Entries from September 2006

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

An Angel Nevertheless

“What do you like about being married to me?”
“I like seeing your face every time I wake up in the morning.”
“Hmm..you always get up before I do, so I really don’t know.. What do I look like in the morning?”
“Like a sleeping angel.”
“An angel?”
“Yes. My angel. … My fart angel. You look like an angel but you can fart me to oblivion.”
I obviously [...]

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Unprepared

Last saturday I went to see my OB-GYN (doc meni) to have my stitches checked. She had a bit of trouble at the operating room (too many patients) and was late. We waited for an hour before she could check how my stitches are and pronouncing me well on the way to a trouble-free recovery. [...]

Sunday, September 17, 2006

All Patched Up

It’s frustrating. It is so very frustrating. I cannot even laugh or cry about it. I literally feel that I might burst at the seams. Hilarious.
I was being sarcastic.
No, really.
What fun to not be able to reach my behind for washing after my business. What fun to wait for my husband as I sit there [...]

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Laughter is definitely NOT the best medicine.

I MUST NOT LAUGH. not right now. not for as long as my stiches have not healed. Unless I want to know what it’s like to explode and get all patched up all over again. That what it feels to me really.
But my doctor is confident that the stitch will hold.
So I am trying to [...]

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

my latest distraction(S)

I have a lot of things in my head right now. I simply haven’t been the more fortunate one at the moment. Somebody pulled the plug and my whole world truly is going down the drain.
But my mother keeps sticking her big head into my business, and she is making a huge effort to make [...]

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Eternity

Eternity can be a single moment permanently etched in memory that is played over and over in your conscious mind.

Friday, September 8, 2006

Flashing and Rolling Outside my Window

Earlier today there was a tornado seen at Manila Bay.
There’s a thunderstorm now. Lightning flashes too close for comfort. Thunder rolls loudly against my sealed windows. The rain pours in torrents making city lights blur in the distance.
When I was little, rain like this called me out to play. Until lightning showed me what destruction [...]