Good Vibes
2008 ain’t over yet. But I think a lot of people can agree that it wasn’t an awesome year. For one thing, a lot of people died. Mothers and fathers left us. Some got sick, some had loved ones who got sick, some lost their jobs, some were, and perhaps still are, on the verge of losing their jobs.
And if you wrote down all of these bad vibes news this year, they may very well outnumber the good vibes. But the last quarter seems to find Good Vibes kicking major Bad Vibes ass:
1. A friend of mine is getting married. She doesn’t want to tell other people yet because she doesn’t want it to be a big office hoopla. But she’s getting married real soon to a good man who has become our friend. What’s great about it is that I’m a bridesmaid HURRAH! I’ve never been a bridesmaid. Imagine that.
2. Another friend of mine who had a miscarriage early this year is pregnant again. How great is that, right? She went through a difficult time when she lost her baby around August because she blamed herself for her stressful life. But here she is, pregnant again, like God himself saying “Buntis lang pala e, kayang-kaya ko yan.”
3. My dad is fine. God, you have no idea how much it means to me that I can say that now with confidence. I mean his heart is fine — no need to have balloons inserted in his artery or anything — and he’s fine. I just love saying that. My dad’s fine.
4. Money-wise, I’m having a good year. I didn’t win the lottery or anything, it’s just, well, money’s not been a problem. This, despite the fact that I had to put both parents in the hospital, and I took on the house rent, the electric bills and the broadband bills this year. Oh, and in case you forgot, I have a son! Who’s food and clothes and Pokemon action figures and tuitiion fees I have to take on all on my own! And I could still afford that Baguio trip in February, that Matabungkay swim in May, two Nike sportswatches (na hulugan hahaha) and Twilight. I’m pretty blessed in that department.
5. I was also blessed with two very intelligent women to join me in my freshman team this year. It’s a different sort of parenting I have to learn with those two. Being a boss is surreal — that’s why Michael Scott’s so crazy.
6. And then… there’s this thing…. well, not really a thing. More a situation. A circumstance that I’m in right now. Something I’m in the middle of. Like a slow cooking casserole I’m whipping up…. with someone. But, damn it, I can’t tell you. Doesn’t that absolutely suck? But I won’t go there.
Lots of good vibes.
