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Life Goes On

I've never been good with goodbyes. I used to cry when our helpers left. And nothing much has changed now. Our current all-around is going back home to care for her kids. She's trustworthy but we're not very fond of her. She can be annoying sometimes. She spends most days dillydallying just waiting for the hours to pass her by. Her cooking is inconsistent. Her cleaning leaves so much to be desired. She keeps on going back to her province for a variety of reasons. She's forgetful. She's easily confused. My husband and I talked in the past that it was really okay if she wanted to leave because she will not be that big a loss. Our yaya actually does more work than the all-around. So we should be rejoicing, right? Well, part of us is relieved because we can start anew with someone who will hopefully be better. But part of me is also sad because whatever you say, she's been with us for more than a year (the longest so far among our helpers). She knows the routine...

March 2016

The past month was quite a stressful one for me and my household. I had to be away for 4 Saturdays to attend a continuing education seminar. Shouldn't be a problem, right? Except that I still breastfeed my 21-month old boy and he has yet to sleep without the boob. My husband wanted me to delay attending the seminar. He said I can always pay the fine and catch up on the units once the little boy's bigger. Initially that was fine with me. But I got scared of the thought that I will get a warning letter and that I will not be able to sign documents when the need arises in the future. Going for the straight 4-day seminar was definitely not an option. I would have loved to take it together with Tatay but it would have been torture for the little boy to go on 4 days without the boobie. So I chose the best option available - to stagger the seminar into 4 Saturdays. The venue was just an hour away from home so I would only be gone for roughly 12 hours per day. My household he...