he is sick. :(

This is the first time in 3 years, 3 months and 17 days that we have been together that Husband has been this sick. It's nothing serious, I hope, but he is down with recurring abdominal pain and fever.

When the person who has always been taking care of me is now the one being taken care of, I feel a bit challenged and concerned. Am I taking care of him the way I should? Am I looking after him as frequent as I am supposed to?

The bedroom he is in is just a few steps away from where I sit now. I am keeping the room door open just in case he would call on me to come to his side. I do not want to stay at his bedside for I may not hold myself from continuously caressing his face or his arms to feel if his temperature is shooting up, and that would wake him up.

Again, I hope his medical condition is not anything serious... hopefully it's just caused by fatigue or by anything he had eaten or drank yesterday.

Please join me in praying that he'd feel better really soon. He is not used to being sick... neither am I.

rain, rain go away...

the weather has been crazy lately... if there's one day in August when the weather would be perfect, i wish that'd be on the 15th, because it's Mama's 56th. :)

Bull-e

One Saturday morning when husband and I were driving along San Rafael Street in Mandaluyong, we passed by a man walking his bulldog. Though I am not really fond of dogs because I’m really scared of them, I found the one we saw cuddly and cute. And then I told Husband that if I were to have a dog, it would be a bulldog.

Instantly that day, Husband decided to buy me one. I felt like a kid again! I was so excited, and before I relized it, I was all over our new pet, Bull-e (name inspired by Wall-e). Bull-e sleeps with us and goes with us when we go on trips. Should we need to leave him behind, we always make sure that he lies comfortably in bed before we go. There are even times when we really talk to him as if we’re talking to a baby. We are just so inlove with Bull-e. I wish he gets to stay with us for a lifetime.

Here, see one of Bull-e’s pictures.

Isn’t he adorable?

By the way, have I mentioned that Bull-e’s just a stuffed toy???

to do or not to do...

To procrastinate, as defined by Inspiration’s Word Guide, is to put off (an action, decision, or the like) needlessly; postpone.

I have been guilty of procrastination for the longest time. Be it in doing the littlest of things such as tidying my bags in the cabinet or updating my blog, I always seem to have an excuse for the delay of my actions.

But several weeks ago though, embarrassing as it may be to admit, I had experienced the consequences of my procrastination. It lead me to stressful days and nights, which I could not complain of because I know for a fact that it’s nobody’s fault but mine.

Blessedly enough, I was still able to pull it through, learning the lessons that I should have learned long time back. Though there are still bits and pieces of the aftermath of my deeds that I need to work on, I am glad that things are starting to go smoothly, being able to finish one task after the other.

Thank God for the Spirit... though it’s entirely my doing to be caught in those stressful times, I never felt weak.

love for me is...

i believe that love is not just a feeling... it is a commitment; a commitment to be with the person through ups and downs, a commitment to stay loyal and faithful, and honest and sincere; a commitment to nurture the relationship to make it stronger and for it to endure trials. but should infidelity be experienced and mistakes have been done, love should also be a commitment to learn to forgive and forget. it's not easy, but i believe it's workable.

as a comment posted on Paulo Coelho's forum

i'm still here

I haven't been blogging lately nor reading any of my followed blogs' posts because I feel that my hands are full of workloads. And tonight, while trying to relax, I tried to catch up on my missed blog reading... and I tell you, I have been missing a lot already. And so, I tried hard enough to read as much as I could, post comments, and make these online friends know that I'm still here... :)

I may not be that "visible" but know that I am here. :) It's time for my good night sleep now. *kiss*

take care,

work panic, blouse, shoes and Transformers

This week has been a roller coaster ride of emotions brought about by work and some personal matters.

While I was busy performing my duties, other concerns from clients would just come up... others easy to address while some would take much of my time. The lowest point of my work week was when I found out that nearly 4,000 records in 93 databases could have been lost. It called for an emergency meeting, at least with a colleague friend whose department I also coordinate with. I have to admit I panicked, my mind tried sorting out excuses I can use, but decided I just had to ask the respondents to take the survey again. It might not be easily acceptable for the client, but that's the only honest way we can work around it. This incident bugged my husband, too, that he ended up inviting me to leave the office earlier to relax and see the movie Transformers. I didn't buy it! It's something that would work for him, not me. But then again, he knows best how to get me... so, he bribed me with a bit of shopping treat... for a blouse at first, to which I also declined. But he was insistent, so he added it up with a pair of shoes. And that I couldn't resist anymore. So to little shopping and Transformers movie we went.

Highest point of the week? The tech support responded promptly saying that the data have not been lost! :)) Oh! I am so relieved! Thank God.

So, thank God it's Friday! My data are intact, another blouse and pair of shoes added to my closet, and I have seen an entertaining movie! :)

Hope you have a happy weekend! :)