This is what you call a day!
Yesterday, I had a relaxing, rejuvenating luxurious polish at the Urban Spa in Shangrila. It was my first time to experience a 30 minute body scrub using sea salt all over my body. As in all over! I dozed off before the maseause finished scrubbing my entire body. Scrub ba nman pati singit at underarm ko matching with dim light. Afterwards, they put honey as moisturizer in my entire body. So cool! Feeling ko ang lambot ng balat ko. And then I met my sister in the spa lobby to give the maseuse their tips, then off we go Megamall. It is the launching of Joey de Leon's art exhibit with an artist/writer Igan D'Bayan. Their artworks were so cool you could see casino chips (Joey's) and heavy metal colors (Igan's) and costs a lot.
So, we do not have somebody to babysit my little Joaquin. I asked my hubby, my mom and my little sister to help me out in taking care of him. I will be multi-tasking, magaling ako jan. I need time management and a cooperative partner. Oh, how I wish. God, please help.
Last Wednesday in 1800, I was planning to tell my hubby on what happened last Tuesday. I was meaning to tell him but it was not a good time. He has tons of meetings and has problems in resolving issues concerning reports. No! I told myself. Not now. He might get mad and leave the office without finishing his meetings. So I waited for us to get home that morning and I told him nothing. About 1030am, as I woke up,
I told our nanny to leave our house immediately, before my hubby wokes up. Ayoko ng eksena, baka madugo. Baka magkaron ng fight scene. So I asked her to pack her things because I can not let her babysit my little boy. I do not trust her anymore. She said, "cge ikaw ang bahala" in not-so-nice tone. I was so furious I wanted to kick her face, but I did not. I was crying when I told her I am mad, that I wanted to call the police. Our family trusted her but she so stubborn she never listen. I gave her hundred bucks and I went upstairs. My mom asked her to leave her cellphone (it was my mom's old phone and we let her use it) as well. She left our house crying, did not even apologize for what happened. I can not explain what I felt that moment. Maybe a relief.. I hug my baby so tight he pushed and tickled me. We both laughed out loud for a minute and I kissed him again and again. I whisphered it's over baby, she's gone.
It's not always easy to know whether your child's babysitter is doing the job she's supposed to. To find out, you may have to do some sleuthing. Some parents who suspect something may be amiss buy or rent nanny surveillance equipment (I've those on tv). But it's often possible to tell whether something's wrong without going to that extreme. Plus not all parents can not afford to buy that nanny surveillance equipment thingy.
Top 5 signs that you may have trouble on your hands if:
• Your nanny or babysitter seems secretive about the daily routine
How your toddler and his nanny spend their time shouldn't be a secret . When you come home, you're probably eager to hear about your child and what happened while you were apart. If your nanny isn't forthcoming about it, either she's not good at communicating with you or she has something to hide.
• You notice your requests aren't followed.
Both of you are working together to care for your child, so a nanny should not act as if she knows more about your baby and childrearing than you do.
• Your nanny or babysitter often shows up late.
An undependable babysitter will leave you in a lurch time and time again. Find someone who you know is committed to the job and considerate of your needs. Tardiness and unexplained absences may mean she's unreliable in other ways as well.
• Your toddler often looks unkempt and dirty.
If your little one's nanny can't take care of the basics, it may be a sign that she's not on the ball when it comes to meeting your child's needs.
• Her stories don't add up.
Never tolerate someone who steals, lies, or deceives you in any way. You have to be able to trust your nanny for the relationship to work.
I learned my lesson. I should be more careful the next time in choosing a safe babysitter. I should trust my instinct first before giving trust to nanny, I should avoid denials that a nanny can possibly do such thing. Because it is possible.
To all parents, mom & dads, let's be careful.
Tuesday, June 24
I can not forget that day.
It was a loooooooong day for me, a horrible one.
I was chatting with my sister on yahoo messenger around 1:30 and it went like this:
sister (6/23/2009 1:24:47 AM): gising pa anak mo
me (6/23/2009 1:24:55 AM): dpa natutulog mula kanina?
sister (6/23/2009 1:25:07 AM): nagising lang
me (6/23/2009 1:25:13 AM): aok
me (6/23/2009 1:25:17 AM): ano ginagawa?
sister (6/23/2009 1:25:24 AM): nagkakalkal ng cabinet
sister (6/23/2009 1:25:29 AM): pagod na ko magsaway
me (6/23/2009 1:26:21 AM): hehehehe.. san ba kayo? nasa kwarto?
sister (6/23/2009 1:26:26 AM): oo
me (6/23/2009 1:26:29 AM): tawagin mo lang si ate tess
sister (6/23/2009 1:26:37 AM): nagsasayaw
sister (6/23/2009 1:26:38 AM): tas naka head band ng tigger
me (6/23/2009 1:26:40 AM): kasi hindi talaga yan matutulog
sister (6/23/2009 1:26:41 AM): andito si tess
me (6/23/2009 1:26:43 AM): hahahaha
sister (6/23/2009 1:26:44 AM): tulog
me (6/23/2009 1:26:47 AM): ano sayaw nya?
