Today is Monday!

Hmm....sounds like Eric Carle's story, but it's not. Anyways, one more day to go and then its April and then what? Oh yeah, one percent higher in sales tax for us here. So that's from 8.25% to 9.25% and I read that in some cities in Cali, even 9.5%. I'd say more but hmm...maybe not. I just want to umm..nevermind. You read about all those things that you write and then they come back and haunt you, with umm...very serious repercussions, if you get my drift.

So what does it mean, for us, seriously? No more shopping, lol. I wish! Just means to lessen the shopping and try to just do it, what once a month? Hehehe...that's the goal. Probably not for food since we do groceries every 2 weeks but I guess think about what you're going to buy and not just have second but third and fourth thoughts, lol. Do I really needs this? Do I really want to pay for the 9.25%? Can I afford that right now?

Hmm...maybe not. So the next best thing would be if its not on the list, then don't buy. Well, that's my thought anyways. Geez, I still have to get books for my CSET review. Better buy it now or forever hold my peace...sigh...I need books to review. I can't very well borrow from the library all the time. Unless they have one in town in SD. Oh well. Something to think about.

Yes, today is Monday. And whew, what a day is was. Another day and tomorrow will be a much much better one!

Saturday is here!

I woke up after a fitful sleep around 8:30pm. I was hungry so I quickly defrosted my bacon, made steamed rice and fried the leftover rice. Then I had breakfast.

I read my usual book, checked my email and then decided to take a shower. My stomach was feeling queasy afterwards. I think its the oil from the bacon, my stomach just couldn't take it. So I took a pill, acid reducer and then changed into my house clothes (I was lounging around in my favorite robe) and then took a nap, hehehe...still not hungry,  I watched Forensic files. Finally, my tummy couldn't take it so I heated the bacon and had a little rice and that was lunch. Went back to my room and back to watching Forensic files.

Leila popped her head in and asked if we could go to school tomorrow. And I said, cool. After all, my tummy wasn't in tip top condition so I might as well just laze around. Feeling guilty, I went about answering the Vineland Adaptive scale for the tri that I will soon have. That reminds me, I have to make a teacher's report. Then after that, I should have to prep the materials for the IEP on Monday. Time to do that tomorrow and yikers, better make a list just to be sure.

Then back to writing the IEP goals, just 4 of them because they're quite difficult to do, lol. And then back to reading my book. I've moved on to Social Studies and its interesting to read again about Rousseau, Locke, etc. I can't believe I have to remember them again. Oh well. Then more reading about the Industrial Revolution. Took a break just to write. And when I'm done with this, its time for dinner. I've officially asked Leila a taste of her food...hehehe...so much better than mine.

That reminds me, I should make plans on what I will eat next week. Lately, I haven't had much of an appetite everytime its lunch. I end up barely touching my food and that sucks! I hate wasting food. Think of all the people who actually don't have lunch and here I am, not touching mine. Grr...so I'm off rice for next week til I feel sufficiently hungry. I just might opt to buy bread and then cheese for lunch and apples again and drinks. If I get hungry, there's always dinner to make up to. But otherwise, I'm going to stay on the light side of food, and hopefully, get things back to normal. I think its stress related. I've got many deadlines (who doesn't have those, right?) but this time, I feel that it has affected my appetite and although I might not eat so much I'd rather do that than missing a meal and ending up with an ulcer! Much more expensive too what with medicatio and doctor's visits.

Time for dinner for me and then back to reading and reading and writing in my other website. Oh yeah, its my nephew's / inaanak's birthday. Well the celebration is on the 29th.

Happy birthday Dodong!!! Love from Auntie/Mama Ninang...hehehehe....

Jollibee Part 2

We went to Jollibee again yesterday, minus the photo-op, lol. I wanted to order dinuguan from Red Ribbon but it came with puto, I think and I so wanted rice to go with it, I was that famished, plus there seemed to be a long line. Service seemed slow, there was just one counter open.

