12.28.2013
I Want Skinny Sleep!
So! This pretty much sums it up!!! I, a mother who barely sleeps for more than five hours, am in serious need of SKINNY SLEEP!!!
Out with - beauty sleep (although I need that too...o.k. it is still in)
In with - skinny sleep.
I am wondering though if less than five hours would count as skinny sleep...
Bet not.
So from this day on, I am gonna experiment.
I will see if I get skinny on a six to eight hour sleep a night.
Check with me on the results...
After a century lol
Seriously, moms do barely get sleep every night.
Because that is the only time they can make things done- when the kids are asleep.
As for me, I sneak in afternoon naps.
I am lucky though if the phone does not make a sound in ten minutes (the kids are in school so they don't disturb my afternoon bliss) in which case I wake up, startled from my one-minute nap and can't get my sleeping groove back on again.
So, anyway, I am hopeful I can get enough sleep this vacay.
As long as I stay away from food.
Which is very hard...
My road to awesomeness is on hold.
Naka-holiday din haha
12.18.2013
Sick Day Yet Again
I think I have the flu. I have sore throat and my eyes are burning behind their sockets. And the worst part is that Adrian is, too. When you are a mom, you forget about being sick because you think of your family first. He is excited pa naman over his Christmas Party...He was having rocking chills last night and high fever so I was not able to rest really well. The next day, I was informed he had wet poop. I was very worried. In July, he had amoebiasis. He was vomiting round the clock (seriously) for like five days and got mildly dehydrated. We were not able to know he had amoebiasis immediately because he hides when he poops and just calls me when he is done. And besides, he barely pooped. Just projectile vomited every time. This time though, we were able to do lab tests immediately because he was more than willing to give samples on account of his Christmas party and that I-have-to be-well-for-tomorrow's-party attitude.
I was shocked when he turned out positive with those entomoeba thingies. I try to be clean! I boil my already distilled water for 15 minutes! (It can last up to around 30 or so if I get engrossed writing a post and forget I am boiling something) He doesn't even eat left-overs! Most probably, it could be the water tank, but I pray there won't be a repeat of this. Unlike the first one, he is having high fevers and chills and he is pooping more than usual. I hope he is better tomorrow because he is sooo looking forward to his party.
Remember those times when as a mom you say "Lord, let it be me instead of him/her..." A lot of times I say this until my mom told me she used to say this about me, especially when I am having those terrible asthma attacks. One time, when I stayed home for almost a month when I was in my first year in high school because of flu and a flu relapse, she prayed this and she ended up sick with the flu a week after I got better.
So don't ever say that, mommies. Ask the Lord to heal our children and to make you strong because you are the primary caregiver. Di ba? How many times do you have to clean the sheets with poop and vomit in the middle of the night while hubby sleeps soundly? How many times did you have mastitis because you want to breastfeed your child? How many times have you taken a bath and smelled so fresh until the baby will burp or pee on you?
Hurray for mommies. By the way, I wrote a post about scents and how it can be a description of your perfect moment. Now that I think about it, the most wonderful smell in the whole wide world is Baby Smell! Seriously. They may have not taken a bath, have burped sour milk, pissed or pooped, but they smell oh so glorious! I just realized how wonderful baby smell is when I smelled Hailee (did I spell that right?). Hailee is my grand-daughter! Tama! I have an apo na. She is my niece's daughter. My niece just turned eighteen the day my dad died and we didn't even know she was pregnant (athough I suspected). anyway, thee good thing is that she did not do any harm to the baby and immediately was immersed into a responsible teen mommy. I hope she will be like that forever. She is also, by the way, a living lesson to my girls. I know they must have realized how hard it is to be a parent and won't even try to have kids until they are way in their forties (!!!). Anyway, I enjoy the baby.
