZIE!

Here’s the game: you have to answer the question with ONE WORD only and then you have to tag 4 people.

1. Where is your cell phone? CHARGING
2. Your significant other? WILLING
3. Your hair? CURLY
4. Your mother? STRONG
5. Your father? ABSENTEE
6. Your favorite thing? LAPTOP
7. Your dream last night? NADA
8. Your favorite drink? JUICE
9. Your dream/goal? SECRET
10. The room you’re in? OFFICE
11. Your hobby? BLOGGING
12. Your fear? MEDIOCRITY
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? CONTENT
14. What you’re not? STUPID
15. Muffins? CITRUS
16. One of your wish list items? PHILOSOPHY
17. Where you grew up? MARIKINA
18. The last thing you did? BLOG
19. What are you wearing? OUTFIT
20. Favorite gadget? LAPTOP
21. Your pets? SUSHI

22. Your computer? ASUS
23. Your mood? CONTEMPLATIVE
24. Missing someone? ANDREA
25. Your car? MITSUBISHI
26. Something you’re not wearing? SKIRT
27. Favorite store? TARGET
28. Like someone? ANDREA
29. Your favorite color? TEAL
30. When is the last time you laughed? YESTERDAY
31. Last time you cried? YESTERDAY

Tagging NUMI, JEN, VICKI, VAN

Vicki showed me this really cute mp4 player from cdr-king and now I can’t get it out of my mind.

I should first point out that I don’t have an ipod…I’ve never really seen the need to get one as I have no use for it. I have my laptop at work, my cd player and radio in the car and when I’m at home I just talk to everyone. 

This particular player is sooo affordable though and I am so tempted to get it.  It also has this expandable memory! You can use any common  SD card out there to expand the memory.

I am going to try and control my urge to buy this no matter how affordable cause I know I won’t use it.

I’ve been feeling a bit out of it for the past couple of days. I hate feeling this way…this is not who I am. 

I think I should start making uncomfortable decisions and try to do things that will get me out of this slump…no matter how painful it might be.

For the past year or so,  I’ve been going through life changing events which are a bit out of the ordinary.  Marriage, motherhood, career. So many things happening so fast. It’s so difficult having to explain these things to some of my friends who are not on the same boat.

Yes, they are trying their best to understand but more often than not…they don’t or they can’t.

 I think this is why I really enjoy blogging. This is where I am able to talk about my joys and pain, my hurt, excitement and fear. This is also where I am able to find people who are on the same boat.

Take this blog I found named Etc Atbp as an example. In this blog she talks about her married life, her daughter (who’s the same age as my daughter by the way) her struggles with adjusting to her husband’s culture and her obligation to her immediate family.

When I read blogs like this I feel strengthened. It makes me realize I am not alone in my plight. It really feels good to be able to draw inspiration from other people’s experiences.

Minsan talaga nakakapagod na, parang gusto ko na lang sabihin “Ah leche bahala kayo gawin niyo gusto niyong gawin. Sa inyo na lahat”

Minsan lang naman.

My dislike for whimsical decisions has steadily grown into hatred.  I believe past decisions are always based on some reasoning and rationale. Making changes to things without considering the background and the rationale is just downright ridiculous.

I would admit that I was once a slave of my whim, I realized though that I make a lot of stupid mistakes when I act guided by whim.

Whimsical as defined by M-W is:

whimsical

 If there’s one thing that people doesn’t particularly know about me is that I make sure I know the rules everywhere I go.

Yes I know most traffic rules, yes I read my gradeschool, highschool, and college manual from cover to cover and yes I also read the company manual from cover to cover.  I like knowing things. I like understanding things.

If there are things I don’t understand or don’t agree with. I ask.

Asking is such a simple action yet it has lead me to a wealth of knowledge I really treasure. Asking helps me understand, and understanding helps me make decisions not based on whimsy.

When everyone around you is acting and reacting to their whim…what do you do?

What do you do when you can foresee the downward spiral of things due to these decisions and you could possibly be drawn into this spiral? 