So we headed to Jollibee, which was just a few steps away. True enough, two counters were open, so I ordered a two piece burgersteak meal. The cashier looked like she really came from Pinas what with her accent...hehehehe...so we headed to the soda fountain and looked for an empty table. And by golly, it was full! I think there were people there just sitting...hello!!! You're supposed to be eating, not hanging it. It's not like the Jollibees in Pinas where its huge, bystanders can just sit around and not run out of seats. The place was tiny, more like should be for one place except it was divided between Jollibee and Red Ribbon. We ended up going to the closed section of the store and man, it was warm! Finally, after we had a few bites, them insensitive brutes left, lol. And we were able to get a nice seat.

I enjoyed my burgersteak meal. It was two piece not the usual one which I have in Pinas because its just so huge...hehehe...but I gobbled it all down, plus my drink. I had some leftover so I brought my drink with me while we wandered around Great Mall. As usual, we went to Old Navy, Hollister, skipped Gap Outlet, and then to US Polo outlet where they had a denim sale of $19.99. I thought it was a good deal. Usually, I never buy jeans more expensive than $25. Probably the most expensive pair that I got was from Mossimo when we were in Target one time and that was like $22. So I looked that their denims and found a nice pair that I liked for Juniors. I went to the dressing room and wow, it actually fit, a bit lose but at least it wasn't that long. My other jeans are superlong, since I'm obviously vertically challenged, lol and I've resorted to fold them many times over. I swear, I'm going to save up so I can buy a sewing machine from Target so I won't have to pay for alterations, goodness knows how much they'll cost, at the very least $20 I suppose. And I have more than 5 jeans that need alterations, uh oh, I'm better off buying a sewing machine at least its a long term investment, lol. When I'll buy it, hmm...that's the question. Before I go to summer break I hope.

Got the jeans that I liked, then we went to Guess. Hmm...I know in Pinas I told Leila I won't even dare go to their shops. But here, who cares? Lol. They don't know, hehehe...so we went to look at their stuff. I do like their watches. I remembered by mom. I thought I remembered that she had a Guess watch, or was that another brand? Oh well. We also went to H & M where there were a lot of people. I didn't really buy anything, just  the jeans. Can't resist a good jeans deal when I see one.

Then we headed to Valley Fair. The trip going to Great Mall wasn't as long as last time probably because we didn't get that lost anymore. But going back, again, we got lost, lol. But it was okay, we still ended up going to where we wanted to go. Leila had to return clothes she ordered online from Charlotte Russe. And I just resisted the urge to go to Payless...hehehe..I think I have enough shoes to last me awhile. I don't want to turn Imeldific...hehehe...

After we went around, we went home where we missed our turn, but again, still ended up home. Hey, nothing like cruisin around. When I got home, I watched the usual TV Patrol, chatted with Maya and then went to bed. No work for me on Friday night...my brain and my body were just too tired. Til the next day...

Pinoy Food

Nope, I'm not yet done writing, lol. I just have to take this Pinoy food fantasy that I have out of my system. I'm not really known for my culinary talents, ask my mom or anyone who really really knows me. The best I can do is fry hotdogs and try not to burn that, lol.

So this morning and it started even well before that, it was last night, when I had this Pinoy food craving. Yeah, my mom's cooking craving which escalated into a full out Pinoy food craving. I was on my way to Leila's car when I thought I smelled embutido being fried. It probably wasn't my fantasy since I know for a fact that I have a pinoy neighbor, umm....hello pinaybabe and gwapopinoy408, lol. Was either one of you cooking pinoy food? hehehe...How do I know, well they appear in the airport (not the place where planes fly but the one in the mac, lol). That pretty much lasted well into the afternoon. I didn't have much of an appetite for lunch. I barely touched my food. But going home, I just wanted to eat Pinoy food, dinuguan, giniling, menudo, nilagang baka, nilagang pork with pork and beans, ampalaya, mongo, you name it, I probably craved for it. Hehehe. Now I long for the carinderias here. Back home, if you couldn't cook, you can always buy, provided they're clean of course. Now I really wish I was going home, lol. If only to gorge myself with Pinoy food. I'm looking forward to going to Great Mall if only to eat again in Jollibee...sigh, I miss pinoy food. I haven't turned into a "kana" yet...ha ha ha and probably never will....oh yeah, I want buwad too!!!

Procrastination is my name...

