slacker mommy files

    Yesterday we went on a road trip to Nueva Ecija. Actually, my mom-in-law and my brother-in-law were going to meet up with some business associates The original plan was to go to Subic after their meeting and have fun strolling around there or going shopping in the duty-free shops. It was a good plan.

    6:00 AM – I was doing my daily rituals before taking a shower. We were supposed to be off by 7:00 AM so I thought I still had a lot of time. So I was a bit surprised when I heard Mamajo’s voice, then Tey’s and finally Leejay’s, all conversing loudly downstairs. The SUV Tey borrowed from our community chairman has a plate number ending in 9, thus it was banned to go out on Metro. To go around this ordnance, we have to be on the NLEX before 7:00. So I had to hurry up; I rushed the kids under a hot shower to alleviate the cold; dressed them in their pajamas (They would be asleep all through the drive including me. It was one of those days when their body clocks are totally inverted. In short, today was vampire mode day.); then carried them down to the SUV outside the house. Leejay then got his turn to prepare himself for the drive. He was further rushed as the coding ban was fast approaching. We really had to leave if we were to beat getting pulled over for a ban violation.

    6:55 AM – We were going down EDSA on the way to NLEX. Fortunately, we had some time to spare and there were no MMDA traffic enforcers about so we were able to skirt a traffic violation. After 10 minutes Lyka has finally fallen asleep. Kylee was still breastfeeding but eventually she was asleep too. I was also getting sleepy but somehow I just can’t find sleep. So instead I just had conversations with the rest of the family. Before we knew it, we were already in Nueva Ecija, about 9:00AM in the morning. Mamajo was surprised. In fact, we were all surprised. It was our first time to take the SCTEX to go to Nueva Ecija. Despite the rather pricey toll fees, it was definitely worth it to save the time we would have taken had we gone through Sta Rita to Gapan.

    10:00 AM – We were already in Sta Rosa, Nueva Ecija and we were trying to determine where the Mamajo, Tey and their associates would be meeting. It was supposed to be in the Rustica restaurant but somehow, we kept getting lost. Eventually, after several U-turns, we came to the restaurant in question just in time. Still Lyka was fast asleep. Kylee, on the other hand, was awake again and quite restless. I tried to give her some of my fried rice but she just took a couple of mouthfuls and then she’s done. She just kept breastfeeding after that. Leejay, his cousin Jonathan and I ate our lunch then, and it was some big lunch. We enjoyed it very much indeed.

    1:00 PM – We decided to go back home then as we had nowhere else to go. Besides, we were all tired from the trip and we could use some good long sleep, especially me. The trip back home was rather faster than coming to Nueva Ecija, also this time, the drive was rather uneventful. After two hours we were back in Metro Manila. All throughout the drive, Lyka was sleeping deeply. When we finally got inside the house, she woke up. It was like she didn’t leave home at all.

    My daughter’s deep sleep is one of her remarkable traits. She can sleep so deeply that she’d be oblivious to anything and if anyone tried to wake her fro her sleep, she’d be so cranky you’d never think of waking her in the middle of even her nap. It could be from this long and deep sleeping habit that she got to be as big for her age as she is. Now, if only Kylee would sleep like that, or even have the appetite to match her sister’s. Ah well, that’s a different story.