May the Force be With Me

Something is off with the universe lately, well, MY universe.

I showed my car registration last Saturday, for oil change, and for some magical cosmic reason, I can’t find that piece of paper now. I remember, not vaguely, but clearly remember myself putting it inside my car’s glove compartment. I remember doing it with a thought in my mind “mailagay na nga dito, baka mawala ko pa ito.” Now, IT ISN’T THERE! Can’t find it anywhere.

I remember packing our new digicam’s charger cord on my way to my vacation last week. The camera power is now empty, and I can’t find the damn cord! It wasn’t in any of my packs. Can’t find it at home either.

I went out to buy some groceries yesterday, my first day back from vacation. I made a u-turn on red signal (I remember my co-workers telling me it’s okay to do that in that intersection, yeah and I believed them! Tange!). The police car pulled me over a quarter mile from my house. She asked for my driver’s license and car registration. Uhm… dehmet! My registration wasn’t there, remember? The police woman then asked for my proof of insurance instead, and she finds out my copy was expired too! Dehmit!!! I told her I live just around the corner, and that it was my first day back in the island, and that I would need to ask my husband, blah blah blah. She said I need to fix this asap or the next time they will just confiscate my plates. Dehmit!

On my way to work, I couldn’t find car keys! I called my husband, it wasn’t with him. I remember just using it this morning, since I searched all the corners of my car interior first thing after waking up, looking for that damn car registration. I remember throwing a lot of papers in the trash. I went ahead and checked the trash can, maybe I threw the car keys there altogether with the papers. I found my keys finally, where? IN MY CAR THAT I LEFT OPEN! Dehmit!

I am losing trust in myself.

Now I am at work, I am thinking, the trash will be picked up today and what if I threw some important documents there? I am thinking, what if I left the house door open? Did I leave the aircon running? Or did I turn off the oven after I used it? PARANOIA.

Dehmit, universe, please be my friend.

Is this bad karma? But what did I do to deserve it? I thought I was being good. Hmmm.

Dehmit.

Semi-vacation Mode

It's May 13, 2010.

I was so busy the last few weeks that I did not even notice my daily calendar. Didn't even find time to flip the pages.

My hectic month has officially ended yesterday. Petiks mode again. Woopeee. Petiks mode for the next week, that is. I don't mind being busy at work, in fact I love having a lot of tasks and I absolutely love multitasking. It makes time pass by faster, keeps my brain cells fit, it makes my day more fulfilling, and it makes me feel somewhat useful. Haha.

I will have a semi-vacation next week. Spending 1 week back in the homeland with the family. I call it a semi-vacation since I don't plan on doing any touring or any trips to somewhere grand. My main reason for going is to visit my very old and now weak grandma in province. It's just weird to call it a vacation when deep inside the family is at their toes that our grandma might pass away anytime. My Mom was the one who convinced me to visit ASAP. I was a Lola's girl before. One of her favorites. My siblings and cousins used to hate me for being the Lola's favorite. Sumbungera sa Lola, kaya laging napapagalitan mga pinsan ko. Hehehe. Unfortunately, Lola wasn't able to attend my wedding, nor were we able to visit her in the province during the 'wedding season.'

Secondly, I just plan on spending lots of bonding time with my 4-yr-old BFF niece. She'll be going to school this year and I am pretty sure she wouldn't be this sweet and cuddly after she gets to gradeschool, when all that 'growing up' stuff happens. Probably take lots of her photos, our photos while she is still a willing model. :)

It's also a semi-vacation because Mr can't come with. My trip home was something we did not anticipate. Oh well, we'll just plan a real vacation late this year.

Alrighty, Semi-vacation Pictures coming soon!

Nak-nak-nakaw ang Wallet Ko

I just got in the office 7:30 AM Tuesday, I realized my bag was too light, to find out that my WALLET IS MISSING! Yeah, that’s how much coins I have that the weight difference would be noticeable. Haha. I remained calm as I was so confident I just left it at home so decided to drop by the house during lunchbreak to go get it. Then it wasn’t there. Not in my car, not in my husband’s car. Nowhere.

I have never lost my wallet before. I did almost lose one last November 28, 2008. I remember it very clearly as it was a very memorable day.

I left work around 6:00 PM to meet up with my then special friend (now my husband) for a pre-birthday date. He planned a surprise dinner for me and my friends. We were already 20 minutes away from my office when I realized I left my wallet in my desk. I called my coworkers and had them check it but all of them said it wasn’t in my workstation at all. We drove back to my office, got to the 16th floor, checked my locker, it wasn’t there too! I was on the verge of crying by then.

Then out of nowhere, my co-worker stood up and gave me my wallet!!! He was playing a joke at me; he took my wallet from my desk, and then got carried away with whatever he was surfing or playing in the internet that he didn’t notice I already left. He was really very guilty and sorry. I was so relieved yet very angry at him, and in times like these, I got nothing to say or do but cry so the tears started to well up and I just walked out.

That’s how my 2008 birthday celebration started - very memorable indeed.

Now I am half-hoping that one of my co-workers was just playing a joke at me again. It’s been 3 days already. I guess it’s real. Time to move on.

In one day I was able to get a replacement for my driver’s license, order a replacement ATM card, and order a replacement healthcare ID too. I have 3 more IDs yet to be replaced. Whew! If only the money could be replaced too, I could use some extra money. Hehehe.

Deep inside, I am still in denial my wallet is missing, and that I lost that much money just like that. I can’t even blame anyone, not even myself.

Oh well, I won’t be using a wallet anytime soon.