The emotera Mommy attacks

When stress level go up above your nose, you can't help but wish for an impromptu makeover just to help you breathe. Or sometimes, in my case, just take me to the nearest mall where I can shop or sip a warm latte. Today, I feel like I can't do any of the above and my social life has decreased as weekend meet-ups no longer happen. I haven't seen my good friends for a while although we never lost touch naman.

Perhaps I just needed a real holiday, as in an out of town vacation and lounge in the shore.  It was long overdue. I miss travelling! I miss how life used to be when you're a little careless. Not that I hate where I am now. Maybe I'm just overwhelmed and WORRY too much. Pasensya naman emotera ako ngayon. Alright, I'll call the hubby immediately after this post and ask him out. So anong connection ng picture ko below? Well, I just want an #OOTD similar to this. Nakaka- good vibes kasi eh. Kaso I don't have new outfits lately. Mukang shopping talaga katapat nito, ano?

Enjoy the rest of the weekend! x

 

Jumpsuit Forever21, bag Coach, specs Morgan de Toi, watch Casio, Ipanema flip flops

Cafe Mary Grace

Hello there! Grabe it's been a while since my last entry and I really apologize for the lack of posts. Work has gone wilder these days as bigger clients came in. It was months of chaotic preparations before going to production. If you or anyone you know are into software development then I'm sure they can relate how "ngarag" can you get before going live. Plus my daughter has been getting sick recently and caught eye infection. I never had a me-time as I need to switch from career mom to Nanay mode to keep things balanced and orderly pa din. In fact, I had to cut my hair really short so I can do things quickly and efficiently. Iba na talaga pag motherly levels! Haha!

Anyway, last month, when hubby joined his mountaineering group somewhere in Tarlac, I brought Mom and Daphne to SM Aura. It is now my favorite date place for our family Sundays as most of the time I'd like to avoid bigger crowds. Unless of course if there's a BIG SALE going on. So I wasn't really expecting that this mall was quite full that weekend. At almost 2PM, I could hardly find a free table for us even in Cafe Mary Grace.

Ginza Bairin

Last weekend, the hubby and I escaped for a quick date. I remember Daphne almost ran out of pj's (she literally outgrew everything we bought in the last 6months) while hubby needed new dry-fit shirts. For hubby's clothes, our shopping venue will always be in Trinoma. I don't know but he sort of have everything he needs in that mall. Good thing he seldom shops! LOL. 

What's going on?

It's been 4days since typhoon Glenda (Rammasun) struck Metro Manila giving us the inconvenience of having a total black-out. Wednesday morning, I was still sick and couldn't sleep at 3am so I keep checking if there were leaks on our first floor. You could already hear the wind howling during those wee hours. I checked tweets every now and then to monitor the typhoon's location and to take note of important phone numbers as well in our area. 4am power went off.

When PAGASA declared that storm will hit Manila by 7am, well, it was closely right on the spot! My husband insisted to go to work at past 8 as he was very upset of his site project's situation but it only took him less than a minute to return home. I forgot how a storm signal number 3 feels like only to be reminded that it was that dreadful! Around 9am the rain started to pour non-stop and wind started to get intense and violent. I've seen this huge mango tree, two houses beside ours, swayed left to right and back n forth, waiting to get uprooted. Literal nakipag-buno sya! Good thing it remained standing still and no one was harmed in the neighborhood. Even so, the sight of our street was really scary.

So Glenda left but I still couldn't get that "regular" sleep. It's starting to get crazier by the day. What makes me more sad now was that I couldn't get my domain back. Huhuhu! It's like losing something so valuable. My domain is my space and now I don't even know how to earn it back. I can register an almost similar domain but I still want my dot com... but how??? I already Googled all the possible means but for now I can only wait until it's open for public registry. It cannot even tell an exact period when it will be available.

Ang saklap!

I'm thinking of creating a new domain but One Gutsy Mom is my own reflection. It describes me a lot and my mommy journey. Should I go for a dot net or dot ph? Help please? :(

A Mutual Decision

Just recently, about 70% of my Facebook timeline was about parent's sending their toddlers to preschool. A lot of these kids were first-time preschoolers and of course, these co-Mom's were too excited to see them wearing school uniforms. Some of them had to share captions like waking up before 7am to prepare for day 1 of the new school year and some having difficulties to doze off and they needed to wake up really early. Though I cannot relate on this situation just yet, I share the joy and fulfillment of these Moms. After all, sending kids to school to equip them with the proper education is a parent's biggest achievement.

Some of my friends asked if Daphne will be going to a formal nursery school this year as she is now 3years old. Yes, I want her to and yes I am very eager to! In fact, I already did my school research within the area even before her 3rd birthday. But just as the title says, we as parents came up with a mutual decision and that is to wait for another year.