June has come. Classes start next week and this means hello assignments, hello projects, hello allowance and everything school. Jeff is in 5^th grade now. Two years from now, he will be graduating from grade school and welcoming the new adventures high school brings. Our ten-year old will soon be a teen. How time flies.

Yes, time flies so fast. Next week, my husband is going back to Riyadh. Just like my son, his vacation is over. While Jeff’s classes start on June10, Dario’s flight is on June12. He is going back to work, work, work. I have been trying to get this out of my mind for days – the thought of him not being here with us to celebrate Father’s Day, of missing him, of waiting for another year to hold him again, everything about him being away. This was why I haven’t written anything here for a couple of days. I just didn’t feel doing anything since the 1^st of June. Aaaahhh, the life of a wife of an OFW. Well, at least, there are YM, webcams, emails, phone calls, text messages; and I thank technology for that. Chatting with him every single day for months somehow gives me and our son the feeling of being literally close to him.

Anyway, enough for my ‘emotional appearance’. Talk to you again soon, people!

After being resurrected, my PC died again the same day my cousin fixed it - Saturday. It only worked for around 4 or 5 hours then . . . . . flatline. My sister who was using it woke me up to tell me what just happened. She said the computer just stopped without any signs that say it is going to die. It just stopped breathing. My PC has been working for me for three years now (it’s birthday is on December) and I think it’s so exhausted. So I’m here at the internet cafe checking my emails and writing this post.

Meanwhile, Jeff and I went to see The Water Horse yesterday. The movie is fine; it was actually Jeff who suggested it. After watching, we went grocery shopping and since we were in the mall, I decided to ask around the computer shops there about my PC. The technicians said the problem is either the power supply or the motherboard. I also asked them to give me the estimate prices for both power supply & motherboard so I can have the cash ready when I get back. Replacement of power supply will cost me less than P2,000 ($50) while replacement of the motherboard is around P7,000 (almost $200); prices include the labor cost. See the difference? I just hope it’s only the power supply . . . . .

Sudden death. That’s what happened to my computer. When I got back home after bringing my son to school yesterday morning, I turned the PC on like usual and found out that it was already dead. It just died and I don’t know why. Maybe it was already in a state of dying few days ago and I just didn’t notice. Anyway, my cousin fixed it this afternoon, thanks to him. So here I am rejoicing, singing and all. As of the moment, everything seems okay. But just to make sure, I made a back up of all my files before I went here. Better safe save than sorry, right?

Haaayyyy!!!!! I had a tiring day. Today is Saturday – laundry day. Now the soles of my feet are aching. I’m really tired . . . . . and sleepy. Gotta go, guys! I’m going grocery shopping tomorrow. Bye for now!

Last night just before going to bed, my son and I talked about today’s school activities. There will be no classes today to give way to the school’s Foundation Day activities. His class is among the others who will compete in the group dancing competition for grade school and high school departments, but he will not be there to participate. He just wants to watch. Because he already played in the basketball and the chess tournaments, he is allowed to not participate in the dance. As we were talking, he asked if I will come along. I said no and to my surprise, he excitedly cheered ‘Yes!’ I asked him why he seemed to be rejoicing knowing that I’m not coming. The answer was ‘Nothing, Ma.’

Why, oh why? He likes it more when I’m not around? Is this one of those signs that he is on his way to maturity and sends signals that he wants space? But he’s only 10 years old!

My other blog has been acting weird for the last couple of days week and its sending a bad signal to my advertisers. I don’t know if it’s dying or something because there’s no way for me to contact the host. All it says is ‘Server down. Sorry for the inconvenience’ and nothing more. Well, BlogRox, I’m knock knock knocking on your door! Go see a doctor now before it’s too late. I am afraid that all my posts will be gone forever (next month marks my first year of blogging there). That will really break my heart. So please, please, please get well soon NOW!