Christmas was great :D midnight mass, opening presents, xmas day mass, alba residence, tionquiao residence where i got my gift stolen 3 times... jerks :P, shopping with the family. i love the holidays.
tonight is family dinner with ate rizza then off to hang out with kris' family at a tionquiao residence. for once i can actually be in the same room as kris and kiss him at midnight. hahaha. anyway, looking forward to seeing everyone again, the food, and the fireworks.
Re-cap of the year: lots accomplished- got my bachelor's degree! had a very successful barrio fiesta and my last quarter in college was my best overall- both in grades and in content/professors yet challenging. celebrated my 22nd birthday and started a new job at harborview but in the same department. attended the torrella family reunion in vegas and most recently started to work out! yay for hot yoga.
3 very important people in my life passed away this year: Lolo (Generoso), Lola (Felicidad) (both Kris' grandparents), and my own Grandpa (Levi). I loved all of them dearly, Lolo and Lola being my grandparents in person and Grandpa being there for me since I was born. I was their first grandchild (even though my Mom was the 6th born out of 7 kids... her response to that? "they just took too long") and last saw him at his 50th wedding anniversary with Grandma back in 2003. It was so hard to see Kris' mom and family go through this twice in a year, with me sort of "half" their family but not. But it was even harder to see my own Mom break down. It was different this time... with Grandma it was sudden and she didn't have much worry. But with Grandpa it was sufferring. And she had to leave before my Dad's 50th birthday and amidst the xmas planning. Extremely hard to hear her talk about Grandpa and how much he hurt while she couldnt' do anything but sit by him in the Philippines. But it was somehow perfect, if that could be the right word to describe it all, with the timing of Grandpa's death. So many little signs that added up perfectly later. And eveyone made it back just in time for Christmas with their own families.
Thank you so much for being there for me and eveyone else that loved you. <3
This year was pretty good- I hope next year I figure out more of what I'm doing with my life. Weird that you're in school for the majority of your childhood then once it stops you really don't know what to do. Ready to tackle new things and figure things out.
New year's resolutions? Hmm... I'll think about it
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