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I would say that my effort to sleep early is really paying off. I couldn’t say I have made my aim perfect. I still wanted to sleep earlier than the time I am sleeping by now, and I also wanted to rise earlier and to leave work earlier.So, far, I can notice the impact and the big difference this early sleeping is giving me. Few days from the time I have started it, I can already notice the big difference this slight change can make.

This system is really great. I am more alert at work, and I’m not that distracted and sleepy. I can provide a better quality of work as I am not tired and sleepy unlike before.With this, I have a great reason to continue this habit of sleeping early in a strict manner, not just when I feel like I am already as tired as out of this work, before I start heading on to sleep.

One time, this guy with hid kits commented that I am very absent minded cause I borrowed a cd from video city, and I almost forget getting the cd and just headed straight home. I have so many instances like that. When I pay for something, I would just go away without getting it, and the cashier has to call me out…hmmmm, not a good one, right? these are already warning signs.

I am planning to read more on the benefits of sleeping early, as to make me more motivated to continue. When you have a reason for doing something, it becomes easier. And even if its hard, you can still do it.As of now, I am working on improving my sleeping time by one hour earlier. Just one hour more. And, waking up 30 minutes earlier and leaving home 30 minutes earlier.

Whew, this might some alarming to me, but I know I can do it.

Starting yesterday and for the week to come, my goal is to establish a routine of sleeping early. I had to wake up at 2 am, and get to work at 3 am. So, for me to get enough sleep of at least 7 hours, I need to be sleeping by 7 pm. The problem is. I am still very up by that time, doing things around the house. Well, of course, the house and the people on it, can stay on without me. I can sleep my butt out and not affect anything in the house. Hard to believe? Yeah, thats the good thing about it.
But, I usually end up doing other things such as browsing on the internet and doing some online work, writing some stuff in my notebooks, arranging things in my bedroom, cleaning up the house just to stay up. I usually retire at 9 pm to bed, if lucky. Thats the time, I stay in bed, but If I am restless because of a certain thought or event that keeps me excited, sad or anything, even if I stay in bed at 9 pm, I end up sleeping at 11 pm. My body clock seems to know that the hubs is coming by this time, and if I sleep at 9 pm, I usually rise up at 11 pm, to see him and to have some chat. Then, I sleep again, and get another sleep. Not, a very good routine huh?
The result, I end up so groggy and sleepy at work. The quality of my work, is of course at stake, plus I feel so tired that work is a drudgery.

I want to make sure I get enough sleep so I will stay alert and active at work. I want to concentrate on my work more. I have learned that sleeping only for a few hours each night is not good for our health. I should have known. Or, I have known but never listened and took it for granted.

So, from now, I want to see to it that I am getting prepared for work by getting enough sleep. The first night, last Monday I was successful. By 7:30 pm, I am already sleeping. While last night, I failed for a couple of hours. I slept at around 8:30 or 9:00 because the hubs went home early and we enjoyed chatting while we were lying in bed. I wanted to sleep, but I can’t close my eyes with him around. I wanted to talk to him more. Baby also slept late and she kept crying so I couldn’t sleep. Plus, the hubs installed the new plastic ceiling fan in our room, which took a few minutes.
I think, we both slept at the same time.

I don’t regret it, cause I treasure every time that I get to bond with him. Anyway, he said tonight he will be coming in at around 10:00 pm to 12:00 am, depending on the need for over time. So, I want to make sure I really do get a lot of sleep.

Sleeping at 9 pm, is not effective for me. I still feel so sleepy right now.

It is my first day of work today. The past week has been to restful to me, because of my tooth extraction. I had been working for almost 2 years, without breaks, and I think I really needed that break.
After work today, I was supposed to come w/ my team for a team building where we will be eating pizza at da vinci’s. But, I did not come. I chose to come home right away, as I felt a little tired and I wanted to get some rest. I also want to make that I will be able to do what I intended to do today. Create or publish at least 5 different posts on my blogs. I have several blogs and I will be spreading out those 5 posts so my other blogs will be updated as well.

Yesterday I was at the mall, in search for the medicine for my baby. She is sick with amoebiasis. Too bad. We really had to get her medicine. The hubby has tried to find it on Sunday, but all pharmarcies were out of stock in a certain area. So, I went to the mall, and went to 3 pharmacies, there are only 3 in that mall, and none of them has the medicine.

My mom has to go back to the pedia to tell her we couldn’t find it. She did go early today, cause we both have work, and she was given another medicine. I am surprised I didn’t have trouble finding it. I went to the nearest pharmacy in our house, and I am so glad I found it. I am also happy when I learned it cost around 3/4 less of the price I expected it to be. I thought it will reach 400-600 per bottle, but it was only 133 something, and I bought 2 cause she has to take it for 10 days.

