Happy Mothers’ Day!!

Actual celebration happened a few weeks ago already but today was toy-room-cleaning-day which reminded me how blessed I am to be a mom to my son.

1. When he was still a baby, I am worried how I will keep him entertained. I was so used to playing only with fellow girls and I am into dolls and crafts and music which is “associated” with girls. I learned to adapt and he enjoyed my company as a playmate (being a mommy-friend worked for me!). We played with cars and trucks, puzzles, kitchen toys (why not??), we have dolls as well, play dough, paper toys.. to just name a few. Until now, we still play but not as much as before. He said he’ll keep most of his toys as his collections and some he’ll give away already.

2. I never needed to ask him to help out clean the room. I just “declared” today was cleaning day (because of the sudden work day-off). He was with me almost all day even if I asked him to go and do something else. (It will be faster too if I just do it myself). He was saying “But WE aren’t finished cleaning yet so I will stay.” Oh boy. 😍

3. Although he has more toys than I would want to (a lot are grandparents and god-parents sponsored or gifts), it didn t keep him from his outdoors play time. Well, he’s on the kinder side so his tendency was to bring out toys for him and his playmates to play with.

4. Almost all of his toys are Lego and car/train playsets. He created cities and “worlds” with those. They weren’t buy-play-once-and-keep type of toys for him. Commulative free play. More kalat (mess) but I was able to note how his creative juices mature even with his toys.

Fastfood upgrade

When I was still a kid, fastfood for us meant Filipino variations of western chicken joints. We have McDonalds, KFC, Carls Jr. and some others I cannot remember anymore. But for us, mas patok sina Jollibee, Cindy’s, Tropical Hut, Johnny’s. 😁

Pizza joints are semi-special already. Oh, Shakey’s all the way since forever! It’s only when we got older that we discovered other great tasting thin crust pizzas but Shakey’s would always be our favorite. They’re for Sundays, post report card, post recital, post school event type of celebrations. (We were never a fan of thick crust, pan pizza. Just in case you would send us one 😉)

Then, independence was conceptualized in our household. It was then we realized our elders are not adventurous with food. It’s hard to make them eat foreign recipes and they say they don’t enjoy it. We were only able to try new restos when we go out with friends and classmates… then later on, it became a solitary activity for me.

Mostly solitary but ocassionally, I get to eat with good friends. That’s another story.

The point of this post is? Partly, I am thinking it would be a lot more wonderful and frugal if I have food from home. Another part of me, the “emotional eater”, is grateful to have options when going out alone. I can get away with a 30pesos takoyaki or a 60pesos fruit shake or something like this fast food bibimbap with bulgogi soup and mandu by Bonchon. Basta anything except the usual chicken set meal.

Partly, one day. I will completely embrace healthy lifestyle. Please do not reprimand me. I know.

The kind of tiredness you want

Maybe it is ¨beginner´s drive¨ (HK 2018) but now is the time I would like to be always on the go.  The thing with my practice is that I get to work in chunks of 2 to 4 hours (mostly 2) and I have to spend up to an hour to travel to my different areas of practics. That gives me a chance to work for up to 4 areas in a day.

I really want to fill my day up and yesterday was a sample of it.

I had moonlighting stint from 8-10am, 11-1pm then 4-6 pm.  This was a good schedule. I could squeeze in  1 more in between 1 to 4 pm or I could spend it relaxing  at a coffee house (while managing my online work on the side … haha!) which I did yesterday.  This is temporary though. I am just a reliever which means once the owner goes back form vacation I´ll be back to having more free time.

I hope this blocked daily schedule pushes through though. I am hoping more work and more people to serve. I may find it hard to converse with topics about my own life but with patients, I am more open. Seeing patients makes me happy. Kahit marami basta kaya and as long as they trust me, I am good.

I am also hoping to be able to have ¨excess¨.  This means I have enough savings for daily needs and emergencies so I can pursue some kind of business. I already have an idea of what kind of business I will eventually pursue but it will need a big capital. I am currently exploring other sources of income.

Hoping for enlightenment and neverending strength and faith.