yza has a new word: mine.  she learned it from daycare.

she also has a new phrase: i love you. she learned it with barney's help.

she has a new favorite activity: somersault (a.k.a: tumbling). she learned it last week and tries to do it every time she's on the bed.

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eric has been down with a bad cold the past few days. the other day, he was in bed and sneezing badly, yza got up the bed, crawled over to him, took a tissue from the tissue box in the headboard, tried to wipe his nose and patted his back.

the next day, we were watching the barney video (she can't get enough of it) and the 'i love you' song was playing. she gave me a big hug. eric and i said: how about daddy? does daddy get a hug, too? so, she went over to daddy, gave him a hug and said: i love you. (the 'love' part was mumbled. it came out sounding like: i mmvvv-you.)

thank you.

nirarayuma ako... ano ba yan?

if i were an american citizen... i would be a broken glass republican.

but since i'm not, and i can't vote, i'm keeping my fingers crossed for the republicans and hope they keep control of congress, both the senate and the house. (barring that, i at least, hope that michael steele wins.)

fulltime work, housewife and mom? you've got to be kidding. maybe if i'm not working at home?

frankly, i won't be surprised if i get fired soon. i don't have any energy left for work. bleh. i'm not even sure if i should be scared witless with that thought or be relieved. if my manager cares, she must be confused by what happened to my performance. if, she cares.

but does she? does anybody?

does anybody care about things i care about -- aside from the obvious ones, of course? who knows?

one thing i know - something i've thought of for some time now but kept pushing to the back of my mind because it's kind of a sad thought - if there is something i want, something i want done, i have to do it myself. no real help is coming. expecting people to help is good if, and only if, you're willing to risk disappointment.

to those who think they care about me, get this: leave. me. alone. don't email, don't call. don't tell me i'm good, don't tell me i'm wonderful. that does not help. i know what i'm capable of, i know when i'm good. go on and live your life, i will live mine. don't patronize me. and don't bother me with your empty flattery. they only add insult to injury.

yes,  i'm ranting, and it's so unlike me. so what? deal with it.

borrowed that phrase from eric.

it was yza's third day at the daycare today. yesterday, i noticed that one of the kids has a runny nose and now yza has a runny nose and fever, too. it's not good. eric says it should help her build her immune system. i'm not used to her getting sick like this, though. *sigh* i'm becoming a wimpy mommy.

i was soo looking forward to today. i was looking forward to finally spending time housecleaning and doing the laundry and, maybe, ironing, after a week of being busy with work. but, there is that little thing of being on-call this weekend. so i have to put the housecleaning on hold and deal with two critical work issues. and while, here i am, locked in my office, i could hear yza playing happily in the bedroom with daddy, and making a little more mess, i bet. at least, she's happy. it's 12:30pm -- i hope karl would get up soon and take the trash out. i forgot to remind him to do it last night and it is getting stinky. but what am i doing blogging, huh, when i could be doing something else? i should make a list of things to do so eric can maybe do some while taking care of yza at the same time because i'm working. he's good with that. i do hope that i don't get a lot of calls today because there is still the newsletter we have to do (which should be printed out by tuesday) and the dance practice tomorrow and shopping for clothes for teena's wedding next weekend. but most of all,  i want to be ready for next week, just because it's another week. so by monday, i want the house to be clean. and i want the clothes done. and the lunches ready. i better go. time's a-wasting. ciao!

Revelation 14

The Lamb and the 144,000

1Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they kept themselves pure. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among men and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

John 17

I have revealed you^[a] to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. 12While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled. 13"I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14I

wherever you are
in your life or in this world

i wish you peace

and love

and happiness.