Hello Baste

It’s been way too long since my last entry here!

Very timely that I remembered (during the wee hrs of the night that I woke up) remembered Kisses Comics and tried to search for it so I logged on here. My last entry was about Covid. Years later we’re all vaccinated and its effect is just similar to the flu. And now I got the virus. And my son, Baste, got the virus too. I haven’t told you, blog, about Baste yet! He turned 1 year and 1 month last May 18, 2023 last week. He’s got an IG account though.

Well well well. Me moved from Paranaque (after a faulty toilet episode) to Antipolo (sis in law’s house) for 2 months (where we got pregnant) to Kawit, Cavite!

I’m still with the bank, going 9 years this year. Got my first car and driver’s license last year. Though I’m still not driving. Went to Malaysia on Charlie’s birthday this year. The first travel post-lockdown era after our honeymoon in HK where it all started 4 months prior to lockdown. Charles changed work many many times. 

We changed yayas a few times also before having Ate Shane (6 months this month). Mama went to Australia for 6 months (Baste’s 3-6mos then 7-9mos) while we struggled with the baby, the house, my recovery. Sumama loob ko with Mama but it also taught me many things. Like how bad a person I am, magnified by the struggles, that I complained about Charles not doing enough when in fact he’s doing so much. That I complained about Mama not being there for me and Baste when I needed her the most - choosing her favorite son and apo over us. But we pushed through and now she’s back, we have a good yaya/helper even when we initially wanted a stay-in yaya. She’s a stay out yaya and it works perfectly well. I always need to go home early but I’m not complaining. Baste can walk and play well on his own. He’s more manageable now and the load has gotten lighter over time. I’ve leveled down my work output specially since I work from home 3 days a week. My body has changed and I gained weight after breastfeeding for 10-11months (when I got herpes zoster reactivating chickenpox from overfatigue I stopped breastfeeding because Baste got chickenpox from me). And now he got Covid from me when I got it from BMA last mother’s day get together.

The struggle from childbirth (failed induction emergency cs) to childcare for the first year was a real struggle, specially with CS, breastfeeding and finding a helper while I work. As much as I want another child, I wouldn’t want to go through all of these again. I won’t post a photo of the baby anymore but as they say, what a joy it is to be a mom and to have Baste as my baby.

"Everyday is a happy day!":p