I've only been browsing other sites and reading other blogs these past weeks, wanting but not really having the strong urge to update my own. But that's not to say that my life has been lacking some action these past days because on the contrary, it's really a season of turning points for me so much so that I have become sick. Praise God that I'm feeling better now, and I praise Him more for the successes and overwhelming blessings He has flooded upon me once again.
So to start this catching up, here are photos of our very short 'long-weekend' vacation in La Union!
Through the years, All Saint's Day has become a special time for our family, commemorating first, Mama Susie, then Mama Josie's fruitful lives. They are always in our hearts and minds and we do visit them on other occasions, but we are joined by relatives and family friends in remembering them every 1st of November so it becomes a reunion of some sort for us. It's also Ate Angel and Micah's semestral break and it was good to come home and be with Papa at the province once again. I had a 5-day leave at the office, starting on October 31st but we had to go home on November 2nd already because of Micah and Ate's enrollment on the 3rd. So it was just a total of 3 days for me including the 7 hour travel forth. It was very tiring for me, I must admit, because without Ate Kambal around, I had to do the cooking and some chores at home and we also tried to squeeze in as much activities as we can such as doing some groceries, going to the bank, the market, etc....haha...adult stuff should be banned on vacations, especially on SHORT vacations!
Thank God for some special moments- we ate out of course! (Ate Angel's treat) at the new Pancake House in San Fernando, we met up with childhood friends and neighbors, and our Tita and one of our cousins also came by our house before we went to visit Mama altogether.
And as always, we did not return to Manila empty-handed. We had half a sack of rice and a box of banana plantains in tow together with other foods we could stock in our refrigerator...haha
I'm guessing that going home for vacation is bound to get harder and harder in the years to come. But family time is always worth the sacrifice so okaay lang kung pagod...haha
But I really hope to get a happy vacation next time around, because though it was certainly happy, I'm not sure if it was vacation:) Whatever it was, thank you Lord! I am grateful!
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