It’s like a gut punch. My sister, her bestfriend, was bawling while I said my farewell. I took a look for the last time. She was just sleeping, or so we convinced ourselves.

I drove one of my bffs to Lumban again yesterday because she wanted to buy her graduation get-up. Well, she’s obtaining her PhD so it’s kind of a big deal so we had to choose well. She wanted something that would represent the Philippines so we opted for a barong alternative.

Bff is leaving on Monday for Belgium and then hopefully she will be back in December with her diploma.

After the barong shopping, we went for halo-halo at Aling Taleng’s in Pagsanjan. The first time I had this iced dessert in over a year.

While we were gallivanting, I was having my rapid reaction report edited. I had to get this piece published before Trump changes his mind again about the tariffs. Once we touched down to my house, I quickly opened my laptop and did some quick fixes.

BFF 1 had to go home in a rush even though she dreaded it because her kids were whining already and were messaging, asking her when she was coming home. She wanted to savor a child-free afternoon for a bit.

Ah… the hectic life of a mom.

My other bff dropped by and brought us dinner. Aside from chika, she also asked if I could be a lecturer this coming semester, approx 6 units. I said I can only manage 3 units since I didn’t really quit my job.

Let’s see how the other faculty members could take up the other 3 units.