I should be writing goals for the IEP that I'm going to have for next week so I could send a draft copy to parents. But no...I've found excuses to not actually do them. From watching TV Patrol to watching documentaries to listening to music, reading articles online to hmm..going to the kitchen to get a drink of soda, eating cookies, texting my bf, you name it, I've done it...lol. It's not really unpleasant it's just admittedly a difficult task for me to do. And like my kids, I do my own share of work avoidance too. I just procrastinate and think about what else I can do other than the most important thing that I need to do, and that is to sit down, finish it and then send a copy to parents so that come Monday, I will be ready then. Oh well.

I rememer the thing which I used to avoid doing like the plague was to write. I used to have to write reports for grad school the first time I went to grad school. Lol. It wasn't like I could avoid that being that I majored in, hmm...yikers, I've forgotten what I first majored in, lol. Hmmm...yup, I ended up googling it, oh yeah, Language Education...something like that anyways, lol. And we had to write and write and write...and whadya know, write more, esp. when we had to take courses on Literature, World Literature, Philippine literature. All you had to do was read, analyze and yeah, write about it. What I loved about it though, especially when I started taking my majors was the discussion that followed afterwards. Since we were just five (we were lucky if we reached 6 or 7), we always found time to have discussions. And its not like they can skip you, you have to say your piece or else...hehehe...what grade would our prof give? Hehehe....so other than the writing that I disliked, there was the speaking part too. I would still get nervous when speaking in front of peers, but I guess, with years of doing it (since it took me 4 years to complete my masters), it was like, something I had to do even though I ddin't really want to do it.

Then there's also work. For some reason, there's always the odd report to make about this write up and that. Yikers. I'm used to doing a lesson plan, but trying to describe a program? Oh no...I have do dig deep into the coffers of er...my what the heck, let's just say its difficult to do. And then there was the research paper that we had to engage in at work as well. Wow, thesis in grad school, research papers at work and yeah,  the case study for my Special ed masters degree. Sigh. I can't really say that I'm an expert at it because now, the only kind of writing that I need to do is write an IEP, which is not that easy, after all, down the road, this will spell out what the kid's future is going to be. Sheesh, put it like that, that feels even more pressure. Alright, that's it, back to IEP writing...

I miss my mommy's cooking!

Today, I watched the usual TV patrol news (even though back home, I watch 24 Oras) and then Forensic files and whadya know, Foodtrip, lol. It just made me miss my mom's cooking, so so much!

I'm usually too lazy to cook, and more so here when you're so tired from work and at the end of the day, you just want to sit down and have food in front of you, lol. That's why, I have frozen dinners...heheheh..But lately, they just didn't seem enough for me. I don't even have much of an appetite for lunch anymore. There were a couple of days when I couldn't finish off my rice or my porkchop. Tsk tsk tsk. The same is true with dinner, I take a teeny tiny portion of rice and whatever I have that I can heat. And today, when I watched the cooking videos, it just made me hungry! But not just any kind of hungry but hungry for my mom's cooking. Sigh...I wish my mom was here. Then she could make my favorite tinolang manok, fried fish, or utan. Yum yum yum. Now I wish she could just send me food, lol. Hmm...Alicia was asking me today again if I wanted anything from the Phils and I just realized, if she can't take my mom with her, the next best thing would be my mom's cooking. How I miss the holidays when we had loads of food, lol. And even if its not the holidays. Mom has just a way of cooking that makes anything soooo delicious.
I wish TJ could have food like that frozen so I could just buy it and pop it in the microwave. Lol. But beggars can't be choosers so I'll probably just beg Leila a taste of her food, if only to spare myself the taste of my microwaved food. Lol. But I'm grateful I have food on the table, lol.

The Only Two Things Sure in this world are...

Death and taxes.

Nope, I won't be talking about the former but the latter. Back home, we didn't really need to file taxes because our employee would do it for us. But then again, you don't really get tax refunds? What? Refund from the government? No way Jose!

But here, I have to file my income tax return. Yes, despite the fact that Uncle Sam has already withheld it from me, yes I do have to file my income tax. And its not just one but two, hmm....federal and state. So, a couple of weeks back, Leila and I visited an accountant friend of hers. I did learn a little bit about how to fill out taxes here but I guess there's always a first time for everything. For of all, you have to get the right forms. For federal taxes, I have to fill out the 1040NR, meaning non-resident. And then when I file that, I have to file another one for the state, hmm....I forgot which it was but I got a form from the post office.

