Good morning! I just finished replying to all birthday greetings in my personal FB account. Yung Mommy Fleur Blog Fb page naman then Instagram greetings later =) I like reading all the greetings. Nakakatuwa and nakaka-touch to see my old friends, blog readers, acquaintances and love ones remember my birthday.
Anyway, my birthday started with me waiting for 12 midnight to strike.
Alvin asked me why I never overcame yung pagbi-birthday salubong ko.
Wala lang. Wala naman talaga akong ibang gusto. I just want to be awake on the first hour of my birthday. I do not actually require everyone to be awake or to be with me at that moment. Ayoko ng ganung hassle. You see, that’s the beauty of waiting up for your birthday. Nakikita mo who’s up and waiting up with you. Yun lang naman inaabangan ko. And right after 12 midnight, I want to sleep na. Hahahaha! Sobrang tita na talaga. Nung dalaga ako, inuman galore pa. Ngayon, wala, borlogs.
Wowa greeted me at exactly 12 midnight. For the past few years, she’s been waiting for 12 midnight too and texts me her birthday greeting. Tapos matutulog na.
Janis and her family arrived at our house a few minutes before the clock struck 12. I was touched kasi they came from watching a movie tapos nagmadali daw sila para umabot sa birthday ko. A couple of minutes after they sang happy birthday to me (I didn’t buy myself a birthday cake so no candle blowing this year. I refused to blow a candle on a half eaten cake na that we had last New Year’s Eve. I am such an occasion and cake person, making me do that is a mortal sin! Heller.), I told them matutulog na ako. I drank my anti-anxiety meds already before they arrived so I was really groggy na. Binibilangan na ako ng minuto before ako ma-knock down ng tuluyan. I slept right after Janis left.
The next day, I went to the Magallanes church to offer prayers.
My office staff surprised me with a cake. Nagulat talaga ako! I was teary eyed kasi I thought wala akong cake for my birthday. I didn’t expect that kasi di ba, all of them gave me na a cake when we had our Christmas party last month. It was a really nice surprise. Ang sarap pa ng cake kasi Caramia =) Thank you girls!
Alvin and Anika picked me up at work.
The day before that, Anika talked to Alvin.
ANIKA: Tatay, tomorrow for Nanay’s birthday, can we pick her up at the office and treat her to dinner somewhere fancy?
Yuh. Fancy. Nakakatuwa her choice of words. And I love how she know what I like.
ALVIN: What fancy?
ANIKA: Duh. In a hotel! We’ll eat in a hotel!
ME: Thank you sweetheart. You really know what I want!
ANIKA: On Tatay’s birthday, we’ll just chillax naman. We will just stay home and watch TV.
Told you. Kilalang kilala kami ng anak namin. Hahahahaha!
Matuwa ka pa diyan because she’s planning a surprise party for me at Jollibee.
ANIKA: Nanay, can you invite your friends? I’ll give you a surprise party at Jollibee. Tell them to contact me.
Then last New Year’s Eve, while they were all at the table:
WOWA: Magpaparty ka daw sabi ni Anika sa birthday mo?
ANIKA: Shhhh! It’s a surprise!
ME: Oo surprise yun noh. Hindi ko yun alam. I will tell my friends to contact her.
I have the sweetest daughter talaga.
And so we had dinner at Makati Shangri La.
Dapat sa lobby lang kami kaso parang hindi sulit compared sa buffet.
Buti na lang nagbuffet kami at Circles kasi they have a promo. Php 1,250 na lang per head!
The promo will go until the end of February. Everyday for lunch and dinner, ganyan ang rate except on Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day.
Sarap din ng food.
After we asked for the bill, they gave me a cake =)
Wala na daw kasing table by the window when I was reserving. I told them it was my birthday baka pwede masingit. Nasingit nga nila =) May pa-cake pa!
We got home around 8pm. Tamang tama, not too late kasi Anika has class na the next day.
When we arrived, I filled up our tub with hot water. Lumublob ako dun. Si Anika best in attentiveness. Kinuha niya pa ako ng wine.
Ang sarap mga baks! Good decision talaga to have a tub at home. Ang lakas maka-relax eh. Anika and I played a spelling game while I was relaxing. Anika likes to send us messages kasi. Kaso wrong spelling wrong lagi. I practiced her so that she can spell the words correctly.
After 15 minutes, I rinsed na. Nakakahilo din pala ang lots of wine in the tub. Hahahaha!
We joined Alvin in our living room. He was watching a movie.
While we were there I took a deep breath. This is how I really do want to spend my birthday. I am with Anika and Alvin. Relaxed lang. No stress of making asikaso anything or anybody.
That concluded my birthday. I actually do not have anything to wish for anymore except to have one more child. Ito na ang last year ko talaga of hoping. I’m 38 years old na. Last na ito, if hindi ako mabuntis this year, ayoko na talaga.
ANIKA: Nanay, I will really try hard with God to have a baby brother this year.
ME: How will you do that, anak?
ANIKA: I will sleep in my room na. That’s what Gabo did so he had a baby sister.
Ah ganun ba? =) Sige, i-push natin yan!
Thank you for all your greetings, guys!