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Social Media Detox with katamaran in between. Yeah, that's the best way to describe kung bakit ngayon ko lang ulet naisipang mag-blog. I won't apologize na anymore or make any excuses dahil sarili ko lang naman din ang lolokohin ko.

Ako lang naman talaga ang palaging nakatunghay sa blog na ito eh. HAHA

BLOGGY, DO YOU MISS ME?

Well, it felt good until nagising na lang ako one day na ready na pala ako ulet mag-yangyang ng labada.

Charot.

Osha, mag-tsismisan na tayo shall we?

FAMILY

First, let's talk about Caylee and our little family.

I told myself and Papa Prinz na ito na ang huling taon (2019) na aasa ako ng very, very hard for a second child. Kako dapat mas galingan pa namin this year. I'm way too past the prime age na eh. Gustuhin ko mang wag mawalan ng pag-asa, hindi ko na pwedeng ibalik ang pagiging bata, sariwa at malakas ng mga ovaries ko no!

I'm more than happy and grateful sa oocytes na naiambag nila sa pagkababae ko despite battling over (PCOS) Polycystic ovary syndrome.

Besides, Caylee is definitely MORE. THAN. ENOUGH.

LIFE GOALS

When I was in my 20s, waley akong masyadong paki sa katotohanan na saglit lang tayo sa daigdig. You know, typical young, wild and free. But the 30s stage (okay, okay mid 30's haha!) is really an eye opener for me. There are times na hindi ko pa rin matanggap na jonders na ako and still wondering kung anong mga pinagagagawa ko sa buhay ko.

Well, the good thing is: NOW I have this stronger desire to use my time wisely. Lalo pa at may anak na ako.

Pero minsan diba mga bakla, nakakaloka na rin kung ano ba talaga dapat mong gawin during this stage. So many inspiring stories that will make you rethink yung mga diskarte mo sa buhay. May mga magbibigay ng advice. Ang dami mo din mababasa sa Google. Pati kapitbahay mo minsan may kuda eh. HAHA

So sa tuwing nagmumuni-muni ako, I list down kung ano ba talaga ang importante para sa akin na ma-achieve bago mategi (knock on wood, sana matagal na matagal pa!)

Medyo marami-rami rin pero ito talaga yung mga gusto ko i-priority:

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Proper Mindset and Balance (Spiritual & Emotional Well Being)

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Commitment to Improved Physical Health

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Marriage and Family Harmony

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Develop Empathy and Gentleness

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Stress-Busting Leisure Time

PROCRASTINATION/SELF-REGULATION BATTLE

My actual self is in constant battle with my ideal self these days. Kung nasa probinsya ako, malamang bumangon na sa hukay ang nanay ko dahil sa hindi maipaliwanag na katamaran ko. Hindi na talaga sya cool eh.

Okay, I believe we all suffer procrastination at some point. Eh paano kung ang OA na? Paano na Ate Charo?

To be fair with myself, eto na at nagtagumpay ako na mag-blog ulet. I can't wait to do the other stuff na gusto kong gawin pero tila may malakas na puwersa (maybe the Instant Gratification Monkey?) na pumipigil sa akin. HAHA

Kaya natin 'to, self.

So there are my chismis for today.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Stay Sane,

Nakakatamad magkikilos dahil panay ang ulan kaya hinayaan ko ang Caylee na pagtripan ang pagmumukha ko. Feel na feel naman nya lagyan ako ng makeup at not bad naman ang kinalabasan kaya ayos na din. Buti na lang nakunan ko ng picture ng hindi sya na distract dahil masaya ang ganitong bonding moments naming mag-ina.

Masarap 'tong balikan someday. =)

Excuse our pots & pans and my deteriorating nail polish. HAHA

Anyway, our good old car got hit by a Mitsubishi Mirage last week. Nope, hindi kami nakasakay (thank God!). It happened while parked outside our house. As in nananahimik ang pobreng sasakyan.

Nagising na lang kami around 6 am sa malakas na kalabog. I was so sure na may nabangga na kotse and prayed instantly na sana hindi yung sa amin. Unfortunately sa amin nga and I was so shocked nung nakita ko na napakabata pa nung girl owner ng Mirage! At first akala ko minor sya and was just practicing driving alone. Mas lalo akong na shookt nung nakita ko na sumabog yung airbags ng kotse nya! Ganun kalakas ang pagkabangga nya sa kotse namin.

Sabi nya medyo nakatulog sya but our neighbors think otherwise dahil amoy alak daw. Hindi ko masyadong inusisa her breath dahil medyo nagigising si Caylee and I needed to pacify her while checking on what happened.

The girl pala is already 22 years old na and nakatira lang malapit sa amin. We're not really sure if lasing sya or what, so tinake na lang namin yung reasoning nya na nakatulog sya and didn't report anything sa police. She and her family promised naman na ipapaayos yung damages sa kotse namin, and yun ang importante besides sa fact na walang nasaktan sa pangyayari.

