I am Clarice

The past few weeks have been a blur! Before I knew it, it’s been weeks since I’ve posted. On the home front, we’re adjusting to the new yaya and I am trying to spend more time with Jia. J’s having the pond reconstructed (koi addict!) so it’s been so dusty here. I can’t wait for [...]

A conversation at 12:03am today, February 17, the anniversary of our 11th year together: Me: Hon!!! Ano na? J: Anong ano na? Me: Ano na? J: Alas dose na. Me: So, ano na? J: Biyernes na. M: So, ano na nga? *lighted pa ang mukha ko nito* J: Biyernes na nga. Me: *okay* Anong date [...]

Oh yeah, I know title is kinda vague. But I’ll be able to explain this soon. I’m so excited!

Happy new year! Yeah, I know it’s mid-January already. Sorry! Before Christmas, a very good friend emailed me and ask how I was doing. Her email made me think how am I doing now and since writing makes me think clearer, I decided to blog about it (part of the journaling thing you, sana lang [...]

I’m in J’s office right now. I couldn’t bear to hear Joya cry so I came here. I had shockwave yesterday and today is the first day that I can’t breastfeed Joya because of the meds I’m taking. I was pumping and dumping the whole day. I thought that was bad enough but tonight, actually [...]

My mala-House doctor asked for a CT Stonogram to see if I have kidney stones and yez, I have!!! At dahil overachiever ako mula bata, apat ang kidney stones ko! Yes, you read that right! Not one, not two, not three, but four! I have a stone in my left kidney, two stones in my [...]

Note: Part 1 is titled The Biggest Scare of my Life I am currently in line for consultation with my nephrologist, Dr. Agnes Mejia. I switched to another doctor and this is only my second consult with her. The first consult was good enough to convince J and I to switch to her in spite [...]

My kids are already sleeping and so is my husband (he’s planning to wake up at 2am to work, thus the early bedtime tonight). So I find myself in an unusual situation… I actually have time for myself!!! Hahaha! At last the shelves/cabinets construction has finished! For the first time since we moved, wala na [...]

It’s 1149am and Joya is with the yaya, Jia is watching an Eric Carle storybook narration in YouTube (this week I gave her leave to watch stories kasi super na ako nase-stress!), and I am supposed to be sewing curtains. I am also waiting for the contractor so I can instruct him on what more [...]

The past two days have been really hell for me… and a super eye-opener, too. You see, last month, I passed unusually dark-colored urine. I looked it up and thought it was just because I wasn’t able to drink as much water as usual. When I did, the normal color returned. So okay na. Last [...]