So let me tell you about my Christmas this year.
This is my first Christmas here in California and it's kinda bittersweet -- to finally be with my hubby yet far away from most of my family and friends.
I must admit I miss the frenzy of Christmas in Manila -- all the lights, the glitter, the crowds, the hype, the Christmas parties, the family get-togethers, the nights out with friends, the food (especially the food!!). But there is also something to be said about Christmas spent quietly with the person you love the most.
I cried after my Christmas eve phone call to my Dad and brothers in Manila. For a moment, there was this overwhelming sense of sadness that enveloped me. I guess it was a mixture of missing the Christmases past that we shared and the knowledge that all the future Christmases will never be the same again.
Yet different doesn't necessarily mean bad.
I look forward to more Christmas eves spent preparing a simple dinner (baby back ribs this year:0)) and enjoying it with Mr.A; singing Christmas carols and exchanging gifts.
This Christmas, I really missed my family and friends but there was this sense of contentment and peace of mind that I never had before. With Mr.A, I know that, for the first time, I am actually home this Christmas.
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My husband is a funny guy.
When we were exchanging gifts, he gave me a small bottle of Bath&Body Works body lotion in my favorite scent -- White Tea and Ginger.
Then I gave him his gifts -- 2 shirts, a remote-controlled SUV, a Superman figurine and a bottle of cologne.
After opening his gifts, he said he felt so bad about giving me such a small gift that he'll play me a song on his guitar to somehow make-up for it. I said it was ok but I'll welcome a song :0)
So he went out to the garage to get his guitar, came back to the living room, and started playing a song. And that's when I saw THE bag hanging from his arm!
Yup, THE bag is the gallery tote COACH 2005 holiday patch collection.
I saw it sometime before Thanksgiving and just fell in love with it! I've been dreaming about it but wasn't really serious about buying it 'coz it's sooo expensive! It didn't even make my wishlist 'coz I was thinking that it was too much to ask from my husband.
I guess Mr.A really knows the desires of my heart hehe! :0D
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Christmas day was spent half in bed (we woke up after 12pm!) and half in front of the TV, with our movie marathon -- LOTR:Return of the King, Madagascar and The Gladiator.
Sweet times!
5 comments:
hi! new reader here. i have a question for you. did you apply as a PT aide or as a PT? does your facility train would-be-PTs as aides? or did you have to attend more courses as an aide? hope you can help me out. :)
hi leah! hope your christmas was fun albeit it being a bittersweet one.
hey, my fave bath & body works scent is white tea and ginger too. gotta love your coach bag. now, i want one too :)
hi den!
yup, christmas was actually fun :0)
talaga? ang bango kasi ng white tea & ginger di ba? ang fresh ng amoy... not cloying...
and grabe, ang ganda talaga nung bag, promise... ang hip nya tignan and parang kahit ano babagayan :0)
hope your christmas was great too!
to ANONYMOUS...
i actually applied as a PT Aide... but i made it clear then that i'm planning to take the licensure exam and will want a PT position when i pass it...
about training as an Aide, nope... if you're a PT graduate, you have everything you'll need skillwise to be an aide.
hope this helps.
ah i see. i guess ganyan na rin ang gawin ko. makes sense nga naman na we can work as aides. thanks!
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