NOTE:

I am not immune to such whimsical decisions. I have turned down several job offers because of this.

This was taken a week before I gave birth…I think it’s time for a new team picture!

We have a small problem with our house. It’s too tiny that we don’t know where to put things anymore. We’re currently stumped as to where to put our TV. Basically, the couch is facing the dining set because it can only fit in that wall, so we can’t put the TV on the wall where it’s supposed to be because we would have to look at the TV sideways if we do so.

One option we’re playing around with would be to put a fake wall/divider between the two areas and then put a plasma mount there. You know what this means right? We’ll have no choice but to buy a plasma TV…hahaha WINNER!

Just some fun blogging questions from Van.

Participants: 1. Me and Mine 2.Creative In Me 3.Little Peanut 4. Pea in a Pod 5. Sugar Magnolias 6. The Salad Caper 7. All Kinds of Me Stuff 8. Aggie Scraps. 9. Winding Creek Circle 10. Mommy Talks. 11. Fun | Fierce | Fabulous 12. Me, Myself + 2 13. Confessions of a Supermodel Wannabe 14. Life.Love.Us. 15. My Lavender Fields 16. Beauty and Madness 17. A Taste of Married Life 18. Your blogs.

RULES:
1. Add your blog/s to the list. Feel free to add all your other blogs. It’s okey if you only post this questions in one blog as long as you answer them.
2. Get back to Me {Van} and I’ll add your blogs to the master’s list here!
3. Tag as many friends online you know. But you don’t need to be tag in order to join.

QUESTIONS:

1. I posted this experiment at URL: Beauty and Madness
2. I posted this on date (day, month, year): Monday 30 June 2008
3. I posted this at time (24 hour time): 9:14 am
4. My posting location is (city, state, country): Libis
5. My blog is hosted by: Wordpress

6. My age is: 25 yrs old.
7. My gender is: Female
8. My occupation is: QA Manager

9. I use the following RSS/Atom reader software: Bloglines.
10. I use the blog format to post to my blog: dunno
11. I have been blogging since (day, month, year): 12 July 2005
12. My web browser is: Fire Fox 3.0 and IE
13. My operating system is: Windows Vista
Your turn to answer: Jen and Litzie

Feast 194

Appetizer

If you could live on another continent for 1 year, which one would you choose?

–> EUROPE too I guess. The food there’s awesome!

Soup

Which browser do you use to surf the Internet?

–> FIREFOX 3.0 and IE. I have to use both cause I need to check a gazillion Google Accounts at the same time

Salad

On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you know about the history of your country?

–> 6 — I’m awful aren’t I?

Main Course

Finish this sentence: Love is…

–> OMG…Van and I had such a long discussion about this. Love is a feeling of respect and affection towards another.

Dessert

Have you ever been in or near a tornado?

–> Nope, but when I was in preschool I played the role of a fairy who called upon a tornado to punish three wasteful humans. Does this count?

Feast 195

Appetizer

What is the weather like today where you live?

–> Sunny but not so hot (yet).

Soup

On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how career-minded are you?

–> 100!!

Salad

What type of window coverings do you have in your home? Blinds, curtains, shutters, etc.?

–> None yet, we have to remedy this soon. =)

Main Course

Name something that instantly cheers you up.

–> OUr first dinner at home. I cooked rice!! =)

Dessert

How many times do you hit the snooze button on a typical morning?

–> Rarely do this. I’m usually too excited to go to work. Plus Andrea’s usually my alarm clock and I can’t really kick her can I?

GO JEN GO ANSWER THIS!

It’s Monday and I’ve been here in the office for 40 minutes. I’ll be here for around 13 hours today. Which is fine by me. I prefer working over time early in the week and having enough time to relax at the end of the week. 

How are you guys?

It’s Monday and I’ve been here in the office for 40 minutes. I’ll be here for around 13 hours today. Which is fine by me. I prefer working over time early in the week and having enough time to relax at the end of the week. 

How are you guys?

