3 Months Later

Fast forward to 2016!

The perpetual moving out:

I'm forever going back and forth between mom's and my new place. Partly because I'm not done decided how to set up my closet and even decorate my walls. So most of my stuff are still sitting at my mom's place. Its been great though choosing furniture and building it.. making themes here and there.

The overstretched wallet:

Of course with the holidays my budget definitely got stretched. Mortgage, furniture plus gifts for my family and friends. But I somehow made it. My only struggle is that I'm going on vacay next month and I might have to dip into my savings. I'm really torn about having to do that but I'm finally having a real vacation. As in going to another place I haven't gone to. After all, I'm always going to the homeland and eating the same food and going to the same place. Its great that I get to fly over there but I've always wanted to be on actual vacation.

Exam be gone:

I passed my last licensing exam! Hallelujah. The Lord provides. Now I can apply for a full-time position or another casual position. In fact, I've decided to quit my 2nd job which isn't related to my career. It helped paid some of the bills and I've added a new reference for my updated resume but I knew it wasn't a forever kind of thing. But these are things I don't wanna fuss about until my vacation is over.

Conclusion for 2015:

Its been full of trials (like the literal sense) but it was all worth it, knowing where I am now and how blessed I feel. I trust God has better plans for me for 2016 and I can't wait to see them unfold.

Home Sweet Home

Slowly but surely moving in. I'm finally doing a bit of grocery shopping. And tonight my intercom number was set up. I had to chuckle a bit after seeing what my code was so my visitors didn't have to search my name in the directory. It was the store number of my previous company where CD and I worked. Which luckily means its easy for me to remember too.

I'm done buying the necessary stuff too. Everything from now can wait until a better deal comes along or if someone gifts it to me. =P So the goal now is to save save save. I am debating though if I wanna get a tree. I just want a small 3-4 footer so it might be doable for this year.

I'm just really glad that everything I've gotten so far fits and looks perfect. The sofabed I've been pre-shopping for was really a float or sink kinda situation. Every other furniture I would be getting was gonna depend on how that sofabed fit in my new place. Plus the color I wanted was not displayed in the showroom at Ikea and I couldn't simply rely on the catalouge. So when delivery came I was super duper happy to see how the shade was the one I exactly hoped it to be. The dining table I got also ended up being the perfect size. I saved a bit of money too because I didn't have to purchase a bed set since my grandma's bed remained unused.

GAHHHHH!! I can't help but be sooooo happy with my new place. Most of all, its because my 5 year plan continues to work out.

Thank you so much God for these wonderful blessings you've showered me.

Them Signs Be Back

I've already accepted that I tend to interpret a lot of things that happen to me as signs. Just read my old posts here. But sometimes you really can't just help but wonder why fate is toying with you. Its like when you're finally able to stop thinking of someone every dang second, they suddenly show up again.

So on Sunday my mom wanted to have sushi for dinner. We went to pick it up at our usual restaurant. I stayed in the car while my mom grabbed the food. And in that 10 minute window, CD just happens to drive into the parking lot. I'm not sure if he realized I was there but I decided to just stay in my car and let it be. I tried ignoring it and definitely wasn't gonna make any interpretations like I used to.

Then on the same day I saw this post about people getting married at the place where they first met... and that featured couple on the article happen to meet at the same company where CD and I met. I also just had to watch this sad TV show where this guy and girl had been very good friends since they were kids. They both couldn't open up about how they felt for each other. Eventually time has passed and each found their own spouse. All those years they still haven't lost their love for each other. Even though they remained faithful with their own respective spouses until the death of said spouses. 55 years later they reconnected and finally got things right.

Now, I can't help but wonder again. What if its not over? What if there's more?