What? January is almost over and I'm only just updating? Bad me!
So here's what I've been up to...
This month has been quite hectic for us after all the December merriment and unexpected hospitalization. Thank you, by the way, for all the well and kind wishes. I did get to go home on the morning of December 31st just on time to celebrate New Year's eve with Mike as we watched fireworks through our window and toasted with pear juice. New Year's day was spent with his family as we gathered in his Grandpa's home as per tradition and had dinner with his parents and sister.
Then M&M and godson, Kevin, came back from their long vacation in the Philippines so we spent a day with them to catch up and semi-celebrated Kevin's 2nd birthday.
I think after that weekend, my body was telling me to slow down when I came down hard with the cold for a week so I stayed home and in bed to recuperate. It was an overwhelming couple of weeks. December is just the prelude to the crazy month that is January.
Then came Monique's birthday which we celebrated at her place, followed by a weekend getaway in Eindhoven, perhaps the last vacation we'll have before B comes, with the family.
The day after we got home from the said weekend, Mike and I celebrated our 7th wedding anniversary. He left for work at 7 in the morning and came home at 10 in the evening with a dozen big white roses and large strawberry milkshakes. He had to go to a training for work that day when all he wanted was to take me out on a dinner date. He was rather bummed about it but I did give my consent for him to go so I didn't have room to complain though it sucked when the day came and I found myself entirely alone especially when it started getting dark and we were supposed to be celebrating our marriage of 7 years. I didn't let it deter me though so I welcomed him with a candlelight picnic in our living room while I played our wedding song on repeat in the background. We cuddled and reminisced. I may have shed a big happy tear or two. His bosses and colleagues surprised me with a bouquet of pink flowers to congratulate and thank me for letting them borrow Mike for the day. So it wasn't so bad. My dining table was happy for the new centerpiece. They compensated his not being home by allowing him to take a day off two days later on short notice, which brings us to his 28th birthday.
I treated him to a movie, Avatar, (finally saw it and loved it!) and a Mexican dinner in the same restaurant where I spent my 28th birthday last year. He's been raving on wanting to eat Mexican food for weeks so I thought it's the best choice. I did have a morning fail because I wanted to surprise him with breakfast in bed but I overslept so I took a raincheck for the weekend instead. I'm carrying his child in my belly so at least I have an excuse. Justify much? Haha. :D
After ALL that, we got a breather. No planned engagements or anything in the weekdays and weekend. We decided it's time to finish what's left to be done upstairs. Our bedroom walls are finally (!) painted. Goodbye sunshiny yellow and hello olive green! Hopefully by this weekend, everything that we CAN do will be done and we can focus on sanitizing the rooms and wait for B to come. One and a half month more to go!
And now, I'm dreaming about being in the tropical Philippines to be with my family. My brother, Ian, is there right now and will be celebrating his birthday together with my other brother, Gary, on Saturday. I'm so so jealous and could only wish we were there too. It would have been another great family reunion. Sigh. I miss my family.
By the way, here's a fact about me: Do you know that we (my siblings and I) were born in consecutive numbers? (29 - Ian, 30 - me, 31 - Gary). Cool, huh? However, I'm the only one born in a different month.
So after the wallet-draining December, the month of birthdays and celebrations in our family follows. Cue Alanis Morisette song: I'm broke but I'm happy!
I hope everyone is having a great start of their new year.
Posted in Out & About, Family | Comments (2)
odette at January 29 2010 | 20:43 |
| what busy months for you, but i'm so happy to know you are very happy. at the end of the day, that's all that is important. {{{hugs}}} it's a cold winter, give B a warm hug for me. ^-^   Yes, being happy is all that matters. And I am! :)Thanks! *hugs back from me and B* |
Jess at January 29 2010 | 23:52 |
| glad you could fill your month with a lot of family celebrations. i'm curious what you thought of eindhoven...i used to live there. it's an 'ugly' city but it can grow on you, at least it did with me haha I didn't really see a whole lot of Eindhoven apart from the shopping center area. It's very green around it though which I miss sometimes but I don't think I'd want to live there. I can imagine it growing on you.. I guess it just needs getting used to. :) |
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