It seems to be a bug which has bitten everyone in the office. Every single person on my team is planning one trip or another. Crazy isn’t it? I seem to be the only one not afflicted. I don’t know what’s wrong with me but the thought of going on a trip is just too stressful for me.  I know there are a whole lot of travel guides out there but I still feel so stressed at the mere thought of packing, planning, leaving. OMG!

I hope this is just a phase…

At the beginning of the year I vowed to read at least one book a month. I usually don’t do well with New Year’s Resolutions but somehow I’m doing well with this particular one. I have crossed the half-way mark and have just finished my 7th book!! Woohoo.

I can’t wait to go on to my 8th book. I hope I finally find the time to do so. Here are some of the books I’m either reading or re-reading.

I often have to stop myself from buying more and more books for myself and Andrea. I swear this addiction of mine is becoming out of control. Some people crave for LV bags…this is my craving.

When I look at it that way, it seems reasonable for me to indulge in this…except I still ahve around 9 unread books at home. Sigh…too many books out there and so little time to read them.

Saw this in N@W, laughed my ass off:
> Dear Tech Support,
>
> Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed
a
> distinct slowdown in overall system performance — particularly in
> the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly
under
> Boyfriend 5.0.
>
> In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs,
> such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed
> undesirable programs such as NFL 5.0, NBA 3.0. and Golf Clubs 4.1.
>
> Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.5 simply
crashes
> the system. I’ve tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems,
but
> to no avail.
>
> What can I do?
>
> Signed,
> Desperate
> =========================
>
> Dear Desperate:
> First keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package,
while
> Husband 1.0 is an Operating System. Please enter the
command: “http:
> I Thought You Loved Me.htm” and try to download Tears 6.2 and don’t
> forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update.
>
> If that application works as designed, Husband 1.0 should then
> automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.
>
> But remember, over use of the above application can cause Husband
1.0
> to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5 Whatever you do, DO NOT install
> Mother-in-law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background, that will
> eventually seize control of all your system resources).
>
> Also, do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These
> are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.
>
> In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have
limited
> memory and cannot learn new applications quickly.
>
> You might consider buying additional software to improve memory and
> performance. We recommend Hot Food 3.0 and Lingerie 7.7
>
> Good Luck,
> Tech Support

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Hey Jen….here I am blogging for you. This the dining set I got. We chose ones which are super simple and small to make the house bigger.

Tisay worked for my family for around 2 years.

She hasn’t seen her family in 5 years. Going to the province is just much too expensive.

She was a good worker and had a pleasant disposition, the reason why my aunt decided to lend her money so she can finally see her family.

She shared with my aunt and uncle her excitement. She said she’ll be hugging her mom tight as soon as she sees her…it’s been 5 long years after all.

She never got to hug her mom. Never even got to step foot in the port of her province. She was one of the passengers of the sunken ferry. One of those who trusted that the company has maintained their ferry, that the company chose competent and responsible crews to take care of their safety and their need.

The ferry company will now be paying 200 thousand for each of the victims. Wouldn’t that money have been better used for making sure that their vessel was in tip top shape?

The captain who was supposed to be the last one to leave the vessel. The man whose actions would dictate the fate of dozens is safe and sound. How can this be? Can this man sleep knowing his wrong decisions have cost people their mother, their father, or their children?

I have heard this story one too many times in the Philippines but it has never affected me as much as it has now. Probably cause this all-too-familiar story now has a face, it now has a name.  

It sounds awful doesn’t it? It means I barely cared before because I didn’t know anyone. I think this pretty much sums up our society. The millions of people who don’t care as long as the people they know aren’t affected?  The scary part is, the more you think like this the more numb you become. Case in point, the politicians. The people who steal from the people and thus indirectly causing the starvation and death of the people. Remember the 11-year old kid who killed herself because she couldn’t afford to go to school? Do you honestly think any of the politicians have this child’s life on their conscience?