We're supposed to fill it out and then send it out, mail it. And then hopefully, we get a tax refund...whopee...so now, I have to fill it out. Wish me luck! Hehehe....

The First Day of Spring and Jollibee

Yey! Finally it's spring! Hmm...so why am I happy? Oh yeah, that means it'll be summer soon, oh, spring break first and then summer vacay. Yes! And one more reason to celebrate, yeah, report cards are done for the second trimester.

So, yesterday, it was actually quite warmer. Another reason to celebrate. Back home, I know its superwarm, lol with the start of summer. But here, burr...its been cold most of the time but with spring, I hope for warmer days to come.

With report cards all done, now it is time to move on to other things like reports? Hehehe...but the best part was actually going to Jollibee in Great Mall. Great Mall is in Milipitas and the drive was rather long but enjoyable, only because Leila's more confident in the freeway now. But geez, it is confusing when you have to find your exit and thinking about which lane to turn to when you come after the ramp, should you go to the left or right? Sometimes, the GPS tells it a bit too late, so by the time you realize that you should be in the other side, you can't cross the line anymore. And then you have to turn back somewhere else, etc. etc. etc. But at least we got there in one piece.

When we arrived, I remembered that that mall was where we had stopped when we got lost on our way home from San Francisco. Hm...back then, the person driving the car did not have a GPS. And decided to just ask directions and it was night time at that. Of course, we're going to get lost. I think that if you're driving, you should at least be responsible enough to remember where you're supposed to go and how you're supposed to get there and not just drive around and rely on directions given. Plus there's always the huge possibilty of getting lost, so, take a lot of patience and be calm when driving around.

So, we walked some ways from the carpark to the mall and we looked for Jollibee and yes, we found it. It was right next to Red Ribbon and opposite JJ clothing which I saw were selling Philippine shirts, probably among other things. In the mall, there seemed to be a lot of Pinoys walking around. Unlike the San Jose and Cup area where there are mostly Chinese. Also, there were Hispanics that I saw walking around.

We even saw another Pinoy teacher eating there, well, what do you know, small world indeed! So, I was thinking about what to order and although I would've wanted burgersteak meal, I figured, I might as well eat Meal#3, 1 pc chickenjoy with spaghetti and it has this huge coke to go with it. Yummy...

After the usual photo op, I started to dig into my food. Yum, yum. It tasted good. Although I must say, it can't quite compare to what I was expecting with the taste back home. But, what the heck. And yeah, the price? I was telling Leila that with the amount that I paid for, that could feed more than one person, oh well. The price of eating there....hehehe...it won't matter really since it gives you that nostalgic feeling...hehe..I know that when I used to have a job back home and I'd do my Sunday groceries, I would never fail to eat in Jollibee first with my burgersteak meal plus the soup. Yummy...didn't hurt my pocket as much. And then off to grocery shopping I go, with the advantage that now that I was well fed, I wouldn't get into shopping of things that I won't need but could just stick to my list. Oh wow, those were the days. Or when I lived with my mom, we'd use to go to SM in Dasma and eat too. Just for the heck of it and just to be out of the house. I know that's one of the things that I would do if and when I go home, go to Jollibee, order me my burgersteak meal and soup. If they still have it. I don't care that fastfood is bad for me. I only live once, so I eat what I want. Tha'ts my motto anyways.

Welcome spring, and I hope that I don't get allergic reactions to pollen and all the stuff that's floating around with the start of spring. Even the leaves of the trees are starting to look alive again with their green growth. Oh yes, I hope summer will soon be here. If only because I get to go on vacay, lol.

How much money do you have in your wallet?

This morning, my alarm clock woke me. Well, the radio started playing anyways so that pretty much warned my stream of consciousness, lol, that it was time to wake up, or almost time, as I am always in denial that it is actually time to get up and start getting ready for work.

