a new challenge

I write this as I gaze upon my baby boy who is asleep knowing that he is the most important thing in my life right now.

Our yaya (nanny) went on her monthly day off last Sunday and did not return. Her husband texted us that she went to the dentist and needed to rest since she had some teeth pulled. However, she never said anything before leaving and we even discussed what time she would be back. As per her husband, she would be back on Wed.

This morning I awoke to find out that our maid had left as well. She just left a note saying that the pay was too low and that the food was not enough. Not once did she raise these concerns to me.  I always ask them at the grocery what food they want and I make it a point to buy stuff they need when it runs out. We even bought them a cushion because I didn’t want them sleeping on the floor.

Turns out that this was premeditated all along and both the yaya and maid are going back to the province. They didn’t even have the decency to tell me the truth to my face. The maid left like a thief in the night just leaving a note. Maybe I should be thankful they didn’t steal anything. However, her salary was advanced for this month since she wanted to send it to her kid so we obliged. Our yaya still has the cellphone hubby lent her in case we needed immediate feedback on baby J. She has not even repaid the fare we gave for her to go to Manila from the province.

I took care of baby J when his first yaya lied to us. This is a bigger challenge right now because I am alone in our condo and baby J is now mobile. He is very insistent on his demands. He is now formula fed so I have to sterilize his bottles and feeding utensils too.

I had a few minutes of self pity before hubby went off to work. Then I pushed them aside. I never wanted to be a stay at home mom. But I do what is needed because my baby is the most important thing in my life right now.

My bag

I rarely get comments on this blog and when I do I always make it a point to check out the commenter’s blog. I then checked out Posh Pinay’s blog where she is having an online contest! Well, you know me! I’m a sucker for these online contests.

Anyway, I’m supposed to post a picture of my bag and what the contents are. So here’s my current bag in use, a Rootote that I bought online after reading a post about it in shopcrazy or some other site.

So let’s see what the contents are…

1. Wallet – this is a given

2. Tissue, Alcogel, Shades, Hair brush, lip balm – must always have this.

3. Pen, umbrella – you never know when you will need one

4. weird paper -this is actually my membership doc for Fitness First. They don’t have my membership card yet so I have to give this to them every time I want to go to the gym.

5. Keys – given.

6. Tiffany bracelet – hubby gave this as a Valentine’s slash birthday gift and I always wear it so it stays in my bad.

7. Cell phone – not pictured because it was not in my bag at the time. 

 

I really hope I win!

Project: Self Improvement

I admit it. I sort of let myself go these past 6 months since I gave birth. Now, I am reaping the sorrows of my laziness. I went to the dentist and found out that I had an incredible amount of cavities not to mention gingivitis. I went to the dermatologist to have my post-preggy warts cauterized. Last but not least I signed up for the gym.

I had already been walking slash jogging around the park when I bring baby J out in the afternoon. However I noticed that my feet were hurting from the pounding and decided to walk. Still didn’t feel good then realized that my running shoes were over 2 years old and the rubber was probably not as good anymore. That’s when I decided to do a little research on the latest running slash cross-training shoes available.

It was good timing that Nike came out with the Nike Sister One shoes in such cute colors. I admit I am hesitant to even try purchasing Nikes since my last two pairs of running shoes were New Balance and Adidas. Unfortunately I am a sucker for advertising. I did a lot of online research and browsed the malls. This pair was definitely going to put a dent in my wallet but I didn’t want to have any excuse not to regularly go to the gym so I splurged. 

I really wanted the fuschia colored pair but turns out that was the first color they came out with. Now there’s like silver, purple and even orange! No way was I getting orange since my last pair was orange. Silver seemed so blah so I went for the purple kicks and am quite happy. 

I tried them out at the gym today and they were lightweight but able to cushion my feet as I did my time on the treadmill. They were also able to support me as I did my weights and machines routine. My previous running shoes were quite cumbersome and I like the fact that these Nikes allowed my feet to better grip the floor. 

I actually can’t wait to try them out in some group exercises. So, I’d better check the group x schedules of Fitness First.

New Beauty blog in town

I’m an Internet junkie and I spend a lot of time on Twitter, Plurk, Facebook and on blogs. A new blog about beauty has gone up and the author is giving away prizes if you just link to her entry here. 

The first prize is a Shu Uemura brush set but there are others and best of all she will shoulder the shipping!

I really hope I win!