(*Stories of what happened to me during the COVID-19 pandemic)
I have not posted anything in this blog for 5 months now. Just like the past posts, this is a life update so that my future self has something to look back.
The COVID-19 delta variant has now become the dominant variant in the Philippines. I used to be alarmed whenever the COVID-19 cases in my city reach 500. As of September 18, there are 1,524 active cases in my city. Now I live in fear. If can delay going out and doing the grocery, I delay them. I try do all my errands for the week in one day. I stay home the rest of the week. This is one of the many privileges I have as a freelancer. Not everyone is as lucky as I am so I try my best not to get the virus. I have that advantage of staying at home.
Glad I was able to meet up with friends and family before the COVID cases increased.
I met friends for dinner when many of them came home to visit family.
I was able to spend time at the beach even in the middle of a typhoon! hahaha Talk about bad timing but we had fun anyway.
We spent some time in the “mountains” even if I was on the look out on those amphibians that I feared most.
I was able to attend the wedding of a good friend.
There were quick meetups just to catch up a bit.
I spent time with family.
I have been vaccinated for the 1st dose only because I got the rarest vaccine of them all- Sputnik V. Ha! There was difficulty in the production and delivery of the second dose. I try to see the positive side of the situation. Not having the 2nd dose yet made me a lot more careful. I take comfort at the reports that more antibodies are produced at longer vaccine intervals.
Then cases started rising so I stayed at home.
I made my stay-at-home time as pleasant as possible.
I spent time with my furry friends.
I joined my high school alumni online games. I placed 5th against these super smart people. Wohoo!
I continued to be a plantita. Nah, I just took photos with the plants of my tita. hahaha
I did more art. ( I will write about these more in the separate blog posts)
I watched more K-dramas, listened to podcasts and chatted with friends and family to constantly keep in touch.
Oh, I spent another pandemic birthday at home. Actually, I like spending birthdays quietly. The best birthdays are the ones where I do not have to fuss about preparing and hosting well-wishers. I wanted the chill kind of birthday so I just ordered Jollibee for breakfast and Mang Inasal for lunch and ate leftovers for dinner.
My very thoughtful friend, Gail, all the way from Pasay, made an effort to search for Butuan cake supplier on Facebook and ordered this awesome cake. She contacted Maxim and had this cake delivered to my house. Since I have been wanting to go to the beach, she brought the beach to my cake! The Katriona name was an inside joke (now made public hahaha). A few years ago, I made a Tiktok dub with Catriona’s winning answer in Miss Universe.
My friends, Mitzi and Erns, dropped by to give me their gifts. I am blessed with thoughtful friends.
I got videocalls, Facebook posts and greetings that day. I feel loved especially that they remembered my birthday even when I deactivated birthday notifications on Facebook.
This is my 44-year-old self. I need lighting to blur out the fine lines. hahahaha
Till the next life update!
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