I am happy we have the medicine now and she can start her medication. I am just restless knowing her condition. She keeps defecating watery stool, and my mom spotted mucous and blood on it. For the past week, she has been having this. Every time she would eat, she would defecate after. We thought it was just because of her teeth.

I realized how important cleanliness and hygiene is in our surroundings and even to ourselves. It really is a must.

Now, I am off to my pc, even if I wanted to sleep because of the cool weather. I have been waiting for oppps from payu2blog, but there are none waiting yet. I hope I will have some tomorrow.

Some of you might be wondering what has happened to me or if ever I will still be coming back to the blogging world. You never heard any updates from me for the last week. The reason was, I had my teeth extracted. 2 of them. I had neglected it for some time, and it caused me a lot of pain. It was very painful during the procedure. It was through God’s mercy that I made it successfully. I was given a note to rest for 2 days. Then, after the 2 days sick leave, I had my day off, but while I was about to work, there was bleeding and I also fainted early in the morning, at around 3 am while preparing for work. So, we had to phone the office that I can’t come, and we rushed to the hospital early in the morning.  I was given another 3 days of rest. All in all, I had no work for 8 days. It is quiet odd I missed work a little. Just a little. Hehe. Cause I love being at home. I never used the internet or the computer. All I did during these days, for fear of complications is to rest, sleep, and rest rest rest. I am even not allowed to carry my baby nor play with her too long cause I easily get tired. Today, I feel that I will be ready to go to work tomorrow. Then, the next day will be our family outing to cebu pacific resort. I did my online assignments today, and everything went fine. I am happy that everything is well now.

I always feel grateful to God that He has given me someone like my honey. After my failed relationships in the past, I never thought I could still find a person who deserves to be given the kind of love I am capable of giving. There’s nothing like being so much in love with your partner, and knowing that he loves you better than you do. I am sometimes amazed by how much he has improved as a person and how much he is growing in fulfilling his roles as a husband, a father, a friend, a son and a servant to God. I really admire him, and the way he has carried himself and his family in the midst of difficulties. I think he is the kind of man that any woman would ever want to have. I swear. I am just lucky that he is mine, and I know he is mine forever. Whenever we go in buildings he would look up at how the electrical outlets, wires and ceilings are built and would explain some things to me that I barely understand. He even showed me the differences between ceramic tile, marbles etc.

I would say this man, brings out the best in me. I always want to be the best and to show my best for him. But, its sweet that even if you suck in some areas he would still love you the same. I hope that I am also able to encourage him to be better and to become the best he can be. I know he has a lot of potential that he has never realized before, and that he is jSo ust starting to discover now. I am happy for him and what he has become. And this man? I wouldn’t exchange him for any Piolo Pascual or John Llyod Cruz out there. I’m not kidding. He is my one and only and the last man that I will love for the rest of my life.

This is one of our pictures when we had a beach outing together w/ my husband’s friends and coworkers at the beach, for his 23rd bday last june 11. That’s almost a month now, but it took me long to post it as I have been quiet occupied for the last weeks. I really enjoyed the outing so much because I am a beach lover. I have always been. I just love being one with the sea, and I feel so much peace, happiness and contentment when a sea is in sight. I love to think and ponder while I am overlooking a sea. I love the peace I feel everytime I am near the sea. The hubby was busy entertaining his friends, while joining the two of us every now and then, while I, the little one and our babysitter, took the plunge and spent most of the time immersed in the sea. The little one felt a little bit scared at first, cause this is her very first time, but eventually she liked it. She wouldn’t let me go. She wanted me to be the one to hold the swimmimg pad for her, and not our babysitter. When it rained and I observed she was already shaking, I decided to finally dress both of us up. I’m afraid there will be some kind of lighting with the rain. That’s dangerous for those who are immersed in water.

I am super exicited for our next outing this Saturday. It will be in Cebu Pacific Grand Resort I think. Not so sure of the name. The three of us will come together w/ other families in our company. It will be a fun day for us. I am excited for my baby to be in the beach again.

One of the wish lists, or lets say goal also is to take the family for a boracay family trip. I am hoping that by next year, it will happen. Probably on our 4th anniversary next year. That will be my 24th bday, and my baby’s 3rd bday. I’m sure I will be awed by Boracay. I so love the beach.

