Updates---so far away, yet so close

Trivia: For a blogger to update you on what's going on? It means the blogger sucks! And that's ME.

Sorry folks. But as yet again, let me update you and hopefully from here we can blog as usual, AGAIN?

1. I have a new job. Sorta new job. I kinda veered away from being a lab rat to do some management stuff of some lab rats. Teehee!!!

• I pray,  not to be a management person whom I hated for so many reasons.
• You know. Insensitive ones, inconsiderate and most of all---ego-centric!
• I can't tell you how I am doing, i'd be biased but I think I am better than I thought I would be. Tolerant. Me? Yup!
• My old colleagues always ask me how's the new job, I always answer---challenging but rewarding.
• I have met so many good people---so far, I have yet to find a " work friend". Because aside from someone from way back, I have not hung out with anyone yet. So now, I gotta admit, "I miss you Zonette." Mwaaaah!
• That's gotta change.
• My new boss is so totally cool. Hard act to follow. Way tolerant. Than me.
• I have been missing my social life because of this new job.
• I am not complaining BTW.
• My friend HG told me " sis, you don't have a balance life anymore." Sad.
• Very sad.
• I went thrift shopping for " business casual" outfits because all I have is not management level on a day to day basis. And I was not gonna spend for a new job, I needed the job---meaning --no money, so why go spend?
• I try to rationalize my inexpensive clothes with my expensive bags. So far, no one noticed. My bags. Hahahhaha. I purchased so many new bags. But that's not in  this part of the blog.
• For the holiday season, I've seen my new colleagues in a different light and I love it! Obviously, they are hard working professionals but they are funny too.
• Dontcha worry, I behaved. Really, I did. Promise. No karaoke and no pole dancing. Not that I do. Huh? Who does?
• My new job requires me to go to different sites ---in the campus. No offense, but can I travel OUTSIDE?  Like even outside Boston? Hahahahhaha. Just saying. Jealousy strikes me again with your travels HG.
• With all the walking I do, I have yet to lose a single pound. Nada, zilch, none---WALA!

2. The holiday season passed like whoops.. gone?

• I did manage to decorate the house. RN Eric, said I must have a secret decorator-on-site.
• Proud to say, I don't. Teehee!!!
• I bought so many BAGS.
• My first Valentino Garavani bag---the Rock Stud in Pony hair. Get Out. Yup, I did. Pony hair people! Happy dancing here.
• Some buttery leather Burberry bag. Not counting the other 3 for the summer sale. So 4. Hmmm. Bad.
• 3 Rebecca Minkoff bags. Was it 3? Maybe four. Alright 4.
• Some "I can't count" Marc Jacobs bagssss. Clue, it's in the bagssss.
• My first Ferragamo wallet. (slaps face) Ferragamo, what the heck? And tell me, why are they expensive again? No clue. I used it for the first time tonite. I call it the brag nite. Marc Jacobs Large Single in classic black and the Ferragamo wallet. D-light!
• Lotsa Juicy Couture accesories. Why no? yeah, why not?
• Saw the Rockettes for the first time. Kinda cool. I went with Josh, Preshie Boo and my favorite person in the whole wide world.... Pits!
• I had to say that. She bought my ticket. See, she is my fave!
• Parties, but I loved singing "go tell it in the mountains, Jesus Christ is born."
• Sweet and nice to see families in the church ringing Christmas bells as we sing our hearts out.
• It seems I have become the official " prayer person" before the meal. I love.
• I missed the ice sculptures this year.
• I do not have new year's resolution. I should not anymore.
• I do have 2012 goals. In another blogpost.
• I realized after looking at holiday fotos, I keep wearing the same red dress from Express (gasp!) every year. Two things. Good and bad. Good--- I still fit--snuggly, that is. Bad----- the pictures prove I keep wearing them. Is that bad at all?
• I loved seeing friends who I rarely see. Yup, that' you Ann, PJ, Diane and Iris. I miss you Dom!
• I have never been more stressed than this year's holiday. Wham! The holidays are here?
• The promised gifts for the kids are still that. Promises. I promised to get them each the iPod Touch with the Target promo, costing me only about  $134.00. BY  THE TIME i WOKE UP FROM MY HOLIDAY SLUMBER, ALL THEY HAD WAS  A RAIN CHECK.
• Ooops, my bad.
• Funny story. HG bought SisSol and me the Michael Kors/Estee Lauder collaboration make-up set. What's funny? I bough HG and SisSol the same. Lame.
• I got great gifts because I got good friends. Thanks.
• I volunteered to help Josh' class to make Ginger bread house.