When I was my conscious self (and enjoying my bowl of cereal), their topic of conversation was, "How much money do you have in your wallet?" The woman DJ said that she was most comfortable with having $40 in her wallet. Hmm, that got me to thinking. $40? Did I even have that much money? Lol. Probably when I arrived here, I had more than that (which didn't really last long since I had so many bills to pay from rent, to buying things, etc. etc. etc.). Which brings me back to the question. According to a national survey, people had like $37 in their wallets. The female DJ was like in the usual range. I on the other hand, hehehe...had nothing like that. Not even half. I have quarters which are about $5 (I had to exchange them to quarters to use in the laundry shop yesterday and had spent an additional $5 to do my laundry) and hmmm...let me see, about $6 (all $1 each), hehehe...so I was nowhere near even half of what an average person here would have in his / her wallet. Hmm...and why not? Well, cash seems so difficult to keep track. When I use my debit card or credit card, they're all reflected in my bank statement and then its so much easier to find out where my money's going (what's little of it anyways) and cash, poof, they just disappear, hehehe...Well, they go to laundry or Mickey D's hehehe...so, I'm all for debit cards.

Back home, I'd have so much more in my wallet. Why? Because that's how people operated there. It's always cash, cash, cash. Sometimes, I'd use my credit card to buy big purchases. But for grocery, commuting, and everything else I needed to buy in the nearest sari-sari store, it'd have to be cash. I'd have like 200 pesos in my wallet. If its a hundred, I'd feel a little sad, if only because it doesn't take me anywhere as much. Just going to Manila from LP cost what, almost 40 pesos and that was just one way. So you can just imagine that it didn't really take you that far. Oh well. But here, well, I'm just glad that I don't go to the mall, well not this much since last week anyways or else I'm going to end up in ON hehehe...and spending my money there. But then again, I worked really hard to earn that money so I deserve a little something something.

So, I still have that $5 worth of quarters and $6 which means I have about what, $11 dollars. Translated to Philippine pesos? About 500 pesos. Hey, not bad. I'm still well within my means then, Pinoy wise...hehehe...

A Busy Night

The day was pretty busy. I was making report cards and yep, I haven't finished them yet. And then I have to make the progress reports as well...arghhh....hehehe...I can do it, I can do it, I can do it!

Anyways, to take a break from a day of looking at samples of students' work, I decided to eat dinner, again. I had dinner around threeish...hehehe...yeah, dinner that early. Then I was hungry again sevenish so I decided to raid the fridge and see what else was appetizing. Well, I had siomai left which I had bought from Trader Joe's. Yum, yum, I love TJ. Interesting fact about it that I read somewhere, apparently, the owner started a chain in Germany, I don't recall which part it was, him and his brother. And they're both billionaires who made it to the I think the Forbes' list? Yeah, I'm contributing to their wealth, lol.

So, that was dinner, siomai with rice and of course, soda to keep me up. Dinner done, I did the dishes. Then thought about cleaning the bathroom and throwing away my trash. So I changed into my yoga pants and put on my down coat and took the two trash bags. And boy, was I glad that I bundled up because it was so windy and cold outside...burr...I just took it for granted that it would be warm since it was warm in the apartment with the furnace on. Burrr....then I took a detour to the mailbox and nope, no mail. I was hoping to get a notice from Amazon saying that the books that I ordered had arrived. Oh well, wishful thinking. And nope, they're not for me but for my class. With the budget cuts here, I figure I might as well buy something I could use for years to come and they're my personal copy as well.

Back at home, I got the spray and started spraying the sides of the bathroom to take out the scum. Left it for a few minutes and then started pouring Toilet duck over the toilet bowl. Again, letting that sit for a while. Then I went to the cupboard and took out a new sponge (thank goodness we have tons of sponges from Costco) so I didn't have any qualms about using them to clean the sink and the toilet bowl as well as the walls of the shower and the bathtub as well. Didn't scrub that hard but I did scrub and then started to rinse them with water. Cleaned the toilet bowl as well with the umm...scrubber, lol. Then flushed the toilet. Threw out the pieces of paper and hair at sides of the sink. Fixed the bottles in there as well and kept the hair dryer box inside the cupboard as well.

