Has it been too long since I last posted? Goodness, I owe two ‘Interview Me’ memes… (courtesy of AnnaManila and Belle) and a ‘Six Weird Things About Me’ meme (tagged by Dine aka Sexy Mom).
Right now, I still feel groggy with “bus lag”. Yes, I have been travelling to and from Manila on board Victory Bus for the past week (thank you, former DILG Undersecretary and now anti-smuggling czar Antonio ‘Bebot’ Villar for the very, very useful Bus I.D.!). I went alone (my first time to commute alone for a long trip in a long, long time) last Wednesday, then brought my daughter home to Dagupan on Friday and brought her back again to Manila on Sunday and then travelled back again alone to Dagupan yesterday. Thankfully, I came home in one piece last night at around 10 p.m., and I promise, after the nervous attacks I suffered during the entire night trip - never, never to take night bus trips again especially when I am carrying some valuables like the Mac Book that my daughter’s flatmate’s mom asked me to bring.
So, am I settled now? Not quite. In fact, I am just warming up. LOL! I am going back again to Manila on Friday to attend Gem’s Student Orientation, where parents were given invites. And I may stay for the whole weekend - that is - if my son and hubby back home won’t pepper me with their text messages such as:
Aypee: Ma, when are you coming home? Come home now, Ma. (Hey, I just got here in Manila!)
Aypee: I went to duty without packed lunch. I ate the left over food in the fridge. (Then eat at the hospital canteen. Diyos ko, pakonsensiyahen pa ako!)
Aypee: Ma, I need to buy a book. I need a better Drug Handbook. (Ask money from your father.)
Aypee: Ma, where’s my scrub suit? I need it today. (Did you not keep it? I think it’s already washed. Okay, okay, look in the hamper.)
Aypee: Ma, I have fever. 38.9. (Take Biogesic. Have sponge bath. Soon you’ll be a nurse, so learn to take care of yourself.)
Aypee: Ma, Papa wore my favorite white undershirt for duty! What will I use now? (Ha? Oh, sorry, I forgot to buy him some of those cotton shirts. Do with anything you can find there now. Goodness, that is not the only shirt on earth!)
Hubby: Did you have the Deed of Assignment for PDN notarized? (When I come back, promise, promise!)
Hubby: When are you coming home? I need my checkbook! (It doesn’t have sufficient funds anyway… hahaha!)
Hubby: Where’s my light blue barong? (Wear something else.)
Wow! Can’t these guys live without me?
Okay, now, before I hit the road again on Friday (a day after my red letter day), I need to attend to things back here, including posting fresh entries in my blog - and of course answering the memes I owe. Meanwhile, let me have a cup of coffee first….
a day in the life of a mother! i, too, had my share of text messages, to us moms, they’re routine, to them, they’re big deal! makes us feel important, though. have an enjoyable time, dear, and when you are in manila, give us a buzz, who knows, we could take some time to relax by the coffee shops or wherever, di ba Annamanila?
hahaha, i can relate
hay, agree with sexymom, a day in the life of a mom indeed. what would a family do without the ilaw ng tahanan.
enjoy the cup of coffee.
Their messages are so cute po! I guess they really, really miss you being at home … Nyahaha!
(:
Ingat!
You got to take it easy then…I can’t imagine myself travelling like that. I once travelled on a bus for 400 kilometers and 12 hours all in all and I was really traumatized by that occassion that if I ncan have my way, I won’t ride a bus again ever in my life…Buti dyan the roads are all paved. Dito sa Mindanao its horrendous…
Oh my, sounds like quite an exhausting week.
I’m amazed by that string of text messages. They really seem at lost when you’re away from home. A mother is really a very important figure in every home.
Belated Happy Father’s Day to your husband.
You were in Manila but…
… you didn’t text me! hehehe oh well, we are both back home, Tita Rhodora!
Revelation from this post: Aypee can’t live without Mama
Geez, you took a laptop with you on the trip? And by bus pa? Hope that will be the last, delikado yan…
Oo nga pala, malapit na pala bertdey natin, hehe.
Ha ha! Can’t live without mom eh? And aren’t they grown up already.
This is also the reason I won’t even consider leaving home for at least one day. They’d be at a lost. 
Happy birthday, btw. Hope you have a nice one.
Dine, sometimes I complain - Don’t I deserve a life of my own too? hehehe. But yes, you are right, these text messages from our kids make us feel important and needed.
Hmmm. Dimaks… mama’s boy ka rin? hehehe…
Thanks, Feng!
Alam mo, sometimes, I wonder - what about those kids whose moms are working abroad? Oh, I really feel for them.
Major Tom, the roads here are paved and the bus is fully airconditioned with matching tv/video player to entertain passengers throughout the trip, so the 4-5 hour trip seems like a breeze! Pero, nakakapagod din, siyempre. Thanks for the advice!
Thanks, Rach, belated Happy Fathers Day to yoor husband too.
Do you think Yohan will last a day without you by his side? I don’t think so…..
I didn’t text you, Mica, because I knew you were here in Dagupan by that time! Set a date for us, okay?
True, Aypee and his Kuya are mama’s boys, though they pretend to be tough and not needing mom all the time! hehehe.
Sngl.. talaga, first and last time kong gagawin yun, promise! I also had a problem with that laptop, when I needed to go to the restroom. Dala-dala ko siya, ang bigat.. and I was getting conscious that it even looked more obvious that I was carrying a laptop, baka biglang may manutok sa akin.. “Stick ‘em up!”
Yes… sa Thursday ako, Friday ka! Let’s celebrate!
Irene, it makes us proud though, that our kids need us, di ba? I imagine your boys complaining if you leave home even for just a couple of days!
Thanks, Irene! Another year, another wrinkle! hahaha!
KYELS! Don’t you too? Miss your mom when she is away, or you are away from her while you attend school?
Happy birthday. If you had joined us last week, it would have been a double celebration. Sayang.
Sige, cool ka lang. I think we will find out later in life, that it’s nice to feel needed and useful.
Thanks, Anna! Sayang nga, I was already back in Dagupan when I read your email! But anyway, marami pang araw at okasyon, right?
Know what - the thing I dread most is to wake up one day - to find out my kids have no need of me anymore. That would certainly make me feel very very sad.
Hay, tawa ako ng tawa sa mga side comments mo! LOL talaga! Sometimes it feels OA that they might ask you for things they need even if there are options available. But you’re right, it would probably be sad when they won’t call on us for those little things that they need. Oh, I don’t want to think about that yet. But then again, I still have a lotta years enduring those calls for help.
Julie.. hehehe…. OA nga sila, ano? But it does feel good to know you are needed!
Take your time and savor motherhood while your kids are young. They will be young only once!