3. The 3 Little Monkeys are growing so fast.

• So fast, I can't keep up.
• They have inside jokes I can't seem to understand, only to register in a few minutes then I laugh and they each look at me and sheepishly smile.
• Like they have a crazy mom. They probably do, don't you think?
• They are still as sweet as before. Especially Josh.
• KC is an Honor student. Should have been a High Honor student ( all A's) except for that stupid Math. Hmmp! I wonder where she got that? Not me for sure. HAhahahahha.
• KC is participating in a lot of school programs---drama, swimming, Glee, school government and DARE dance.
• She will be joining a fundraising for projects of Filipino nurses here in the Boston area for the Philippines.
• 'Nuff said.
• Christopher, shall we say, is 13. So yeah. 13.Anyway, he is the technical/curtain raiser for a Spanish fashion show in their school. Cool, if you ask me.
• They all want to go to Thayer Academy. Uhmmm...where will I get 43,000 US dollars? Yup, try 43,000 times 3 and some curricular fees? No. Not in my life. Unless I win the lottery or some guy dropped dead and he happens to carry a million dollars while I was walking and no one is there..... errrrr, nope.
• I am enjoying my kids more now more than ever. Except the annoying sarcasm they seem to hit each other all the time. But then, they alright after. Ahhhh, maybe I am just getting old. Not able to decipher jokes.
• Josh is as usual, the perfect student. Unbelievably great!

3. Family and friends are all great except for a minor family thing-y. But as I say, God knows what is best for us, He delivers us from a life of doom. Whether we like it or not, He straightens our paths long before we see it. So, to my dear beloved, chin up for you are loved!

So there.. that's all fo now. Gotta work, you know!

Open house

Every year, when school starts, the schools schedule an "open house" meeting where parents get to meet the teachers and roam around the school to familiarize yourself and you know, just to get a feel of what your kids see everyday. They also give you primers on what activities are available for the kids and some warnings ( middle school drinking, health studies) and just some changes in curriculum or some rules. This year the big change is the new Massachusetts concussion law. I am fine with it, some parents think it's too much hassle---but the more safety net for me and the kids, the better.

So, the Llaga of MS trooped to Reay Sterling Middle School at 6 pm on a beautiful Tuesday. I tell you, it was nice being out just to enjoy the night. KC's homeroom teacher is Miss Blasken who was Chris' science teacher!!! She is one of those teachers that you really tend to like because not only is she excellent ( according to my kids), she is very pleasant and accessible. I like it when parents are able to approach a teacher regarding a lesson or a question on the homework. It's just so much better and I am sure the teacher likes it when parents are involved in their kids' education.

Anyway, Miss Blasken was so excited to see Chris also and funny how she said  Pherry has gotten so tall and that afterwards, Pherry said that's what everyone tells him just because there is nothing else to say about him.... and she gushed how beautifu KC was  ( again...?) and how she was so excited to get KC on her homeroom class. KC hates it when I say she is so popular in school, but she really is. Anyhoo achoo, it was nice seeing a whole lot of parents showed up this time. I am always saddened by the fact that so many parents are disinterested with their kids education. The teachers can only do so much, it is a collaboration of home and school. We also saw Mr. Petronelli ( lovingly nicknamed Mr. Pet in Lincoln-Hancock---the kids elementary school) and his family and some familiar faces.

Here are my three Little Monkeys while waiting for the introduction to start....aren't they the cutest little Monkeys?

Here is my ever beautiful KC, new middleschooler ( is that a word?) and birthday girl!!!

Meanwhile, there were five  13 year olds in my house when I got home yesterday. Pherry and his friends were hanging out in the house. Five boys-- 13 year olds or so--in my house. Open house? They apparently cooked their own noodle soup and washed the dishes after. Is this going to be a norm, I mean having kids hanging out in my house? Oh my Lord! I reminded Pherry about "no people upstairs rule" and apparently it was followed---or so Joshua says--- you know how they tell Josh "not to tell Mama/Papa or else..."

Oh the joy! I have 2 more open houses to attend and I hope to enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed yeterday's and bring on those darn kids! I'd rather have them hanging out in my house than on the streets anyway.