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The Worst Night Ever

Para sa isang api-apihang katulad ko... nothing's wrong... mahilig lang ako mag self pity trip at mag emote at ma-depress at yon na. Hirap naman ng walang masabihan. Sige ok lang pag ako naman ang nasa taas...

                            

Santa Santita

Next time yung isusulat ko sa blog ko lahat ng taong nasagasaan ko at sinagasaan ako. In all honesty, punong puno ako ng galit at nagkikimkim ako ng galit.  Pero syempre dapat mag move on kase pangit hindi papasok ang swerte. All these years may mga nakagalit ako. Naturalesa ko na ang pagiging maldita. Yon naman ang tawag sa akin ever since. Santa santita yon pala maldita ba. Yan ang motto nila sa akin. cute di ba?  "no-no" sabi ni Foster.


Siguro lapitin ako sa away or naghahanap ako ng away/gulo para mapansin ba? or ika nga ni Randy pinanganak na daw akong rebelde. REALLY???? So kilalang kilala na nya ko. Kase di ko pa naman nakukwento sa kanya yung medyo dark side ko.... lol. Ahhh hindi naman ako magwa wash ng dirty linen in public. Magkukwento lang ako para isang labasan na lang ng sama ng loob. Na inspire lang ako kay John Lapus. Kung writer ako, ang style ko John Lapus style ba. Ganon. Kase super nakaka relate ako sa mga kwento nya sa blog. Ang pinagkaiba lang namin di ako bading...mukha lang... joke.

P.S.

Foster have more or less 40 words in his vocabulary... thats right! everyday new word.

Hmmm...

I love Christmas! Not because I get to get lots of Christmas presents but because its more meaningful now that I have Foster. Not only that, its the time of year when the mood is really festive...


We are busy this year. Every odd year the Hartungs and the Roschers have family reunion (actually every even year they get together for thanksgiving!). Last 2005 we were at New York, I was pregnant with Foster then. This year they plan to have the get together in Michigan but some family members don't want it there because its way too cold I guess so my brother-in-law, Tim, master planned everything. We're (talaga bang sabihing "we're"...lol... feel na feel ang pagiging Hartung) going to do it in Seven Springs (sa Pennsylvania). Hopefully, mag snow because I know Foster will love it! Now that he knows the snow, Santa, reindeer and snowman. So I am really excited about that.


Before anything, we're going to see the Nutcraker show in Houston... whats the big deal with limo? I don't really know. Di ako maka relate sa limo na hummer...lol... honestly, di ako maka relate. The next day is Christmas party at Elaine's house. Iba christmas party dito. Sa restaurants ginaganap kadalasan. Kakain lang kayo then exchange gifts na, yon na. Pero this year instead of resto, sa bahay na lang. Carrabas ang caterer... (hmmmm.... yummy!!!).


We're leaving on 23rd for Pittsburgh. Mawawala kami ng one week. After that sa 4th ng January may bisita kami sa bahay, pinsan ni Foster na si Zander (siger bondingn kayo ha. Zander ikaw muna mag alaga kay puti). Mag aral daw ng sky diving si Zander. Si Arcadia kase, yung sis nya nag skydiving din.



Anyway, the coming year seems to be so promising... sana di mapako...lol. Im so excited na to work. Kelangan ko ng high paying $$$$$$ job para makatulong d2 sa bahay at sa Pinash. My proficiency test is scheduled on the 2nd week of January para madetermine kung pede ako mag work sa public school. Sana madali...lol.


What else is in store for me next year? new hair cut? gulatan na lang... katakot...lol. I used to have a long hair then short then long again. on and off, on and off. During high school days I've had long hair. No'ng college parating syete...lol... no'ng nag grad ako sa college (after 9 years ata...hahaha!) nagpahaba ako ng buhok. Ngayon gusto ko na ulit ng maikli. I'm thinking about it though. Ang hirap kase nagpa relax ako sa Pinas. Jonathan, Randy's hair stylist/cutter don't wanna cut it short like the way I like it (yung hair ni Victoria Beckham) kase parang tingting sa diretso ng hair ko. He's right. ginupitan nya ko hanggang balikad at sobrang bad trip ako kase unruly. buti na lang di nya ko pinakinggan kase ang sagwa talaga no'ng ginupitan nya ko. Ayaw nya ng maikli kase papangit. Yan ang problema ng mga nagpa relax... di pedeng magpagupit ng maikli unless ipaparelax mo ulit sya.

