As you all know, my son has Down Syndrome. And given his medical journey from the time of his birth and his condition, his development is said to be delayed. So with that said, I have been trying to keep track of all his milestones and development to compare that to the milestone range that I have up on one of my bedroom walls. However, to be honest, even if I have the chart up at eye level and at somewhere really easy to find, I haven’t been paying attention to it. Every time my son is here with me in the big […]
Wednesday What-nots
Okay, not so creative title for this post, I know. But I have a lot of random things that I wanted to write about and I don’t think it is really efficient to put them on separate posts. I have something about my little Z, too, but that will be the only exception. Workweek Craziness I have secured approval last week for a 3-day leave starting tomorrow, Wednesday, until Friday. However, it is a crazy week this week at work due to a lot of transitions going on. So, even if I will be on leave, I will have to […]
A Perfect Date with Dad
I never got to bring my Dad on a real father-daughter date. I guess I was too late in planning it. There will never be a time when I could tell him, “let’s go on a date, Dad.”. My only consolation, I guess, is that I was able to thank him for everything he’s done. I was able to tell him I love him before he passed away.
I guess what I could do once I get my own car is to continue with the planned date on my own and dedicate the trip to my Dad instead.
When the Thought is Gone
Have you ever had that experience when you are not able to access your blog yet you have this great thought running in your head that you just want to blog about and once you have access to any gadgets that can enable you to post a blog, all thoughts are lost and you are left with this one big empty hole in your head with the question, “now, what?”? Yep, I am in that kind of a loophole right now. Amidst all the emails I needed to respond to at work and all other tasks that I needed to complete, I had […]
Z’s First Outing
I just got home about an hour ago from another long day at work. Well, I was supposed to write this down last night but I was having migraine attacks so I slept instead, about an hour after little Z did. Last Saturday was our company summer outing. Yes, it was indeed late already but at least we still had one. 🙂 Only about half of our business unit attended given that most of them were already preparing for the start of the school year (last minute shopping and all that). The outing was in Canyon Cove, Batangas then dinner […]
Drained…
I have a few topics in my head that I have been wanting to blog about and as much as I would really want to do one right now, it seems that my brain is now in limbo and I am sure that I won’t be able to get a coherent thought out of my dried up brain cells. This week was the start of the long, rigorous process of system migration testing at work. Fourth day into the first stage and issues are piling up faster than the speed of light (Kidding! but you get my drift). It is Frustrating, […]
Goodbye after 23 Years
This morning, I saw my brother’s shared link in FB about McDonald’s Session Road in Baguio City closing after 23 years. It is actually a sad thing, really. (You can read more about it here). McDonald’s Session Road is the first ever McDonald’s franchise in Baguio. It is located in Lower Session Rd., corner Lower Mabini St. across PNB Building. You cannot actually miss it when you’re in Session Road. The first ever McDonald’s in Baguio was franchised by the Del Rosarios (who also own Sunshine Supermarket, Hotel Veniz and other businesses within the city). That’s all I know actually about […]
Being a Mom
I came home about an hour and a half ago from a long day at work. And when I say long day, I meant about 13 hours long. And I am tired. But my brain’s still way too active for bedtime. You see, I have been working the graveyard shift for almost 8 years and then alternated from graveyard shift to midshift and back. For the past few months though, I have been in the midshift, extending into the wee hours in the morning depending on the need. And trust me when I say that 13 hours used to be my normal working hours […]
Are We Ready for Our Child’s Education?
Disclaimer: this is an unsponsored post. Just wanted to share what I learned. 🙂 I was browsing through Facebook a few weeks ago when I stumbled upon a seminar posted by Mothercare Philippines: I was interested to attend as I have been planning to have my son homeschooled, especially when I confirmed that he has Down syndrome. It is not for the reason that I don’t want him to interact to “normal” kids but rather to ensure that his studies will be based on his own learning curve. So when I saw this, the first thing I checked was the schedule. It was […]
Long Time No See
It’s been almost a year when the three of us were together. I think the last time we had coffee together was August of last year, before I went home to the mountain city to give birth. I’m not sure if I got a copy of the photo of that day. I stayed in Baguio from late August to start of October, then came back to the mountain city with my little Z and stayed here until December. Whereas, RB was still pregnant and working until early December, I think. Given that I became a Mom and RB was an expectant […]