We're well into the rainy season and I just really now realized it. I set my alarm for 8 am but I could not make myself get up no matter how I tried. I looked out the window and it was (still is) overcast. There was (and still is) a light drizzle. Perfect weather for staying at home and sleeping in.
How I wish I could do just that today!
You probably know by now that our appliances have names. Herbie's our a/c. I wrote about the typhoon last night and my worry that the strong gusts of wind would make him fall off the brackets. Luckily, the brackets stayed intact. Unfortunately, Herbie seems to be having some problems. I am not sure yet but the room does not seem to cool down as well as it used to. I tried it earlier and the a/c compressor didn't seem to be kicking in. Herbie's still new but is it time to have him checked out? I hope not.
I've never been one to make long term plans - concrete plans, that is. I like to live one day at a time but I realized lately that I should at least have an insurance policy to take care of things in case something happens to me. It is not being morbid, I think. It is simply being practical and planning ahead so that those I leave behind would not have to worry more than they should.
I have started looking into various kinds of insurance policies - believe me, there are a LOT out there. From variable term insurance to term insurance - you can find just about any policy to meet your needs. I think that this is a concrete step to being a more responsible adult, don't you?
"Our house is like a pigsty!" That's what I told Jer the other night when I learned that he did not take the trash down - again. There are days when I can handle most of the things at home. Then there are days when I feel the need to throw things around because of frustration.
Neither of us is the neatest person in the world. We both work full time and we don't have much time to spend on cleaning up. In the past 2 months, I think we've tried cleaning up twice - with me ending up with majority of the work.
This past week, I decided to do something about it. I had had enough of it! Nope, I didn't clean - I looked for a cleaning lady who would come in once a week for the day. It was her first day today and boy, is she good! I feel so much better now.
I remember starting a blog on Blogger years ago - I never maintained it and I don't even remember the URL. Then last year, I created my personal blog on Wordpress, simply because I was more familiar with it due to my freelance writing jobs. Now I am back with Blogger.
How did this come about?
I decided to apply for PPP last month and I got denied because my blog was Wordpress. So I decided to try Blogger once more. My biggest problem was importing my Wordpress blog to Blogger since I wanted my old posts to remain. I didn't realize that that would present a problem - it seems that everybody and their mom are migrating from Blogger to Wordpress but not the other way around!
Fancy my finding a tool that imported Wordpress blogs to Blogger. You can find it here: http://zeaster.blogspot.com/2007/02/blogsync-with-gui-coming-import-your.html.
I really appreciate whoever created this nifty tool. Here's to you!
Now, let's see how I settle in in my new home.
Jer and I are are definitely way too attached to our gadgets - our babies. He even names the major toys we have! Meet Gilbert, our fridge. Then there's Jethro, our PS3. Oh, don't forget Tori, our desktop PC - and the newest addition to our family is Herbie, the A/C. Talk about weird, huh?
I am sad that we never got to name our coffee maker, so I'll just call him Krups. He was a wedding gift from Hannah, which makes me all more morose because the pot is all over the floor - in tiny glass pieces. I wrote about this incident in another blog - Brewed Coffee. Now I have to get another one. :(
I can't remember the last time I went to the doctor - until the other day, that is. I got to Eastwood early enough so I thought I would go to the bank to take care of some things first. It took me 30-45 minutes just to do a simple thing - what did I expect? Banks over here are like that. Anyhow, as each minute passed by I was getting more and more irritated and agitated. Soon enough, I felt my hyperacidity getting worse.
I was not feeling well in the first place but I guess my agitation made it worse and as I was walking out the bank, I felt this intense pain in my chest, spreading all the way up my back. I knew it was just heart burn as it has happened before but the pain was of a different level so I went to MD Eastwood.
Lucky me, they had no doctor till 3 pm and it was only 2. So down the stairs I went to look for Borough. I guess that by the time I got there I was already sweating and breathing really heavily so they took me straight to the procedure room once I told them I was having chest pains and that I couldn't breathe.
I have heard that Borough's service really sucks - you have to wait forever for the doctor to see you. Well I guess you just have to look really sick and tell them you're in such pain - they'll get right on it. They gave me oxygen, took an ECG (my heart's normal woohoo), got blood samples, and a urine sample. Afte 2 or 3 hours of resting in the room, my blood pressure (which was sky high when I arrived) went down to normal.
What stressed me a bit was that the doctor kept thinking I was pregnant so she was adamant that we get the results of the test before giving me medication. I was in pain but we had to wait. In the end, everything turned out fine. She just told me - get rid of cigs, coffee, and stress. So kill me now!
So here I am, reduced to half a cup of coffee in a day, 2 or 3 cigs (not bad, I really want to quit), bland food, and expensive medicine. Oh, the stress is just as present as it always has been - you can't have everythin, can you?
NOTE: I started this post last Wednesday but got caught up in work and had to stop. Since I can't sleep anyway, I thought I'd finish it now.
At least that's what the lady (or gentleman, I couldn't really tell over the phone) at the Immigration office told me the other day when I called. It was actually weird because I have been trying to call them for 2 days and all I got was a busy signal. So I got Hannah to call them and guess what, she got them in one try! Anyhow, she said she was freaked out by the lady/gentleman's voice so she forgot the details - that really irritated me! So I tried my luck and was able to get through.
The lady/gentleman's voice was indeed freaky but I was able to determine that Jer's visa was approved last October 4 and now all we have to do is head on over to the Immigration office on Monday, pay, and have his passport stamped.
This is something that we really need right now. At times like these, I just can't help but think on how blessings come at the perfect moment.
Nothing yet...I have to remember to ask Jer to text Beth tomorrow. Really hoping for news on this end.
The past year has been unbelievably busy and stressful for me in terms of work. I would like to believe that I handle stress pretty well. Some may disagree with me but all I know is that despite the stress and all the flak, I still get my work done. Last week really put me to the test, though.
Let's just say that I was looking forward to the next 2 months as a time to catch up on the backlog at work. That also means some degree of breathing space for me and my workmates. Unfortunately, we realized that we had made a miscalculation which means that we are going to have to work harder than ever under pressure.
Anyhow, the night I heard the news, I got home feeling really tired and I dozed off more easily than usual. My hopes of getting a good night's sleep faded early in the night as I started dreaming about the list of people that we have to evaluate for an additional cycle. I know I probably am not making any sense but I just had to write this down.
Dreaming about work...lists...tasks...this is bad enough. Having to wake up three times and having the same dream over and over again is another thing altogether - and I thought I handled things well!
On a lighter and more positive note, I am planning on starting a blog with Jerry. I think it would be good to write down our experiences "on paper." I want it to be for us, primarily, but if we start earning something along the way, it would be even better.
Wikipedia says:
Tsetse (pronounced /ts/e-/ts/e, teet-SEE, or set-see) are large biting flies from Africa which live by feeding on the blood of vertebrate animals. Tsetse include all the species in the genus Glossina, which are generally placed in their own family, Glossinidae.
Tsetse have been extensively studied because they are biological vectors of the African trypanosomiases, deadly diseases which include sleeping sickness in people and nagana in cattle.