sister (6/23/2009 1:26:59 AM): yung ordinary sayaw
me (6/23/2009 1:27:03 AM): nyee.. pakigising na lang te kasi dmo kaya patulugion yan
me (6/23/2009 1:27:06 AM):
sister (6/23/2009 1:27:14 AM): hahaahhahaha
sister (6/23/2009 1:27:19 AM): grabe
sister (6/23/2009 1:27:23 AM): na-judge mo na ko
emilyrose0810 (6/23/2009 1:27:37 AM): hahahahaha
emilyrose0810 (6/23/2009 1:27:40 AM): uu
sister (6/23/2009 1:27:49 AM): hahahah
me (6/23/2009 1:27:53 AM): lam ko na kung ano kaya mo
me (6/23/2009 1:28:07 AM):
sister (6/23/2009 1:28:10 AM): ano?
me (6/23/2009 1:28:22 AM): magbasa at magsulat
me (6/23/2009 1:28:28 AM):
sister (6/23/2009 1:28:32 AM): oo hahahhahahahahhahahaa
me (6/23/2009 1:28:38 AM): si joaquin, kailangan mo milagro
sister (6/23/2009 1:28:41 AM): yun na yun
sister (6/23/2009 1:29:09 AM): sana makatulog na
sister (6/23/2009 1:29:14 AM): mukhang energized eh
sister (6/23/2009 1:29:19 AM): tumatalon pa
me (6/23/2009 1:29:20 AM): hehehheh
me (6/23/2009 1:29:30 AM): naku, matagal pa yan
me (6/23/2009 1:29:42 AM): pag ganyan sya, mga 30min to 1hr pa yan
me (6/23/2009 1:29:48 AM): bukas ba tv te?
sister (6/23/2009 1:29:59 AM): oo
sister (6/23/2009 1:30:11 AM): nanonood sila ng animal planet
me (6/23/2009 1:31:28 AM): ok
me (6/23/2009 1:31:36 AM): yan pwede antukin si joaquin
sister (6/23/2009 1:32:44 AM): mukhang hindi
me (6/23/2009 1:32:50 AM): hehehehe
sister (6/23/2009 1:32:52 AM): ginagaya nya yung animals
me (6/23/2009 1:33:08 AM): nakuuuuuu
me (6/23/2009 1:33:12 AM): mga 1 hr pa nga yan
sister (6/23/2009 1:33:22 AM): shet
me (6/23/2009 1:33:54 AM): pauwiin ko maaga si jossell
sister (6/23/2009 1:34:11 AM): hahahah bakit?
sister (6/23/2009 1:34:17 AM): gisingin ko na lang si tess
me (6/23/2009 1:34:27 AM): para masaksihan nya
sister (6/23/2009 1:34:31 AM): ah
me (6/23/2009 1:34:31 AM): hehehhee
sister (6/23/2009 1:34:33 AM): hahahhaahaha
If I paid attention to what my sister has been telling me, "na natutulog pa din si Tess", I could have called home and talked to Tess and sent her away. She could not have hit my son later in that afternoon. That Nanny was soooooo lazy and stubborn, parati na lang antok! Holy moly! She hits my son that afternoon, my sister saw it. She told me thru chat.. crap! I was shocked I can not move my hands. All I heard was my heartbeat, nothing more. When I talked to her, I was soooooo mad I wanted to slap her face hundred times. But I calmly ask questions. Like if there's an instance she hit my baby or how she discipline my baby. She did not replied spontaneously, as if she's hiding something. Then I asked her how long she's been hitting my baby, she denied (mamatay man daw sya at lahat ng anak nya!). I just cried. I cried the whole time because her stories don't add up. I can not trust her. I asked her to leave the house.
As many of you may have noticed, I am back in the night shift! Yes, after 5 months of dragging myself to get to work every morning, skipping my special bonding time to Joaquin, and getting paranoid over losing certain "time" to my hubby due to my unholy schedule, I am once again a night person. Of course, there are tons of disadvantages - not having a cuddle and playtime before the good night sleep with Joaquin, going home at 6am - but I guess this is my best option just so i could have my life back. So to all my facebook buddies, YM friends, and online acquaintances, go ahead and rejoice because I am so back in circulation!
Together with the new shift is my real work. Nah, I did not resign or anything. I was just going back to my real task. No more critsit meetings, no more ARF. Hello Brystol-Myers Squiib! I am one of the two Quality Analyst for the Customer Interface. Not the typical Call Center, because we provide HR services and processes. Coolness!
Having closed my old blogsite, I am typing this alpha-numeric symbols now to fill up my first blogspot entry. This site will be devoted to me (of course haha!) and to all the things I have been doing with my life.
*I'll edit this post soon. I know it's so damn crappy.*
At last, a blogspot account! I had to think a million times before I finally decided to start from scratch in blogspot. I may still have second thoughts in abandoning my whole friendster account but right now, a new personal site will do. I'm still keeping my multiply account for uploading pictures.
So what are you waiting for? Feel free to explore my account and trouble your minds with my journal entries, turn green with envy while checking my pictures, and laugh your hearts out with everything else you will find here.
This is what you call a day!