5 years ago I asked my Theology professor why people always say “Eat your food, there are so many starving people out there…” I never understood this. How does my eating my food feed the hungry people? Do they in any way become less hungry  if I eat my food? He told me then “If you don’t see the connection, you have no way of understanding” . I think I see it now…

A tag from Van.

The rules are simple. At the end of the post, the player tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leave a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer.

1. What was I doing 10 years ago?

I was in High School. Can you believe that? I was a senior and was feeling so grown up.

2. What are the 5 things on my to-do list today?

Buy Olive Oil (which I forgot from my grocery yesterday)

Edit the QA form which I created last Friday for our new product (can you believe this actually exites me?)

Write emails which aren’t very nice….these I’m not looking forward to.

Edit my homework for my LTM course

Check Output of my Team…

3. Snacks I enjoy:

Wasabi Chips from Oishi…yum. If I’m feeling cheap then I like the Cheese Filled Pillows from Oishi as well.

4. Places where I lived:

God…New Manila,Greenhills and of course the happiest place on earth .MARIKINA CITY!

5. Things I’d do if I were a billionaire:

Buy Educational plans for all my nephews and my sisters. Pay for our mortgage in full. Double our life and health insurances. General Health Checkup for Everyone in my family.

Greece for Ruy and myself.

Double my maid’s salary.

Save.

6. People I want to know more about:

My team. I am so lucky to have the chance to work with wonderful and interesting people. I would love to get to know them more.

I’m tagging: Litzie, and Jen

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Here’s our garden. Yes there’s still trash everywhere and we don’t have grass yet but it’s really beginning to look and feel like a home…woohoo

Very very interesting

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I believe I am slowly but surely turning into a geek. First, I get really excited over the cd-r king website. HONESTLY! Seeing those 16gb flash disks really make my day. Next, I read a contract detailing outlets, and plugs and I could actually understand them all! Lastly, I saw an HDMI in Abensons and I actually stopped and played around with it. Oh my, am I really becoming a geek?

My goodness, you cannot believe how inlove I am with Mar Roxas after reading this article from the GMA website:

(Update) Arroyo signs into law tax exemption measure

MANILA, Philippines – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday morning signed into law the measure that will exempt minimum wage earners from paying income tax and increase personal exemption for other employees.

A radio report said President Arroyo signed Republic Act 9504 or the act amending several sections of RA 8424 otherwise known as the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997.

Workers who used to earn the minimum wage of P382 a day will begin taking home as much as P35 a day or around P700 a month, according to Sen. Francis Joseph “Chiz” Escudero, who turned up at the signing to represent the higher chamber of Congress.

Also present at the signing were Rep. Exequiel Javier, Escudero’s counterpart at the House of Representatives as well as Senators Juan Ponce Enrile and Manuel “Mar” Roxas III.

Senator Roxas, principal author of the Senate’s version of the measure, earlier said that all holiday, night differentials, hazard and overtime pays will also be tax exempt.

The new law increased to 50,000 all individual exemptions, which previously stood at P20,000 for single workers, P25,000 for a head of the family, and P32,000 for married individuals.

Additional exemptions for up to four qualified dependents were likewise raised from P8,000 to P25,000 each.

This would mean that an employee earning P455 per day or P10,010 per month would have an additional take-home pay of P472.59 per month if unmarried, P678.50 per month if head of the family, and P580.92 per month if married with four children.

Also, an employee earning P683 per day or P15,026 per month would have an additional take-home pay of P545.26 per month if unmarried; P1,307.18 per month as head of the family; and P1,190.52 per month for those married with four children.

However, reports also said that the government is set to lose P14 billion in tax collection with the signing into law of the said tax relief bill.

A television report from GMA’s Flash Report quoted Finance Secretary Margarito Teves as assuring that the government will look for other sources of income to recover this loss.

Teves cited a provision on RA 9504 which imposes an optional standard deduction for professionals, self-employed individuals, and small corporations. These deductions, he added, could generate as much as P15 billion for the government.

For his part, Federation of Philippine Industries president Jess Arranza was quoted by the same radio report as hailing the President for approving the tax exemption measure.

