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Quiet Afternoon

Twas a weekend well spent.

For a change, the hubby and I decided to have a stay-cation. We normally go out on weekends. Most of the time, you can find us in the malls. We eat good food and we usually end up shopping and draining the coffers. This weekend, we stayed at home. Did some cleaning and spent the rest of Saturday watching Season 1 of Dexter.

We started watching Dexter when we moved here. We caught the re-runs of Season 6. We watched Season 7 and we're now waiting for Season 8, the final season. When we went home last month, my brother downloaded the earlier seasons for us so we can catch up. We finished the first season this afternoon. The story's clearer now. Hope to watch the rest of the episodes soon.

I survived the past week. I had 10 classes, 1 class more than the normal load. That translates to 20 hours of talking, with 6 hours each on Thursday and Friday. Yes, my timetable is horrible. When I was about to conduct my last class on Friday, I literally felt my joints shaking due to exhaustion. I'm doing it again this week. Hopefully my body will be better adjusted this time.

It was my first time to conduct lectures last week. I was scared at first. I was not sure if I can handle 300 students who happen to be teenagers. I tried to be all nice and sweet in the beginning. But my patience just wore off eventually. I was so concerned about not finishing my lecture on time so I had to unleash some fangs. Admittedly, the guy co-lecturing with me is scarier - his voice, his demeanour, etc. But at the end of the day, you gotta do what you gotta do. I just hope they picked up a thing or two from the things I blabbered about. It's really challenging to talk when you know that maybe 90% of them are not listening anyway. I just felt so low batt after each lecture.

The hubby's still on his afternoon nap. I, on the other hand, had my afternoon merienda of coffee and crackers. Weather's okay - kinda hot but at least it's not raining. I've done my budget as well. That's always on my to do list on Sundays - paying off bills, making sure we can pay the incoming bills. I love quiet afternoons like this one. Gives me time to reflect and contemplate. :)

Everyone must be so busy back home. Election time. I sort of miss the hustle and bustle. The hilarious campaign jingles. The annoying TV ads. Ah, soon, soon. :) Hubby and I voted last month. For senators we picked Angara, Jun Magsaysay, Hontiveros, Cayetano, Casino, De Los Reyes, Hagedorn, Villanueva, Aquino, Pimentel, Poe, Trillanes. I picked Ang Ladlad for party list. Hubby voted for Anak Pawis. Hope our bets will win.

We have visitors from Australia - niece and her boyfriend. We're meeting them for dinner. Hope the hubby wakes up soon.

Still haven't figured out the next step. But hopefully, I'll get there soon. I hope I can find more time to write. I kinda miss doing this.

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