Choosing the Right Job

I'm a mother of two daughters - Keisha who's turning four in a matter of weeks, and Simone who just turned 3 months weeks ago. Whenever I mention work to Keisha, she always frowns and walks away. When she doesn't, she asks me, "Why are you leaving me? Will you be home soon?"

I've worked in call centers before, I've considered a career in teaching, nursing jobs even. But what I'm really looking for is a job that will not take me away from my kids. I've been staying at home for several months already and I'd like to help in the finances, too. I hate seeing Henry tiring himself out at work even when he's sick just so he can earn money for us. Although we have our own internet cafe, I feel somehow it's still not enough.

I've turned to blogging as a source of income for me from home, and I honestly enjoy it. I get to do what I love - write - and occasionally get paid for it at the same time. I hope this blogging venture of mine will be successful so that I don't have to work away from home.

Keisha's upstairs watching Jumong with her dad, and I wonder how tomorrow will be for all of us.

Busy with Y8

Keisha's sitting beside me right now in front of her own pc, busy playing Bratz Babyz on Y8. I find watching her really amusing, she's really concentrated and has her brows tightly knit in focus on the game. When you call he attention, she'll rarely respond; and even get annoyed at that.

She just switched the game to Scooby Doo, and just switched it to Deal or no Deal right now. She's looking at me; I think she knows I'm writing about her as I often glance at her and smile.

One of our neighbor's son JM is currently watching her play and rooting for her. I guess I'll just never cease to be amazed at her everyday activities.

Bubble Gang

Since it's a Friday, Keisha got to watch her favorite show - Bubble Gang aired every Fridays on GMA 7. For a three year old (she'll technically be four 24 days from now), I am amazed at how she manages to laugh at punchlines and read between the lines of jokes. There was even one time we were watching the show together and she looked at me first before laughing (the joke was green).

I guess I'm still amazed at how children's minds function and develop. I know she's really smart for her age and I'm happy. I don't want to take the credit for her being smart and shrug it off as genes, but sometimes I wonder how she got that smart that fast.

Now if I can focus her energies towards writing and reading, we're off to a good start before she goes to school next school year.

Daddy's Home

Henry came home around 5am today, and my mom in law woke me up to share a bowl of soup with her and Henry. He had all these funny stories about his trip, souvenirs and food for us and for our friends.

Keisha is normally hard to wake up from a deep sleep, but when we shook her a bit and told her he daddy was home, she instantly stood up and kissed him.

This afternoon, we went to SM Valenzuela and brought her toys of her choice, a bit of grocery shopping, and we ate ice cream, hot dogs, and other stuff.

They're asleep already, and he'll be gone for another day tour. I'm just glad that the waiting period for Keisha's over.

Looking for Daddy Part 2

This is Monic, I forgot my Blogger password so I'm using Leslie's instead. Lol.

I wonder when my son will be home exactly. I know he'll be gone 4 days and 3 nights, but I can't give an exact date to Keisha in the fear that I may disappoint her. What's funny about my granddaughter Keisha is that there are times when she seems to have no care at all for her dad, yet while he's gone, she's the person most affected by his absence.

I remember the first time Henry went for an out of town trip and she threw a huge fit right after he left - not while he was still here. It's hard to get her to sleep since she anxiously waits for any sound our front door makes and she rushes to see if it's her dad already.

No matter how hard Leslie and I explain to her the situation, all she understands is that her dad is not home and she wants him home, fast.