It has been over a month since my last entry. My mouse is back from the grave and to think that all it needed was a reset . A simple fix and I went the harder route of checking all the wiring for all the computer related contraptions that I have. One thing good that came out of that is I was able to organize all the wirings. So many things to be thankful as I take stock of a year that is full of blessings.

My dear sister is back in town for her third visit this year. We spent our first Thanksgiving together and today she is going to Universal studios with her collegues for some play time. I opted to take the day to rest as my schedule had been a nightmare this month. We have a new computer system at work so I have been working long hours. I have been picking up Dith for the weekends as she is checked in at Burbank so she can be close to work and close to her crew as well. She played mother in the States.
Our Thanksgiving was memorable and I will have that etched in my heart forever. We woke up for early after Thanksgiving shopping spree on Friday. This was a first for me to be at an outlet store in Camarillo at 5:00 in the morning and to think we were not early enough. I was so surprised to find people lining up stores like Gap, Diesel etc. I had a good find of a wrap around dress at Kenneth Cole and I was happy with that. I lost weight as a result of my training so for the first time in a very long time I was able to buy XL girl's size shirt at the Gap. That was awesome! It seems that our weekends together were devoted on shopping and making sure that my Mother's list was done. I have a box to send home as well after my sister's 2 luggages. I have to get it picked up by LBC. Dith also cooked for me Filipino food and that is so awesome. I have adobo in the freezer and she made menudo plus picadillo. She fries everything so the apartment permeated of cooking oil that is so foreign to me.

It has been a good year. On Friday I will have a physical as my insurance kicked in this month. I have to schedule a visit to my jewish dentist on Santa Monica as well. I have been happy with how my body looks as a result of taring and eating well although the holidays can be tough when it comes to food. We went to Chinatown at the Mayflower last Sunday and had crabs,fried fish /rice and sauteed greens. I ate like crazy. My sister will be leaving on Saturday so I am thinking of spending Friday night at the the hotel and see her off on Saturday. I have been driving so much and of course I am not crazy about it.

I voted for the first time this month and I am glad how the Democrats made it this year. I volunteered for moveon so I felt I contributed to making a difference. I received well thought out gifts form a fellow scorpio for my birthday and I really am touched with it. The motif was green to match the color of my aura. I received a heart shaped glass, a ganesha , candle with awesome candle stick and an elephant patch work pillow with a down insert. The elephant has been a constant theme for me this year and so my sister shared some interesting trivias with me. More will be revealed I suppose although I can sense things in advance I am just so excited on what the future brings.

I am also happy how my parents have adjusted to a life of retirement. At 42 it is so amazing to wake up one day and realize how your parents really so love each other. They are together not as a sacrifice for their children but because they really love each other and continues to reaffirm that each day. I wish I can find someone to grow old with just like my parents have found each other. It warms my heart to know that I am product of so much love and that I was born so pure by two human beings brought together by a supreme being. I am so grateful for that because I know it does not happen for all families. I have been so blessed to see how true love can make a diferrence in a persons life. My dad became a good father and a loving husband. He has shown his wife that affection is a good thing. He has shown being a pillar of strength inspite of his human frailties. He is a man who has become what God has intended him to be. My mother on the otherhand has become a woman of strength from a girl so full of doubts. She is not perfect but I love her imperfections for it has become part of who I am as well. I recognize that now that I can be my mother but the gift is recognizing her frailties and embracing that so I can become the best I can be. I love my mother's dedication and she has transformed a human being to a life that he was destined to be. She had seen the greatness that my father had at 22 years old and nvered loooked back. My parents love affair was not perfect but I am so glad on what it has become. They are still learning things about each other after 43 years of marriage and they are happy with thier new discoveries. My father has found his sense of humor and my mother has learned new ways to show affection. They have learned to lighten up as if they are back in their twenites.