Photo: taken by Sheila (my babysitter) during our outing for my honey’s 23rd bday. baby looks irritated that we’re asking her to smile cause she is busy tinkering on the sand w/ a spoon. hehe

I love to spend time with my little one. Time is so fast, and as a working mom like me, there are times that I get shocked by how fast it does, and how fast my little child is growing. Sometimes, I envy those who are able to stay at home and spend every minute of each day with their child. Reading textbooks to them, playing with them, going places with them and doing silly and fun things with them. But, if you think about it, what I am doing is for my child. Anyways, I am already saving up so i can afford to stop working someday. It might take me more than 2 years or so, cause I need a quiet bigger amount of money. We have lots of plans. Once I have the money to stop working, I will start a business and manage it. I will also be working online and be a work at home mom to take care of my beloved husband and cute little one while my husband works in a full time job. I want to really see her grow and to take care of her. If God permits, after that time, we want to have our own house and lot too. We praise God for every little thing he is doing to our family. He is our anchor and our strength. He is the center of our relationship and the reason why we remain strong.

I don’t know, but there’s something about this day that makes me sad. Initially, I made a conscious effort to be happy and just think of how my husband is as a father to my own child. But there’s something that makes me sad thinking about this day. Something I have tried to forget. I realized now, that thinking about how my father is as a father to me and my sister, is the thing that makes me sad. I feel sad, that I did not grow up with him. I feel sad, that on a critics evaluation, he wouldn’t pass to be a good father. But, thinking about the few times I was with him, and realizing that I missed him, makes me sad. If I could have change things, I would choose to keep my family of origin together. But, it wasn’t a choice dependent on me. I was a child then. It was my parent’s decision. Sad, but that’s life. And I have to move on. I just want to reminisce this day, and wish that he is doing fine, and that someday, I would get to see him again. I hope, by that time, he would be someone I could be proud of, and not be ashamed of.  I wanted to wish that he is more responsible so we could buy a house and a home insurance for us, and not just live with our grandmother (who was a sort of control fr**k) but I can’t change things and all I can do is to work hard for my family and be positive for our future.

Today, I’m back to work. I always make the same mistake of sleeping late and waking up really early for work. I tried to break this habit, and I really tried to sleep early. But I feel like, the day is just not enough for all the things I wanted to do. So, I end up forcing my eyes to keep awake even if I’m already sleepy, late at night. These are mostly offline tasks. Tasks which does not really involve the computer. I just love to work on things. I don’t know. I feel like I have a lot of passion for so many things. I think, its the same for all passionate people. They feel like, time is not enough for the day, and they still want to do more.

I remember Dolly Parton, the famous hollywood singer says she is so excited everyday when she wakes up, and the moment she hits the floor, she feels like running to work on her tasks or goals for the day. I so love this woman and her energy for living. No wonder she has risen from poverty to richness, using her voice. She is awesome.

There are so many things I am grateful for today. I am thanking God because yesterday when I inquired on my ATM since its salary day, I found out that there’s an additional 2,000 pesos. No, its not a wage increase or something. If you have followed my plurks, I have mentioned before that I lost 2,000 pesos when I withdrew last week and was charged twice. I only got 2,000 and was charged 4,000. Meaning, the money is back without me having to go to the bank and process a dispute. I am so grateful for Chinabank for checking out on this. It has been a week but I haven’t been able to report it yet, cause I can’t find my account number and I know that would be required, plus I was also so busy with other things. I am happy this thing that makes me worried is now lifted. Praise God.

I am now off to accomplishing one more goal for the week, which is to have tooth extraction. Actually, it will be extended until the following week. Whew! I will be applying for a leave and I’m hoping everything will be okay, I’m pretty scared.

We will be having our company outing this July 4-5. Every year our company holds family outing where we go to the beach. Whaaaaattt? Beach again?I am not planning to come, cause I need to rest more after my tooth extraction. The hubby is wanting to come and experience a great beach, but I refused and told him we will come instead by next year. This is hard to deny, as I am really a great beach lover. I really really do love beaches.

We will be going to a really expensive and private beach here in Cebu, and I am sad for missing out on this. I still have few days to decide whether we will come or not. I’m sure the hubby will surely enjoy if ever we will come. If ever we will be coming, we will be tugging along our little one for sure. I’m sure it will be fun just having the three of us, in the company outing. Whats’ great in our company outings is even if its a company outing, we are given a lot of time to be with our loved ones. It’s okay if you spend your time with your family. Each person will be with their family or loved ones but of couse there will be some company activities too like playing games. It’s really great. Let’s see if we will go or not. I’m sure there will be lots of really delicious foods. Hmmmm….

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there’s a voice inside my head saying
“You’ll never reach it”

Every step I’m taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose

Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

The struggles I’m facing
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I’m not breaking

I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I’m gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on

‘Cause there’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be a uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose

Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb, yeah!

There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody’s gonna have to lose

Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It’s all about, it’s all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa

== > I so love this song so much. I like the tune and I love the lyrics more. I’ve never liked Miley’s song this much. Her songs are mostly for teens and kids and this time, this song is for everyone, even for adults. This is for all people who are struggling to achieve their dreams. It is inspiring, uplifting and can make you feel better in the midst of any difficulties.