It's Sat-ur-day!

Time check: 1:10 p.m.

And so it is Saturday again. How is your week so far? Did it go as you planned it or go the other way around? As for me, nothing much. As I always say, it's the same old, same old. But I am grateful that I survived the week with only a little hardship brought on by my sickness. Compared to what I had experienced before, I am doing a little better now. And with regards to my husband's work, he got to work for 2 days only this week because of the lack of materials on the site, so the work was opted for next week, so it is still fine. And the project that he was aiming for will start either this coming week or the week after, so it will be a great opportunity for us. Because he will not be paid on a daily basis for that project (Kontrata nya yun and mas malaki ang kita nya sa ganun),

Just the other day, we were talking over a cup of coffee when he talked about the talks that he had with his co-worker. He was asked how our family survived with him having no work for a year. He said, "palamunin ako ni misis." And then the guys said, "Oh di ba may sakit si misis mo?" Buti nakapagwork pa sya?" And he was like, "Naku kahit nasa bahay lang yun, eh kumikita ng dollar yun." Then he explained that I was writing articles and was being paid for them and that I was also just creating short posts and was being paid for them too. He also said that I could earn as much as 10,000 pesos a month. While he was telling me this, I was all smiles. I can see that he was proud of me and of what I was doing. And I also felt proud that, in spite of being sick and a stay-at-home mom, I was able to earn and provide for my family. And after that talk, we just talk about our plans and random things over a cup of coffee. Sometimes, small talk like that can strengthen your relationship with your husband. No, let me remove the "sometimes," because it can indeed strengthen the relationship with your partner because communication is the key.

Anyways, moving on with another story today, as I mentioned in my article yesterday, my youngest sister, whom I haven't spoken to for months because of the arguments we've had in the past, sent me money for my medication. I really appreciate what she did and am happy that we are on good terms now. Last night, we talked over the phone, and she was apologetic about ignoring my calls or texts that I had sent her before. She said that her pride took over her and she now realized that she did a terrible thing by not listening to me at first. She also said that she was busy at work. I told her that it was okay, I understand. I also knew that I made a mistake with that argument that we had and I am glad that it was resolved.

Let me tell you about my little sister. Among us three, she was the only one who graduated from college. She graduated from PUP. She had been to different countries because of work. She even stayed in Singapore for years. They became residents there, but because of her first partner's gambling troubles, they decided to go back to the Philippines and sold everything they had there and start anew here, but things didn't go as planned, and they broke up. She had the custody of her two sons. She is now employed by the Philippine Air Force. She underwent training and became a soldier, but her work is more of a desk job. She is the reason why my daughter wanted to be a soldier once, but I told her over my dead voluptuous body, hahaha! But she told my daughter to just finish her studies and that she would help her get a desk job in PAF someday.

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I thought that I couldn't come up with anything to write about today, but as I was staring at the screen of my laptop, I remembered what I read from @Eylz2021not to just stare at the blank screen and let the fingers do the tapping. I forgot the exact words, but it was something like that. And so I let my fingers do the tap tap and my brain just go long with it lol! I started composing this at 1:10 p.m. and finished at 2:34 p.m., but I will publish this later tonight.

Okay, so that would be all. Thank you for sparing some of your time to read my article. 

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Date Published: February 12, 2022

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