Old Habits Die Hard

I've been reading as far back as I can remember. Like maybe beginning age 8. Yep. My first ever read, would you believe, is not Sweet Valley High or Nancy Drew, though I would have loved to rake my hands over them back when I was younger. I went past them and straight to Adult Fiction when I chanced upon a Sidney Sheldon paperback one time I found myself inside my grannies' private lib (I meant their room actually which I can tell you in all honesty looks so much more like a library than a room, really!) That book was Memories of Midnight - a hardcore thriller that has gut-wrenching twists and well, you know how Sheldon writes. That same book totally rocked my world and killed whatever modest penchant I have for anything YA-ish for eternity (Ooops, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit right there judging as this one I'm reading now is probably classified a Young Adult Read hahaha) I never meant to take reading so seriously. But that was a Sheldon - and I couldn't put it down. And that right there was where this insane love affair with books began. I remember quite fondly how I would look forward to weekends when I can curl up with a good book in hand and junk foods+coke on the other. (By the way, I moved on to Mills and Boon soon after. I simply cannot ignore my Lola's ginormous collection of that stuff. She's a romantic through and through and well, that same collection I have the pleasure of owning now - so if anyone wants a dose of hardcore romance - the kind where you know exactly how it ends halfway through, then I can lend you one hahaha) Fas forward to now, on a Sunday, while Earl is having the time of his life kicking balls, I delight in lazing around in my gigantic king bed, Ebook in hand while snacking on chips and good ole coke. Life is Good. And so is Nicole Williams and her latest novel Crush. Old habits certainly die hard. Maybe never. I like it that way :)

LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER

My own version of Cartwheels. I can't do it right, I know - but who cares? *_*

So again it took me eons to finally write again, and this time, I really don’t have a pretext except for the sorry excuse of being LAZY!!! It’s not that I am not inspired and that I don’t have anything to say coz trust me I have TONS and I can’t even begin to tell you now but yeah, I had some solid thing happening the early days of April ;) And because they’re a lot, let me put it down in bullets for you (haha)

• ·         I started with something that well, needless to say, wasn’t really cut-out for me. Like MAJORLY. And so, I had to let it go. And while I’m not proud that I did, I would do it all over again in a heartbeat. Just cause. I wouldn’t want to be spending much time defending my choices just so I won’t have to show any sign of vulnerability at all. I’m known to always be tipping on the lighter, sunnier side of things anyway, so I know greater things are in store ;)

• ·         I missed the Boracay trip that was intended for my Despidida Party. Tsk Tsk Tsk. Obviously, I am majorly annoyed. With myself, mostly. But then again, when things like that happen, God always has a surprise waiting to unfold. This time, it came in the form of an Imperial Waterpark Resort adventure courtesy of my doting husby **insert happy dance here**

• ·         I was treated to a nice surprise by my HR Babies sometime 1^st week of April. Like I said, first time in like forever that THEY REALLY PULLED IT OFF. Totally. Mich, You are the Woman, I take my hat off for you and the entire team who made that happen!!! Needless to say, it was awesome to gather all of these people whom the Lord in one way or the other have used to minister to me in magnanimous ways for the period of 7 years. You are each a gift to me and I give back your very words to me YOU ARE A BLESSING – each of you. Really. And I realized my heart is really big enough to fit all of you in it. Love u all forever. Gdang, the ride Ma'am hahahaha, you really got me believing ;) Rich & Rayms, thanks for staying with Earl the whole time we were in the Drama Room hahaha.

• ·         I amassed a ridiculous amount of books to read for the summer, or rather, these days before I go back to the old routine of being a working girl ;) I love how I can now have all the time in the world to devour all these reading materials and not worry of being in a zombie mode at work the next day (the perks of being unemployed for the moment – this had better be not my new normal hahaha)

• ·         I finally got around to spending a lot of missed time bonding with some of my closest friends over coffee, marathon fastfood sessions, steak nights and all other unhealthy activities. (Hey, totally not my fault we are fat guys) Next time, we should try jogging, for a change. Please.

• ·         I sat down with team HR to plan out Michelle’s Despidida party which to my delight is TO BE HELD ON A BEACH! (Squeeeeel). Time to don my nikes and run!!!

• ·         I prayed. Talked to the Lord over choices I had to make. Begged for wisdom. I have long depended on easy answers coming from Him. I guess now I’m having serious lessons on being decisive. So help me God.

So, tonight, with a few more days left to decide, I daresay, CHEERS TO POSSIBILITIES ;) And may the good Lord bless us all with the wisdom to make choices of the right kind.