We have not had much snowfall in the recent years so I was so looking forward to this storm. Half of me was excited for the snow and the other half of me was anxious about the cleanup.
As it turns out, we got around 2 inches of mixed rain/slush/snow and since it was wet slush, we skipped the snow blower and shoveled everything by hand. We got up (relatively) early on Sunday morning so that we can clean up our driveway & sidewalks before we leave for Swe-cha's swimming lessons.
2023 was a literal roller coaster.
Work: Started the year with a new manager at work which made me look forward to positive changes. Things were still toxic at first but slowly improved. By July, I was no longer the single person on call 24/7. Got promoted twice within several months. I am happy now.
Family: Got to have a full vacation in California with my entire side of the family in June and also enjoyed Ahya & Family's visit to NJ in August.
Health: Was normal most of the year but did visit the urgent care a lot towards the last quarter. Went for the first time in September for respiratory issues, followed by shoulder tendinitis in November (also follow ups with the orthopedic doctor).
Swe-cha took his turn for the flu days 12/22, followed by me on 12/28 and lastly, the husband on 12/31. I am not sad to see the end of 2023 at all.
Here's to hoping and praying that 2024 will be a fruitful and healthy year!
The husband has been picking on our area rug in the dining room for weeks now and keeps talking about wanting to replace it. I wasn't opposed but didn't really feel that it was an urgent need so I didn't really pay attention and just left it to him to handle (and if you know us, this really means that nothing gets done because the husband just talks but doesn't really action on anything).
It wasn't until I sat down on the couch recently that I realized how shabby our living room rug had gotten. The edging on the back perimeter had been falling off but I figured I could glue that back on but I had not noticed until recently that there were areas that were already threadbare (i.e. the material had worn down). With this realization, I took another look at our dining area and agreed that yes, husband does have a point.
The meatball entrees are served with peas now and not mixed veggies like last time. But the meatballs are still as good as I remembered.
Decided to walk around the showroom afterwards and boy, Swe-cha got so excited when he saw the beds.
Every time he saw a bed that he liked, would plop down on it, "Mom, Dad, can I have this bed ?" He also got excited with the bedroom displays - "Mom, Dad, can I have a TV in my room ? Can I have this bed ?"
And no, we didn't buy a bed yet but we did come home with an office chair. We told Swe-cha that we'd have to make plans to move things around before he can get a new (and bigger) bed.
Been giving away a lot of things to our local community and one "ISO" post caught my attention. It was a post soliciting everything - cookware, dinnerware, furniture (beds, etc) - for a family who "literally has nothing at the moment".
So I figure, we have a dinnerware set for 6 (dinner plates, saucers, soup bowls, coffee cups) that we've had stored in the basement for years. We haven't used them in a long time, husband wanted to keep it "just in case" and when I saw the post for a family who "literally has nothing", I convinced husband to just give it away. He agreed.
I reach out to the author of the post to ask if they are still looking for dinnerware and the response I got was "can you send photos ?"
Hahanapin ko ba sa boxes, mag-u unpack pa ako. If they want photos, then they must not need it so much. Hindi na bale.
3/7/2023 from class advisor, Mr S.
"Progress, not perfection."
3/23/2023 at home:
"We don't have to agree all the time. Let's agree to disagree, let us be kind to one another."
I haven't been doing this lately but I am reminded to check it out whenever I encounter adversity.
