Work....then play!

Floyd & I at the Santa Fe Hotel on Guam

Last week I was on Guam to attend a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conference about Labor Law & updates for the workforce. It was a great conference and I can honestly say that I learned a lot more to help me with my position at work. Floyd came along so he could take his PRAXIS test to be a certified instructor for PSS.

Since we were on Guam for work purposes, we spent a couple of days there to visit friends and my family -- most especially my grandmother aka: G-Funk. We also enjoyed some shopping, eating and a bit of rest and relaxation on Guam. We both enjoyed ourselves, I'm just bummed that it all had to end so soon. Although it was a nice escape from Saipan for a couple of days, nothing beats home sweet home.

Thankful

I was at mass for two reasons today: to fulfill my holy day of obligation and to pray for the soul of my aunt who had passed away last year. During mass, I turned to look at my uncle and his daughter and couldn't help but feel sympathy for all of them. As I stared at them, I noticed my uncle whispering in his youngest daughter's ear and soon she had a big smile on her face, and started giggling. Tears filled my eyes because I was happy to see her smiling, but my heart just melted knowing that she's so young and she loss her mother before she graduated from junior high school.

I know this is almost so bad to say, but she made me realize that I shouldn't take my mom for granted. She's molded me into so many things that I have become today. I could not imagine being without my mom...or dad for that matter. I honestly think I'd break into a massive depression stage and cry forever!!! I said a little prayer during mass and thanked the Lord for blessing me with such wonderful parents and a great family :)

Transition to change

I've gotta say that I'm impressed with the fact that the past week or so we've had absolutely no power outages at home. Funny thing is it took some getting used to being home-bound instead of having a plan to leave the house when the power goes out. I'm not complaining so I guess you could say I'm happy. I can make dinner at home, relax and home, sleep when I want to sleep at home and overall, no more bitching from me.

....but I'm still worried that we only have these generators from Agrekko to help us til they start overheating, or there's a lack of funding for fuel. Until then....stay tuned.

Everyone needs a little R&R

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU TOOK A VACATION? This was a question posed to me by my doctor. I started to think about it and realized that it was in April 2007 when Floyd and I went to Palau. That was truly a vacation for the both of us, and an enjoyable one, too! My doctor was still waiting for an answer from me. I told him that it has been over a year and he said that I needed a break because my headaches are beyond headaches. They were now migraines! I was shocked.







Rest & Relaxation...that's what my body was craving for, but I kept ignoring it. I couldn't believe that my doctor actually told me that I NEED to rest and relax...oh and re-charge. He recommended a couple of things to help me relax: sleep, get a massage, read a book, watch DVDs and exercise (when weather permits).



DOCTOR: "You need to relax and rest."
ME: "Ok, so when can I go back to work?"



That's when I knew I had a serious problem. Even my doctor was shocked with my question! I guess I can't help it. I'm a hard working person and have a lot of responsibilities. I don't like knowing that others are doing my work while I'm out of the office (even if it's for good reasons). But the doctor reminded me of his diagnosis and told me that stress was not good for your body.



ME: "But I can handle my stress, Doc!"
DOCTOR: "You think you do, but your body is telling me otherwise and you need to rest!"



OMG! Was I a workaholic?!? After analyzing what I do and how I do it, I realized that I was. Unfortunately, that was my realization that my greatest weaknesses in my career is balancing work and personal life. I had to quit bringing work home and checking work e-mail from home. Quitting time was 5:00pm Monday-Friday and I had to learn how to practice that. I have a fresh, new start on Monday morning (when I go back to work). It's going to be hard to kick the habit, but I am going to try...for the sake of my health and my sanity.

adctd 2 txt...so he says

Meet my cellphone aka: "CELLY"

Cellphones have come a long way - serving as a tool for communicating with others on the go. It's used for more than just calling. Now you can take photos, send photos, download ringtones, surf the web and most of all, use it to text others.

Some people (like my dad) can't seem to grasp the concept of using text with cellphones. It's true though, learning how to text is like learning a new language. And that's just it, even when people text the "shortcut" way, I still find myself asking others what a text says.

Floyd says that I have a relationship with my phone and I have the 6th sense of knowing when I don't have my phone with me when I leave the house, or my office, or a party! Of course, I beg to differ because I'm just trying to make sure I have my phone with me at all times because god forbid that I get stranded on Isa Drive in the dark without my cellphone!!!

I've got to admit though, I probably do have this sub-concious relationship with my cellphone, but I'm not going to admit that I'm addicted to texting others. I mean, c'mon, it's the way to communicate now :)

Nothing stops my familia!

Today we celebrated my mom's 51st birthday.

I treated my family to a nice lunch at Tori Hide. As I looked around the table during lunch, it was nice to see my mom and talk to her about recent events and updating each other on what's going on. We enjoyed everyone's company over lunch.

Then I get a call around 4pm from my dad telling me that there is a last-minute happy hour for my mom's birthday at their place. I cracked up because I knew it was inevitable that we were gonna have a gathering because it was her birthday. So I get to my parent's house and it was pouring rain...everyone was in the BBQ pala-pala all cozy. Soon the crowd started getting bigger and we were still all in the pala-pala. I though to myself: NOTHING CAN STOP MY FAMILY FROM GETTING TOGETHER! And kinda laughed to myself. Everyone was talking, laughing and just having a great time. My mom was also enjoying herself, and that was all that mattered to me.

Then the power goes out! It wasn't until 15 minutes after the power outage did people begin to leave slowly one by one. Next thing you know, we were clearing the table and transferring things back into the house. Nevertheless, we all enjoyed ourselves and we were all happy.

I love my family!

Soothing Saipan Sunsets

Just wanted to share some photos I took of our beautiful sunsets here on Saipan: