Before May ends. . .

May is always good to me ever since I was studying. May is my birth month, I always thank God that my birthday isn't a school day.

Here in the Philippines before the pandemic happened, the normal duration of a school year is from June to April.

So aside from I was safe from the endless teasing of spending treats for your classmates on your birthday, I like May a lot because we always enjoy the summer break before another School year starts. Our summer is always full of excitement from camping to swimming to hiking to planting and harvesting root crops and vegetables to going on a vacation with our relatives.

It's either we are having a family day with the whole church members or we are having our family outing on my birthday.

This year, however, our plans for a family outing on my birthday never happened. I was sick for a week because of dengue that being said includes my birthday.

I feel sorry for the whole fam because I saw their excitement before everything happened and I saw also how my siblings cooperated in the house while I was always feeling nauseous. I have on and off high fever and I am always vomiting.

To be honest, sometimes it's good to be sick just to see them be responsible and most caring.

This is the place that we planned to go swimming, it's quite far from the city(from our place). It's almost an hour ride with the jeepney but I know it'll be worth it. Camp Burabod in Barcelona Sorsogon is still new to the public because it's newly developed to help the farmers during this pandemic. All income will be given to them for the future developments of the camp. The first time I went there, I already saw the place's potential and the power of tourism, how one could affect the others, and how farmers are beneficial to everyone.

Anyway, I never planned to be sick and cancel our outing but I thank God for my body's recovery and the wisdom He has given me through this experience.

Life shouldn't be taken for granted, living in this world is a total privilege.

Another thing that I am thankful for is my family and Jb. Jb is my boyfriend who's always been a family to us. Despite difficult circumstances in life, he never gets tired of me but he sticks, even more, to show how much he cares.

The budget for the outing was spent already in medication and food. Although my last year's birthday was the total opposite of the crypto market today. Last year I was able to buy something for myself and for mama as gifts from my earnings in noise.cash. This year, however, I lost my supposedly mothers day gift to mama which was approximately $60. I will just hold the bch and wait for the value to soar higher again and see if there's a need to exchange.

I will still thank the Lord for blessing me with everything I only prayed for before especially being with my family. Now through the ups and downs of life, gratefulness will always be in my heart. So thank you for May. I will strive harder for June, to start over for my goal: Mama's denture.😉

[All images are mine, captured for blogging]