I was supposed to see my doctor today but the blood chem results weren’t available in time. I forgot to claim it as well because I thought the lab will email it to me. 🙄

So, that means my visit to my doctor will happen on Friday. 😑

I am down to my last two and a half days of my leave and I haven’t gone anywhere. The low pressure area that is bringing all that rain has curtailed any activity that involves long drives. Diving is out of the question as boats will not go out into the open sea with a weather like this.

Even a visit to Manila to fix my birth certificate has been pushed back because the delivery of my documents from my first lawyer was delayed. This also meant that the trip to Ongpin and Binondo to see the gold market is off, too.

What have I done so far? Helped one of my bffs to buy her gifts to her jury. She will be bringing these to Europe when she leaves next month. We’re working on the assumption that she will be defending her dissertation by September—that is if there are no more revisions required. Hopefully by December she will obtain her PhD.

I’ve been staying local, going around, running errands.

I met another bff in her office at our undergrad college to deliver her the Lilo & Stitch goods I bought for her in KL.

I tried getting the feel of it, you know, if there is a spark. If there is a desire to go back to academe. So far I haven’t felt anything.

It’s still the joy of being out in the field and writing stories about the people I talk to… That’s the one that keeps my blood running. I’m so torn.