Foster's 18th Month Checkup

Foster turned 18 months today. Today was also his well baby checkup. He got Hepa B shot only. He's done with the flu shot last September. Randy didn't come with us because he had a conference call so I took Foster to the doctors office by myself. There are more than a dozen kids for their checkup too so it was kind of late when its Foster's turn to see his doctor.


Foster's growth is proportion height, weight and head circumference wise. 50% for the height and about 25 to 50% for his weight. Thank God Foster is on the right track with regards to his physical, mental and intellectual development. His doctor can't help but laugh when Foster's pushing his hand away. "hands off doc!" lol.



I was so worried because I thought Foster isn't talking yet but all along he is! Here are the words he has learned so far and everyday he's got anew words. Pretty amazing! Just yesterday Foster said "poo poo" for the baby wipes. Because everytime he needs a diaper change after pooping I told him "poopie diaper baby."



Here are some of the words Foster could say:

1.) mama
2.) dada
3.) bird
4.) bus
5.) car
6.) truck
7.) snowman
8.) santa
9.) Barney
10.) Thomas
11.) Ball
12.) Balloon
13.) Squirrel
14.) poo poo
15.) bath
16.) banana
17.) duck
18.) ba (for give me five)
19.) bad
20.) elephant
21.) sun
22.) dog
23.) shoes
24.) bubbye
25.) panda




Just A Thought

Hella! I'm back. Now I can relax and just chill out. I need to rest and feel good because the coming weeks will be busy. Also, I don't wanna get stressed. So its just perfect. Everything is perfect as far as I know. Now, I am focused on Foster. Yeah, he's not talking yet. I'm half worried and half not. He says one syllable only for each word he knows like "ca" or "truck" for car, "sa" or "ta" for santa and reindeer, "ba" for bus, "ma" for me and his dada, at least he say "bubbye" for bye bye. He just repeats the first syllable of the words he knows thats it. Change topic.

...When you think and feel you're getting older, did it ever occur to you that this is the kind of stuff you once heard if not from your parents, at least your grandparents? Like you are beginning to get forgetful, the wrinkles (shucks), gets tired easily etc.

....The past weeks, I've been thinking a lot about the things that makes me feel really weird. I've always had phobia with rats/mice/mouse/ whatever you call it as long as it looks like one. Malakasakong umirit pag nakakakita ako ng daga. Sira ang poise hahaha! To me, rabbit looks like daga (yucky icky gooey!) and so is squirrel. I don't know why. But I'm beginning to get afraid of squirrel. Last Sunday, I followed Randy and Foster in the park but didn't know they went too far so I didn't saw them in the playground. Bumalik na lang ako sa bahay. On my way home there's a very big dead mouse on the side of the sidewalk. I stopped and stared at it. I know I'm scared and I don't know why I had this phobia tripping. Making myself get more scared and feeling icky. Nakakatawa.

...More on phobia. Some three or four weeks ago while I'm taking Foster out for a walk. About half a mile from our house, there's a dead big bird on our way. I stopped because I don't know what to do whether to go on or back off and mind you, I had goosebumps. Usually, I ignore stuff like these. di ako maarte sa mga inse-insekto. Daga lang ang nakakapag pasira ng poise ko. Maybe this big dead bird is an exemption. It was really big and judging from the way he died, if its human being and you are a police detective or something, you know that he was murdered. Its scary and gross. Sobrang nakakatakot yung ibon. Iba yung pagkamatay...lol. Parang gruesome murder ang dating.


...Before I had injection phobia. Siguro sa dami na rin ng mga natanggap kong injection eh kinondisyon ko na utak ko na turok lang yon at more to come pa kaya tatagan na lang.. lol. Before I really get stiff. Naninigas buong katawan ko. Ngayon di na. Nirerelax ko na sarili ko pero yung ulo ko nakapaling...lol.


...Claustrophobic. This began when I started to get allergies in college. To make the long story short, takot ako sa maliit na kwarto at maliliit na bintana. Dati nagtataklob ako ng unan, ngayon di na. Kahit pag iinom sa baso (pag may sakit lang ako) feeling ko kulob ba.


Stand-offish (is the spelling write? or should that be spelled standoffish?). I heard Randy and his mom talking about their relative being standoffish. Randy used the same word to describe me. As you know, after two and a half years of living here, I can't help but be like what Randy describes me to be -standoffish...not all the people I bumped into were nice... how can i explain this without offending people who reads my blog? oh well, lets just forget about this one. good night!