i have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Thursday, December 30, 2004

the day before new years eve

i’m at work. i’m very upset that I am still here considering this company has a long-standing tradition of giving its employees a half day before a holiday. they did it last week. i was expecting the same courtesy this week. but no. the announcement did not come.

instead, i’m falling asleep. and waiting for the end of the day to finally come so i can go home and get some rest.

sf was much needed and well worth the trip. 4 full days with the family. ethan can now call me “auntie wyn” fully comprehensible. i’m ecstatic. I got to see ‘the incredibles’ with him and mark. all these little things are the things that make me sad when I’m here. I want to be the aunt that takes the kids to watch all the kid movies. I want to be the aunt to spoil them rotten with candy and ice-cream so that they can run around their parents living room twenty times before throwing up all over the floor. It makes me sad that there is so much of his life that I miss out on a daily basis.

*sigh*

I’m upset that the 24/7 christmas songs on the radio are no longer playing. I am so in the mood for that right now. Holidays have come and gone. The new year is almost here. Time to get started on all those resolutions.

Happy New Years everybody!

2:35 PM

Sunday, December 12, 2004
one down, one to go

i have just finished my last and final project for the semester. now all i have left to do is study for my exam and them i'm off to sunny california for a mini-break from everything that has been stressing me out for the last three weeks.

its very strange, because i've had a public speaking problem all my adult life, but with this class, i was able to overcome that with great ease. i dont know what has changed - may be its temporary, and with my next class i'll caterpillarize again. i dont know, but i'm very proud of what i've accomplished during the semester.

i'm also planning a trip to the homeland, probably during the last week of feb. or the first week of march. i dont know what's made me want to visit P.I., considering the last time i was there i was miserable and hot and i refused to stay at my parents' house (choosing the comforts of the holiday inn, manila over their company). i know, i'm a horrible person. but this time around, i was offered a trip to palawan (some insanely beautiful island resort). what i really want to do while i'm out there is document my trip through pictures. i saw some reallly amazing pictures from my dad on his last trip there, and i think that is what inspired it all.

come monday, all i have to look forward to is christmas shopping and relaxing. yeay! i've already decided on the next book i plan to read - don quixote. its a wonder how many literary books that i lack in my personal library, considering i am trying to gain a m.a. in english. so, one of my new years resolutions is to get all the required reading stuff crossed off my to-do list. i've got a lot of work ahead of me.

i've also taken up knitting in the last month or so. don't ask me where my progress is to date, because its really rather sad and kind of depressing to think about. lets just say, my goal of handing out handmade scarves for christmas will just have to wait til next year.

happy christmas to all and a merry new year!

1:09 PM