Still Alive and Happy

It's been almost a month since my last blog, but my life wasn't at a standstill during the gap. I guess it was because a lot happened that I haven't had time to sort my thoughts to make it in any way bloggable.

Work:

Well, August is promotion month at our company. Since I just got promoted last year, I wasn't expecting any for my group - who are all composed of newbies. Perhaps next year, some of my staff will be promoted. But my boyfriend was expecting a promotion. This was the reason why we haven't seen much of each other lately. He usually stays late at the office, and understanding girlfriend that I am, I just head home instead of demanding time with him. Actually, there was a time when he decided not to come over even when we agreed to spend time together. He went out with his boss and was too tipsy to go to my place. We had a row then, and agreed to step back and evaluate things since I felt that he was being too selfish. Unfortunately though, his promotion didn't push through - my guess is that their group went beyond the quota of promotees - and now my job is to cheer him on since he lost his zest for work. I really hate his work. First, he had to work hard so that I couldn't spend time with him and we even quarreled because of it. Now, I have to pretend and tell him that working is good to cheer him up from depression. His boss should pay me for managing his emotions. Grr.

On another note, a friend and I started our monthly sessions with our mentor, on how to improve our managing skills. We held it at my pad and it went longer than we expected. But it was enlightening and gave me a direction (at least for the month) on how I could improve.

We've also started planning and budgeting for next year. And although doing this is one giant migraine, I'm somewhat psyched about it. I guess I'm getting tired of justifying expenses that are beyond the current year's budget. I hope I can do better forecasting for next year.

Friends and Family:

I haven't seen my friends (outside work) lately. The last time I saw my highschool friends was when one of them visited from UK. Well, another friend visited from Singapore, but I wasn't able to meet up with him (and I'm still waiting for the chocolates he brought us). I'll probably meet up with my bestfriend this weekend. We wanted to see the latest movie which features a guy with a wife and a mistress. Three guesses on why I wanted to watch the film. =)

When I suddenly had free time, I asked my girlfriend to meet me at the mall. I was sorry I did, because it ended up in a row between her and her boyfriend who was with her at the time. I did not know they were on a date. Sheesh. I quickly apologized and said we could meet next time. Who else could understand quality time better but me?

My family held a surprise baby shower for my sister in law last weekend and we had a great time. She enjoyed the party and the gifts, and I enjoyed spending time with the entire family (complete with all the little ones) even if it proved to be stressful when I had to watch out for the two little boys. We also had our usual sibling rivalry when it was time to entertain the guests. Since my brother achieved a perfect score with his song, I had to do a dance number (of the pole dancing variety) when it was my turn to sing. Of course, they teased me mercilessly since I gained a lot of weight and it showed on my butt, but since I also got a perfect score, I was able to peacefully sit down and heckle the rest of the performers. My sister got a perfect score too but our eldest only got 99 (since she was foolish enough to choose a non-foolproof song like the rest of us did). My dad recorded my performance on his phone and I texted my bestfriend about it. She said that I must be subconsciously letting my family know about my secret life. I told her that my dad would probably accept a stripper for a daughter rather than a mistress.

Lovelife:

Well, as I said, we went through a lot of bumps because of his work, but I think we were able to compromise. As my girlfriend said, it's not quantity of time but the quality. Whenever we could spend time together, whoa! Sex was like you wouldn't believe. And the talking and the eating and the laughing and the cuddling... Life is good.

He's also quite a morale booster in a different way. When I kept getting comments from different people on how I was putting on weight, he told me that they were just envious because I can afford to buy a lot of food and eat in good restos. He told me not to mind them. I was healthy and happy, and he loves me.