Oh December :(

I know December is a happy month but why the sad face on my title, well, it is because there has been three hospital trips for us for this month alone!!! and that is definitely not good.

First one, my Father in law who lives with us was rushed to ER due to high blood pressure. 240/160. That was not a joke, so he is on maintenance medicine and is doing fine now.

Second, my husband's niece who happens to be visiting with her mom first week of December got very sick. Health center worker suspected it was Dengue so we have her checked and stayed overnight at the hospital, It was blood infection and not Dengue, she was given antibiotics for 7 days. Good thing they are not with us anymore, they went back to Cavite after few days.

Third, just last Sunday, my brother rushed Nanay to the hospital due to very high blood sugar, she passed and for a few moments they can't revive her, I immediately hurried to hospital and saw her restless. I was worried and I myself nearly passed out because I realized I have not eaten anything for nearly 8 hours that day due to many things that we are doing. Haay talaga :(

Anyways, mom is okay now, she's back home at my sister's house, we will go back to her doctor on Friday for a follow up check up.

With all that stress and not to mention the unexpected expenses..I think I need a longer vacation and  REST. I can't wait for the holiday. Come December 23 and we're off from work and will resume on January 05. The longest Christmas vacation I will have so far.

I am still thankful though despite  of these unhappy incidents, I know we are still blessed and that we wll celebrate Christmas with thankful and happy hearts.

December wrap up

Our current home didn't have any Christmas decor this year. I opted not to put up anything and decided to donate my decors in our church. Now I am thankful I did that, I don't worry of anything to pack away after the holidays :) One less stress for me!

Not having the decors means we have a lesser meaningful Christmas because I can surely say It's the same, sans the extra electricity bill :D

December was so usual with me and my husband, even more hectic if I may say because of the work we both have now. It's like we were on endless trip to supermarkets every night and on the stores closing time, been seeing barcode scanner everyday last week. And no it's not for us but for the ministry we're working with.

Last Wednesday was our last Christmas party for them and it was tiring to have 180 kids in a day but it's worth it. The endless trips to supermarket and the sleepless nights are all worth it.

Over all, we had 3 kids Christmas parties, 1 Christmas party in the church, we also had 2 debut party -where we both set up balloon decors and  did some venue decors. 1 Child dedication and that's it!

busy but happy December :)

an update on my december days

Hello..I know it’s been so long again..I’ve been wanting to write at alam ko may konting time naman ako pero di ko ma gather ang thoughts ko..sa dami yata ng dapat kong i-blog..

So let me start..

I attended the N@W Christmas Party last December 2, Sunday sa Greenhills,first time ko so medyo awkward talaga..kami ni Ayn ang in charge sa games pero the day before nagkasakit hubby nya so di nakapunta..nahiya nga ako kasi dapat maaga ako dun pero di ko naman maiwan yung church service dahil nagkataon na wala ding back-up singer na umattend that time.

Sumunod na lang si dolf mga 2:00 pm na rin yata sha nakapunta, madaming food and prizes and yeah..it’s nice to see those faces behind the names..ang isa sa mga exciting na nangyari ay na meet ko si Mec,he’s hubby and Yakee na super sleep that time..sayang nga medyo late na din sila dumating.

And of course I attended several Christmas gatherings pa..

Pero sad na days before christmas, a cousin died..so I went home to Nueva Ecija with my sister, madaling araw ng Saturday..dumating kami sa house ng cousin ko at 10:00 am,when Nanay Huling saw us,she cried na..and of course Ate cried to..ako I felt like crying pero sabi ni Nay wag daw umiyak kasi nga maiiyak din Tita ko..(tama ba na pigilan ang iyak eh kung naiiyak ka nga di ba?) so I stayed there the whole day,catching up with cousins na mga years ko ding hindi nakita at pag ganitong pagkakataon lang talaga nagkakaroon ng chance,which is bad and sad para sa akin..kasi ang lungkot ng klase ng reunion di ba? Sabi ko nga sa kanila sana next time magkita-kita naman kami na masaya ang okasyon..

And then I left at around 6pm na..dumating ako sa Makati as expected mga 11pm na..super ngarag ako kasi still have to do some stuff for the Christmas party ng church kinabukasan…

And talking about the Christmas party..masaya talaga, first time lang sa LJBC nagkaroon ng raffle..sort of gift giving sa mga less fortunate na members at marami kami nyan, so I solicited gifts from medyo mga well off na members and other friends..may iba nagbigay ng mga baso..Louise, officemate ko gave 30 packs of glass (set of three).and some gave utensils,plates,kawali,ihawan and electric fans..and a sack of rice from Pastor Gani..

It’s so nice to see the happy faces nila pag natawag names nila at nakita nila yung nabunot nila..and we plan to do it bigger next year..in God’s grace of course.

The night after the party,nag plan ng small Christmas party ang mga singles (Young professionals) na puro engaged and married na ngayon..so we decided to meet at 8pm sa dampa,have dinner and exchange gift na super saya dahil sa dalang gift ni tata at neil na sandok.. actually exchange gift na lang inabutan ko kasi humabol lang ako because it’s my boss birthday party rin that night sa Rockwell..kakalula kasi puro mga rich at sosyal ang bisita..pero of course di naman ako bisita dun..am there to assist, daming food..saka sarap ng lechon from Elars..hay! kain ako ng kain..

Since last Monday,we’ve been doing caroling naman..we’re raising funds for the staff retreat sa Vigan-Baguio sana ang original plan but I don’t know if it will still push through dahil at the rate it is going di yata aabot ang funds..so we are thinking of doing it somewhere near na lang daw,like Pangasinan..probably Bolinao or Hundred Islands..

Super full lagi ang December ko, di pa ko tapos sa mga gifts namin,still have some inaanaks na di pa namin nabibilan ng regalo..to think I started so early na nyan ha? so next year siguro mas earlier pa ako dapat mag start bumili ng gifts..

Hubby finally got a phone now ,not new pero I think it’s the one he likes naman..he bought it from Rollyn, so finally we can text na ulit..:)

At for my ending..pinayagan na ko mag leave sa office from 26 to 28..yepee!! So January na balik ko sa office!! ang saya saya!!!!