e.r.

The call came at around 5:30pm.

Me: hello.
Mom: Nasa San ______ kami.
Me: Bakit? Sino?
Mom: Si Kulot (my youngest, aged 5) nasa e.r.
Me: What! Anong nangyari?
Mom: Nakikipag karera sa kuya niya ng bisikleta... Sumemplang, 4 stitches yung inabot nun chin niya.
Me: ano???!!!! Sino kasama sa labas ng bahay?
Mom: malapit na din kami umalis, injection-an na lang siya ng anti-tetanus.
Me: Sige.
---end of call ----

Phone call sa bahay.
Me: Hello.
Daughter: hello ma
M: anong nangyari kay kulot?
D: sumemplang po sa bike. Kasi niyaya siya ni mico magkarera
M: bakit lumabas ng bahay?
D: kasi niyaya ni ate R (yung yaya), magpapaload daw kasi siya
M: asan si R nun sumemplang si kulot? Anong ginawa niya?
D: Wala po. Kasi nagtetext po.
M: sige.
---end of call ---

When I got home nakakunot na ang noo ko. I told the yaya na "kung hindi mo kayang magpaload mag-isa, huwag ka nang magpaload! Kapag may nangyari sa mga bata IKAW ang mananagot sa akin!" Defensive si yaya. Iba ang sinasabi niya versus sa sinasabi ng kids ko. I asked all of my kids (hindi sabay-sabay to check yung consistency ng kwento nila) kung ano ang nangyari, nasan ang yaya, bakit sila nasa labas, ano ang ginagawa ng yaya. All of them told the same thing, walang ginawa si yaya, nagtetext, at hindi tinulungan yung youngest ko. Yung youngest ko pa ang tumayo at pumunta sa yaya! My other kids? Well, tinawag nila ang lolo at lola nila to tell them what happened.

Hay, kailangan ko na mahanap yung nagpasok sa amin kay yaya at ipapauwi ko na sa kanila. Baka siya ang isubsob ko sa kalsada.

First day high!

I really got high with my kids' first day at school.



I woke up at around 4:30 am and haven't slept since then. Flag ceremony for my eldest daughter and only son is at 7:00... I have to accompany them first to their respective rooms. Then I went home. AT a little past 12 noon. I then accompanied my youngest to the same school. Since its her first time to attend school, she cried and her adviser allowed me to accompany her for today inside the room.

Now my problem will be the dismissal time. My son (Grade 1) will be dismissed at 2:10, then my eldest (Grade 3) at 2:50. Finally my youngest at 3:20. Supposedly I could pick them all up at 2:00, but a sudden change in the Kinder schedule made me asked for reinforcement from my Mom.

It's a good thing the school is just a stone's throw away from our house. Now we all need to adjust our time. My kids having to wake up early... and I have to wake up earlier... Masasanay din ako.

Drained

As of this writing, I am totally drained. For two straight days I am physically and mentally challenged. All i wanted to do is to lay in my bed and go to sleep. Our yaya went home last Thursday. My mom made plans on the last minute of Thursday evening leaving me no choice but to be on leave from work.

I have to wake up early to prepare breakfast and clean the house. Then while I wait for the meat to get tender, I bathe and clothe the kids. Multi-tasking. Then they ask you the same questions over and over. Or they bug me on what I am reading, on what I am doing. Kakakpagod.

I am not complaining about me taking care of my kids. It's just that when I am at home lahat ng palabas ng mga anak ko, ginagawa nila. I always ask my mom and yaya if they (my kids) are like that when I am at work. They would answer - NO. I guess they are testing my string of patience when it comes to their being pilyo at pilya... They just have to try harder. When it comes to my kids, my patience never runs out.