happy Monday

today is the second day of my two-day rest day. my work sched this week is so weird. i'll be working tom and tuesday and will be off again thursday and friday then work again saturday. but i am NOT complaining. who would if you get one month off from work (albeit without pay) that starts april 5 (sunday) with a week-long stay in bantayan island!

i spent the whole morning at home with my never-ending preparation for our almost-two-years-old zach's parties (yes, two; an advance party in bantayan and a lolo and lola-sponsored party on his birthday in surigao). it's so funny how OC i am! i arranged and re-arranged, packed and unpacked the party stuff i have bought. i've bought them since last week and i was still buying some this afternoon.

i was happy i had lunch at home before i left to do some errands. at least i didn't have to spend. went to my happy place (with M's "approval") to pay phone bills and buy some stuff (still for the party). so happy i chose to park at ayala's free parking area. aside from not having to pay P25 (which could buy me 4 banana cues), i also got to have some exercise by walking from the parking area to the mall :).

so happy with the items i bought for the parties. instead of the usual (at least in most parties i've attended) candies and goodies and toys in the loot bags, i chose "functional" items like notebooks, pens and pencils and crayons. but i will still give away small toys and candies (for every kid loves to have them as well).

found barney ( zach's latest "addiction") pillows at dakki and got a for-members-only 22% discount (i signed up some 6 years ago i was surprised i could still enjoy the discount) and thomas and friends (another addiction) inflatable beach stuff at metro ayala for zach and marti. i'm so amazed and amused at how "crazy" zach is over them! and how marti is "gaga" over cars. you know, lightning mcqueen and all. she even told M to buy a new red car!

i was also able to buy marti and zach their favorite barney and thomas and friends DVDs on sale. i don't buy them on regular prices, i always wait for ayala's yearly mall-wide sale. and while i was at odyssey, i asked for MYMP's latest album. i've always loved the way they sing and their choice of songs but since i had more important things to spend on (like shoes and watches) err... like milk and diapers and i didn't want to have pirated copies, i never bought any of their albums. i've always loved music and it's really been a while since i last listened to the kind that makes me smile. today, juris and chin's 2-cd album did just that. i told myself it was also worth the wait, this new album is a collection of all their best songs. i was smiling in the car on my way home :).

my dearest bro's FB status: "passed his language exam and is moving on..." whatever that means but i know it means something to him otherwise he shouldn't have posted it :). who knows, it means getting a higher position now that he can speak the language.

signing off now with a big smile on my face...will be working 8 hours from now.