ika 23 ng Hulyo 2008

I made up with my son today. He woke up whimpering when I told him to finish his homework. He worked on it last night but left some items unfinished. He initially told me, "you woke me up for this?". I said yes. I asked why he didn't ask for her sister's help. He said he did but she couldn't help him with it. I explained to him the uses of pronouns in sentences and guided him in developing some sets for English and Math respectively. He must be pleased he finished his homework. He was in a jovial mood when we had our breakfast.

While having breakfast, hubby came to join us. Well, what do you know he read my post and was asking me why I was home. If I had responded to that, it could have started a war. I let it go. But at the back of my mind, I was thinking how could I trust a man who forgot to feed his infant child, my middle daughter, many years back when I left them to take a qualifying exams for a course I would undertake. I left appropriate food and proper utensils for him and our two young daughters. Everything was in order when I left the house. There was no household help that time. When I came back and asked if they ate, he said yes. I wasn't quite comfortable as something seemed amiss and I asked if he fed our then youngest daughter. He was dumbfounded and threw me back a question, "She needed to be fed?" Now tell me if my instincts are wrong?

Well, I made up with my son. So The rest of the day should be fine. I am not on a tight sked today. I want to go to the office on a rather leisurely pace coming from a cramped day yesterday. While I love their company, my lunch with my friends took longer than expected. Everything was chaotic after that lunch. I was also late for school coming with an unfinished presentation materials. The day ended with me feeling exhausted.

So here I am about to make this day interesting......

PS: Gaya ng inanasahan, masaya ang naging tanghalian naming magkakaibigan kahapon. Masaya dahil di kaming mga taga Pilipinas and nagbayad. Dahil mapilit siya, pinaubaya namin sa taga Amerika.

Hindi lang naman dahil libre ang lunch namin kaya masaya yun. Apat na taon na pala nakalipas ng huling umuwi ang kaibigan namin. Namiss na rin namin ang isa't isa. Dahil sa mabilis na takbo ng buhay, bihira na kaming magkita-kita....... iba iba na ang aming landas at ang isa nga ay nasa Amerika na nga. Kahit komunikasyon ay nabawasan na. Kaya hindi ko ipagpapalit ang aming pagkikita sa kahit anumang opisyal na bagay.

Ang kaibigan namin na to ay ang tanging lalaki sa barkada namin. Nung kompleto pa kami sa opisina kung saan kami nagkakilala at nagkasama-sama, me mga pagkakataon na lumalabas kami at nagsasaya. Di maiwasan na minsan ay iinom kami at magkwekwentuhan ng mga buhay buhay. Tinatawag namin tong "over over". Dahil apat na babae kami, yun barkada namin na lalaki ang nagsisilbing "bodyguard" namin kahit siya pinakabata sa min. Pakiramdam kasi namin ang gaganda namin at kelangan ng proteksiyon. Me isang pagkakataon na ewan ko ba at nalasing ang mga babae at nagsuka pa ang dalawa sa amin (di ko sasabihin kung kasama ako dito sa nalasing at baka mapagalitan na naman ako eh nakalipas na naman yun). Itong barkada namin lalaki ang naglinis ng kinalatan namin. Ganyan ang role niya sa min: "protector", tagapakinig, minsan minsan nagbibigay payo na akala mo mas magaling pa siya sa min, komiko rin, tagakanta, tagasayaw, at marami pang iba.........Kaya di namin siya makakalimutan dahil sa malaking parte siya ng buhay namin. At parang nakakabatang kapatid ang turing namin lahat sa kanya. Paminsan minsan parang mas matanda pa siya sa min.

Marami ng nangyari sa buhay namin. Nagkapamilya na ang kaibigan namin at kami rin kung saan saan na napadpad sa daan ng buhay. Pero me mga samahan na di mo na makakalasan kahit ano pa mangyari. At kahit magkakalayo na kami, laging hahanap ng pagkakataaon para muling magkasama-sama at sariwain ang masayang nakaraan.

Have a safe trip back and keep in touch, my friend.