it's our battle cry right now. =D
our househelp cum yaya to iñigo left for good last saturday. i wanted to share with you the whole story on why and how she left but i cannot afford to stay long in front of the computer... naghinhintay pa ang mga tupiin. nyahaha.
but we are on search for her replacement. it's actually three weeks or a month ago when we started but unfortunately, with the good ones flying to $-paying countries, we cannot find someone at par or better (she should be) than the previous maid until now. it's frustrating you know when you ask a friend for a referral and she'd answer you with, "tatlo na kayong nagpapahanap...'' =( to the guys who will be reading this post, i now know the feeling of being busted by the girl you're enamored with. bwahaha! =D
having a househelp is still a necessity for us since, as some of you may know, i still work and i have to devote a few hours every day to attend to it. add to that is the daily regimen for our recently-opened bogzzi sizzling haus, which includes, but definitely not limited to, purchasing of supplies and raw materials, monitoring of operations, and accounting and auditing of sales and expenses. so you can just imagine how i am coping up with all these aside from tending our uber-kulit and likot toddler whose favorite lines these days are "mommy, come!" and "padede"... and doing the house chores. ay, kaloka!
but looking at the glass half-filled, it's during this trying time that we get the satisfaction of being married to the right person. even without saying anything, we can always count on each other to help or make life convenient for the other. all the more that we can say that our marriage is for better or for worse.
we are surviving and i think we can survive longer without much help from other people. we don't know anyway where the tides will bring us so we take problems like this as eternal preparation for the bigger challenges in life--and we have to deal with them all by ourselves to give us room to grow. =)
hahaha...natawa ako dun sa "padede" :-))
ReplyDeleteme, i weaned abruptly eh...kc was put on antibiotic...bec. he bit me & na-infect. Believe me...ang hirap to turn deaf ears to someone na you would want to nurse naman. Took him 2N & 3D (parang vacation package, haha) to understand na di sya pwede mag-dede na. As in kakatawa, coz he was abt 9 m/o then, nilalagay namin sa highchair at 11pm...4am to eat Earth's Best...gutom sya eh ayaw naman to fed from the bottle.
I remember hilo na ko sa puyat kc he is constantly whining talaga esp. if it's near his feeding time na. My SIL slept w/ us on the 2nd night...dun sya nakayakap bt we slept on the same bed pa rin. Ayun himala, the ff. day, when we offered the bottle w/ my pumped breastmilk pa rin, he took it na.
I would have wanted to nurse him back after my medication but Marlon said wag na daw coz kawawa if we will do it all over again. Eh, nasa teething stage sya nun eh kaya ost likely, he will bite me again dba? Ayun, abruptly weaned sya :-((
But still, were on the same boat right now...like you, makita lang nya ako naka-upo sa comp. table ko, aarte na yan...papakandong sabay sabi "up pls?" in his most angelic face. haay! He would tinker on my keyboard and say "ABC..ABC" kc I made him follow yung alphabet dun sa starfall.com. Naku, nagkaron pa ko ng kaagaw sa laptop ko.
Kaya if I seriously want to get my work done, eto gising pa til past 1am ang lola mo. Katatapos ko lang mag-reply sa mga online queries dun sa site ko :-( kaya pleasure naman muna bago mag-shut eye.
tomorrow will be another day!
stage ata talaga nila yung sobrang dikit at adik sa tin mga mommy. ako nga eh, taka tlaga ako...kc kung iisipin mo ha 24/7 naman nya ko nakikita. halos nasa room naman ako all the time. i feed him, i bathe him...i read to him, nakikipagharutan, habulan & all...and yet mawala lang ako saglit, iyak na sya to look for me. When i take my lunch, sabi ni Yaya, hanap daw ako agad sabay tanong pa "My-my...eat?!" ang cute! kaso when i'm really busy, nakakainis rin. Haaay, but a friend once told me i should be enjoying this annoying phase daw kc pretty soon, mas magiging malapit na yan sila sa mga hubbies natin... ^_^
good luck marie! kaya mo yan, sis. kami rin before at lost nung nawala ung first official yaya ni djuan. pero we found a way to work things out. day-time yaya lang ung pinsan ko na nagkakatulong sa amin. tapos pasa-pasa sila sa haus pag nagluluto sya or namamalengke. either kunin ng tatay ko or ng nanay ko o kaya ng mga yaya dun sa kuya ko na katabing-bahay lang namin. tapos pag-uwi ko sa gabi (weekdays) ako na or si hubby ang nag-aalaga. pag weekend, kaming mag-asawa na lang full-time. i know iba situation nyo kasi nasa laguna kayo at malayo sa mga kamag-anak. but i know you'll survive, super mom! :)
ReplyDeletesis, nap time din ni iñigo kaya nasa tapat ako ng pc. but i need to make this short kasi i will mop the floor and clean the bathroom pa before he wakes up. basta lahat ng dirty job i do it kapag tulog s'ya para uninterrupted. hehe.
ReplyDeletei know! nyahaha. =D
ReplyDeletemalapit na nga akong magpalagay ng cape para i can fly away easily kapag sobrang windang na ako. hehe. pero okay lang din... kiss and smile lang naman nila masaya na ako. basta 'wag lang silang sobrang makalat (this message is also for the daddy). hehe.
good luck marie! :)
ReplyDelete...sanayan lang yan. :)
uy, idol nga kita eh. i really wonder how you manage--taking care of the two girls tapos housechores--because i know you don't also have a househelp.
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