 OMG!! I’m so excited

2 days ago I found myself reading diet pill reviews. I don’t know if this is an act of desperation or just my subconscious’ way of telling me that I need to take this weight loss dream seriously?

I have to say though that I lost so much flab from my tummy after having my period. That being said, I still have around 40 pounds left…aaaaaaaaaak

He willingly drives to Jollibee in the middle of the night all for the love of his daughter.

Because he treats Andrea’s mom soooo well

With the current recession in the US, finding jobs has become extremely difficult. San Francisco jobs are just not as common as they used to be. My cousin (who I talked about in the last post) has been trying to find a permanent job for around a year and this has remained elusive. It seems that it’s only the medical industry which has thrived throughout the financial problems because most of the nurses I know are living comfortably in the US.

I am feeling so much like a stage mom. I can’t help but gush over every little thing Andrea does. Then I realized, why should I even try to stop myself from gushing? She’s my daughter, it’s my job to gush…hehehe

1 - She saw an image of the Sto. Nino…she said “Hi” and then she suddenly put her hands together in prayer and then bowed her head

2 - We were saying goodbye to Ruy in the morning and she knows that every morning we pass by Jollibee. She told Ruy “Bye, Mama Eya Bee” …translation “Bye, Mommy and Andrea are going to Jollibee”….sooo cute.

 3 - She was playing with the landphone and she kept on saying “Hello” so I got my cellphone and pretended to call her. I said “Hello, Can I please speak with Andrea?”…she looked at me and said “I’m Eya”…that’s with matching patting her tummy.

 Aaaaaaaaaahhhh, I’m so gigil. Hahaha

A friend of mine is here from the US. He will only be here for a week and there’s a HUGE possibility that I won’t get to see him. Not once! This is so sad. I can’t believe I won’t be able to see him at all…I miss my friends. =(

I’ve always always loved looking at furniture and imagining what I’d like for our own house. Now that we’re actually doing that I’m beginning to like it less. I didn’t know it was this tough making sure everything matched.  While looking for dining sets I saw one which I loved…when I inquired about that particular set I was told that it is not a dining set rather it is patio furniture. My goodness, I think I’m losing my hair in the process.

This was supposed to be our year for travelling, but considering the amount of time and money we’re spending on our two major expenses which would be Andrea and the interiors of our own house, I guess this plan would be put on hold for a few more months. I doubt if we’ll be able to take advantage of the great rates from Outer Banks rentals any time soon. Oh well, c’est la vie right? I guess life is just a matter of prioritizing things.

Every single person who even remotely knows me would tell you that I am deeply in love with my work, with my company and with my team. I have become so comfortable and it’s beginning to scare me.

I was called by a company offering me a senior position in their company.  The company was in the middle of discussing the position with me when I just suddenly stopped the person and told him point blank that I wasn’t interested.

It was instinctual, automatic and so easy to do.

It wasn’t until a few hours after when I realized what I had done. It scares me just how comfortable I’ve become with this job so much so that I let emotions make the decision rather than my brain. That job I was being offered would have given me more than double what I’m earning in ITI Consulting and I turned it down just like that.

I honestly believe in my heart of hearts that I made the right decision. I think going to work feeling excited every day is something so rare that I must not give it up that easily. I do think though that the next time something like this comes along I must remember to THINK and THINK and THINK some more. I can’t do what I did a few days ago…please…If I do, somebody slap me please.

Your Personality is Very Rare (INTP)

Your personality type is goofy, imaginative, relaxed, and brilliant.Only about 4% of all people have your personality, including 2% of all women and 6% of all men You are Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Perceiving.

How Rare Is Your Personality?

Ohlala…I like the brilliant part

I love driving to work. I find it rejuvenating.  This is my time for introspection, for reflection. To listen to the news, to sing out loud, and even to read when I’m stuck in traffic.

