Before I search for online auto insurance quote, let me share with you how my day went. It started really early. We went to Honda at 8am to get the estimate of our car’s repair needed for the police report. I kept looking at my watch as the insurer computes for it. I was in a hurry because I have a 10am appointment at the parlor. Hehe. Just before the insurer prints it, their network suddenly went offline. Sheeesh! So I just had to leave our fax number and off we went home.

At 10am, Maniya and I went to the parlor to have our hair treated. I took some pictures for the before and after.

BEFORE:

AFTER:

Wondering why I was smiling on the “before” image but wasn’t on the “after” image? It’s because I feel that if I smile, it would just make my nose look even bigger. Hahaha. But yeah, I’m happy with my hair.

It’s Thursday again, and I’m dragging myself out of bed. I just had a great dream that hubby and I were enjoying several cruises. But when I woke up, the reality that I need to work in the office started to set in.

It used to be that my favorite days were Thursdays and Fridays, my work-from-home days. But a new role changed my schedule. I’ve been working from home Wednesdays and Fridays for several weeks now.

You could imagine how wearisome it could be. You need to be in the office for two days, work one day at home and be in the office again for a day, then finally enjoy home for 3 days. (Although this is so much better than going to the office 5x a week.) Good thing next week, my work-from-home days will be back to Thursdays and Fridays again.

Thanks Jody and Em for this.

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1.) Name something strange that your kids love to eat. Doesn’t matter how many.
2.) Post an image of him or her enjoying ‘the’ strange food liking. If none, just a photo of him having a feast.
3.) Add your kids name in the linky love with the blog where you posted this meme.
4.) Get back to Living the Healthy Life Blog by leaving a comment so your kids’ name be added to the master list.
5.) Tag as many of your friends with kids.

Kids who joined the fear food factor: ETHAN / MARTHA / JJ / Ozzy / GABBY and NICCO / ESTONG / Kuya and Kowi/ Big Brother AL-kiddo of Mommy Yen / LIZZIE / HALIGILET / DIMPLE / Ethan – kiddo of Mommy Butchay / EU-LEH “Kulit” /Margaux and Bianca / Mikee / YOUR KID’s NAME with your Blog’s URL
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Mikee doesn’t eat any strange food yet. Although she loves hotdogs, chicken, french fries, banana and chocolates. I think she loves eating. Haha. Although we try to limit her intake of chips which she has come to like too.

Let me just share with you a picture of her eating spaghetti. She doesn’t really like anyone helping her when she eats. And sometimes too, she’d rather use her hands instead of spoon and fork.

Yesterday, quite oddly, I was very happy with my work. I was able to find the root cause of one major issue that was raised a month ago. Finally! Investigating this particular issue has taken up my time. Finding the root cause made it easy to request for the development team to modify the application.

And today, I have resolved another major issue before lunchtime, attended a training after and going home now. Well, I just need to go to the bank to accompany my sister to open a Checking Account.

Issues and problems are starting to get resolved lessening stress. Surprisingly, I am quite happy with my work again.

The thing is, just this morning, I got an email from another company for a work-from-home opportunity. Geeez, now I’m confused, again.

Today, after hearing Sunday mass, we went to do some groceries. Hubby pointed some luggage telling me he could use it in case his business trip pushes through. I told him not to get excited, and just scout when the trip has been finalized.

Mikee had fun eating the free-taste chocolate muffins. She kept going back for more. The funny thing was when we got the muffins to add to our cart, she no longer wanted them.

There were several chips in our cart that we didn’t purchase. We noticed them on our way to the parking lot, after we have passed security. Yes, we sort of panicked. We asked around how that happened. Shop-lifting isn’t our thing, even just for fun. Guess what? They’re free from the soda we bought.

As planned, hubby and I went out last Friday. The original plan was a date, just the two of us. But it was already 8pm and I was still working. Plus I was busy looking for Los Angeles jobs online. So instead of a dinner date, we went out with friends for a late night fun.

I’ve been holding off alcohol for more than a year now. I was always worrying about its effect in case I’m pregnant. Alas, it has been more than a year now since I last breastfed Mikee and free to have some alcohol in my system, I am still not pregnant. Haha.

I’m telling you, at the first sip of my ice cold beer, it felt like I’ve released all the stress (I got from my work). The sad thing though, after just 3 bottles of beer, I was drunk. That’s ok because as hubby has always said, we’re not 21 anymore. (Ok, honestly, even when I was younger, I can only handle 4-5 bottles of beer. Beyond that, I’d start throwing up.)

Now I’m ready for Monday.

As much as I complain about my current job, I think it is the best for me. The benefits are great and I can work from home 2 times a week. As I have always told my friends and co-workers, if I’m staying employed locally, I have no plans of quitting this job. It’s either I stay at home, migrate elsewhere or stay connected with this company.

So I have 3 paths to choose from. If I stay at home, I can be the best mom to Mikee and best wife to hubby that I can be. I can concentrate on my hobbies like blogging and scrapping. But the family budget will be affected, I know.

If we migrate elsewhere, we will have to start from scratch again. Maybe, we can stay at any of those hotels in las vegas while looking for a job in Nevada. Or migrate to a family-oriented country such as Canada or Australia.

And the third path is to just stay with my current employer. Hmm, maybe for now.

Have you seen the stolen shots of Madonna where she looks like she just had a shot of botox or have just undergone a facelift?

Ok, so what if she did? She has gone a long way and has proven her beauty for a long time now. She just wanted to stay pretty that’s all. Although, the rumor has it that she has marital problems and this is the way she is coping with it. Everybody has a coping mechanism, and this is hers.

Or maybe, the shots were just taken at her wrong angles. Teehee!

I’ve been having sleepless nights lately. No, I don’t have any personal problems. I’m guessing it’s because of too much brain activity. (There were many issues at work waiting for me to resolve each.) Yeah I know. Since the brain was too tired, I should be sleeping soundly now, right? Nope.

I am like this even when I was younger. During my college days, whenever I had just taken my final exams, I’d be awake for the rest of the night doing nothing. No wonder the acne then was very unmanageable. Those were the days. Whew, thank goodness I’ve passed that age.

Speaking of birthdays, hubby’s is coming up soon. I still haven’t thought of a nice gift for him. No, he doesn’t read this blog so I don’t have to worry him finding out about my plan. Hehe. I’m thinking, how about an xbox 360? He’d be thrilled. He likes playing on weekends to unwind. But this will depend on the budget.

I’ve thought of what food to prepare though. Just the usual guy’s birthday menu that would complement beer I guess. Yes, beer for his friends and cousins.

Oh, by the way, he’ll be on leave on his birthday. I guess I could take a leave too.