Holidays, baby!
The chocolate mousse beckons while I'm writing this but I refuse to give in. I've been eating carbonara and chicken macaroni salad like there's no tomorrow. Let's just say that I'm refusing to think about tomorrow when I have to exercise just to lose the extra pounds all the food earned me.
Christmas was okay. My teammates were upset about not having vacation leaves for Christmas. I understand how sad it is to not be home while your whole family's eating noche buena and exchanging presents. I was lucky to have approved leaves for December. The account was closed on December 25 so I had a day to rest at home.
I had work on the 23rd and the customers were the worst they could ever be on a cold December night. Nothing could dampen my mood though. I was happy with the thought of going home and checking all the food we will have for noche buena.
When I got home, I was told that we would have spaghetti, fruit salad and cake for noche buena. A simple meal for Christmas. New Year always gets the top priority even in cooking. I did a few exercises and went to bed. I woke up in the afternoon to the sound of voices in the living room. My cousins arrived a few hours earlier and were starting to get quite comfy in the living room. Quincy would grab the gold Christmas balls and ask Jeof how much each would cost. Jeof only knew one amount- five thousand. They did the same routine several times in a night.
My lola prevented them from demolishing the whole tree by threatening them to get a spanking with a stick. What a way to celebrate Christmas. We took pictures as usual while watching television, messaging friends and getting naps in between. We coaxed Jeof to dance the Kagat Labi steps that he sees in Eat Bulaga. Don't you just love it when kids appear nice and cute for a couple of hours?
My aunt had work until 10 in the evening but she arrived at 11 after taking the last bus ride from Lawton going to Cavite. Quin asked me where her presents were. I told her that my lola kept them because if I tell them that all the presents were under the tree, she will tear every plastic branch apart just to sneak a peek under it. A few minutes before 12, they got really impatient. Jeof kept standing up and asking me for his presents. I told him to go to my lola who was sleeping in their room. I peeked through the door while he nudged my lola and said, "12 na. Regalo ko?" My lola told him that it wasn't 12 yet and he had to wait. He entered the room a few times and asked my lola the same question until it was 12. They unwrapped the presents happily and wore each outfit to check the sizes. It was a pleasant sight. It was the first time my aunt spent the holidays with us since she got married.
The next day, we ate the leftover food and my aunt decided to order pizza from Pizza Hut. I had a new Palm Card that I paid for a few weeks before Christmas. We tried the Triple Chicken pizza which we didn't find delicious. The cheesy pops and free pizza made us happy campers though. We spent the rest of the day watching television, talking, eating and in my brothers' case, playing Playstation games.
I slept throughout the afternoon. I thought I was dreaming when I heard voices talking. My lola told me that before my cousins left, they entered the room to say goodbye. Sweet. I was too sleepy to open my eyes though.
