14 Months of Maternity Leave

Yes, you read it right. I have been on "maternity leave" for a total of 14 months. I left work March 15, 2012 (when I was 9 months pregnant) and tomorrow, May 16, 2013 is my back-to-reality day.

Goodbye freedom.

My son is now 13 months today. Me and my husband couldn't deny the fact that he is ready for daycare. Two weeks after his first birthday, we started to register him for part-time care; just in the afternoon. "So Baby can adjust slowly" is what we said; although 'so Mommy and Daddy have more time to adjust being away from baby is more accurate.'

Baby had no problems with daycare. The sitter said she had no problems with him at all. He NEVER cries. He just plays, eats whatever is given to him, takes a nap when he wants to.

We decided to let him start on whole day care two weeks before I go back to work. Again, so I can adjust better with being away from Baby.

We can't deny the developments that we see from Baby since he went to daycare. He eats more solid foods now, is even MORE playful and interactive, drinks from a cup or straw, naps when you tell him it  is nap time, and he never demanded to be rocked to sleep anymore too. He has no problems trying to sleep at night since he is probably tired by the whole day of playing. They even meet with other daycare kids at the park/playground. It also helps that he is playing with older toddlers than him. They are 3 to 5 year olds and my son is the only "baby" there.

I drop him off at the daycare around 7:30AM and as soon as he sees his sitters, he will let go of me and go to them - which is a good thing. Only shows that he trusts and feel safe around them. 

I then go back home and keep myself busy with running errands and house chores while playing LOUD music; since that is the only time I can listen to my music amped up. 

I pick Baby up at 5:00 PM and as soon as he sees me, stops whatever he is doing, turbo-speed-crawls to me while shouting "Mamamamaaaaa!!!" I carry him and he starts waving bye bye to his sitters and the other kids there. SO DARN CUTE! It melts my heart! ❤ 😊

We go home, I leave him on his play area and I usually sit and (finally) relax on the couch to watch TV (Friends or Family Feud usually), after a few minutes, Baby will always climb up the couch and give me a lot of hugs then cuddles beside me. He just sits there, beside me regardless of what I would be watching. Awww. Those are the moments when all other emotions just melt away and turn to a feeling of overwhelming love. ❤❤❤

So tomorrow, nothing should change with Baby's setup except that I may be tired from work and even more tired with a 40-minute drive home.

Although I am pretty sure all fatigue will be melted away by Baby's smile at the end of the day. 

Those magical two letters "ma" said by the sweetest little voice of a smiling little boy is the best energy boost this Mommy would ever need.

Wrong Wring Wrung

So lately, I have been joining a lot of classified ads groups in Facebook where I get to meet a lot of strangers, read their posts and their comments.

This is when I realized that most people nowadays have really gone astray with learning true and correct grammar.

Filipino (Tagalog) is my first language. I cringe everytime I see Filipino sentences written in poor construction; we seldom see wrong spellings in Filipino language because almost all words are spelled the way they are pronounced. (So if you are Filipino and you spell a Tagalog word wrong, SHAME ON YOU! SHAME ON YOU!)

Which leads us to my second language - English. It's the language the whole Philippine educational system used eversince the 50s.

It hurts me (yes, physically, I feel pain in my gut area) whenever I see Americans write really unnecessarily wrong words or sentences (and I say "unnecessary" because there are a lot of English words that are really hard to spell; quoting one of my American friends "Why does English have to have silent letters? Why put them there in the first place!?!" Hahaha ). Add to this the pain of seeing conjunctions, idioms, or phrases that have been used wrongly just because it sounds similar.

These are some of the words that is little by little killing my interest in Facebook:

To sale; to sell
Hes; His
Their; There; They're
Your; You're (the ultimate favorite!)
Graet; Great
Recieve; Receive (Believe; Beleive)
Would of; Would have

I am not an expert in the English language but at least when I am confused/doubtful I try to use google first and research. Haha!

It reminds me of a saying by Ate Vi: You know, you'll never know, it might be a blessing in the skies. Hahaha!

My New Tattoo

So I went to get a tattoo on my back. It should say "ZZZZZZ."

When it got finished I looked at it and it said "ADIKIKI" instead.

I took a few minutes to think how they confused ZZZZZZ to ADIKIKI. What does ADIKIKI mean? How much are the laser sessions to have it corrected? Nope, can't afford it definitely.

I decided to just walk away and live with it.

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OH.MY.GOD.
Even in dreamland, the land of all possibilities, I am still passive! :(