Winding Creek Circle

We are back in the city for now. We arrived earlier today hoping we can take the children to their pediatrician as planned - guess what? We slept in and woke up at 6PM. So naturally, I know we will be staying up late tonight. It is also the first time we got to be with the husband and I got to admit it really is easier when he is around - like I get to have my own timeout. I also have a sounding board when I get frustrated. Adjusting to him working in the city while we stay in the suburbs will be more hard work than I imagined it to be. (Especially now that we have a bigger house).

I promise as soon as we get settled and things are “easier” with regards to the money aspect, I’m taking the husband on a well-deserved break - just the two of us. We still havent found a helper for us in the house but Im sure I can request my mom to look out for the kids for a day. Since we live near Tagaytay already, I would be taking him to a picnic, complete with a picnic time picnic basket with everything else with grand flair!

I can get that here.

I also promise Ill make sure to to book the Boutique this year - which means I need to lose weight BIG time so I can enjoy the view at the tub

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The power of connections.

Im trying to help a cousin of my sister-in-law plan their wedding. Ever since my wedding in 2005, most of my relatives come to me for advice and referrals for possible wedding suppliers. I still smile whenever I think how perfect my wedding was and how the husband made it all possible even with three months of wedding planning. Anyhow, this cousin actually resides in Canada but will have all the wedding supplies made here so it will be cheaper. They will splurging for their honeymoon in Hawaii - since the weather in Canada is most of the time freezing, they want to bask in the sun for two weeks. Here comes the power of connection. Since I have two of my cousins live in Hawaii, I get to refer her as well. They will be staying in a villa in Kona Beach. One good thing about travelling in Hawaii is their car rental services. Hawaii Car Rental has the best rates online at this site: www.carrentalhawaii.net. You dont have to pay in advance. You just have to pay when you arrive there, you get to receive a confirmation number of your booking without payment and there is no fee for young drivers. (They are young, the cousin is only 19). It is such a convenient thing because they provide rentals at the Kona Airport where they will be arriving. And, they got a Jeep Wrangler, which they want to absolutely try - it is only $225 for a week. I suggest you compare car rentals in Hawaii first, if ever you have plans. But so far, this is the lowest rate I have found and my cousins approved it so Im recommending it to them.

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It seems we made the right decision.

You Should Live in the Suburbs

Like many people, you like the city - but you don’t want to live in it. For you, the suburbs is the perfect compromise. You can enjoy the city as much as you want, but you have a quiet, safe neighborhood to come home to.

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This will be the agenda for the week:

Today and tomorrow, I will be fixing all the things we can get here at my parents’ place into the new house (the treadmill included - Im so excited about that!). Friday I will take the kids with me to the city for their pediatrician check-up. I want to make sure they get a clean bill of health before we finally reside in the suburbs. There were symptoms of hepatitis cases going on a few towns away and I wanted to make sure we are also up to date with the vaccination of the kids and their boosters.

Friday night I continue packing (all major appliances and albums and my knick knacks are still there) and Sunday morning we move to Amadeo. Hopefully, everything will be as smooth as before.

I miss having my own space here. We have a desktop and two laptops with two desks. So I camp here and there. It’s hard to find my time, which I steal when the daughter is sleeping (Thankfully she sleeps long hours in the afternoon - like now).

I will update our move here and make this into an album someday.
Love this idea.

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The house is spikingly clean, ready to be moved in. We just need to move over the big appliances and we are ready to stay there. Thank God for helpers. I got two helpers to clean the house and now even the garden and backyard are clean. I cant wait to plant some flowering plants - one day at a time, I say. Anyhow, all the things are going perfectly for us. Even the problem with (lack of) money seems so little as compared to how smooth the move has been going.

Safe house.
Clean house.

What next?

Today, we went to three prospective schools for my eldest. One school really stood out to me. The building, church, gymnasium, classrooms and bathrooms were mighty impressive. The one thing that drew me back was the summer program all new students need to go through next month. My son hasnt even enjoyed his summer vacation yet! The other school is not so impressive but the boy wanted it. The last one was OK - given that I wanted there first. I still need to consult with the husband how we go with that stage of the house move.

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The main reason why I named this blog Winding Creek Circle is because like the shape of the circle, I believe there are simply no ends to everything, we all just go round and round albeit with different situations. It would all boil down to this: We all come full circle.

And that holds true today. More than ever.
I love how you believe in things that come full circle.

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Finally.
I get to be able to finally enjoy my coffee and net time today. The baby woke up at the ungodly hour of 6AM demanding for milk but so graciously slept again. I had to force myself to get up though. I promise to use my dad’s treadmill here. A treadmill that is soon to be mine! I asked for it last year jokingly, when we were planning to move to the area, and my dad said yes.

I had time to practice on it yesterday and came to one conclusion - I need shoes. Good running shoes. It is a good thing that I was able to find a very informative article on tips on the types of running shoes and what is good for flat-footed women like me (who are also obese).

I have long been a Nike Fan so naturally Id like Nike Shox - most especially when they are discounted AND in pink:

However, Id heard great things about the Adidas a3 Cushion Shoe and am tempted to give it a try.

Thanks to the article I read, I found out flat-footed women like me need motion control running shoes or high-stability running shoes. And a search on those categories led me to this:

It’s the Adidas Women’s Response TR 14 Running Shoe.

Goodbye Nike.
Hello Adidas

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Forgive me while I rant some more.

I just cried my eyes out in frustration with my eldest, who was crying because he didnt want to sleep yet. He cried so hard and LOUD - mind you, we are in a place where it eerily becomes quiet by 7PM. And everytime I told him to stop crying, he’d cry crocodile tears louder.

He only stopped when I started crying.
I swear, this is a mixture of hormones (the flag is up), the changes, physical tiredness, single mommy pity (husband is away), and the fact I was craving for some me time (I also needed to work my sideline gigs).

I will get used to this.

Tomorrow is a new day.

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So I had an eletrician check all the wiring and outlets in the house, installed new bulbs and then had all the doorknobs replaced. Phase one: security of the house done. Tomorrow we go to phase two: general deep cleaning. Since I dont have a maid yet, people here are kind enough to refer me to helpers who I can pay per day. I’ll get one tomorrow and have the place looking shiny and clean for the husband. I was wallowing in self-pity awhile ago since I get to do all the dirty job - unpack, clean and make sure the house becomes a home, AND still be a nanny/mommy/poo washer to the kids without the husband. But I realized I can really do it, as long as the husband gives me money to hire help Now, once phase three is complete, I can now demand the installation of my workspace - I got some leftover shelves from the old house. I just need an adjustable desk so that I can do some crafts while the kids are sleeping. I want to have a worktable. Hopefully, everything can be accomplished before I go back to the city by Friday.

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Since my youngest is now staying with me (she got to stay with my parents during weekdays when I needed to work), it is such a great but hard and frustrating learning process to get to know her again - her little quirks and antics. Obviously, I need more info how to clue in to her needs - like when she gets sleepy, how she needs to eat and all her fascinating little hobbies (like looking for spiders). And that talking about lizards calms her down. Seriously.

Case in point - last night. My daughter has a weird habit these days of waking in the middle of the night with the urge to watch Elmo. So last night, I didnt have the strength to get my dose of surfing the web since we moved some boxes to the new house. We were all dead beat and slept by 10pm. She woke up at 2AM saying ‘Bee bee” *(TV). We ended up watching three DVDs of Elmo and slept again by 4.30am. So we woke up together at 10AM. Banishing my ME time in the morning.

This gets easier, right?

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