Island Girl

I am planning to pay all our bills for next month before the 31st. That is so we don’t have to be out of money on the first month of the year. You might ask why. Well, it is a family belief that spending money on the first thirteen days of the first month of the year is not a good idea. It simply signifies spending money in the next twelve months. We are supposed to have bought everything we can think of before New Year’s eve so no money will be “wasted” in the next few days. I know it might sound ridiculous to some people but that is how I was raised and I keep on trying to adhere to that tradition. It is not easy though and there were times I did not follow which makes me feel guilty but I only have myself to blame. Anyway, I already have bills ready to mail today. We only have to pay for the auto insurance, phone, and credit card bills so it shouldn’t cost much. After I mailed this bills there shouldn’t be anything else until the end of next month.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you spend the holidays with the people you love.

Since today is a wet day due to nonstop rain, we are coped up in the house. I only stepped out to bring the garbage out since it was overflowing. I am supposed to go to the store to replenish our stock but I hate to go out in the cold with all this rain. I have been online on and off since this morning. Taking a break only to take care of my family and then back again. I actually don’t want to move. I would rather surf online about NC short term health insurance, not that it is something I have to do, than be doing some household chores. If I had any good book I would be in the couch right now reading and not caring about what is going on in  the world. I don’t so here I am online bugging my friends and updating my blogs. I hope tomorrow will be a good and dry day so I can trade more books and run errands.

A few days ago we had a pretty weather so we decided to go to the beach to let the little man play. And he did. He drew lines and figures, ran, looked for crab holes, and had a good time. He did not get near the water, I guess he knew it was going to be cold. He basically stayed with us the whole time and I was glad I did not have to be stressed running after him. I had a good time too. It was relaxing. We get what I call freak days every now and then. It will be cold for days on end and then one day it is warm although unlike the summer days, but still warm enough for us to trek in the beach regardless if it is high tide or not. I hope we will get more days like this in the future so we don’t have to stay coped up inside the house all the time.

I am torn. I need to renew my passport and I have been assured I can do it on the mail due to the circumstance I am in but I am not sure if I will do it. I have a lot of worries. What if the background color for the passport photo was not what they specified? And what if my old passport will get lost in the mail? The husband said these are all ifs but I can’t help it. I am a worrywart and in a way it makes him worry too. He said if I am that worried we can just go to the embassy but it is a long trip. And then I enumerated all the ifs (and the facts) again. Somebody slap me in the head please? Why am I making myself worry like this? I know there are no new york budget hotels in DC but surely we will find us a decent place to stay for a day or two up there. The car though old as it is will probably haul us to DC and back without problems. And my boys are fine with trips. It’s just that I know we will be out of money. Money we could use for Christmas if I will send the application in the mail. Which is which? I will let you know what I will decide on.

The husband asked if I would like to go to the beach and walk today. I declined. It is too cold for me and I am not ready to deal with the cold breeze coming from the ocean. Besides, the little man has the sniffles. I don’t want it to be full-blown cold. So here we are at home with nothing to do. The husband had been out in the porch several times. It won’t be long before he tells me he is bored. I can tell by his sighs. I can’t do much about it. I am bored too but I don’t have any idea how to pass the time except being online while the little man is taking his nap. This is going to be a long winter.

A few hours ago I told the husband I will try to stay up as late as I can and see if I can do it without passing out in front of the computer. Why you might ask? Because I am bored and I could not think of something else, lol. Don’t tell me, I know I am crazy. The husband does too so it is easier for him to deal with me. He told me no. He said I need to go to bed so we can do what I planned to do tomorrow which is basically running from one drugstore to the next asking where I could find a passport photographer who will say he can do magic. But that is worthy of another post. Anyway, I am still up and the husband has been in bed for hours. Yey! I told him I will go to bed until after I think what to fix to eat and eat the food of course. He said good luck with that and told me not to ask him about fat burners again. How does he know I will do that? Lol. I still have not fixed anything to eat but I found a can of cookies which he got from the mail the other day and I am munching on delightful cookies right now. The very same reason why I am this fat because I could not stop eating them when I was pregnant. I have to stop. I guess I will be going to bed after all. I get self destructive when left on my own device

About a year ago, one of the nieces asked if we could send her a flash drive she can use for school. It took me a long time to finally buy her several flash drives which we put on a balikbayan box we sent for the family. She was very happy because according to her flash drives are expensive in PI. I did not have a clue. The lot we bought did not cost much. Branded flash drive they were not but still she made good use of what we gave her. She might be able to hand the rest to her sibling and cousins when she is done using them. I know we bought rewritable flash drives. Actually, the husband bought them while I was watching telling him to get the cheapest, lol. I am bad, eh? She was very thankful though. We live by making the people we love happy even if it breaks us some time. The smiles in their faces are enough motivation though.