12.13.2013
Forlorn Friday
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Don't mind me...I just realized this day sucked. Funny ano? I just realized it. Nothing specific made me feel it. Parang sobrang naawa lang ako sa sarili ko. I just felt bad that other people are making you look bad even if you are not (AFAIK) and that I am getting cheated of something that should be equal. And no matter how I try to ignore or be nice to everyone, people are judging me differently.
Forgive me for my drama...I am but just human. And oh, by the way, this is not about my home, because everything is fine. I really feel bad because people are thinking we are not making any effort, and you know, that big guy was right. It is not about how smart you are. It is how you are maabilidad.
But still, I think it is cheating. And though hard as I try to forget those mean things, I still feel bad. Because for some people, money is everything nga...And they move heaven and earth and destroy relationships just for it.
It sucks. And the worst part? They think they are doing. something perfectly...better than us. Had we been given a fair share, I would work hard for it.
Geez, so sick of everything na...I want to get out bad na...
On a funnier note, maybe The Vince was having a terrible day as I am.
Sige na nga. Friday the thirteenth kasi.
Kaya lang, dear Lord, don't make my everyday Friday the 13th naman. Make it their turn naman...
Ok, back to the funny...The Vince forgot that I was in the office and left without me!
My Gulay.
I had to call him.
"Saan ka?"
"Pauwi na.Saan ka ba?"
"Office. "
"P@#$a. Balik ako!"
Nicole gave me a massage today so that was one upside.
Downside...I am running out of cash. And I know I should have more had these people hayy di bale na nga.
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12.12.2013
Sugar Sync Getting Sour
Something happened as I was about to write this post about Dropbox.
So I am changing my Post Title to Sugar Sync Getting Sour.
(Goes Over To Delete My Original Post Title "MY DROPBOX CRISIS: AVERTED" to the one you visibly see now.)
I just read an e-mail that Sugar Sync will be transitioning to a paid service!
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| I AM SO TEMPTED TO EDIT THIS PICTURE WITH THE BIRD FALLING DOWN! |
I have Sugar Sync only because of Kindelirium.
Kindelirium is a group of Kindle lovers and owners who share Kindle love.
And that Kindle Love is massive!
Supporting a massive library...
Hosted by Sugar Sync.
We used Dropbox for a time. (I still use it though for all my files. And I pay for it annually.)
The problem with our Dropbox shared folder is that anyone can edit it.
Which means that once a member deletes a file, that deleted file will be shared, resulting in an empty file.
So I often found myself trying to restore deleted files (most of the times, other members do) while strongly berating new members that they should not sync the shared dropbox folder because the folder contains more storage than what is allowed in the free version. A lot of times, a new member panics when he sees his dropbox folder has a memory shortage and would delete the group files, resulting in deleted files in all the members' shared folder.
This has become an issue that Kris, our admin, tried looking for a new cloud drive, and finally ended up with Sugar Sync.
Sugar Sync is a free online storage service which stood out in a way that shared folders can only be edited with permission. This minimized the possibility of members unknowingly deleting files or sometimes, like what happened in dropbox, the entire folder
And we were perfectly happy with Sugar Sync.
Our library grew. Literally abot hanggang langit lol. It was book heaven!
Unfortunately, sweet times with Sugar Sync is coming to an end as it announced that on February 8 of next year,it will be transitioning to a paid-only service, with the free 5 GB plan as a casualty. Its paid plans start at $7.49 per month or $75 annually for a 60 GB storage.
And ang malupit is that we - the old users who are perfectly happy with the free plan - won't get to stay with the free plan. Your files have gotta go or you go back to Dropbox or some other free service.
You have an option to get the basic plan and avail of the 75% discount if you sign up by December 16.
But I already have a Dropbox Plan with around 110 GB of storage. So getting another one with Sugar Sync is out of the question.
However, I still mourn the Free Plan demise. I bet the Sugar Sync guys belabored over this decision and must have sleepless nights before coming up with this decision.
Because the truth is, going on a free ride has to end. But then, Sugar Sync should still have included the free plan option and hope that most of them will convert to a paid plan.
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