happy new blogs

my new daily blog:
http://onceuponatime.i.ph

and finally, a food blog:
http://bubblingcauldron.i.ph

2009 was a pretty good year.

2010 will be even better.

^___^

priceless

long day eve

my feet hurt. i just had a foot spa and a pedicure but my feet hurt. i had to walk around a lot in the city in the wrong pair of shoes (i really need to invest in a couple more comfy pairs).

on the bright side i got my checks today, although the one from my employee fund not as much as i had hoped. i knew it was a good idea to start getting that fund now. if it takes this long to get anything processed i might get it in 2011 if i waited until i resigned. as it is i am quite disappointed that i could not get it in one go.

tomorrow's deadly schedule as follows:
430AM : wake up, breakfast, bath
6AM : hair and makeup
7AM : jacob picks me up, pack up everything in car
8AM : be at hotel (not really quite sure why we had to go all together from hotel to church. i really could have used those extra hours sleeping.)
10AM : wedding
12:30-ish : reception
(but knowing how these things go, i am certain everything will be running later than planned. oh well.)
3PM : ideally must be leaving for the dojo
330PM : bath, change into practice clothes
5PM : practice
730PM : christmas party

i hope i have enough strength and energy left at the end of the day for practice.

moments like these i'm cheered by the thought of jacob's presence.

it is done

so things have been falling into place oh-so-perfectly. and last tuesday i finally did the talk with my boss and... in less than four months my life will be shifting.

meanwhile, i badly need to resume my writing because i'm getting more scattered by the day. I keep forgetting things and details and i get so easily excited by the thoughts of a new life and i am like a kid who can't sleep and can't eat waiting for the carnival day to arrive.

tonight i finished two batches of cheesecakes. one batch for orders. one batch for sampling plus a big tray for a christmas gift for jacob's family. (his mom said i could sell the cakes for more. hmm...)

tonight jacob and i worked together in the kitchen, with me assisting him in grilling his special recipe shrimp. dinner was leisurely and extended. the place smelled of buttery lemony garlicky grilled shrimp. super super yum!

tomorrow i am on leave but i need to go to the office for one last meeting. and then i need to pick up my sideline check and do a bit of banking.

i'm way behind a lot of to-dos but i'm hoping to catch up properly after the whole ado over shunsui and nanao-chan's wedding.

i got me a Kindle, by the way. i love it to bits.

things falling into place

that's how it feels.

just like the fact that my best friend got a job and will be starting next week! and a pretty nice job it seems. she's been making me green with envy with her months-long work hiatus but i know she also wanted to get busy again. i'm so happy for her! (and maybe she will send me some cookies...)

every day i get little subtle but distinct signs that going is the way to go. jacob is helping me out with the legal parts.

i have also decided that maybe i should seriously consider having my own business for starters - a sole proprietorship which i can just then not renew when the other thing happens. i just really want to be safe legally with every step. I NEED THAT ACCOUNTANT, DEAR UNIVERSE!

the sideline project is going pretty well too. i have very good feelings about it. ^__^

dream days

wake up within 7-8AM
take a run and/or do yoga
breakfast
clean up
work
prepare lunch
eat lunch
clean up
work
or maybe a quick nap and then work
sign off from work at around 6PM
prepare dinner
eat dinner
relax:
- read books
- watch dvds
- play games
- be with jacob
- write
- make art journals
- sleep whenever i feel like it

have the option to wake up later than usual
have option to take the day off
do an overtime and not have to go to the office next day
have the option to stop work in the middle of the day when my brain won't budge
do my groceries on time
bake while working

no more 10-hour workshops where i only get to have valid and relevant speaking lines for fifteen minutes
no more workshops i don't feel efficiently useful in, period.
no more strategic planning meetings.
clear-cut projects with beginnings and ends.
compensation commensurate to skill and effort given. hence, double work means double pay.
perfect pacing
enough sleep
time to workout
time to practice

the calm before the storm, undercurrents before an earthquake

so lately i have been deeply agitated.

and now suddenly i am calm and hopeful and a little bit scared.

the year of resolutions and then the year of harvest.

but first one must plant the seeds.