Oh Well...

...we didn't win. :P It's ok. We praise Him when we win, we praise Him when we lose. Either way, Blessed be the Name of the Lord. ;)

Help!

My daughter A's photo made it to the FitFlop Philippines' top 24 choices in a contest they are currently having. The top 4 winners with the most number of likes by the end of the day (today!) gets to take home a pair of Fitflop Hyka's.

Help A win a pair of Fitflops by "liking" her photo on the Fitflop page. Click on her photo below and it will take you to it. :)

I think she deserves to win after all she's gone through. :)

In order to like the photo, you have to like the Fitflop page as well. Thanks for your help, and here's hoping she wins. :)

Shoo, Flu!

I've been bitten by the flu bug. Sheesh. Took a leave from work the past two days, but had to get A to and from school today since my folks couldn't lend me the driver. I have a big party to go to tomorrow, and the nanny will take her day off. So yea, good luck to me.

A lot of people have been and are still sick lately. On FB alone, more than a handful are down with dengue (or have relatives that are), and dozens have the flu. It's cold season, and what do you expect? The weather has been terrible - HOT AND WET. :P

Stay healthy and safe, everyone!

Blogging Holiday

I am on a blogging holiday.

Not by choice though. It seems that these couple of months will be packed for me. And I am not counting September - when we go on tour with Citipointe Live again! Yes, July and August are hectic months indeed. :P

I am a tad stressed. But I choose to set it aside and just not meet it head-on. In fact, I am dilly-dallying. Woopeedee.

I have a lot of things on my to-do-list. The pressing thing is to write that 'Note from the President' I had promised my aunt I would do. It's for the free infozine we release every quarter. Plus, I have to take a photo of my dad for an article. :P Then I have orders to make for work; I have to work on the reclassification of stores and a merchandising handbook to go along with it. Then A has her quarterly exams coming up! Then... then... then... Aya! The list goes on and on.

My mom once told me when I was still working for a wholesale chain that work never runs out and I should be thankful, instead of stressed-out all the time. I brought home work on weekends then and would work through Sundays bickering about how I was always doing something. So she told me this: "if work ran out, you'd be out of a job tomorrow." Made a lot of sense then, and it still does now. It changed my whole outlook on work.

It means more than anything now that I am the sole breadwinner. That I have to work my butt off for the kids. Hey, if there were more than 24 hours in a day, I'd grab every part-time/ extra work I can get my hands on. Sadly, there are no more than 24 hours, and I feel it's just not enough. I try to make my bosses understand how hard it is to juggle time for work and family, especially since there is no 'other parent' to do the other share of parenting - No other parent to run the errands, or pick up the kid from school, or take the baby to the doctor, or take A to the dentist, or accompany A to field trips, etc. Yes, it all falls on my lap, and it's hard to explain why you have to take the day off, or why you're late for that meeting, etc.

God's grace is sufficient, however. Because two weeks ago, I was called up to my big boss' office and he told me he knew I needed help and just to holler if I needed it. He asked my other boss to take charge of my situation. So now I have someone bringing A to school (I used to take her to work with me in the morning because her class is at 12nn and I couldn't get off work again to get her). :) So much compassion for someone who doesn't know about single parenting first-hand. I was humbled, I tell you, and teary-eyed.

Anyway, blah blah blah. It's past midnight and A has a test in Sibika. Yes, lucky me. We have to wake up earlier than usual tomorrow to discuss the pambansang stuff. Woopeedee. Oh well, 'til next post!

PS. Did I mention that August is also gonna be an exciting month? A month for change and a new chapter in life. The one year mark is also approaching. Nyar.