I’ve been trying my best to be a good mom so I had packed my girls lunch on Monday. However, I didn’t have enough time to cook a vegetable side dish so I opted for the shortcut cucumber for fiber and dried mangoes for dessert. I cooked their favorite salmon (with salt and pepper) in butter and parsely because it’s the easiest to prepare at 5 am.

My Monday was full and I had to do a lot of admin stuff, writing and editing stories at the same time. Had long phone calls. Then my manager killed me again 😵‍💫 I finished the stories and had them published late into the night.

Tuesday is back-to-back press briefings, one online and the other is in Makati so I had a very narrow window to travel and make it to the presscon on time. 🫠 Then I had a discussion with another editor about the hullabaloo the previous night. He advised me to finally talk to our APAC head, to tell her why I had been wanting to quit. Of course, I won’t say I’m already advanced in my application process with a competitor because she would put me on garden leave or fire me directly and I would end up jobless with a sick daughter.

I will be having that talk later today.

In the meantime, my manager was killing me again when I was having my story from the presscon edited.

I’m so tired.

My girls’ second-hand PC monitors are on their last legs (or the connectors are blah) so after uploading and having my stories published after the presscon, I went straight to Glorietta 2 to buy them new monitors.

I was able to snag Samsung monitors with discount at PC Express. I was debating whether I should get them the 27″ or the 24″. I couldn’t find good deals on a 27″ and the price difference between 27″ (non-discounted) and 24″ (discounted) was almost 3k for any brand. They don’t need a 27″ but it would be fun to watch Netflix on it.

I should have gotten the two 27″ and passed down my current 24″ monitors to the girls… But I don’t know if my MDF Ikea workdesk can take the weight of two 27″ mounted on my heavy iron VESA brackets. My current setup already made a deep indentation on my workdesk. I bought from Lazada metal plates specially made for VESA brackets so the gromet will not further sink into the MDF board.

Now that I think about it, I really should have gotten the 27″ for myself. My workdesk in Singapore is dual 27″ so I know bigger screen real estate helps in productivity.

Meanwhile, I had my mom’s laptop fixed the same day we brought it to the Acer service center in our town.

The technician did a bit of sleuthing and he figured that Microsoft did an automatic download and update and my mom didn’t let the update finish. This corrupted not only Windows 11, but also the hard drive.

My mom had to admit that yes, the update “probably didn’t finish” because she had to send an email. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I love my mom but I swear, she should stay away from Windows and maybe use a Mac because that OS is so simple, like it’s made for non-techie users.

Ubuntu and its many distros, would have been ideal for senior citizens, since the UI is meant for those who cannot cope with Windows and its maintenance. But Ubuntu maintenance is a nightmare for a non-techie person due to the Linux updates and plugs.