There’s also that sense of excitement about going to work. (Yes I’ve told you guys that I love my work)

Going home is a different story altogether. It’s downright excruciating! This sense of wanting to be with Andrea already yet being unable to. Knowing that any slight delay in my arrival could result in my not being able to play with Andrea anymore cause she’d be sleeping. This sense of “I’m wasting this time inside the car when I could be 1: Resting, 2: Working some more, 3: Playing with Andrea, 4: Chatting with Ruy, 5: Earning while blogging.

I HATE THE DRIVE HOME 

I can’t believe the people from CD-R King. I don’t think these people, particularly those from the Eastwood branch know the meaning of customer service. Just because they’re goods are inexpensive it doesn’t mean that their customers don’t deserve the sucky treatment their people give. The messy service they give is something that even Electrolux vacuums can’t clean up. I’ll give more details of my whining later.

When I think about how much I love Andrea, I realize just how much my mom must love me…..I’ve always known this in theory…but now I feel it.

Your Slogan Should Be

How Do You Handle a Hungry Man? Olivia.

and

Your Slogan Should Be

Liv. Uncommonly Made, Uncommonly Good.

I had the best 5-day-Mother’s-Day-Celebration ever in the history of the world. It’s not because of the extravagance or the expense, but how perfectly it fit me.

Thursday was perfect cause I got to do something I’ve been meaning to do for months and haven’t gotten around to doing so which is visit my doctor. I also got to spend practically a whole day with my family which made it doubly fun.

Friday was amazing. It was perfect cause I got to go on a road trip with two of my favorite people. I’m sensitive when it comes to road trips, I can’t just go with anyone. But this trip was just perfect. The food was awesome, the company great, I felt taken cared off and pampered.

Saturday was the day Ruy insisted on celebrating Mother’s day together without Andrea. I said “What for? We celebrated already yesterday” and he said that was with Andrea, now it’s our turn. It was perfect cause it made me feel that I wasn’t just a mother, that I was a wife too. It reminded me of an often neglected role in my life.

This was the same day Ruy pointed out that I kept on buying the same kinds of shades and asked me to try on some other kind. It was beautiful. He insisted on buying it for me (I wouldn’t let him, don’t underestimate my pulling powers). It was perfect cause I realized that after 8 years together he still notices these details. Details which I myself overlook. It was perfect cause I can see that he knows me well enough to know what fits me and what I’d like.

Sunday was spent with my inlaws having the yummiest lunch ever. It was perfect cause I’m beginning to feel more and more like family.

Monday was spent sleeping the whole day suffering from migraine. It was perfect because I got to take care of myself. I got to experience not being responsible for anything and still the world continued to revolve. I realized I don’t need to worry about everything. I needed to worry about myself.

Mother’s day this year was perfect. Thursday was spent being a sister and a daughter, Friday a mother, Saturday a wife, Sunday an inlaw and Monday being myself. It was beautiful, it was complete, it was perfect.

I went to the Derma last Thursday. I went through an entire litany of just how bad my skin is and how it’s never been this bad, etc., etc., etc. The derma (who is a friend of my mom) just smiled at me indulgently and said in a nice way that I’m basically overacting and that my skin’s not that bad. She said that she wouldn’t even recommend any serious acne treatment now. She did give me some bleaching agent to help even out my skin tone and she gave me a cleaning.

I can’t think straight, my head is still throbbing. I still have around an hour left here in the office and I’m just hoping I can make it through that hour. I am so close to downing any form of medicine using a beer pong…yes that’s how desperate I am.

My friend Vicki said it might be cause I’m dehydrated. She could be on to something cause I’ve only had one glass of water all day. A far cry from the 3 Liters I used to drink when I was pregnant. I really should think about a lifestyle change…pretty much like what Jen has been undergoing.

I’m back? I’m not so sure I am…but I’ll try to post a bit more okay? Promise!! Hahaha….

Short short update on mother’s day….it was AWESOME!! Ruy really went all out.  I’ll give more details later. Toodles!!

Ruy and I had dinner with my family 2 weeks ago, and he took this picture

It reminded me of just how much I miss my sister….sigh

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