Home alone

Yesterday, my wife and son went on a Singapore Airlines flight bound for Davao.

Yes, I will be away from from my family for two and a half months. I would have liked to spend this vacation with them but I can't. Barely six months into my new job, it will not be good for me to be on leave. Also, my son is starting school in September and we are concerned that we miss some correspondence related to this.

Still, I feel lucky. This is only temporary and I will be with my family in ten weeks. There are many OFWs out there who are away from their family most of part of the year. But shorter it maybe, I have the same emotions to endure.

So, what do I need to do to make things easier? Yesterday, I tried to sleep myself through the day. It worked but I ended up with a bad bedsore. Besides, I can't spend the whole time in bed.

Today is a bit different. I woke early but did not feel like preparing my breakfast so I just ate some bananas. I did my laundry. I went to church alone and then did my groceries after the mass.

Tomorrow is a work day so there are other things that will keep me occupied. After work will be my concern.

I can focus on upgrading my skills. I can study PHP with MySQL. I can learn C# with ASP.NET. This maybe enough to keep me busy.

One day down. Sixty-six day more to go.