Onward and Upward

i went to mayport for a medical check-up, scheduled at 10.45 and when i got there i was told that i was supposed to be at nas in roosevelt, orange park. so i was rescheduled this wednesday. bad trip missing work for that. so anyway, life went on. i ran errands for papa and mama. i met up with auntie ruth then with kate to mail in the tickets to mama and papa. i missed adrian's grad to which i was invited to,sayang. =/ anyway, i was getting worried i'd be late for the store and what not. i was hurrying to get ready and grab food before i clock in - which i did. when i got there, i looked up the sched and found out i was not sheduled to work today, tomorrow instead. hayyy..

so instead, i just shopped at the store, bought 2 white tops. =) with the discount, yey! and chatted with co-workers. then i remembered the gift card that mom gave me for dillard's. so i went there, and tried to find something. i ended up being made-over [kind of] by ramona of estee lauder. she's adorable, very sweet lady. so i bought the eye liner. im not the biggest eye make-up person so i needed the best fool-proof eye liner. i also ran into cj, one of the people hubby and i knew from reeds. and my mac chica. oh it felt so good walking around the mall without hurrying, i missed that feeling. i remember way back in the first few months after hubby left,whenever i'll feel really sad, i'll go to the mall and end up emotional-spending. it's alright, it helped me through.

those two oops got me tired. you know hurrying to get somewhere and find out it's not even worth it. oh well. i have no oops tomorrow i hope.

Saturday. it was jay and angie's wedding. really solemn mass (plus an occassional whining of a toddler), reception at the hyatt hotel. everything was pretty simple. Congratulations Angie and Jay! church wedding was in the morning, lunch reception then an after-party [which i enjoyed more] at night. around 8, we went to Twisted Martini - with some old folks - from the lunch reception. oh gosh, imagine your parents - and other aunties and uncles there - in a club or bar. i didnt dance one bit during the reception so when they played some good music, i just had to dance. good thing some of the girls were there. it was nice hanging out with venice, avi and the others girls i forgot which names. i finally wore my editor shorts that had been sitting in my closet too [that i was happy about too]. oh and another thing, how about when we were taking shots [us girls] for the bride [tequila], dad took my shot and said i might get drunk [that would have been just my 1st shot then i was just on my 2nd drink]. very subtle though and he drank it instead. =/ i didnt think it was funny, but something like this may be far from happening again. [shaking of the head] plus they took pictures of us while we were dancing?! oh gosh. well, we left 11.30 [i know, just when it was just getting started]. yup, because it's late and they had to get ready for dad's bday the next day. while we were dancing, i missed it when hubby and i did that. hmm, to feel better i called him occassionally to say hi and talked for bits. soon baby! iloveyou!

Sunday. it was dad's bday. happy 53rd bday dad. they had a party at their house. same people. just talked with them and what not. also talked to hubby for the most part of the night. left the house midnight. i havent caught up on some good sleep so until now im still tired. oh well.

i didnt work at the office today nor yesterday. yesterday was a complete day-off. i had a lot done yesterday and im glad, cleaned my house and ran errands.

going back to today, i didnt work at the office. woke up, had my check-up then lunch date with auntie vinda at china buffet. meeting with my boss to price my house. im selling it for $279,900.
we drove around the neighborhood to see other houses. after the meeting, i left to see some beagle puppies for sale somewhere by beach blvd. they were cute and all, but the whole thing about selling the house and us moving is making me think twice. and hubby wants me to have the puppy too, he knew how much i wanted to have one. they were really cute. we'll see about that. then off to work. i had a fantabulous night at work today. i sold a lot of tops, got kate to have an express card and great customers tonight, and my manager said im doing a great job, ali even tagged me associate of the day. haha! heart food! =) must have been the feel-good nerve, pink top,nice jeans and my pink (always complimented) heels from mng.

so what im trying to say, i was assigned to zone 2. better better! a lot more to do, talk to and deal with. kate visited me earlier and she said it didnt even look like i was working. fun! and getting off, hubby waits.thanks baby!

oh yes, it was glorious! =)

office work was alright. nothing new. i wore flats the whole day to conserve my leg energy. it was the store's grand re-opening today. we made almost a thousand dollars more than our quota. managers were really happy about it. i dressed down for the occassion hoping i wont be on the sales floor BUT no! i was on the sales floor the whole 3 hours and zone 1, meaning that first section when you walk in and associates say 'welcome to express, how are you doing?'. definitely wasn't my first option. i'd rather be at the backroom organizing, i like organizing. but oh well, it was all good. saw several familiar faces. i got off past 11, i swung by wendy's to get late dinner.

hubby is really excited about what i got him from the shopping party. well, i am excited too. i got him 5 pieces. he's graduating soon!

on the other hand, im not too thrilled about this whole stint. honestly. i jut feel i am capable of doing something more productive and technical. that's just for the record. but i'll try to enjoy it while i'm here in jax. would like to save 15% today? open an express card. grrr.

went to work an hour late to sleep in (hustler). office was alright. drove around with my boss to check out these new condos off of southside blvd. nice, i liked them. then bought office supplies together. after office, i went to the store, there was a general meeting and then the shopping party. the store is set to open TOMORROW! so today, we got 35% off! oh my gosh, i spent... more than what was necessary, used my new credit card for the first time. chiching! great great clothes. i felt generous, hence the shopping spree for my hubby. =)

something new. one of my co-workers gets a red flag from hubby. hala! well, nothing to worry anyway.