Then I proceeded to sweep the hair on the floor and threw them in the trash can. Then I got the Windex from the kitchen and cleaned the bathroom mirror as well. Whew, that was tiring. I think I pretty much cleaned it again. I don't really care much for the living room, lol, cause I don't stay there so much anyways, I'd rather hibernate in my room. But the bathroom? Yikers, I use it so often so I might as well keep it "clean" well according to my definition anyways.

And that was my "break" and now, I'm tired and my brain is tired as well. I might as well do the report cards again tomorrow. I know I'll be up early like today and I'm really looking forward to finishing at least the report cards tomorrow afternoon.

Now, if only I can watch "Wish Ko Lang..."

My arms hurt...hehehe

I've been trying to work out, a little despite the cold cold weather, since I don't want to take the chance of walking around in the cold and in the dark, so I decided to work out when I can. I've been trying to stick to a balance ball routine for the abs and yeah, upper body. What I kinda hate about my arms is that they're not that strong, lol. More like softies I guess. So today, I tried the upper body work out and man, do they burn...hu hu hu. I'm sure tomorrow, my arms will be sore, and nope not from the heavy lifting, although I did lift heavy books yesterday bringing them home so I could so some work at home, which I didn't anyways.

So, back to working out, its fun with the ball and the band providing resistance. Well, I just started so I don't know if its going to make a difference. But I'm hoping it will, lol. It would be nice to have toned arms. And abs? Ha ha ha, maybe in my dreams. Speaking of which, darned it, where did time go? Now it's 8 and I have to make lesson plans for my oh so special kiddies. Tsk tsk tsk.

Oh well, whadya expect? Hehehe...

Moving the Clocks

Yes, this morning, at 2 AM, was when we had to turn the clocks forward...hu hu hu. I already lost an hour of sleep and yet I hadn't slept yet. Hehehe...oh well. Lucky Arizona and Hawaii, and I don't know, is there another state that doesn't do that?

Oh well. On the bright side, hmm...it wasn't that bright when I had to get out of bed. Usually, the sunlight hits my eyes when I wake up. Hehehe...but today, no. The day wasn't that bright and yeah, my bf woke me up, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed while I on the other hand, just mumbled on the phone. Hehehe...that's just me. Takes me awhile before I get out of bed. But it was a good wake up call. After sufficiently warming myself, er, engine, I got out of bed, and made a good breakfast. I made fried rice, bacon and heated the leftovers that I had last night. I still had fried chicken and siomai leftover from last night. Plus apple juice, since I had ran out of Dole Juice, except for Pina Colada, which I just found awful, ughh...So I had me a nice big breakfast. Then another phone conversation and I was off gobbling down my food as best as I can. Did the dishes and the pans.

Then a long warm shower, well not that long anyways. And now, I'm just lazing away the day, well not exactly. But mornings are for not doing too much while afternoons are for catching-up-on-what-I need to do for tomorrow. In which case, they are numerous. I never run out of things to do. But on the bright side, I only do laundry now every two weeks. I really get my money's worth when I have to wash those dirty clothes. Lol. I can imagine my mom's face not being too happy with that. But let's face it, I don't really commute, the apartment I live in isn't really next to a major thoroughfare so I'm sticking to my story that my clothes aren't that dirty yet. Not my jeans anyways, lol. If they can survive in the Philippines for two weeks, well, a little less anyways, then they can certainly survive not being cleaned for about two weeks here too.

I had something interesting to read in Yahoo about leftover, er layover foods and about shopping. I agree, I do shop every two weeks. Shopping every week, seems to be a luxury, at least for me. But that doesn't mean I don't go to Target...hehehe...dang, I should follow my own advice. But usually, for food items, I like shopping at Trader Joe's. I don't know, after that "name of a place" where I got something that wasn't too fresh and I started breaking out, I just freak out if I have to eat something that's not from TJ. Or maybe that's just psychological. I should probably try something else, like fish, which I miss so much once in a while. We'll see where my courage takes me, lol. Or maybe something fillet in TJ.

