That is why I decided to stay.

Hello beautiful people!

I hope you all are doing fine amidst of the shortcomings and uncertainties we may feel day by day. Always remember that a positive life is a happy life. ✨

After the government announced that Cebu Province is now back in GCQ, my sister and her little family decided to go back to our province in Southern Leyte since the travel back there is already open as well. They just need to secure certain requirements to be able to travel, and good thing they have it already. They are just waiting this end of the month and they are good to go.

And I am envious of them.

I always wanted to get back home already. I've been planning it a lot. But such things never turned into reality as changes are present from time to time. Lockdowns here, lockdowns there. No idea where it will stop.

My mom called me last two weeks asking if I can go home as well with my sister and have my work from home setup there. And as much as I wanted to say yes, I said no. Not because I do not want to get home and be with them, but because I have things to consider here in the city and in with my work.

• Disconnection of the internet

Since I am working at home right now, I decided to have my own internet connection for the convenience of my work. That actually cost 1,600 pesos per month and in the contract it should be at least a year before disconnecting it for free. And if not, the payment for disconnection will be 6000 pesos, and sadly I cannot afford such. That is why I decided to stay here. I rather send that money to my mom than spend it for disconnection.

• Black outs are everywhere in our province

As much as I wanted to go home and work there, this one reason is what keeps me from not going. Almost every week there is a black out in the whole town and that will badly affect my adherence, performance bonus, and premium at work. That will be a big loss on my salary since absences because of such reasons cannot be disputed. I cannot lose almost 2000 pesos per cut off because of such reason. That amount is big enough to be lost. That is why I decided to stay here.

• We have a bad connection in our place

Since our home is away from the town, we do not have a good connection there as we are surrounded with high mountains. No signal connection at all. I asked my brother to inquire on any internet provider if they can set up one at our place, unfortunately there is no available connection there. And just like the reason above, it will greatly affect my work. I am the one who provides the needs of my family and if my work will be affected with such reasons I am afraid I may not be able to support them. That is why I decided to stay here. Eventhough I really wanted to get home.

Maybe you will say I can at least visit them for a vacation and file some leaves, and as much I wanted to do that I cannot. I can surely secure all the needed requirements but when I get there I need to be quarantined for 14 days, and that 14 days is already one cut off in my work. If I will file some leave of absences (LOA) I will not get any salary since that will be no work no pay policy in our end. And how can I provide the needs of my family with such? That is why, I need to sacrifice the longing I have for them than not to provide their needs. My savings are not enough to use as I also have another bills to pay.

I just really hope that this pandemic will end soonest as a lot of things has been affected already. I've been away from them almost two years now and having a connection through phones is getting not enough anymore. I really wanted to see them already in person badly.

That's all for today beautiful people. If you have any thoughts this, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. Let's interact. Stay safe always! Xoxo ✨☺️

- MissJo 💜

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