sunday, work and being alone

Today is Sunday and I'm home alone-save for our household help, that is.

My parents went off somewhere to the hot springs in the nearby town with friends, my brother went somewhere, too and I had taken the baby to my sister's house to play with his cousin. I wanted time alone because I had to revise a task from last week and I needed the peace and quiet. The work is actually very easy but I really just wanted to be alone.

The bf is taking the time off from my company! hahaha! Seriously, it's Sunday and we're strangers on Sunday. I did see him earlier and I don't think I'll see him again later. But it's perfectly fine.

I am happily working in the bedroom, listening to a playlist that is super mixed up. Think The Cars, Gin Blossoms, Barry Manilow, Daniel Bedingfield, Mariah Carey, Hillsong and Adele. But this is so much better than the music blaring on our radio outside-ranging from the 50s, 60s and 70s!

I am still full from breakfast but I am already looking forward to my lunch of dinuguan and kinilaw. My mom cooked before she left so I won't be hungry. = )

I was going to post some photos of my clean up last night. I actually managed to sort through the boxes up in my closet and de-cluttered my drawer. But my mom brought the camera to their outing and I wasn't able to get the photos beforehand.

So, I'll spend the rest of the day playing Farm Frenzy and Cafe World and watching television. This is the life!

saturday alone

yesterday, i saw the bf for about one minute. he stopped by the house before driving off with his clients to send me on an errand later in the afternoon. if the laundromat wasn't closed on sundays, i wouldn't have seen him at all.

i'm not complaining about that, in time, things will get back to normal and i'm sure we'll be spending loads of time together again and i'll be saying i'm tired of being with him yet again. anyway, i was still tired from my long drive the other day so i really wasn't in the mood to do anything anyway. i just watched a dvd movie and lazed in my bed the entire day.

i had to pick up laundry of the clients at 6pm. but the bf wasn't clear on the instructions so i decided to pop in by 4. it wasn't done yet so i decided to head downtown. i was really hungry and in my mind i wanted to eat a steaming hot bowl of chicken noodles and cheeseburger. it's not exactly the best combination but it was what i was craving for. i went to the local department store and ate in the food court. then i went down to the children's section to get the baby new pjs. after that, i went to the ladies department to check out shoes, couldn't find anything worth trying on and proceeded to clothes. i suck at window shopping. hahaha! so i decided to have my watch's battery changed. i was supposed to wait for 15 minutes but i didn't want to. so i went out and saw two old friends. we ended up chatting outside the store for a good ten minutes or so.

still i had time to spare before 6 so i drove to the beach. i opened my windows, listened to music and killed the time. it was relaxing. i saw a mom trying out their new dslr and her daughter was the model, a mother and son team looking at the waves and a group of boys ready to drink the night away. by 6, i left and went to the laundromat. i locked out my keys in the process and had to call my mom for rescue. then i went home and slept early.

my saturday had passed without much fanfare. it was lonely not having the bf around but i got through it in one piece. he's still driving today and on monday, i think. he'll stop on tuesday hopefully. that's what he promised me this morning when he picked up the laundry. can't wait!

missing you

i haven't been spending much time with the bf these past few days. earlier, he was preoccupied because he needed money for the checks he issued. he had to do some preparations for clients that were coming in during the week. by wednesday, he had to drive television crews to the earthquake stricken areas. up to now, he is still on duty. he is doing it becasuse he actually wants to and partly because there are no more available drivers. i hate it! i'm not used to spending much time away from him, especially on out of town trips. i am supposed to be with him during this time. hahaha! i sound like a petulant high school student. but really, i hate the feeling.

anyway, yesterday i drove 183 kilometers just to spend time with him. imagine that! and i went there alone. that took me fours hours of driving back and forth. the first hour going there was easy, the second hour, i was feeling tired. on the way home, i was exhausted. as luck would have it, it rained when i was about 35 kilometers from home. i hate driving in the rain and i hate driving at night. but i had no choice. ahh.. the things you do for love.

when i got there, i saw different types of people. there were rescue groups, various television crews, locals, MMDA personnel and tourists taking pictures. i belong to the latter because i didn't do anything useful. = )

i was supposed to stay only for on hour but the bf had to leave and get food from the hotel restaurant that provided for their meals. i decided on a whim to join him. big mistake because it took us two hours to get back. i ended up leaving for home at about 7.30 already and two hours on the road meant i'd be home by 9.30. unfortunately, the rain made me go even slower and i got home at around 9.50pm. i was so tired by then and i still had work to finish. but i was really so sleepy so i stopped working and slept instead. i ended up waking early this morning to finish my tasks.

now the bf is back to the location again and i haven't even seem him yet. i doubt i'll be seeing him tomorrow as well. hopefully the contract will finished tomorrow or monday. if not, it will be a lonely valentine's day for me this year.

**the pictures show the bridge that got badly damaged by the earthquake. it's actually quite a steep drop and you need to use makeshift ladders to cross. the bf stays here the whole day and night until news broadcast is over. luckily (or unluckily), business is slow so he has the time to do this.
the pictures of two feet are ours. our sanuk sandals were bought at the same time but his has faded already. he says mine still look like new. the bf wears a jade ring for luck in business. that ring is huge!