But yeah, back to shopping, food shopping, yeah about every two weeks. That's when I look forward to eating my "salad." Hehehe, which I normally don't ever eat back home. I used to say, why would I eat them, they're still alive, alluding to the fact that they're not cooked. But here, that's the only way I get my veggies. I don't buy fresh veggies here because I don't know most of them. Hehehe...they all look so foreign to me, from zucchini, I can't even think of more at the top of my head just because they seem so foreign to me. I've been forever obsessing though with trying those different kinds of berries that they have. They all look so colorful and delicious that I'm just too afraid to try them out for fear that I might end up getting disappointed. They all look so good, but do they taste as good? Hmm...I can't bear to be disappointed for now so I'm not going to try them out. Not yet anyways.

Oh, time for lunch...

Oh what a night!

I brought home work as usual, and as usual, they're untouched. Lol. Today was such an "unusual day" in the sense that work always is full of surprises. But then again, what's new about that? I won't talk about work in detail, only that, there's never a dull moment.

The tremendous growth that I've had in even less than a year since I've been here is incomparable to the six years where I used to work. There are just a lot of things to learn, keep track of, do...so the best thing to do about it? Take a breather in between. Listen to music, classical mainly, lol. Or just be crazy and start deleting stuff, lol. Well, online anyways.

I'm hoping to start my "pet project," of course, something about what I do. I'm so excited to start doing it. Among other things during the summer. It will probably be boring for other people who are not into the same industry as I am. Oh well.

I haven't done much tonight, other than install a software in my website, update it, tweak it a little, write bits and pieces. But what a night it has been. Almost as great as last night, when I finally was able to squeeze in all the things that I wanted to send back home. Well, almost, now that I think about it. Madel's shirt won't fit there anymore, lol. Maybe next time.

But oh, what a night! I'm so looking forward to the weekend...then I can add more to my "pet project."

What kind of music makes you think?

It's elevenish and I know, I should be in bed, relaxing and trying to fall asleep. But no, I have to think of IEP goals to write. Hmm...I have the usual Pandora playing in the background with "Pink" radio. I don't know what it is about Pink that I like about right now. I think it must be her recent song, "So What" and "Sober" and "Who Knew" where she shows her softer side?

So, I'm trying to think and at the same time trying to keep my eyes open. I'm conflicted between listening to Pink or to classical music. I sort of subscribe to this theory that classical music (certain kinds they say, but I just pick any either Beethoven, Mozart and Bach) and listen to them and that supposedly helps me to think. Lol. Hmm...or maybe its just psychological. Whatever works, as long as I get the work done or the studying done, I don't really care. And now, I'm getting distracted watching Pink's videos...hehehe...forget about work. Have fun watching videos. I might regret it on Thursday when I have to pre-meet a parent for a TRI IEP. Uh oh. I hope I get those goals ready by then.

Ok, this is the last video I'm watching then its back to Mozart, lol, to help me think, well what's left of my gray matter that's still functioning at this time of the night and after that long day at work.

What kind of music helps you think? Or is silence golden? Probably the blare of the television droning on and on...

"Pet project"

I was reading an email from a group that I belonged to, and I was inspired by what he wrote. So, I'm starting a website, which will be about what, I have yet to think about, lol. Now, I'm thinking about what software to write. I don't even have a clue yet as to whether its purely blogging on what I do or a website of some sort.

Why am I doing this? Good question. Well, I figured that I should do something while I'm vacay come June til August rather than expire from boredom, lol. Yeah, yeah, you probably think, hey you're not working so don't complain, well yeah. But that's because the summer would be the best time to spend time with someone, lol. Other than enrolling online and taking a course, which I'm also thinking of doing, I might as well do something that I think I am starting to like doing, writing of course, aside from staring into space, which has become quite a luxury now that the midyear break is over. This other "pet project" won't cost as much as going back to school and hopefully, I will have reaped the benefit of...wait, let me rack my brain as to what I'd benefit from, hmm..honing my writing skills? Lol, nah. Hmm...seriously, what? Err...yeah, I'll stick to honing my writing skills for now.

So, back to the drawing board although, I am very excited to start on it. Too excited that last Thursday, it took me awhile before I could fall asleep. That's a first. Unless its work that's bothering me. Hey, I used the word "bother," ring any bell? Hehehe...

Alrighty, maybe I've had too much soda to drink or maybe its time to hit the balance ball or the balikbayan box wrapping, lol. Or both...sheesh, its going to be a long night.