Parang hindi naman ganun kalala yung damages nung sa amin (heard it involved alignment or something). Yung kotse nila hanggang ngayon naka park pa din dito sa may tapat namin. I think iyon ang mas malaki ang damages. Siguro dahil mas magaan/maliit sya? Whatever, sana maipaayos na both cars asap. Medyo mahirap kasi mag commute ngayong rainy season. Hayst!

Anyway, medyo mahaba ang bakasyon ngayon pero dahil sa panahon ang hirap maging productive no? O ako lang ba talaga ang tamad. HAHAHA!

Stay sane,

I know, I know...

Life is short for worrying.

Pero mga besh, minsan mahirap ding magkunwaring everything is gonna be okay. Diba? Lalo na 'pag malapit ka na magka regla. Lels

Anyway, speaking of regla, nangunguna yan sa list ko ng current issues in life nowadays:

9 DAYS LATE (and 1 million negative pregnancy tests)

I am closely monitoring this calendar app that I'm using to track my period, ovulation and fertility predictions since we decided to have a baby again this year. Thankfully, regular ang cycle ko since January (well, except for this month obviously) and only women who take TTC (trying to conceive) plans seriously will understand how frustrating it is.

If I ovulated, I'm already waaay past my DPO (days past ovulation) sabi ng calendar app na gamit ko. Kung hindi naman, gusto ko reglahin na ako asap dahil ayaw ko ng umasa sa wala. Alam nyo yung feeling na habang walang regla, may pag-asa.

Paano pag PCOS ulet ako? Masaklap yun.

WORK - PLAY BALANCE

My husband gifted me The Sims 4 for PC last mother's day and I can't stop myself from playing it ever since. Can't blame myself though. Phone free version pa nga lang adik na ako, eto pa kayang real thing. Hehe

Kaso I have raket na ulet on Upwork, and playing Sims takes a lot of my time. Hindi na nakakatuwa ang pagiging unproductive ko talaga eh. Waaaaahhh!

BPI DORMANT ACCOUNT

Actually I have to check pa with the bank if dormant or closed na yung isa kong account. I'm using kasi 2 accounts para kako pag na-hassle yung isa, lalo na if I'm withdrawing money from my online work. I know, I should've try a different bank pero ganun talaga. Loyal ako sa BPI eh. Haha.

Kaso, I wasn't able to maintain the maintaining balance na required para dun sa isang account so ayun, tegi na sya. Di ko na mahagilap sa online portfolio ko when accessing via bpi online.

Ang masama nito, I accidentally used that said account to withdrew money from Upwork last week! I'm not sure how that happened (I'm using the active one for the past few months naman). I'm waiting til Friday this week, crossing my fingers na the money will just bounced back kay Upwork. Tapos I will call BPI na to trace my money, and hopefully I can re-open the dormant account with them without worrying na kakainin lang ng dormancy fees yung perang accidentally naipadala ko through it. Urghhhh! #hassle

I have learned my lesson though, at inalis ko na ang punyemas na account sa Upwork payment methods ko.

So there goes my sentiments nowadays. Kinda happy na I have this blog para mapagbalingan ng feelings ko bukod sa asawa ko. Lels.

Till next post!

Grabe na init ng panahon ngayon no? Summer na talaga eh. Ang clingy ko na naman sa electric fan. Lels.

Tapos ang hot pa ni Nadine Lustre with all her bikini photos on IG. Susmaryosep. Iba din this girl eh. Pakadyosa! I love her next to Angel Locsin. Yung fangirling ko sa kanilang dalawa ang nagpapagaan ng life ko after adulting duties. Not to mention nagpapa feeling bagets ulet sa akin ang #jadine HAHAHA

CTO - Instagram @nadine

Speaking of summer, dami ko nang FB friends na nag-swimming na or may mga swimming plans na. Some were inviting us din. Kung pwede lang samahan lahat! Ang sarap kasi magbababad sa tubig pag ganitong panahon no? #summerlust

Good thing, we will be celebrating my father's 80th birthday in Quezon province next month. Isasabay na rin namin dyan ang yearly Quezon vacation namin. Of course it will not be complete without us going to the beach. Wohoooo! Yes, call me excited.

A few days ago, some of my really close friends visited us here on our new home in Parang Marikina. Actually Papa Prinz and I made pilit lang them kasi ang tagal na rin namin di nagkikita-kita and you know, you have to find ways to catch up with your friends. Kesehodang sapilitan mo silang pabisitahin sa bahay nyo. Bumawi naman kami by preparing yummy foods for them. Hehe

Sana next time makasama ko din ulet my other friends na matagal ko na di nakakabonding. Kahit konti na lang ang friends ko, I value them now more than ever. Masarap yung feeling na as you grow older, alam mo na you can count on your friends and you can also make them feel na ganun ka din sa kanila. =)

On other good news, we're now on PLDT Home Fibr. YEY!!! Grabe. Tatlong buwan. Halos three months kaming (lalo na ako) tigang sa internet. The 100mbps is all worth it though. Papa Prinz can now reclaim his 1 day work-from-home perk. Hindi na ako maiistress dahil malakas mag-load si Caylee whenever she likes to watch YT Kids. And I can finally go back to my online raket.

Ahhh, such nice life! =)

Stay sane,

Hala sya!

