Someone’s bike is parked outside! I wish I could say “someone’s car is parked outside” very soon LOL! I’m not posting it because it’s new. It’s not. It’s already a 1 y/o bike but since I don’t allow Deye to play outside our compound, she doesn’t get to play with it a lot. Now that the whole compound’s ground (please excuse unwanted things in the photo, construction is still ongoing) is cemented and more elevated in anticipation of floods (kitchen sinks are next. They need to be replaced, very badly. Water leaks and it’s not a good thing to put a tub under the sink literally. Stagnant water invites more mosquitoes in the house), she got excited to the idea of biking around our house.

Lately, she doesn’t show a good appetite. In fact, this lunch time I had to make a good deal with her which I’m sure she’d agree. “If you eat and finish your lunch, you can play with your bike outside this afternoon after school and even the whole weekend, if you like. That’s a promise!” Obviously, she compromised. So there, I gave her bike a good bath a while ago and parked it outside heehee! By the time she’s back from school, it’s already dried up.

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… between being a SAHM and getting a new challenging job (take note I didn’t have to do a Manufacturing job search this time). I know I’ve already said here exactly two months ago that family comes first but an offer like this is so darn tempting!

While I was busy keeping up with my FB games alternately, a message over Skype popped up! It was from my former boss.

Hi Mitch! Now with a baby, still not interested to go back to work?

I replied,

Hi, would love to but I dunno how I’d manage with two and work at the same time.

With his reply and offer, it made me think again,

Fine, maybe want to start part time? Can offer you Assistant Marketing Mngr.

Now I’m torn! He says I can work part time, with a flexi schedule and I can decide when to start the job. I’m so interested but of course I’ll have to see his proposal first if the price is right and offer is really not complicated with my mommy duties. I told my husband already and

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Just when I was about to finish the last task that sheriff gave me, as in literally about to click the submit button, bunso cried for milk while ate asked for another glass of an iced tea at the same time. It is manageable. Super dali. But hearing my youngest cried to the max, I almost tripped and dropped her bottle on my way back to her crib from the kitchen.

I couldn’t imagine myself doing the rest of the house chores handling more than 2 kids, picking up toys scattered on the floor every minute, if they were loose diamonds I won’t really mind haha! I’m so lucky I only need to attend to my kids’ needs. I don’t need to clean the house, wash the dishes/clothes and cook our meals. Despite that, I sometimes feel stressed with their small demands. Well, maybe because I lack sleep. Still, I am one lucky mommy who has a house help and a mom around her!

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I thought I was almost done and ready to claim my SSS maternity benefits only to find out that aside from the  MAT2 form I filled in, there are more requirements that should go with it. Good thing I dropped by at the SSS office this morning right after I got Erchee’s birth certificate from the hospital and was surprised to see a long checklist of requirements when I asked for the OB Score Form (I was hoping that’s the last thing I needed that I still didn’t have in hand, but I was wrong, there’s MORE):

Maternity Notification duly received by SSS prior to date of delivery.

Duly accomplished maternity reimbursement form (MAT2).

Certified true copy of birth certificate of child with birth order.

Xerox copy of SSS Digitized ID. If not yet available xerox copies of acknowledgment receipt (stub) of E-6 or any 2 valid IDs.

Official result of pregnancy test/ultrasound result before and after abortion.

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I was hoping as she reached 1mo, nightlife would be a lot easier for me but I was wrong. She’s become more clingy to me and still wouldn’t leave my breasts. She thinks it’s a pacifier. When I need to do some outside errands, I have to hurry so she won’t cry and look for me. That’s when I decided to put her on a mixed feeding. During the day time I give her infant formula in between and at night time she drinks milk from me exclusively.

At this time, I only wish one thing > to get a 24 hour sleep straight. I know in my dreams it could happen!

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