Thursday, November 24, 2011

Embracing the Blessings

Been quite some time! It's now the 25th... around 8:30am and am doing some sort of acrobatics here while sitting on two ottomans placed side by side... I just opened the door to let in some fresh air into our home, but discovered there were also mosquitoes, so I'm on guard to make sure nothing gets into my little baby Marco's delicate skin....

Yep, you read that right... gave birth to baby Mark Cyrus a.k.a. Marco on Nov. 20, a Sunday and a family day. It's worth a labor that lasted almost 15 hours, but am really very blessed that my mom in law and my hubby were there to at least reassure me while I'm feeling those hellish labor pains....

My dad was there, too, to usher me and my new son in my private room in the hospital after the delivery. I can sense that he missed me a lot. Well, I did too.. but I hope he also saw how happy my husband is making me... so he can tell mom....

2nd week now of Daddy going to work as a teacher, finally. :) He's teaching English, MAPEH, and Values Education at a public school. I really dunno why, but every time he preps for work, the whole family always gets involved! Hahaha... that might not work for me when I finally get back to work myself....

Next week will be my final week before returning back to work. But I'll try to work weekends first. :) Then, the following week's going to be no day off work weeks again.

My horoscope's said it that the opportunities in my life are gonna slow down during the last part of the year, maybe even 'til the following year. But I'm not taking it negatively. So far, I'm enjoying it, embracing it... 'cause I really need to slow down a bit so that I could still enjoy my life and help my kids enjoy theirs too.

Especially Marky. He's been having bouts of jealousy with the new baby lately. I've talked to him prior to the delivery, and it seemed to have worked. But the problem was the people around him, who kept comparing him to the new baby, and who kept on spoiling him just so he won't feel envious. But he doesn't need to be spoiled so he won't be jealous. He just needs to understand what's going on and what his role will now be. I just really wish I could regain my strength soon so I could fully impose that. Marky can't come in contact with people who teach him stupid things....

That's it.

So help us, God.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Nearing the Homestretch

It's been quite some time since I last blogged... to be really honest, there has not been much time... since October started, I've been out of a rest day... I was already absent twice, but that's so that I can have genuine rest and lots of sleep....

Anyway, it's now nine months since Baby Marco was conceived... and I'm getting the contractions regularly now. Bit scary 'cause they now feel like dysmenorrhea, not just the cramps that I know I've been having because my hips and womb are expanding. Yesterday was one of my two absences... which I took because of the dysmenorrhea-like contractions. But no, the baby's not coming out yet.

Also another reason why I took a day off from work is because Daddy went home super late... 'twas already almost 3am when he arrived here. He'd been drinking with his buddies from his ancestral home... it's been quite some time since he last did that. So, I just waited for him to come home and took him to bed. He was soaking wet from the rain. He was too tipsy and sleepy to take a bath, so I just grabbed Marky's warming oil and massaged Daddy with that.

Anyway, since I've been having these contractions already, I re-checked my delivery bag last night. Everything's ready save for my clothes, which are still drying on the clothesline. Can't deny that I'm now excited to deliver Marky's baby. =)

So... that's it for now. Just ate breakfast. Now, I'm gonna take just a short rest to let the food come down and then, proceed to prepping for work.

Thank you, great God, for Your blessings. We don't deserve all these, but still....

God speed. :)