i was not even supposed to work today at the store but i was asked to stay. i hated walking around on my stilettos earlier. got off 9.30 when i should have just stayed until 6. all good. im working again tomorrow. hayy...

i felt today was great. i woke up to go to work. had to be at the store by 8 this morning. i got a stint at express. it was my 3rd day today. we were working on the new store, lots of moving around stuff, seeing the new stock, lots of folding. people at work were cool. made new friends. tomorrow's bryan and frances' bday. bryan's a sweetheart (he's taken - and gay) and frances' cool (taken - and straight). happy birthday guys! =)

so yeah, for the past two days, since ive been working in the store, my legs and feet hurt from all the standing up. it's good to have a diversion from my other job, i enjoy them both. the other one is the more serious job you know and the store is more of a relaxed environment. we'll see if things will work out after the remodelling, im still not sure of i'll like the whole sales floor thing. but yeah, the discounts are cool. i had to stay two extra hours today to help out more since we need to meet the wednesday deadline next week. oh well, we'll see. but the store will look great, all bright and white. i'm excited for the public to see! how did i stumble into this job? well, my friends who work at express encouraged me so i did. the day i got the call that i'm IN was the same day mama and papa left for the PI. it kind of made up for the sadness. i got a call from the manager, whom i've become friends with, and told me she's calling me to give me a job. that was great! =) i figured, this will work while i'd be just waiting until we move to montana, a less stressful job, haha! and besides, we working on the wedding. so, it was just the perfect time. variety - yes, variety. glorious!

after work, i went to chitchat with another friend at mac. grabbed take-out dinner at china king, went home, set a movie sweet home alabama, and rested my feet. a quiet saturday movie night plus good dinner (sushi!), glorious! and not lonely, since hubby iloveyou was on the phone.

april (part 2) is yet to come my dears. and i got my express card today (finally!) yey! just in time for the shopping party! =) my diploma's finally here from the PI! yey!

few more things:
i'm selling our vacant lot in ocala
i'll be selling my house too - since i'll be moving away. tear! =/

a month's worth. april was crazy. she turned my schedule around and dragged me everywhere. it was fun though.

having my parents was great, even if it was just a couple of weeks really. they got here, then left for cancun, mexico then few days in virginia then back here. majority of the time they were here was fun, very (i mean very) few hours of sleep since we always end up talking, and or chatting just about anything. that is one uniquely funny thing about my family, we can spend hours and hours just talking about anything and everything. we had lunches and dinners at friends' house, they have their own karaoke-fest in ninang's house, not one, not twice, thrice i think and to tham that wasn't enough. i was happy seeing my parents unwind, specially papa. over here, he is more relaxed than in manila, mainly because over here, people are friends unlike in manila, yeah he has friends but most of them are business associates. that's why. mama cooked several times, i didnt realize i missed rice so much. then she got all crazy cleaning the house. she threw away my magazines, and those are my investments! good thing papa set them aside for me. and he saved the magazine where i was in back in the PI. he thought that was really important, yeah, good thing papa was there. it freakin' pissed me off. then another session was we had this meeting with i-don't-like-too-much lady, i didnt want to associate but i had to because of parents. grrr!!! when we were leaving the place, i was getting on atlantic, i hurt solara because of the gutter. crap! then mama reacted, i was acting weird and pissed. she did her litany. then papa and i had to drop her off to her friends for their girls' dinner date. good thing, papa and i used some quality time. after dropping her off, papa and i went to this sushi place that he had always wanted to bring me to, since i missed out when papa, mama and kate went. great food! then we headed to the avenue's mall. i bought him a shirt and he both hubby a shirt too. nice. hubby hasn't seen it though. the mall was closing so we headed to starbucks, got good coffee and played chess. chess has always been our thing, papa and i. he won first game. we never finished the 2nd since we had to go home. great time with papa! =) you might be asking, great time with mama? lots also. i miss how she teases papa and when she tells me her issues. and she could be funny too. new jewelries from mama, they're beautiful. =) her friends love her, and how animated she tells stories. they all loved them both. im proud of papa and mama, people miss them! crazy people =)

the trip to mississippi was wonderful. the long drive was never boring. slept in between but just kept talking. mama cooked dinuguan and fish for joe. he liked them. saturday night, we went to isle of capri. parentals played a little of slot machine while me and hubby just walked around, watched a performance (nice blues songs) and tried to figure out this certian game. dinner was good also. the parentals enoyed the king crab legs. then, a family meeting afterwards, which started at what.. 1am?? hay nako! wedding stuff. this early on, it sounded stressful. we'll see how things will go. after the meeting, we headed to our room, took a bath then slept. next morning, wake-up call, mass then lunch at chili's (as always). hubby and i went to the mall as the parentals slept in the van. then they picked us up and it was my turn to sleep in the van. then come 6.30, hubby had to leave. not a happy moment. he hugged mama and papa, said goodbyes and wrapped it up. i was really happy that at least, we were able to visit him, more especially that papa and mama came with. that was the more special part. oh another thing, we celebrated out 1st year dating anniversary last april 27. he got me there super adorable snoopy shirts! i love them. and i got him a dress shirt and a white gold necklace. he looked gorgeous! =)