Pa-isang taon na talaga akong walang ganap dito sa blog eh. Namiss ko ang sarili ko. Haha!

Osha, magchismisan na tayo kaagad dahil marami akong imbak na labada. :p

BLOG UPDATES

I've made some major changes on my blog's appearance para markado ang pagbabalik ko. I've opted for a clean design this time and skipped some unnecessary colors and graphics. Mabuti na lang marami pa ring libre sa internet at na-achieved ko naman ang simple but stylish look na gusto kong gawin.

Thank you Manong Google sa libreng kaalaman. Salamat din sa machong asawa ko for teaching me basic HTML and CSS. At higit sa lahat salamat sa aking innate eye for aesthetics. Charot.

To say that I love my new blog theme and layout is an understatement. Pangatlong design ko na ito from ThemeXpose, and feeling ko mga jowa ko na ang mga creators behind them. Please Lord, wag nyo po silang palugihin because I need nice, pretty and absolutely FREE blogger themes in my life.

CHASING LAPIS

Matagal na rin akong walang literatureish (hanep) posts simula nung naging nanay ako so I've added this portion on the blog to channel my inner Lualhati Bautista. Haha. Ewan ko lang din dahil parang nangangalawang (meron palang kakalawangin hehe) nga sya nowadays, so I think I'll be reposting muna my old writings like this one habang wala pa akong maisulat na bago. =)

NEW YEAR. NEW HOME

After living together with my brother and his family for more than 2 years, we've decided to move on our own house again this year. Iba pa rin kasi talaga yung feeling ng may sarili kayong balur. Saka nasa plano na rin naman ito. Napaaga lang ng slight.

From a small bedroom in Marikina Heights, we're now renting a 2BR medium townhouse/apartment here in Parang Marikina naman. O diba, pinanindigan na namin ang pagiging Marikeño. Hehe

The house is quite decent at mukhang tahimik and safe naman ang location. We got it totally bare, and we barely have any furniture either, so marami pa ~~kaming~~ akong gustong idagdag para magmukha syang bahay. Ipon ipon lang muna. =)

Luckily, my husband's youngest brother donated us some cozy wallpapers and installed them himself. Nagmukhang shala ang living room namin kahit palaging dugyot ang electric fan. Lels

If things works well, we like to settle na rin in this city. I love that its very near CBDs pero medyo suburb pa ang datingan. Hello, promdi in me. Hihi.

SHORT HAIR, DON'T CARE

Well, hayaan na natin na ang ilong ko ang magpuno ng iksi ng buhok ko. HAHAHAHA.

I always love it this short though. =)

Till next post,

Before I make kwento about my husband's diet regimen, (taray, regimen daw talaga!), kwento ko muna about our bata batuta's 'soft tissue injury'. That's our picture while we're waiting for her x-ray results in Marikina Valley Medical Center last Sunday.

Nag-away pa nga kami ng slight ni Papa Prinz about this, kasi he's the one na humila kay Caylee while helping her up from a sitting position. She cried dramatically kasi after that, tapos halos di na talaga tumatayo sa bed kasi masakit daw. We brought her to ER kinaumagahan.

I'm not sure if we overreacted or something, pero nung Sunday din na yun, while we're at my in-laws, biglang parang wala namang nangyari. Bigla na lang she's totally fine and super active ulet! Haha

I wonder tuloy if we overreacted or something. Baka kasi makasanayan na nya to make beybi her every ouchie (oh rhymed yun!). She's a tough little girl in general though... Maybe na-trauma lang sya sa totoong injury ng Papa nya last year? Maybe inartehan lang kami? Or this is another level — you know growing up, being her own person thingy... Nakakaloka! Akala ko alam ko na lahat sa batutang 'to bilang halos apat na taon na rin kaming mag-ina at laging magkadikit. Let me know your thoughts guys! Parenting is tricky at times talaga no?

Eto na, ang mahiwagang diet ni Prinz.

He's doing the Ketogenic Diet for almost three weeks na. Basta it's a VERY LOW carb diet, just click on the link if you want to know more about it. :) Besides, I really don't get that diet. Like during the first days, my husband has been eating salmon, steak, bacon and eggs, sisig, lechon kawali. Anong klaseng diet yun diba?! Hahahahaha. Sabi ko, pag hindi sya pumayat lagot talaga sya sakin dahil ang hirap mag-budget, pati wallets namin pumapayat! =))

Yun pala, it's like parang treat nya lang to himself during the first few days. Now, ang kinakain na lang nya is lettuce, itlog, longganisa, sardinas, canned and regular meat, mga ganyan. Strictly NO SUGAR and RICE. He already lost 2 kilos mind you! Lahat ng tagal ng paghihintay ko sa kanya when we do groceries, because he likes spending a tremendous amount of time checking all those labels, it's all paying off now. I'm very proud of him. Wish ko lang, wag nya ako maunahan sumeksi!

I told him to stop that diet immediately after he reach his weight goal though. Diba parang ang weird that diet? I'm a believer pa din of balance, moderation and active lifestyle. Agree? It doesn't sound that complicated pero bakit ang hirap gawin no? Hahahaha!

Happy weekend!